第387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 。A missionary doctor Kent Brantly who picked up Ebola virus while _1_ in Liberia has been given a clean bill of health, and _2_ from an Atlanta hospital. Jame Bierth, from member station WABE reports.
传教医生肯特·布兰特利在利比里亚工作时感染了埃博拉病毒,现在他已经恢复了健康,从亚特兰大医院出院 。WABE成员站的詹姆·柏斯将带来报道 。
Before leaving Emory Hospital, a thin but healthy looking Brantly spoke to reporters. With his wife by his side, he fought back tears.
在离开埃默里医院之前,布兰特利举行了新闻发布会,他看上去很瘦弱但是很健康 。布兰特利在妻子的陪伴下发表了讲话,期间他努力忍住泪水 。
"Today is a miraculous day, I'm thrilled to be alive, to be well and to be reunited with my family."
“今天真是充满奇迹的一天,我真高兴我还活着,而且身体健康,我也很高兴能和家人重聚 。”
Brantly, and missionary Nancy Writebol _3_ the past 3 weeks in a specialized isolation unit at Emory. A team of 5 doctors and 21 nurses cared for the pair around the clock. Doctor says _4_ will continue to come in for follow-up care and treatment. The hospital says in currently has no plans to _5_ any other Ebola-stricken patients. For NPR News, I' Jame Bierth in Atlanta.
过去三周,布兰特利和传教士南希·莱特博尔一直在埃默里医院的特殊隔离病房接受治疗 。由5名医生和21名护士组成的专门小组24小时照顾他们二人 。医生表示,二人还要继续接受后续的护理和治疗 。医院表示,目前并没有计划救治其他埃博拉患者的计划 。NPR新闻,詹姆·柏斯亚特兰大报道 。
词汇解析:
1. pick up
得(病);染上(疾病);
eg. They've picked up a really nasty infection from something they've eaten.
他们因吃错东西而得了很严重的感染症 。
eg. Kids will be heading back to school soon and that means colds, flu and other easily shared infections are bound to pick up.
孩子们又重返校园了,这意味着他们患上伤风、流感和其他易传染疾病的机会也增加了 。
2. a clean bill of health
身体状况良好;
eg. President Mitterrand, 75, has been given a clean bill of health by doctors in Paris.
巴黎的医生们告诉75岁的密特朗总统,他的身体非常健康 。
eg. I just had a medical examination and the doctor gave me a clean bill of health.
我刚进行了体格检查,医生给了我一份健康证书 。
3. by one's side
(在…)身边,(在…)旁边(给予支持或安慰);
eg. He spent his final moments listening to Beethoven's F Minor String Quartet emanating from a radio, his wife Madeleine by his side.
他在自己最后的时刻听着收音机里的贝多芬F小调弦乐四重奏,他的妻子玛德莱纳在他身旁 。
eg. With my daughter by my side, I think I can relief myself from hardships and terrible feelings in my work.
当我女儿在我身边的时候,我觉得我可以完全从工作的困境和烦扰中解脱出来 。
4. fight back
强忍住,抑制住(感情或欲望);
eg. He had to fight back tears of frustration.
他不得不强忍住失意的泪水.
eg. I stood there with a lump in my throat and tried to fight back tears.
我站在那里,喉咙哽塞,拼命想止住眼泪 。