时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:NPR边听边练


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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。

一、泛听建议:

1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。

2、继续听,特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词,写下来。

3、复述新闻。

The biggest prize in architecture, the Pritzker _1_ this year to Toyo Ito. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the 71-year-old Japanese architect has been a powerful presence in this field for decades.

今年,建筑界的最高奖项,普利兹克建筑奖授予了伊东丰雄。据NPR新闻的内达·乌达比报道,这位71岁的日本建筑师几十年来在这一领域都拥有强大的影响力。

Toyo Ito has been a contender 2 for the Pritzker Architecture Prize ever since he _2_ a beautiful cutting-edge library or a mediatheque in the Japanese city of Sendai, in 2001. Thanks to his innovative 3 tube and platform design, it _3 _ the major recent earthquake there two years ago. Its undulations _4_ on YouTube. Toyo Ito has also designed a pair of stunning 4 towers in the architecture-craze city of Barcelona, Spain and a sports stadium in Taiwan that's completely solar-powered. But he's also directed his human friendly architectural philosophy towards public buildings, like a firehouse, a kindergarden and a community center for senior citizens. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.

2001年伊东丰雄设计出了日本仙台市精美先进的图书馆,也是仙台市的媒体中心,自那以后他就成为了普利兹克建筑奖的有力争夺者。由于他创新的管柱和平台设计,这座建筑经受住了两年前那场大地震的考验。该建筑的波动还被上传到YouTube。伊东丰雄的设计作品还包括建筑狂热城市西班牙巴塞罗那的两座精致高塔,以及台湾的太阳能供电体育馆。当然他也在公共建筑上展现了他利于人类生活的建筑理念,作品包括消防站、幼儿园和老年人社区中心。NPR新闻,内达·乌达比报道。

词汇解析:

1、 contender竞争者(动词:contend 1

eg:But for our purposes, I think it's not a contender.

但就我们的目标而言,它与我们讨论的话题并不相关

2、cutting-edge adj. 最前沿的;最先进的;尖端的;

cutting edge为名词,(某事物发展的)尖端,最前沿,领先阶段;有利方面;优势

eg. What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before.

我们正在开发的是一种在澳大利亚从未有过的尖端技术。

eg. Some of what is happening at Packard is cutting-edge medicine.

正在帕卡德那里进行的某些研究属于前沿医学范畴。

eg. This shipyard is at the cutting edge of world shipbuilding technology.

该造船厂的造船技术处于世界最前沿。

词组:

1、senior citizen 老年人(尤指65岁以上者或退休者)

2、architectural philosophy 建筑理念

拓展:compete, contend, contest, rival 这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意。

compete : 普通用词,含义广泛。既可指体育活动等活动中争取优胜的相互竞争,也可指为了自己的利益与他人竞争。

eg:Some 1000 athletes competed in 20 events.(约1000名运动员参加了20个项目的比赛。

contend : 指为战胜或击败对手进行不懈努力,强调拼搏。也可指口头上进行有对立情绪或严重分歧的争论。

eg:The firm is too small to contend against large international companies.(这家公司太小, 无法与国际性的大公司竞争。)

contest : 指为争夺土地、阵地、权力或荣誉等而展开的竞争。

eg:He's contesting the election next week.(他在争取下周当选。)

rival : 指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中,谁都想战胜或比得上对手。

eg:None of us can rival him in strength.(我们谁也没他劲大。)

参考答案:

1、has been given 2、designed

3、survived 4、were documented



vi.竞争,搏斗,声称,主张;vt.坚持主张
  • The firm is too small to contend against large international companies.这家公司太小,无法与国际性的大公司竞争。
  • Let a hundred flowers blossom,let a hundred schools of thought contend.百花齐放,百家争鸣。
n.参赛者
  • a contender for a gold medal in the Olympics 奥运金牌的争夺者
  • She has recently become a strong contender for the gold medal . 她最近已经成为一个金牌的强有力争夺者。
adj.革新的,新颖的,富有革新精神的
  • Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
  • He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
adj.极好的;使人晕倒的
  • His plays are distinguished only by their stunning mediocrity.他的戏剧与众不同之处就是平凡得出奇。
  • The finished effect was absolutely stunning.完工后的效果非常美。
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