NPR邊聽邊練244：東京成功申奧
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。
The site of the 2020 Olympics will be Tokyo. The Japanese capital won an International Olympic Committee vote today over the cities of Istanbul and Madrid. From Buenos Aires, the site of the vote, NPR's Mike Pesca reports. In his final pitch to the _1_ members of the IOC, Japanese Olympic Committee President Tsunekazu Takeda emphasized his city's ability to competently delivery on its promises.
2020年奧運會的舉辦地是東京。今天，日本首都贏得了國際奧委會的投票，戰(zhàn)勝了伊斯坦布爾和馬德里。NPR新聞的邁克·派斯卡將從投票地布宜諾斯艾利斯帶來報道。日本奧委會主席竹田恒和在最后一次向國際奧委會投票成員陳述時，強調了東京像承諾的那樣能勝任承辦工作的能力。
“Vote for Tokyo, and you vote for the superb games experience in every possible sense.”
“選擇東京，就是選擇了在任何意義上都一流的比賽體驗。”
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on hand to bow through the bidding, _2_ assurances that ongoing problems with the Fukushima nuclear reactor would _3_ in time for the Games. After a tie-breaker vote, Madrid _4_, leaving Tokyo to face Istanbul. An Istanbul Olympics would _5_ the first in the majority-Muslim country, one where most of the citizens are under 30 years old, but in the end the voters were more swayed by claims of Japanese confidence than tantalized by Turkey's demographics. Mike Pesca, NPR News, Buenos Aires.
日本首相安倍晉三已抵達投票現場，他保證會為了奧運及時解決福島核反應堆的問題。在平分加投后，馬德里被淘汰，剩下東京和伊斯坦布爾。伊斯坦布爾奧運會將是這個穆斯林占人口大多數的國家第一次舉辦奧運會，許多市民都不到30歲，但是最終，投票成員被日本宣示的信心所說服，而沒有被土耳其的人口結構所吸引。NPR新聞，邁克·派斯卡布宜諾斯艾利斯報道。
詞匯解析：
1. in every sense
在各種意義上;在所有意義上;在任何一點上
eg. It's a lie in every sense of the word.
這是一個不折不扣的謊言。
eg. The drama makes great entertainment because it shows people who are living on edge in every sense.
這部電視劇吸引了大批觀眾,是因為它在各種意義上詮釋了那些生活在邊緣的人物。
2. on hand
在手邊; 在近處; 現有; 到場
eg. There will be 300 representatives on hand in this conference.
這次會議將有300個代表出席。
eg. He has too much work on hand to go picnicking with us.
他手頭的工作太多了，不能跟我們去野餐。
3. tie-breaker
(比賽或游戲中雙方戰(zhàn)平后的)決勝題，決勝局
eg. Although Dell's Beishuiyizhan eighth win in difficult, but the key is lost in the tie breaker.
背水一戰(zhàn)的戴爾雖在第八局中艱難勝出，但在關鍵的決勝局中還是敗下陣來。
eg. There are specific rules for tie-breaker. The judges were simply going by the rules.
比分相同如何決定金牌是有規(guī)則的，裁判只是根據游戲規(guī)則做事而已。
4. more...than
與其……不如;
eg. The exhibition at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts is more a production than it is a museum display.
波士頓美術博物館的展覽與其說是一次博物館展出，倒不如說是一場精心設計的展演活動。
eg. She looked more sad than in pain.
她看起來更多的是悲傷，而不是疼痛。
參考答案：
1、voting 2、giving 3、be solved
4、was eliminated 5、have been
