NPR边听边练163：埃及前总统做无罪辩护
时间：2019-01-22 作者：英语课 分类：NPR边听边练
英语课
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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。
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak pleaded not guilty today in a Cairo court. He’s been retried on charges he had a role in the deaths of hundreds of protesters during the uprising that drove him from power and the _1_ court had overturned his conviction last summer.
今天，埃及前总统胡斯尼·穆巴拉克在开罗法庭做了无罪辩护。法庭重审穆巴拉克涉嫌谋杀数百名示威者案，这项起诉使他失去权力，而去年夏天上诉法院推翻了对他的判决。
Finance ministers and central bankers from seven major economic powers _2_ 2 days’ of closed-door meetings today in an English country house about 40 miles from London. Larry Miller 1 has more on the story.
今天，七个主要经济体的财政部长和央行行长结束了为期两天的闭门会议，会议在距伦敦约40英里的英国庄园举行。拉里·米勒将带来详细报道。
British Treasury 2 chief George Osborne says the G7 _3_ its commitment not to engage in an exchange rate currency war to boost exports but to create domestic economic policies for growth. Osborne says the discussions also _4_ new initiatives for an automatic exchange of information between governments to crack down on tax avoidance.
英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本表示，西方七国首脑会议重申承诺，不会利用汇率货币战刺激出口，而是制定国内经济政策促进经济增长。奥斯本表示，讨论的焦点是在各国之间实行信息交换的新措施，以打击避税。
“It is incredibly important that companies and individuals pay the tax that is due.” Osborne says it was agreement on the creation of international banking 3 regimes so that no bank _5_ too big to fail, and that when banks do fail taxpayers 4 aren't left covering the losses. For NPR News, I’m Larry Miller form London.
“公司和个人缴纳应缴的税至关重要。”奥斯本表示，各国都同意建立国际银行机制，以确保没有哪家银行太大而不能倒，当银行倒闭时保护纳税人不用偿还损失。NPR新闻，拉里·米勒伦敦报道。
You are listening to NPR News from Washington.
您正在收听华盛顿NPR新闻。
词汇解析：
1、commitment . 承诺，保证；委托；承担义务；献身
eg:...commitment to the ideals of democracy.
…对民主理想的信奉。
eg:We made a commitment to keep working together.
我们作了承诺要继续在一起工作。
2、crack down on 镇压；制裁
eg:The police decided 5 to crack down on drug addicts 6.
警察决定对吸毒的人采取严厉措施。
参考答案：
1、appeals 2、completed 3、reaffirmed
4、centered on 5、is considered
n.磨坊主
- Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
- The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
n.银行业，银行学，金融业
- John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
- He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。
纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。