时间:2018-12-26 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。
  President Obama has plans for a sweeping 1 review of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and an overhaul 2 of the secret court that monitors and authorizes 3 those programs. NPR's Craig Windham _1_ Obama's telling reporters at the White House that the U.S. must be more transparent 4 about efforts to collect data about phone and Internet communication.
  奥巴马总统计划对国家安全局的监视项目进行全面审查,并对监视和批准这些项目的秘密法院进行改革。据NPR新闻的克雷格·温德姆报道,奥巴马在白宫举行的记者会上表示,美国在收集电话和网络交流数据时要更透明。
  The president says he'll appoint a high level task force _2_ civil liberties and intelligence experts to review the surveillance programs.
  总统表示,他会指定一个包含民权专家和情报专家在内的高级别工作组审查监视项目。
  "And I'll consider how we can maintain the trust of the people, how we can make sure that there absolutely is no abuse in terms of how these surveillance technologies are used."
  “我在考虑我们怎么能维持民众的信任,我们怎么能确保这些监视技术在使用过程中绝对没有滥用职权。”
  Mr. Obama says the goal is to restore public trust in the programs and assure Americans they do not intrude 5 too far on their privacy.
  奥巴马先生表示,目标是恢复公众对该项目的信任,确保美国人民的隐私不会被过多的侵犯。
  "Let's examine what _3_, what's not, are there additional protections that can be put in place and let's move forward."
  “我们要检查一下做了哪些工作,哪些没有做,是否有需要进行的额外保护,我们会继续推进。”
  Although, scrutiny 6 of the surveillance programs _4_ by the leaks about their existence by former NSA contractor 7 Edward Snowden. Mr. Obama says he does not consider Snowden to be _5_. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
  虽然,监视项目的存在是由前国安局承包人爱德华·斯诺登泄露的,因而引发了此次审查工作。奥巴马先生表示,他不认为斯诺登是爱国者。NPR新闻,克雷格·温德姆华盛顿报道。
  词汇解析:
  1. sweeping
  adj. 巨大的,重要的,有广泛影响的,深远的
  eg. International financial markets have been upended by three sweeping shifts in just a few weeks.
  短短几周内的三个重大变化,令全球金融市场天翻地覆。
  eg. The armed forces would be given sweeping new powers.
  武装部队将被授予一些新的重要权力。
  eg. The new government has started to make sweeping changes in the economy.
  新政府已经着手在经济领域进行意义深远的改革。
  2. intrude
  v. 侵扰;打扰;干扰;扰乱;侵入;闯入
  eg. The officer on the scene said no one had intruded 8 into the area.
  在场的警官说没人闯入过这个地方。
  eg. There are times when personal feelings cannot be allowed to intrude.
  有些时候是不允许夹杂个人感情的。
  eg. The press has been blamed for intruding 9 into people's personal lives in an unacceptable way.
  新闻媒体因为以令人难以容忍的方式侵扰人们的私生活而一直受到指责。
  3. put in place
  实施; 实现; 做到; 把…放到合适的位置
  eg. And more policies and measures are put in place in this regard.
  针对该问题还将不断出台更多政策和措施。
  eg. They put in place the tools of my new business.
  他们把我干这一新行当所需要的用具安放得井井有条。
  eg. If you develop good policies, will not be able to put in place, on enterprises is futile 10 to.
  如果制定出好的政策而不能落实到位,对企业来说是无补于事的。
  参考答案:
  1、reports 2、including 3、is working
  4、was prompted 5、a patriot

1 sweeping
adj.范围广大的,一扫无遗的
  • The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
  • Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗?
2 overhaul
v./n.大修,仔细检查
  • Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
  • It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
3 authorizes
授权,批准,委托( authorize的名词复数 )
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。
4 transparent
adj.明显的,无疑的;透明的
  • The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明,可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
  • The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。
5 intrude
vi.闯入;侵入;打扰,侵扰
  • I do not want to intrude if you are busy.如果你忙我就不打扰你了。
  • I don't want to intrude on your meeting.我不想打扰你们的会议。
6 scrutiny
n.详细检查,仔细观察
  • His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好,但是经不起仔细检查。
  • Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。
7 contractor
n.订约人,承包人,收缩肌
  • The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
  • The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样,有几分要看地势而定。
8 intruded
n.侵入的,推进的v.侵入,侵扰,打扰( intrude的过去式和过去分词 );把…强加于
  • One could believe that human creatures had never intruded there before. 你简直会以为那是从来没有人到过的地方。 来自辞典例句
  • The speaker intruded a thin smile into his seriousness. 演说人严肃的脸上掠过一丝笑影。 来自辞典例句
9 intruding
v.侵入,侵扰,打扰( intrude的现在分词);把…强加于
  • Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life? 他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私生活?
  • After a few hours of fierce fighting,we saw the intruding bandits off. 经过几小时的激烈战斗,我们赶走了入侵的匪徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
10 futile
adj.无效的,无用的,无希望的
  • They were killed,to the last man,in a futile attack.因为进攻失败,他们全部被杀,无一幸免。
  • Their efforts to revive him were futile.他们对他抢救无效。
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