NPR邊聽邊練258：美俄宇航員抵達國際空間站

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。空內(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。

A lawyer representing entertainment company AEG Live says music superstar Michael Jackson died as a result of his own bad choices, and not anything the company _1_ Jackson's "This Is It" concert may have done. Attorney Marvin Putnam began delivering final arguments to jurors who're weighing evidence in a negligence suit brought by Jackson's family. The attorney representing the late singer _2_ he would have had earnings potential of more than a billion dollars had he lived. Jackson died in 2009 at the age of 50 for drug overdose. Closing arguments in the case are scheduled for tomorrow.

代表AEG Live娛樂公司的律師表示，音樂巨星邁克爾·杰克遜因自己糟糕的選擇而導(dǎo)致了自己的死亡，而與AGE公司制作杰克遜《就是這樣》的演唱會無關(guān)。律師馬文·帕特南開始向陪審團做最后陳述，陪審團正在權(quán)衡杰克遜家人所提起的疏忽訴訟的證據(jù)。代表已故歌手杰克遜的律師稱，如果他還活著，他所掙的錢可能會超過10億美元。杰克遜于2009年因服藥過量死亡，享年50歲。本案的結(jié)案陳詞定于明天進行。

Three astronauts are due to arrive at the International Space Station in less than an hour. They _3_ the express route. As NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports, they blasted off aboard a Russian rocket earlier today.

三名宇航員將在一小時內(nèi)抵達國際空間站。他們將走快速通道。據(jù)NPR新聞的杰夫·布魯姆菲爾報道，今天早些時候，他們登上一艘俄羅斯火箭起飛。

"Three, two, one, ignition."

“三，二，一，點火。”

The Russian Soyuz TMA-10M _4_ off just a few minutes before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Onboard are NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. They will dock with the station later this evening. Once aboard, the three new astronauts will join three already in orbit. While in space, the trio will conduct scientific experiments and routine maintenance onboard the station. They _5_ to return to Earth in the spring of next year. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR News.

東部時間差幾分鐘五點時，俄羅斯“聯(lián)盟TMA-10M”載人飛船從哈薩克斯坦拜科努爾出發(fā)。搭載的三名宇航員為美國航天局宇航員邁克爾·霍普金斯、俄羅斯宇航員奧列格·科托夫和謝爾蓋·梁贊斯基。今天晚上，他們將與空間站實現(xiàn)對接。一旦搭上飛船， 這3名首次進入太空的宇航員就已經(jīng)在軌道上運行了。三人將在空間站進行科學(xué)實驗以及空間站的日常維護等任務(wù)。他們預(yù)計于明年春天返回地球。NPR新聞，杰夫·布魯姆菲爾報道。

詞匯解析：

1、juror. 審查委員，陪審員

eg:The attorney for the defense challenged the juror.

被告辯護律師不同意這位陪審員。

2、blast off 點火起飛;發(fā)射升空(等于blast-off)

eg:The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off into the bright morning sky as a cheer went up across the Kennedy Space Center.

奮進號航天飛機在肯尼迪航天中心爆發(fā)出的歡呼聲中發(fā)射進入清晨明亮的天空。

3、dock with 與…對接：

eg:The spaceship docked with the satellite.

宇宙飛船在空間與衛(wèi)星對接。

參考答案：

1、producing 2、has claimed 3、are taking

4、lifted 5、are scheduled