NPR边听边练321:斯诺登发表圣诞祝词
时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:NPR边听边练
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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。
NSA leaker Edward Snowden _1_ a Christmas message on British television today. Each year, Britain's Channel Four broadcast what it calls an alternative to the Queen's holiday message, mimicking 1 her format 2 and sometime playful, sometime _2_ way. As Larry Miller 3 reports from London, Snowden's statements today were very serious.
今天,美国国家安全局泄密者爱德华·斯诺登在英国电视台发表圣诞致词。每年,英国电视四台都会以这类致词替代女王的节日致词,这些致词会模仿她的方式,有时有趣,有时严肃。据拉里·米勒从伦敦带来的报道,今天斯诺登的致词就非常严肃。
Snowden says today surveillance society goes well beyond anything George Orwell _3_. NSA technology gets more invasive. A child born today will never experience privacy 4.
今天,斯诺登表示,监控社会远远超出乔治·奥威尔的想象。国安局的技术更具入侵性。今天出生的孩子再也体会不到何为隐私性。
"They will never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves-- _4_, unanalyzed thought. Privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be."
“他们再也不会知道何为拥有自己的私人时间——那是一个未被记录、未被分析的想法。正是隐私让我们决定了自己是谁,以及想成为什么样的人。”
Snowden says the conversation going on today will determine the balance between the technology and the government they _5_. And he says if government really wants to know what people are doing and thinking, asking is always cheaper than spying. For NPR News, I am Larry Miller in London.
斯诺登表示,今天发生的对话将决定技术和政府管理之间的平衡性。他表示,如果政府真想知道民众在做什么、在想什么,询问总是比监视要节省费用。NPR新闻,拉里·米勒伦敦报道。
词汇解析:
1. an alternative to
可供选择的;可供替代的;
eg. His idea is an alternative to the original plan.
他的主张是原定计划的备选。
eg. New ways to treat arthritis 5 may provide an alternative to painkillers 6.
关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。
2. go beyond
超过,;超出;
eg. The price went beyond their means.
这个价格超过了他们的财力。
eg. It's from Einstein, my aim is to go beyond myself and never ever say die.
这是爱因斯坦说的,我的生命的目标是:不断超越自己,永不言弃。
参考答案:
1、delivered 2、serious 3、imaged
4、an unrecorded 5、regulated
1 mimicking
v.(尤指为了逗乐而)模仿( mimic的现在分词 );酷似
- She's always mimicking the teachers. 她总喜欢模仿老师的言谈举止。
- The boy made us all laugh by mimicking the teacher's voice. 这男孩模仿老师的声音,逗得我们大家都笑了。 来自辞典例句
2 format
n.设计,版式;[计算机]格式,DOS命令:格式化(磁盘),用于空盘或使用过的磁盘建立新空盘来存储数据;v.使格式化,设计,安排
- Please format this floppy disc.请将这张软盘格式化。
- The format of the figure is very tasteful.该图表的格式很雅致。
3 miller
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。
4 privacy
n.私人权利,个人自由,隐私权
- In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中,保密是不可能的。
- She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。
5 arthritis
n.关节炎
- Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
- He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎,在医院住了三个月。
6 painkillers
n.止痛药( painkiller的名词复数 )
- The doctor gave him some painkillers to ease the pain. 医生给了他一些止疼片以减缓疼痛。 来自辞典例句
- The primary painkillers - opiates, like OxyContin - are widely feared, misunderstood and underused. 人们对主要的镇痛药——如鸦片剂奥施康定——存在广泛的恐惧、误解,因此没有充分利用。 来自时文部分