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第327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。
President Obama _1_ Congress to boost economic opportunities for women. He's calling on lawmakers to address the lack of pay equity in the workplace and to raise the minimum wage.
奥巴马总统敦促国会增加女性的经济机会。他呼吁议员解决工作中存在的薪酬不公平问题，同时要求提高最低工资。
"On average, a woman still _2_ just 77 cents for every dollar a man does. And too many women face _3_ workplace policies that hold them back."
平均而言，在工作中一个男性可以得到1美元而女性只能拿到77美分。而且有很多女性要面对阻碍她们发展的陈旧的工作规则。
Speaking in his weekly address today, the President said that the economy has not caught up with the fact that women now make up almost half of the workforce.
今天，总统在每周讲话中表示，现在事实是女性占据了近一半的劳动力人口，但是经济情况却未能跟上。
In China today, First Lady Michelle Obama told _4_ that freedom of speech and free access to information make country stronger and should be universal rights. Obama spoke to students at Peking University in Beijing.
中国方面，今天，第一夫一米歇尔·奥巴马告诉学生们，言论自由和信息通畅公开使国家更加强大，同时这也应该是普遍权利。米歇尔·奥巴马在北京大学发表演讲。
词汇解析：
1、on average
平均起来；按平均值；
eg. On average, 15 worth of goods is stole every day.
平均每天被窃取的货物价值为15英镑。
eg. Representative cost on average 25,000 per head per annum.
每年每人平均花费25000英镑。
2. hold back
阻挡；阻止；
eg. Stagnation in home sales is holding back economic recovery.
国内销售的停滞不前正阻碍着经济复苏。
eg. Jake wanted to wake up, but sleep held him back.
杰克想要醒来，但睡意使他又沉入梦乡。
3. catch up with
赶上；追上；跟上；赶上，达到（标准、水平等）；
eg. Old age and infirmity had begun to catch up with him.
他开始显出年老体衰的样子了。
eg. And you must do your best to catch up with others.
因此，你必须尽最大努力赶上其他人。
