NPR邊聽邊練312：美國有意申請2024冬奧會

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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。

The man accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles International Airport last month, _1_ a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three other people, made a court appearance today. Paul Ciancia who appeared in court with bruises on his face and a bandage on his neck, said little during the brief appearance. He did not enter a plea. The 23-year-old Ciancia who was shot and _2_ by airport police _3_ TSA agents according to investigators.

今天，被控上個月在洛杉磯國際機場開槍殺害一名運輸安全管理局官員并致3人受傷的男子出席庭審。保羅·西安希亞出庭時臉上有瘀傷，脖子上纏著繃帶，他在短暫的露面過程中幾乎沒有說話。他也沒有為自己辯護。23歲的希安西亞被機場警察開槍射傷，調(diào)查人員稱他的目標(biāo)是運輸安全管理局。

Officials at the U.S. Olympic Committee said they _4_ a bid to host the 2024 summer games. NPR's Howard Berkes reports an American bid is contingent on funding the right candidate city.

美國奧林匹克委員會官員表示，他們在考慮申請舉辦2024夏季奧運會。據(jù)NPR新聞的霍華德·貝爾克斯報道，美國的申辦由對候選城市的資金支持決定。

It's been nearly 12 years since the last Olympics on American soil, the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City. So a carefully worded statement from U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Larry Probst _5_ the Olympic hopes at several American cities, including Boston,Washington, Dallas and Los Angeles. Probst says the USOC intends to nominate an American city for the 2024 Summer Olympics, if a bid has the right technical plan, leadership, financing and government support. The group is vetting candidate cities now and has until

the end of next year to make a decision. The USOC has also been working to repair a tighter relationship with the International Olympic Committee, which makes the final host city choice. Howard Berkes, NPR News.

距上次奧運會在美國土地上舉辦已經(jīng)過去了近12年的時間，2002年鹽湖城曾舉辦冬季奧運會。所以美國奧委會主席拉里·普羅布斯特發(fā)表的這份措辭嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)穆暶鳛閹讉€有望舉辦奧運會的城市帶去了希望，這些城市包括波士頓、華盛頓、達(dá)拉斯和洛杉磯。普羅布斯特表示，美國奧委會有意提名一個美國城市申辦2024夏季奧運會，條件是申辦具備合理的技術(shù)規(guī)劃、適當(dāng)?shù)念I(lǐng)導(dǎo)者、充足的財務(wù)資助和政府支持。美國奧委會目前正在審查候選城市，明年年底將做出決定。同時，美國奧委會也在努力恢復(fù)與國際奧委會的緊密關(guān)系，最終的主辦城市將由國際奧委會選出。NPR新聞，霍華德·貝爾克斯報道。

詞匯解析：

1. make an appearance

出席;參加;露面;

eg. It's impolite to make a tardy appearance.

晚到是不禮貌的。

eg. A famous disc jockey was going to make an appearance at the mall.

一位著名的DJ將在商場現(xiàn)身。

2. be contingent on sth./doing sth.

取決于…的;由…決定的;

eg. Our success is contingent on your support.

我們的成功離不開你的支持。

eg. Certainly, that type of earnings growth is possible, but it is highly contingent on underlying economic growth.

當(dāng)然，實現(xiàn)這樣的盈利增長是有可能的，但它高度依賴經(jīng)濟增長。

eg. Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.

我們能否按時到達(dá)要視天氣情況而定。

參考答案：

1、killing 2、wounded 3、was allegedly targeting

4、are considering 5、has raised