NPR邊聽邊練217:英國小王子首次亮相

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？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，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

3、復述新聞。

Boy meets world. Today, the world had its first glimpse of Britain's royal new boy, the third in line to the throne. He _1_ up by his parents, William and Kate, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. As NPR's Philip Reeves reports, the excitement rippled across the area.

王子在全世界面前公開亮相。今天，全世界第一次見到了英國皇室的新王子，第三順位繼承人。他的父母，劍橋公爵和劍橋公爵夫人，即威廉王子和凱特王妃抱著他。據(jù)NPR新聞的菲利普·里維斯報道，現(xiàn)場成為一片興奮的海洋。

The royal couple came out with a baby boy, born just over a day earlier, visits the prince's first test of the intense media scrutiny , that will dominate his life.The public _2_ outside London St. Mary's hospital was thrilled. Prince William said of his boy,

這對皇室夫妻攜子亮相，使剛剛出生一天的小王子首次接受媒體的密切關注，他的一生都將生活在這樣的關注中。聚集在倫敦圣瑪麗醫(yī)院外的民眾非常激動。威廉王子這樣介紹他的兒子，

"Well he had a good pair of lungs on him that's for sure."

“寶寶有很健康的肺部，這點很確定。”

Kate added that she felt,

凱特則這樣形容她的感受，

"It's been very emotional, it's such a special time..."

“我們都很激動，這是一個特別的時刻……”

Photos completed the young family wait inside to prepare to depart for Kensington Palace. They left one issue unsolved, the boy's name. They say they are still working on that. Philip Reeves NPR News, London.

照片記錄下這對年輕夫妻等候前往肯辛頓宮的情景。他們還留下一個問題，那就是小王子的名字。他們表示，孩子的名字還在研究。NPR新聞，菲利普·里維斯倫敦報道。

Many parents in the US _3_ with a new kind of anxiety over their kids, college tuition, but the loan giant Sallie Mae is out with an optimistical report at least to sign, that chose college _4_ in 2012 with a down slightly to 2,100 dollars. Two years earlier, the cost was 2,400. Also it's as many students _5_ more on grants and scholarships and their parent's pocketbooks to help pay for an education.

美國有許多父母正在解決子女大學學費出現(xiàn)的新問題，而貸款巨頭Sallie Mae卻發(fā)表了一份樂觀的報告，稱至少有跡象表明，那些在2012年選擇上大學的學生花費有所減少，為2100美元。兩年前，大學花費為2400美元。當然有許多學生越來越依賴貸款、獎學金以及父母的財力來支付學費。

詞匯解析：

1. glimpse

n. 一瞥，一看;掃視

eg. He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd.

他一眼瞥見她在人群里。

eg. Some of the fans had waited 24 hours outside the Hyde Park Hotel to catch a glimpse of their heroine.

為了一睹女主角的風采，一些追星族已經(jīng)在海德公園飯店外守候了24個小時。

eg. He had taken heart at a little glimpse of hope.

他看到一線希望后振作了起來。

2. scrutiny

n. 詳細的檢查(或?qū)彶?;仔細的觀察

eg. His private life came under media scrutiny.

他的私生活受到媒體的密切關注。

eg. The President promised a government open to public scrutiny.

總統(tǒng)承諾政府將接受公眾監(jiān)督。

eg. His writings can stand close scrutiny.

他寫的東西經(jīng)得起推敲。

參考答案：

1、was brought 2、gathered 3、are dealing

4、spending 5、are relying