第321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 US Navy's Blue Angels are airborne again. NPR's Nathan Rott reports the elite aviation team _1_ to action this weekend after being grounded for much of the last year because of spending cuts.
美国海军“蓝天使”飞行表演队再次开始表演 。据NPR新闻的纳山·罗特报道,这个精英航空团队于本周末再次表演,去年他们因缩减开支而停止了大部分活动 。
Thousands of southern Californians _2_ the Blue Angels put on their first performance in almost a year Saturday. Many post in YouTube videos like this of the blue and gold jets criss-crossing, _3_ and diving. The Navy's best precision pilots usually do about three dozen performances every year. Last year they did two, citing government cutbacks that brought about "budget realities". Navy officials say the program cost about $40 million annually. This year they are not expecting any cutbacks for their aerial acrobatics.The team _4_ to appear at more than 30 shows for the rest of the calendar year. Nathan Rott, NPR News.
周六,数千名南加州民众观看了“蓝天使”飞行表演队的首场表演,这距离他们上次进行表演已过去了近一年的时间 。许多人将这些蓝金色飞机展示交叉表演、旋转和俯冲的视频传到YouTube网站上 。海军最精英的飞行员通常每年要进行30场左右的表演 。去年,他们只进行了两场表演,原因是政府削减开支造成“预算现实”的情况 。海军官员表示,这个项目每年的花费约为4000万美元 。今年他们不希望再缩减特技飞行表演的开支 。今年余下的时间里,这个团队将进行超过30场的表演 。NPR新闻,纳山·罗特报道 。
A piece of sports history dating back to the 1867 meeting that _5_ the beginning of institutionalized racial segregation in baseball is up for sale. A main auction company on Wednesday will offer a ticket to the National Association of Base-Ball Players convention in Philadelphia, where the rules committee voted to ban teams with black players.
体育史中的一件物品将要出售,这件1867年会议中的物品标志着棒球开始实行种族隔离制度 。一家拍卖公司将于周三拍卖在费城举行的美国国家棒球协会的会议门票,规则委员会在费城投票禁止有黑人球员的球队参赛 。
This is NPR News in Washington.
这里是华盛顿NPR新闻 。
词汇解析:
1、bring about
导致;引起;
eg. Science has brought about many change in our lives.
科学为我们生活带来了很多变化 。
eg. They conspired to bring about the meeting of the two people.
他们共同促成了两人的会面 。
2. date back to
追溯(到);开始(于);始造(或建)(于);
eg. This tradition dates back over 200 years.
这一传统可追溯到 200 多年以前 。
eg. The oldest deposits in the cave date back to 120,000 years ago.
这个山洞最早有人居住的日期大概是12万年前 。
3. up for sale
供出售;待售;转让;
eg. They will put all these second - hand goods up for sale.
他们将把这些旧货全部公开出售 。
eg. The house over there is up for sale.
那边的房子要出售 。