NPR邊聽邊練135：奧巴馬醫(yī)改爭論依舊

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以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個(gè)段落的聽寫?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。

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。

The Federal health law known as Obamacare turns three years old today. And as NPR's Julie Rovner reports debate over the measure is still raging.Backers of the law like Health and Human service Secretary Kathleen Sebelius are relieved that it _1_ last year's election and supreme court ruling.They are looking ahead to October when enrollment begins for potentially millions of Americans."We really have an opportunity now to put the law in full gear."

今天是聯(lián)邦醫(yī)保法，即奧巴醫(yī)改法實(shí)施三周年的日子。據(jù)NPR新聞的朱莉·羅夫納報(bào)道，這項(xiàng)法案的爭論依然很激烈。該法案的支持者，健康與人類服務(wù)部部長凱瑟琳·西貝利厄斯感到很寬慰，因?yàn)檫@項(xiàng)法案通過了去年的總統(tǒng)大選和最高法院的裁定。他們正期待著10月的到來，到時(shí)可能會(huì)有上千萬美國民眾進(jìn)行醫(yī)療保險(xiǎn)登記。“我們現(xiàn)在真正有機(jī)會(huì)全力開展這項(xiàng)法案。”

But opponents like Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, haven't given up the hope of repealing the measure."The biggest mistake in modern times, in my judgement, was the _2_ of Obamacare,which seeks to turn America into a Western European country. "The budget bill just _3_ by Congress didn't defend implementation effort as House Republicans wanted. But it didn't give the administration the _4_ money it asked for, either. Julie Rovner, NPR News, Washington.

而代表反對(duì)者的參議院少數(shù)黨領(lǐng)袖米奇·麥康奈爾則并沒有放棄廢除該法案的希望。"在我看來，現(xiàn)代社會(huì)最大的錯(cuò)誤就是通過奧巴馬醫(yī)改法，這會(huì)讓美國變成西歐國家。”國會(huì)剛剛通過的預(yù)算法案并沒有像眾議院共和黨希望的那樣確保實(shí)施工作。而且它也沒有為政府提供其要求的額外資金。NPR新聞，朱莉·羅夫納華盛頓報(bào)道。

Politicians in Cyprus are rushing to finish a new legislative package that will save their country from bankruptcy. Cypriots need to come up billions of dollars to secure a rescue loan from European countries. A prior plan _5_ this week by lawmakers, that's because it took up to 10% of money from people's savings in private banks.

塞浦路斯的政治家急于結(jié)束避免國家破產(chǎn)的新立法方案。塞浦路斯需要用數(shù)十億美元從歐洲國家那里換來救援貸款。本周，議員否決了先前的方案，因?yàn)樵摲桨敢獜拿癖娫谒饺算y行的存款帳戶上征稅10%。

詞匯解析：

1. look ahead to 向前看;展望未來

eg. It's that time of year when each of us reflects on the previous year and look ahead to the new year.

每年新年至?xí)r，我們每個(gè)人都會(huì)回顧往年，展望新年。

eg. During the first half of life, people look ahead to the second half. But during the second half of life,people look back to the first half.

在前半生里，人們向前看后半生;而后半生里，人們向后看前半生。

eg. It is said that "young people often look ahead to the future while the elderly look back on the past".

“青年人常思將來，老年人常思既往”。

2. repeal vt.撤銷，廢除;否定，放棄

eg. The government has just repealed the law segregating public facilities.

政府剛剛廢止了不同種族分開使用公共設(shè)施的法令。

eg. He has made out a strong case for the repeal of the law.

他提出強(qiáng)有力的理由，贊成廢除該法令。

eg. The legislation body can not only pass a law but also repeal it.

立法機(jī)構(gòu)不僅能通過一項(xiàng)法令而且可以廢除它。

參考答案：

1、survived 2、passage 3、passed

4、additional 5、was rejected