NPR边听边练185：《卫报》曝光美国政府监视程序

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　　一、泛听建议：

　　1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。

　　2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　The Guardian¹ Newspaper in London today _1_ its source for stories about the US government surveillance programs. It posted an interview with a man on his website. He identified himself as Edward Snowden, aged² 29, who _2_ a government contractor³ from the National Security Agency in Hawaii. He said he decided⁴ to reveal the programs because he thought the government was doing something wrong.

　　今天，伦敦《卫报》曝光了揭露美国政府监视程序的来源。报道中刊登了一名男子的采访。他称自己是爱德华·斯诺登，今年29岁，他负责在夏威夷的国家安全局监视政府承建商。他表示，他决定揭露这个体系的原因是他认为政府正在做错误的事情。

　　"Overtime⁵ that awareness⁶ of wrong doing sort of builds up, and if you compel to talk about it, and the more you talked about, the more you ignored, the more you told it's not a problem, until eventually you realize that these things need to be determined⁷ by the public not by somebody who simply hired by the government."

　　“长久以来，错误行为的意识逐渐形成，如果你想谈论它，你谈论的越多，忽视的越多，然后你就会越多次地被告知这不是个问题，直到最终你意识到这些事情需要由公众决定，而不是由政府雇佣的某个人决定。”

　　The Guardian story details held how the US _3_ telephone records of millions of Americans, although not actual conversations. It's also _4_ the NRC is tapping into the servers of major US internet companies, such as Google, Apple, Microsoft and Facebook. The director of national intelligence James Clapper _5_ the exposures reckless .

　　《卫报》的报道中详细说明了美国如何收集上百万名美国民众的电话纪录，但并不是实际的谈话内容。报道中还揭露了美国国家安全局进入谷歌、苹果、微软和脸书等美国主要网络公司服务器的行为。国家情报局局长詹姆斯·克拉珀称此次揭露是轻率的行为。

　　A fifth person is reported dead in the aftermath of Friday's mass shooting in Santa Monica, California. NPR's Sam Sanders reports.

　　周五加州圣塔莫尼卡发生大规模枪击案，目前已致5人死亡。NPR新闻的萨姆·桑德斯将带来报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1.surveillance

　　n. 监督；监视

　　eg:He was arrested after being kept under constant surveillance.

　　他在被连续监视之后给逮捕了。

　　2、government contractor 政府承包人

　　3、compel

　　vt. 强迫，迫使；强使发生

　　eg:Dickens felt compelled to return to the stage for a final goodbye.

　　狄更斯感到必须返回舞台作最后的告别。

　　4、tap

　　vt. 轻敲；轻打；装上嘴子

　　vi. 轻拍；轻击；轻叩

　　n. 水龙头；轻打

　　eg:She turned off the tap and dried her hands.

　　她关上水龙头，把手擦干。

　　eg:He tapped the table nervously⁸ with his fingers.

　　他紧张地用手指轻轻地敲打桌子。

　　eg:The song's so catchy⁹ it makes you bounce around the living room or tap your feet.

　　这首歌很琅琅上口，它让你在客厅里跳跃或者用脚打拍子。

　　eg:The government passed laws allowing the police to tap telephones.

　　政府通过了允许警察窃听电话的法律。

　　eg:Filtered water is always on tap here.

　　在这儿，过滤过的水随时可以从阀门流出。

　　5、reckless

　　adj.鲁莽的；不计后果的；鲁莽的；无所顾忌的

　　eg. He apologized for their reckless behavior.

　　他对他们的鲁莽行为道了歉。

　　eg. She loved to ride; on horseback, she was reckless and utterly¹⁰ without fear.

　　她喜欢骑马；在马背上，她纵横驰骋，毫无畏惧。

　　eg. He is charged with causing death by reckless driving.

　　他被控危险驾驶致人死亡。

　　参考答案：

　　1、revealed 2、watches 3、is collecting

　　4、been revealed 5、has called

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