NPR边听边练327：美医保人数超过六百万

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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 Obama administration is reporting more than six million people will have health insurance _1_ tomorrow, many for the first time. As NPR's Julie Rovner explains that includes those who _2_ for private insurance and qualified¹ for Medicaid.

　　奥巴马政府的报告表示，明天将有超过6百万民众获得健康保险，其中大多数人是第一次拥有保险。据NPR新闻的朱莉·罗夫纳报道，获得保险的民众包括购买私人保险以及符合医疗补助计划申请资格的人。

　　In a conference call with reporters, Obama administration officials said that 2.1 million people have signed up for _3_ coverage² through the federal healthcare.gov website, or one of the websites ran by 14 states or the District of Columbia that was through December 28th. Another 3.9 million people _4_ eligible³ for the Medicaid or Children's Health Insurance Programs in October and November. Those numbers have not yet been updated. Officials also said they are working to insure that those _5_ their new coverage for the first time will have a smooth transition in the coming days and weeks. CVS and Walgreens Pharmacies⁴ have already said they will help those who have not yet received ID cards. Julie Rovner, NPR News, Washington.

　　奥巴马政府官员在记者招待会上表示，210万民众在12月28日前购买了私人保险，他们购买的渠道包括联邦医保网站以及由14个州和哥伦比亚特区运作的网站。另有390万民众在10月或11月份申请医疗补助计划或儿童保险计划并通过。这个数字目前并没有更新。官员表示，他们正努力工作，以确保这些第一次拥有保险的民众在未来几天或几周的时间内能有平稳的过渡。CVS及Walgreens连锁药店均表示，他们将为还没有获得保险的民众年代帮助。NPR新闻，朱莉·罗夫纳华盛顿报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、eligible for 合格；够资格

　　eg:It will not be eligible for recovery during server start up.

　　在服务器启动恢复期间它就不是合格的了。

　　2、smooth transition 顺利过渡，平稳过渡

　　eg:This ensures a smooth transition to the final state and also assures that a single failure, if one occurs, does not bring down the entire enterprise.

　　这可确保平稳过渡到最终状态，还能确保单个故障（如果出现了）并不会让整个企业陷入崩溃状态。

　　参考答案：

　　1、beginning 2、have signed up 3、private

　　4、were found 5、using

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