第105期:主餐一道:泛听练习
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 。3、复述新闻
。
Secretary of State John Kerry’s just back from the trip to the Middle East _1_ cautious in efforts to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks. Speaking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kerry called for patience on the _2_ the two-state plan he might develop in the coming months.
国务卿约翰·克里刚刚结束中东之行回国,他谨慎地表示要努力推动重启以色列和巴勒斯坦和谈 。克里出席了众议院外交事务委员会听证会,表示他可能在未来几个月提出两国计划,并呼吁耐心等待具体计划 。
"I believe the window for a two-state solution is shutting. I think we have some period of time, a year,a year and _3_, two years or it’s over."Kerry also _4_ US efforts to help defuse tension on the Korean peninsula with North Korea has issued new nuclear threats against its southern neighbour and Seoul’s allies.
“我认为两国方案的窗口已经关闭 。我认为这个过程需要一些时间,可能是一年,一年半,两年或者更长的时间 。”克里还谈到了美国为缓和朝鲜半岛紧张局势所做的努力,朝鲜已再次向南部邻国及首尔的同盟发出核威胁 。
Before the close, Dow was down 138 points at 14,619.This is NPR.
收市前,道琼斯工业平均指数下降138点,报14,619点 。这里是NPR新闻 。
The president of Syria seems to show no signs of backing down from a two-year civil war that has claim tens of thousands of lives. In a local TV interview, Bashar al-Assad says failure to defeat the rebel would mean the end of Syria. Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks Congress that the Pentagon _5_ soldiers from its Army headquarters unit to Jordan to help contain violence along that country's border with Syria.
叙利亚总统似乎没并没有在持续两年的内战问题上让步的想法,这场内战已夺走了数万人的生命 。巴沙尔·阿萨德接受当地电视台采访时表示,不能打败反对派意味着叙利亚将不复存在 。同时,美国国防部长查克·哈格尔对国会表示,五角大楼计划从陆军总部派遣士兵前往约旦,帮助遏制约旦与叙利亚边境附近的暴力冲突 。
词汇解析:
1. contain 文中用到了contain不常用的用法,vt.控制;遏制;防止…蔓延
eg. More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant...
上百名消防队员仍在试图控制工厂的火势 。
The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
市政府称宵禁遏制住了暴力事件 。
eg. He couldn't contain himself for joy.
他高兴得几乎不能控制住自己 。
2、defuse :remove the triggering device from(同义词:quell, assuage)
vt. 平息;去掉…的雷管;使除去危险性
eg:to defuse a bomb 拆除炸弹的引信
eg:to defuse a dangerous situation 缓和危险形势
to defuse a potentially ugly situation 消除潜在的尴尬局面