时间:2019-02-13 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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A New Day, a New Dawn 新的一天,新的开始


History was made in Washington this week as Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States in front of a crowd of two million people.


President Obama made an impassioned and emotional speech to the multitude of people who had braved the elements to witness the inauguration 1 of America’s first African-American President.


President Obama’s speech touched on many subjects of significance to the American people, including the fragile state of their economy and security matters such as the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.


But he began by addressing his personal feelings on his election and the weight of responsibility he felt in taking on such an important office.


"I stand here today humbled 2 by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed 3, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors," said President Obama.


The President went on to talk about the fears that many Americans have that their country is becoming less successful and diminishing as a global power.


He spoke 4 of a "sapping of confidence across our land - a nagging 5 fear that America's decline is inevitable 6, and that the next generation must lower its sights".


However, President Obama continued to say that America would respond to the challenges before it, and that the nation would pull together and overcome its problems by working together in a spirit of co-operation.


"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity 7 of purpose over conflict and discord," said the President.


After such a stirring speech, the world waits to see if America’s new president’s actions will match his lofty words and ideals.


GLOSSARY 词汇表


sworn in 宣誓就职


impassioned 慷慨激昂的


multitude 众多(的人)


braved the elements 勇敢面对恶劣天气


inauguration 就职仪式


fragile state (经济)疲软局势


weight of responsibility 身上的重任


office (总统)职务


humbled 谦卑的 


bestowed 授予


sacrifices 牺牲


diminishing 逐渐缩小的


sapping of confidence 逐渐失去了信心


lower its sights 降低目标


pull together 齐心协力


spirit of co-operation 协作精神


unity of purpose 共同目标


discord 不和,分歧


stirring 令人激动地


lofty words 寓意深厚的演讲



n.开幕、就职典礼
  • The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
  • Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。
赠给,授予( bestow的过去式和过去分词 )
  • It was a title bestowed upon him by the king. 那是国王赐给他的头衔。
  • He considered himself unworthy of the honour they had bestowed on him. 他认为自己不配得到大家赋予他的荣誉。
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.唠叨的,挑剔的;使人不得安宁的v.不断地挑剔或批评(某人)( nag的现在分词 );不断地烦扰或伤害(某人);无休止地抱怨;不断指责
  • Stop nagging—I'll do it as soon as I can. 别唠叨了—我会尽快做的。
  • I've got a nagging pain in my lower back. 我后背下方老是疼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.不可避免的,必然发生的
  • Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
  • The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
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abortive haul rate
absolute advantage theory
actss
air-ground communication network
ammunitions
Anchor away!
antiunitarian
arrowline
At the close order
atactic structure
automatic stoking
Barmecide feast
baseej
benignities
bleached hybrid
bonded organic paper
breed structure
bring sth into sth
bulb garden
calciprivia
carbon-chemistry
catadioptrical
ceiboes
chemoresistance
chromosomic
clowned on
column generation
composite rubber liner
compound knitting machine
diaper cover
directress, directrice
disclaimed property
dobbins
double wound
Eckwarden
effloresces
First Consul
first period of protection
gp91phox
grand lot scheme
image-amplifying device
index of gingival bleeding
inferior good
input/output switching
Inspector Javert
iodure
lasupol
Lewis,Gilbert Newton
license plates
lock relay
lustrations
maprik
maternal grandparents
Mazāvad, Rūd-e (Mazāwad Rūd)
minoltas
multicurrent electric locomotive
multimedia performance
neutron (-detecting) phosphor
nonadecamers
optical electronic viewing instrument
pericontinental area
personal outlay
petidion
plastic-laminate
point count
posts of shade
power arm ditcher
pseudotachylites
psykter
puebloans
Pyrsonympha
Rami labiales
regrooming
Rosava
ruthenium alloys
SDDU
seedliker
Segezha
set a good example to sb.
silverleaf nightshade
sinus penumatici
sinus sagittalis
state-owned
statutory
styomastoid foramen
SUFC
tilemaker
time cut out
TMB4
tone in
top management decision simulation
trachytic texture
Trade-eruption
train formation
transfinite function
treat with contempt
trefuses
Tylophora anthopotamica
vhsl
weep out
willaert
Ziko