NPR边听边练230:埃及暴力冲突
时间:2014-04-09 06:17:30
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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
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。
The violence continues in Egypt. The official news agency says 36 people _1_ today when members of the Muslim
Brotherhood1 tried to help detainees escape from a prison truck convey in Cairo. The prisoners _2_ up during
demonstrations2 in support of
ousted3 President Mohammed Morsi. The country's top general says Egypt will never yield to terrorism. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports the
interim4 cabinet held an emergency meeting today to discuss the bloodshed.
埃及暴力冲突持续。官方新闻社表示,今天穆斯林兄弟会的成员在监狱卡车转移时试图帮助在押人员逃跑,造成36人死亡。这些在押人员在支持被罢免总统穆罕默德·穆尔西的示威中被抓。埃及最高指挥官表示,埃及绝不会向恐怖主义屈服。据NPR新闻的彼得·肯杨报道,今天,过渡内阁召开紧急会议讨论暴力流血事件。
The latest _3_ additions bring the death
toll5 since Wednesday to well over 800 people, including scores of security personnel. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave a televised speech in which he said there is room for everyone in Egypt, but he
vowed6 that the country would never bend to violent acts. In an emergency session the cabinet met as interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi _4_ dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood. Beblawi said there would be no
reconciliation7 with those with blood on their hands. The Brotherhood staged a number of protest marches but canceled two events claiming that snipers _5_ on rooftops along the route. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Cairo.
这场冲突事件始于周三,最新确认的死亡人数使总死亡人数远远超过800人,其中包括许多安保人员。阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西将军发表电视讲话时表示,埃及有足够的空间容纳每个人,但是他发誓,埃及绝不会屈服于暴力行为。在内阁召开的紧急会议上,临时总理哈赞姆·贝伯拉威提议解散穆斯林兄弟会。贝伯拉威表示,不能与那些双手沾满鲜血的人进行和解。穆斯林兄弟会发动了一系列抗议游行活动,并称因狙击手在游行沿途的屋顶上埋伏而取消了两次活动。NPR新闻,彼得·肯杨开罗报道。
词汇解析:
1. yield to/bend to
服从; 屈服于
我们永远不会向征服者低头。
eg. You will meet much evil in life; try not to yield to temptation.
你将在生活中遇到许多罪恶,千万不可受其诱惑。
eg. eg. They refused to bend to the hijackers' demands.
他们拒绝屈从于劫机者的要求。
eg. Most people bend to fate, but I don't.
大多数人听天由命,但我不这样。
2. well over
多于;超过;远远超过;
eg. He's well over sixty, but he doesn't look at all old.
他早已年过60,但毫不见老。
eg. She was driving at well over the speed limit.
她开车的速度远远超过了速度限制。
eg. The law was held in
abeyance9 for well over twenty years.
这项法律被搁置了二十多年。
参考答案:
1、were killed 2、had been picked 3、confirmed
4、proposed 5、have been placed
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