第245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 government shutdown cost billions of dollars and lost productivity and _1_ revenue. NPR's Tamara Keith reports that is the conclusion of preliminary reportfrom the White House budget office.
政府关门使美国损失了数十亿美元,并导致生产力损失,收益损失 。据NPR新闻的塔玛拉·基思报道,这是白宫预算办公室的初步报告得出的结论 。
The office of management and budget says the 16-day government shutdown result in some 2 billion dollars and lost productivity as hundreds of thousands of government workers _2_ stay home and later given back pay. White House Budget Director Sylvia Mathews Burwell says the national parks estimate they _3_ out millions of visitors.
管理与预算办公室表示,政府关门16天导致约20亿美元损失,数千名政府工作人员在此期间被迫呆在家里,之后获得了补发的工资,这严重影响了生产力 。白宫预算办公室主任西尔维亚·马修斯·波维尔表示,预计国家公园流失了数百万名游客 。
"The national park services _4_ that the shutdown led to over 500 million in lost visitor's spending."
“据国家公园服务署估算,政府关门导致超过5百万名游客流失 。”
A spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner says "we would _5_ avoid this shutdown and any economic impact" but he also suggests the administration may be using the report to distract from healthcare laws troubled rollout. Tamara Keith, NPR News,the Capitol.
众议院议长约翰·博纳的一名发言人表示,“我们愿意避免政府关门,并规避任何经济影响”,但是他也表示,政府可能是利用这份报告分散人们对医保网站糟糕运行情况的注意力 。NPR新闻,塔玛拉·基思国会山报道 。
词汇解析:
1.preliminary report 初步报告;预备报告
2、distract from
分散(注意力);使分心;
eg. Tom admits that playing video games sometimes distracts him from his homework.
汤姆承认玩电子游戏有时会使他无心做作业 。
eg. It was another attempt to distract attention from the truth.
这又是企图分散人们对事实真相的注意力 。