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第255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。
The average price for a gallon of gas across the country _1_ course and edging up. Analyst Trilby Lundberg says it's the first price hike since September 6th.
美国国内每加仑汽油的平均价格发生逆转，目前正在慢慢上涨。分析师特雷比·伦德伯格表示，这是汽油价格自9月6日以来的首次上涨。
"In these two weeks, the price of regular grade is up 3% to $3.25 and just prior to now they _2_ by 37 cents per gallon over nine weeks."
“这两周以来，普通汽油的价格上涨了3%，达到3.25美元，而此前的九周，每加仑价格已经猛跌了37美分。”
Lundberg says crude oil has become more expensive and _3_ can't cut prices any more.
伦德伯格表示，原油越来越贵，炼制者不可能再削减价格。
The new Hunger Game sequel Catching Fire _4_ a record at the box office. It's taking in more than $161 million. The most for a November _5_. And Catching Fire is doing far better in overseas than the 2012 original, taking in more than $146 million internationally.
系列电影《饥饿游戏》的第二部《星火燎原》创造了票房记录。进账超过1.61亿美元。是十一月首周末票房最高的电影。《星火燎原》的海外票房也比2012年首部作品要更加抢眼，其国际票房收获1.46亿美元。
词汇解析：
1. edge up
慢慢向上边靠拢；渐升；微升；
eg. The number of visitors could edge up.
游客数量可能会略微增长。
eg. Unemployment will edge up, but not by much.
失业率将缓慢上升，但增幅不是很大。
2. prior to
在…之前；先于；
eg. Prior to his Japan trip, he went to New York.
在去日本之前，他去了纽约。
eg. A man seen hanging around the area prior to the shooting could have been involved.
在枪杀案发生之前，有人目睹一位男子在这附近游荡，该男子可能与此案有关。
