NPR边听边练253：巴西总统因泄密而取消访美

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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。

　　The first state visit of President Obama's second term has been called off. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports Brazil's president won't _1_ the White House next month as scheduled over concerns about American spying practices.

　　奥巴马总统第二任期的首次国事访问被取消。据NPR新闻的阿里·夏皮罗报道，巴西总统因担忧美国的间谍活动，下个月将不会按照原定计划访问白宫。

　　Brazilians _2_ over disclosures that the US eavesdropped¹ on Brazilian President Dilma Russeff, her aides and Brazil's state-run oil company. Russeff spoke² by phone with President Obama Monday night, and White House spokesman Jay Carney says that's when they decided³ to call off the visit.

　　美国被揭露对巴西总统迪尔玛·罗塞夫、总统罗塞夫的助手以及巴西国有石油公司进行监听，巴西民众对此举感到愤怒。周一晚上，罗塞夫与奥巴马总统通话，白宫发言人杰伊·卡尼表示，那时他们决定取消这次访问。

　　"This is an important relationship. We understand, the president understands, the concerns _3_ by these disclosures, and we're working with the Brazilians on this matter, and we'll continue to do that."

　　“这是非常重要的关系。我们能理解，总统也能理解因所揭露事件而引发的担忧，我们正在与巴西就此事进行协商，我们会继续这么做。”

　　This is a blow to Obama, who has invested a lot of energy in _4_ the US relationship with Brazil. The two leaders were scheduled to talk about oil, trade and other _5_ during the meeting. The White House insists the visit has not been canceled, just postponed⁴. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

　　这对奥巴马是个挫折，他在增加美国和巴西的关系上投入了大量的精力。两国元首原本计划在会面中就石油、贸易和其他议题进行会谈。白宫坚称，此次访问并没有取消，只是推迟了。NPR新闻，阿里·夏皮华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. call off

　　取消；

　　eg. He has called off the trip.

　　他已取消了这次行程。

　　eg. The union threatened a strike but called it off at the last minute.

　　工会威胁要罢工，不过在最后一刻取消了行动。

　　2. be scheduled to do sth.

　　计划做某事；

　　eg. The space shuttle had been scheduled to blast off at 04:38.

　　航天飞机已经预定于凌晨 4 点 38 分发射升空。

　　eg. This project had a team of ten and was scheduled to last about a year.

　　这个项目有一个十人团队,计划持续了差不多一年。

　　参考答案：

　　1、be visiting 2、have been outraged 3、raised

　　4、improving 5、issues

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