NPR边听边练257：奥巴马医改成两院争端焦点

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　　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。

　　Senate majority leader Harry¹ Reid _1_ too long shot moves by GOP senator Ted² Cruz into having the senate approved without changes, the stop gap spending bill passed by the House to keep the government operating pass the end of this month. NPR's Craig Windham reports Reid says the bill is dead on a rival in the senate because it includes provision that would define the president's healthcare law.

　　参议院多数党领导人哈利·里德阻止了共和党参议员泰德·克鲁兹提出的不太可能成功的举措，即让参议院无需更改就同意众议院通过的临时开支法案，以保证政府运行至本月底。据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道，里德表示，这份法案提交到参院就会死亡，因为它包括了限定总统医改法的条款。

　　To keep Raid and democrats³ from removing the _2_ provision, Cruz is likely to try to stall consideration of the House measure with the filibuster⁴ and he's urging his GOP colleagues to join him.

　　为了阻止里德和民主党取消撤资条款，克鲁兹很可能用冗长演讲来推迟对众议院法案的考虑，而且他呼吁共和党同僚和他一起这么做。

　　"It is our obligation to our constituents⁵ to do everything we can to prevent the majority leader from _3_ Obama care with just 51 votes."

　　“做任何我们可以做的事情来阻止多数党领导人以51票通过资助奥巴马医改法的法案，是我们选民的义务。”

　　To sustain filibuster though, Cruz will need the support of at least 40 other senators. There are 46 republicans in the senate. But in number of them, _4_ senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, say they will not support the effort by Cruz and other TEA party backed conservatives to hold up the stopgap _5_ bill. Craig Windham NPR News, Washington.

　　为了保持冗长演讲，克鲁兹需要得到至少40名其他参议员的支持。参议院共有46名共和党人。但是他们中的大部分人，包括参议院共和党领导人米奇·麦康奈尔在内均表示，他们不会支持克鲁兹所做的努力，而其他茶党人士则支持保守派，同意这份临时开支法案。NPR新闻，克雷格·温德姆华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. long shot

　　没把握的尝试；不大可能成功的尝试；

　　eg. The deal was a long shot, but Bagley had little to lose.

　　这桩交易有些冒险，不过巴格利也没什么可损失的。

　　eg. I thought about meeting a handsome stranger but it seemed a bit of a long shot.

　　我想象着能遇到一个英俊的陌生人，不过这似乎希望不大。

　　2. stop gap

　　暂时的；权宜之计；

　　eg. That can only be a stop-gap.

　　这只能是一种权宜之计。

　　eg. But part-time jobs can be more than a stop-gap money generator⁶.

　　可是兼职不仅仅是救的一时之急的“金钱发生器”。

　　3. hold up

　　举起；抬起；提起；支撑；

　　eg. Hold it up so that we can see it.

　　把它举起来让我们看看。

　　eg. Her legs wouldn't hold her up.

　　她双腿都站不住了。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has blocked 2、defunding 3、funding

　　4、including 5、spending

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