NPR边听边练40:超级碗大战在即,比萨外送也须备战
时间:2019-01-22 作者:英语课 分类:NPR边听边练
英语课
【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料,致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高,致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。
精听建议:
先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍,争取掌握大意。然后,一句一句精听,力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方,再听写。
下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单,不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦,有些语速比较快。试试看,你能不能全部写对?
(参考文本,欢迎指出错误^^)
The Super Bowl this weekend isn't just the most important advent 1 in football. It's also a championship day for pizza delivery. Sunday is the biggest one-day revenue generator 2 for the pizza business and no one knows this better than Domino's Pizza. Besides ___1___ on extra dose, some Domino's franchise 3 owners are taking extra steps to get employees (to) mentally ___2___ for the big day, lots of deliveries on Sunday. Jeff Dufficy owns a Domino's franchise in Foxboro Massachusetts, and he joins us now.
"How are you?" "Hi, I'm very good. Thanks." "So, I understand you actually have pep rallies for your employees." "Yeah. It started the first time the Patriots 4, you know we are die-hard fans adhering (to) New England, and it started the first time the Patriots made ___3___. Back in '96, we were just so excited about the game, and (when) beated in the playoff, we came along all over the paths and started doing some jumping jacks 5 and ___4___, this kind of stuff with football season ever since." "So ___5___ your employees go out into the parking lot and do jumping jacks?"
参考答案:
1. stocking up
2. excite
3. playoffs
4. push-ups
5. you and
n.(重要事件等的)到来,来临
- Swallows come by groups at the advent of spring. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。
- The advent of the Euro will redefine Europe.欧元的出现将重新定义欧洲。
n.发电机,发生器
- All the while the giant generator poured out its power.巨大的发电机一刻不停地发出电力。
- This is an alternating current generator.这是一台交流发电机。
n.特许,特权,专营权,特许权
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
爱国者,爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )
- Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
- These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死,也不愿投降。