一、泛聽(tīng)建議:
1、完整聽(tīng)一遍,掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng),特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞,寫(xiě)下來(lái)。
3、復(fù)述新聞。
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel _1_ a commencement address today to the US Military Academy at West Point. He says the volunteer army faces many challenges from within, including suicide, alcoholism and sexual abuse.
今天,國(guó)防部長(zhǎng)查克?哈格爾在美國(guó)西點(diǎn)軍校的畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表講話。他表示,志愿軍面臨著許多來(lái)自內(nèi)部的挑戰(zhàn),包括自殺、酒精中毒以及性侵害。
"You’ll need to not just deal with these debilitating, insidious and destructive forces, but rather you must be the generation of leaders that stop it."
“你們不僅需要處理這些削弱、危害、破壞戰(zhàn)斗力的因素,你們還必須要成為停止這些的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一代。”
He says sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are profound betrayal. A Pentagon report _2_ this month estimated as many as 26,000 military service members may _3_ assaulted last year.
他表示,軍隊(duì)中的性騷擾和性侵犯是對(duì)軍裝深刻的背叛。本月五角大樓的一份報(bào)告顯示,據(jù)估計(jì)去年最多有26,000名服役人員可能遭到性侵犯。
_4_ continues in Syria as government forces try to recapture the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border.Activists say rebel-held parts of the town have been heavily bombarded by army units and _5_ from Hezbollah. The BBC's Jim Muir has more.
敘利亞的爭(zhēng)斗還在持續(xù),政府軍試圖重新占領(lǐng)黎巴嫩邊境附近的戰(zhàn)略重鎮(zhèn)庫(kù)塞爾?;顒?dòng)人士表示,反對(duì)派占領(lǐng)的該鎮(zhèn)部分地區(qū)遭到了真主黨部隊(duì)及士兵的猛烈炮擊。BBC新聞的吉姆?繆爾將帶來(lái)詳細(xì)報(bào)道。
詞匯解析:
1. debilitate
vt.使虛弱;使衰弱
eg. Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.
昨天拉塞爾因腸胃病毒感染身體不適,由斯圖爾特暫時(shí)接手。
eg. Do not allow the sinfulness in the world youinhabit to debilitate your spirit's strength.
不要讓你們居住的世界上的罪惡感使你們的精神力量變得虛弱。
2、insidious (同近義詞 designing, knowing, subtle)
adj. 陰險(xiǎn)的;隱伏的;暗中為害的;狡猾的
eg:As doubts are so insidious, how do you beat them?
既然疑慮如此狡猾,如何擊敗它們呢?
eg:Another, more insidious form - is a lie .
另一種更為陰險(xiǎn)的形式——是謊言。
3、sexual harassment 性騷擾
eg:Sexual harassment of women workers by their bosses is believed to be widespread.
女員工受其上司性騷擾的情況被認(rèn)為是廣泛存在的。
4、sexual assault 性侵犯;性暴行
eg:The phrase sexual assault has been in use for more than a century, and 19th-century writers seem to have used it synonymously with rape.
性侵犯這個(gè)詞語(yǔ)已經(jīng)用了一個(gè)多世紀(jì)了,在19世紀(jì)的時(shí)候作家們似乎就已經(jīng)用它來(lái)同義強(qiáng)奸一詞了。
參考答案:
1、delivered 2、released 3、have been sexually
4、Fighting 5、fighters