NPR边听边练326：美国国安局电话监视是否违宪

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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 constitutionality of the National Security Agency's phone data collection program appears bound for the Supreme¹ Court after two federal judges _1_ conflicting opinions on the program. And NPR's Nathan Rott reports more information on the NSA surveillance activities is trickling² out.

　　美国国家安全局电话数据收集项目是否符合宪将交由最高法院判定，此前两名联邦法官就该项目做出了意见相左的判罚。据NPR新闻的纳山·罗特报道，有关国安局监视活动的更多信息将逐渐浮出水面。

　　The latest comes from a German news magazine that says NSA has a team of elite³ hackers⁴ who intercept⁵ computer delivers and "get the ungettable". The magazine bases story on documents _2_ by former government contractor⁶ Edward Snowden. Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden says Snowden's leaks _3_ the NSA "infinitely⁷ weaker". He then defended one surveillance program in question.

　　据德国新闻杂志的最新报道，国安局有一个顶尖黑客小组，他们拦截计算机传送的信息，然后得到本是不可获取的信息。这家杂志基于前政府雇员爱德华·斯诺登泄密的文件进行了报道。前中情局局长、国安局局长迈克尔·海登做客CBS电视台的《Face the Nation》时表示，斯诺登泄露的信息使国安局变得“无比软弱”。之后他为一个饱受质疑的监视项目进行了辩护。

　　"Our history as a people demanded what we be alarmed, what we _4_ about this. But our concerns should be governed on the facts of the case and not the emotion of the case."

　　“我们民族的历史使我们对此感到担忧和关注。但是我们的关注要基于这件事的事实，而不是基于对此事的情感。”

　　And the fact, he says, is that the phone data _5_ by NSA is hardly touched and only used when there is a reasonable suspension that is associated with terrorism. Nathan Rott, NPR News.

　　他说，事实上，国安局收集的电话数据几乎不会使用，只有在合理怀疑与恐怖主义有联系的事件中才会使用。NPR新闻，纳山·罗特报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. be bound for

　　要到…去的；驶往…的；

　　eg. The ship was bound for Italy.

　　这艘船驶向意大利。

　　eg. I boarded the plane bound for England.

　　我登上了飞往英格兰的飞机。

　　2. in question

　　疑问；怀疑；不确定；

　　eg. His sincerity⁸ is not in question.

　　他的真诚不容置疑。

　　eg. The future of public transport is not in question.

　　公共交通的未来发展是不容置疑的。

　　参考答案：

　　1、offered 2、leaked 3、have made

　　4、be concerned 5、collected

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