NPR边听边练262：肯尼亚首都发生屠杀案件-英语课

时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：NPR边听边练

英语课

　　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。
　　In Nairobi, Kenya slaughter 1 at an upmarket _1_ mall frequented by ethnic 2 Kenyans and foreigners. More than 30 people _2_ dead, many more are injured. And Kenyan officials say some gunmen remain inside with hostages. President Uhuru Kenyatta delivered a nation-wide address vowing 3 to bringing the attackers to justice.
　　肯尼亚首都内罗毕一家高档购物中心发生屠杀事件，这家购物中心云集了众多肯尼亚各种族人群及外国人。目前确认死亡人数超过30人，还有更多的人受伤。肯尼亚官员表示，一些枪手仍然在购物中心内控制着人质。总统乌胡鲁·肯雅塔发表全国电话讲话，发誓会将袭击者绳之以法。
　　"Let me make it clear. We shall hunt down the perpetrators wherever they run to. We shall get them. We shall punish them for this heinous 4 crime."
　　“我要明确表态。无论行凶者逃到哪里我们都会将他们追捕归案。我们会抓到他们。我们会让他们因犯下的滔天罪行受到惩罚。”
　　American citizens are among those _3_. The Somalian's islamic group al-Shabab is using social media to praise the assault. The militants 5 have long threat retribution against Kenya for sending troops to Somalia to help the government there battle Islamic extremists. The UN security council _4_ the attack as our secretary of state John Kerry who calls it reminder 6 of unspeakable evil.
　　美国民众也在袭击中受伤。索马里的伊斯兰组织青年党通过社交媒体称赞这起袭击。这个武装组织长期一来一直威胁要报复肯尼亚，原因是肯尼亚出兵索马里帮助索马里政府对抗伊斯兰极端分子。联合国安理会对这起袭击表示谴责，而我们的国务卿约翰·克里称这提醒人们无法言喻的邪恶的存在。
　　Coronado's highway department is scrambling 7 to re-open access to mountain towns _5_ by recent flooding. Eric Whitney reports officials expected to take years to fully 8 repair damage roads.
　　科罗拉多州高速公路部门忙于重新开放通往被洪水隔离的山区道路。据埃里克·惠特尼报道，官员预期完全修复被毁道路需要几年的时间。
　　词汇解析：
　　1. make sth. clear
　　把…表达清楚；把…说明白；
　　eg. Mr O'Friel made it clear that further insults of this kind would not be tolerated.
　　奥弗里尔先生明确表示，绝不容忍这样的侮辱行为再次发生。
　　eg. We deem it necessavy to make this clear to you.
　　这件事我们认为有必要跟你们说清楚。
　　2. hunt down
　　追捕到，穷追直至找到（罪犯、敌人等）；
　　eg. In the Wild West there were cowboys who used to hunt down any man with a price on his head.
　　在西大荒，牛仔们曾为得到悬赏而穷追任何要追捕的对象。
　　eg. Those who do not come forward should be hunted down...
　　对于那些不肯自首的罪犯应予缉拿归案。
　　3. scramble 9 to do sth.
　　仓促行动；争着做某事；
　　eg. He scrambled 10 to his feet.
　　他赶忙站起身来。
　　eg. The board must now scramble to pick a successor before he leaves.
　　在他离任之前，董事会必须立刻挑选继任者。
　　参考答案：
　　1、shopping 2、are confirmed 3、wounded
　　4、is condemning 5、isolated