NPR边听边练307:奥巴马点亮圣诞树
时间:2014-04-11 06:27:23
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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。
President Obama _1_ at the 91st annual Christmas Tree
Lighting1 near the White House today. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the stars came out to the president linked a story of Jesus to that of Nelson Mandela.
今天,奥巴马总统在白宫附近举行的第91届圣诞树点灯仪式上发表讲话。据NPR新闻的阿里·夏皮罗报道,点亮星星后总统将耶酥与纳尔逊·曼德拉的故事联系到一起。
One singer after another, _2_ endured the steady rain, 91st, Aretha Franklin, Janelle Monae and Mariah Carey. President Obama struck a more serious tone, _3_ the stories of Jesus and of Nelson Mandela both speak to the power of an individual to alter the course of the world.
一众歌手冒雨为第91届点灯仪式献唱,包括艾瑞莎·弗兰克林、加奈儿·梦奈和玛丽亚·凯丽。奥巴马总统用更为严肃的语气表示,耶酥和纳尔逊·曼德拉的故事都说明,个人的力量可以改变世界的进程。
"It's a message both _4_ and universal. No matter what God you pray to, or if you pray to none at all, we all have a responsibility to ourselves and to each other to make a difference that is real and
lasting2."
“这是一个永恒又普遍的信息。无论你向哪个神祈祷,或是你根本不进行祈祷,我们都要肩负起对自己和对彼此的责任,产生真正而持久的影响力。”
The first family lit the National Christmas Tree after an
abbreviated3 countdown. Obama said, we _5_ start at five, since it's a little wet, we shouldn't start at ten. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.
在倒数之后,第一家庭点亮了国家圣诞树。奥巴马说,因为现在在下雨,我们不要从十开始倒数,就从五开始倒数。NPR新闻,阿里·夏皮罗白宫报道。
词汇解析:
1、make a difference
有…影响;起…作用;
eg. Where you live can make such a difference to the way you feel.
住在哪里会极大地影响你的感受。
eg. What you have told me may make a difference to my own position.
你告诉我的一切,可能影响我自己的看法。
2、abbreviated
adj. 简短的;小型的;服装超短的
v. 缩写;节略(abbreviate的过去分词)
eg:The creators of the original X-Men abbreviated the title of its sequel to simply X2.
第1部《X战警》的创作者们把其续集的片名缩写成简单的《X2》。
参考答案:
1、spoke 2、bravely 3、saying
4、timeless 5、are going to
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