NPR邊聽邊練311：美國的不平等

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(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

President Obama is turning his attention back to two long _1_ negative trends in American life, income inequality and a lack of upward mobility. NPR's Mara Liasson has more.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)現(xiàn)在將關(guān)注焦點轉(zhuǎn)回美國生活中兩大長期存在的消極趨勢，即收入不平等以及缺乏上升流動性。NPR新聞的瑪拉·利亞森將帶來詳細報道。

President Obama told a familiar and _2_ story describing Americans who feel the decks is stacked against them and that the American dream just isn't possible anymore. It's relentless trend he says that has gone on for decades.

奧巴馬總統(tǒng)講述了一個既熟悉又令人沮喪的故事來描述那些感到情況對他們不利的美國人以及那些認為美國夢沒有可能的人。他表示，這種趨勢幾十年來都沒有停止過。

"That's a dangerous and _3_ inequality and lack of upward mobility that has jeopardized middle-class America's basic bargain: that if you work hard, you had a chance to get ahead."

“持續(xù)增加的不平等以及上升流行動缺乏現(xiàn)象非常危險，而且損害了美國中產(chǎn)階級的基本利益，即只要努力工作就有機會獲得成功。”

The president says this is the _4_ challenge of our time and to address it, he asked Congress once again to fund universal preschool, invest in education and infrastructure and raise the minimum wage. None of that is likely anytime soon, but the president says he'll continue to _5_ these issues for the rest of his term. Mara Liasson, NPR News, the White House.

總統(tǒng)表示，這是我們這個時代面臨的重大挑戰(zhàn)，為了解決這一問題，他再次要求國會為普及性早期教育撥款，在教育、基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施方面投資，并提高最低工資。這其中沒有一個可以馬上實現(xiàn)，但是總統(tǒng)表示，他在任期之內(nèi)將繼續(xù)關(guān)注這些問題。NPR新聞，瑪拉·利亞森白宮報道。

詞匯解析：

1. be stacked against

情況對…不利;

eg. Everything seems to be stacked against us.

一切好像都對我們不利。

eg. And many are fed up with a system in which the deck seems stacked against middle-class Americans in favor of the wealthiest few.

許多人厭倦了似乎總是對美國中產(chǎn)階級不利而對富有的少數(shù)人有利的這樣一種體制。

eg. Mary is running for president of the student council, but the cards are stacked against her.

瑪麗正角逐學生會主席，但情況于她不利。

2. get ahead

進步;獲得成功;

eg. He wanted safety, security, a home, and a chance to get ahead.

他希望能獲得人身安全和保障，能組建家庭并且有機會在事業(yè)上大展宏圖。

eg. The young man worked very hard and soon began to get ahead.

那個年輕人很勤奮，他的事業(yè)很快有了進展。

參考答案：

1、standing 2、depressing 3、growing

4、defining 5、focus on