一、泛聽建議:
1、完整聽一遍,掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽,特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞,寫下來。
3、復(fù)述新聞。
In the state of Maryland, a study group is recommending that authority's _1_ to cease firearms from people deemed mentally ill and a threat to society. The Task Force to Study Access of Mentally Ill Individual to Regulated Firearms in the state of Maryland says the threat must _2_ by a licensed health care provider, educator or law enforcement officer.
馬里蘭州的一個(gè)調(diào)查小組建議,官方應(yīng)授權(quán)制止患有精神疾病和對社會構(gòu)成威脅的人群使用武器。馬里蘭州的精神病患者個(gè)人權(quán)限與管制槍支專項(xiàng)研究小組表示,必須由合法的醫(yī)療服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)、教育機(jī)構(gòu)或執(zhí)法機(jī)構(gòu)提供威脅說明。
Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Corbett, wants a federal judge to _3_ the harsh penalties the NCAA imposed against Penn State University last year. Scott Detrow of member station WITF has more.
賓夕法尼亞州州長湯姆?科比特表示,他希望聯(lián)邦法官能否決去年全美大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會嚴(yán)厲制裁賓夕法尼亞州立大學(xué)的處罰。WITF成員站的斯科特?德特勞將帶來詳細(xì)報(bào)道。
Penn State's former president _4_ covering up years worth of sexual assaults conducted by former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Corbett says what happened was unforgivable but that the NCAA has no authority to ban the school from four years worth of ball games and erase 112 wins from the record books.
賓州州立大學(xué)前校長被控隱瞞前助理教練杰里?桑達(dá)斯基性侵兒童一事達(dá)幾年之久??票忍乇硎?,發(fā)生的事情是不可原諒的,但是全美大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會沒有權(quán)力禁止學(xué)校四年不能進(jìn)行球類運(yùn)動,并清除掉記錄簿中112場的勝利記錄。
The only logical conclusion is that the NCAA did it because they benefited from the penalties and because the leadership of the NCAA believed that it could.
唯一符合邏輯的結(jié)論便是,全美大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會這么做是因?yàn)樗麄儚奶幜P中得到了好處,因?yàn)槿来髮W(xué)生體育協(xié)會的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)層認(rèn)為他們會有好處。
Corbett voiced support for the sanctions when they _5_ July. And the school agreed to them. In a statement, the NCAA is blasting Corbett's suits saying the action is " an affront to all of the victims of this tragedy". For NPR News, I'm Scott Detrow.
制裁結(jié)果于7月公布時(shí)科比特曾表示支持。學(xué)校方面也同意了這份制裁決定。全美大學(xué)生體育協(xié)會發(fā)布聲明批評科比特的申訴,并稱他的行為是“對這場悲劇中所有受害者的侮辱”。NPR新聞,我是斯科特?德特勞。
詞匯解析:
1. throw out 拒絕,否決;提出(暗示、建議等);擲出;趕下臺
eg. You cannot throw away this opportunity!
你不能放過這個(gè)機(jī)會!
eg. The defense wants the district Judge to throw out the case.
辯護(hù)律師希望區(qū)法官不受理那個(gè)案子。
eg. He was thrown out of the Olympic team after testing positive for drugs.
他在藥檢呈陽性后被奧林匹克運(yùn)動隊(duì)除名。
2. cover up 蓋起來; 裹住;掩蓋; 掩飾
eg. He fell asleep in the front room so I covered him up with a duvet.
他在起居室睡著了,我便給他蓋上了羽絨被。
eg. He suspects there's a conspiracy to cover up the crime.
他懷疑有人密謀掩蓋犯罪事實(shí)。
eg. They knew they had done something terribly wrong and lied to cover it up.
他們知道自己犯了十分嚴(yán)重的錯(cuò)誤,于是撒謊隱瞞。
3、coach . 教練;旅客車廂;長途公車;四輪大馬車vt. 訓(xùn)練;指導(dǎo)
eg: Tony Woodcock has joined the team as coach.
托尼?伍德科克已經(jīng)作為教練加入了隊(duì)伍。
eg: What you need is a drama coach.
你需要的是一位戲劇指導(dǎo)。
eg: ...a coach pulled by six black horses.
…一輛6匹黑馬拉的4輪馬車。
eg: He gently coached me in French.
他和藹地輔導(dǎo)我法語。
參考答案:
1、been empowered 2、be established 3、throw out
4、is charged with 5、were announced in