第三十五期: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
。
Trouble continues to mount for Boeing's Dreamliner. The European Aviation Safety Agency is now _1_ to ground the 787s and investigators are concern lithium batteries in the planes can leak corrosive fluid and start fires.
波音梦想飞机的问题持续增加 。欧洲航空安全局是最后一个下令停飞787飞机的 。调查者认为飞机上装载的锂电池可能会泄露腐蚀性液体并起火 。
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee next week will consider its own chairman for a key cabinet post. As NPR's S.V. Date reports Senator John Kerry will _2_ questions from his committee members regarding _3_ as President Obama's. Secretary of State.
下周,参议院外交委员会将考虑一个关键的内阁职务,即委员会主席的职位 。据NPR新闻的S.V. Date报道,参议员约翰•克里因被奥巴马总统提名为国务卿,将面临来自委员会成员的质询 。
The Committee has set Senator Kerry's nomination _4_ for next Thursday at 10am. The President chose Kerry after UN ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration. Republican Senators indicated they _5_ her confirmation over her public statements regarding an attack in U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Kerry was a Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and he's chaired Foreign Relations Committee since 2009. He is expected to win the approval of his committee as well as confirmation by the full Senate. S.V. Date, NPR News.
委员会将参议员克里的提名听证会安排在下周四上午十点进行 。在联合国大使苏珊•赖斯放弃竞逐国务卿一职后,总统选择了克里 。共和党参议员暗示,由于赖斯就美国大使在利比亚班加西遇袭一事所发表的公开声明,他们会阻挠赖斯的提名批准 。克里2004年曾获得民主党提名参加总统竞选,自2009年开始执掌外交委员会 。他期望既能赢得其所在委员会的支持,也能得到整个参议院的批准 。NPR新闻,S.V. Date报道 。
词汇解析:
1. lithium battery [电] 锂电池;锂蓄电池
2、cabinet. 内阁;橱柜;展览艺术品的小陈列室 adj. 内阁的;私下的,秘密的
eg:The announcement came after a three-hour cabinet meeting.
这项公告是在3小时的内阁会议之后发布的
eg:She looked in the medicine cabinet and found some aspirin.
她在药橱中翻看了一下,找到几片阿司匹林
。3、withdraw from(使)离开[退出];从…提取;撤离;退出
eg. Unless Hitler withdrew his troops from Poland by 11 o'clock that morning, a state of war would exist between Great Britain and Germany.
如果希特勒那天上午11点前不从波兰撤兵,英德两国便将处于战争状态 。
eg. They withdrew 100 dollars from a bank account after checking out of their hotel.
他们在旅馆结账后,从银行账户中取了100美元 。
eg. The African National Congress threatened to withdraw from the talks.
非洲国民大会威胁要退出会谈 。
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