NPR边听边练304:肯尼迪遇刺50周年
时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:NPR边听边练
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Americans posing to remember where there were 50 years ago today when the country _1_ a president. Speaking at a ceremony near the site where John F Kennedy, the nation's 35th president, was felled by an assassin's bullet on Nov 22nd, 1963, Dallas mayor Michael Rawlings says it was an event that stun 1 the nation.
美国人要记住他们50年前的今天的样子,当时美国失去了一位总统。美国第35任总统约翰·肯尼迪于1963年11月22日遭遇暗杀者的枪击,今天在暗杀地附近举行了一场纪念仪式,达拉斯市长迈克尔·罗林斯表示,这是一起震惊全美的事件。
"A new era dawn and another wind a half century ago when hope and hatred 2 collided right here in Dallas, we watch the nightmarethrough reality that in our front yard our president had been taken from us."
“半个世纪以前,新时代到来,旧时代消逝,希望和怨恨在达拉斯交织,我们看到了现实中的噩梦,我们的总统在我们眼前被杀害。”
New marker _2_ at the site Dealey Plaza 3 where the assassination 4 _3_ featuring the last paragraph of a speech the president intended to deliver that night. More events are also held in other major US cities _4_ Boston and Washington today.
他在遇刺案发生地迪利广场,宣读了肯尼迪遇刺当天原定演讲中的最后一段演说。今天,包括波士顿和华盛顿在内的美国主要城市都举行了纪念仪式。
词汇解析:
1、stun
vt. 使震惊;打昏;给以深刻的印象
n. 昏迷;打昏;惊倒;令人惊叹的事物
eg:He's stunned 5 by today's resignation of his longtime ally.
他被自己的长期助手今天的辞职所震惊。
eg:When they told me she was missing I was totally stunned.
当他们告诉我她不见了时,我完全惊呆了。
2、nightmare
n. 恶梦;梦魇般的经历
adj. 可怕的;噩梦似的
eg:All the victims still suffered nightmares.
所有的受害者仍为恶梦所扰。
参考答案:
1、lost 2、was unveiled
3、took place 4、including
1 stun
vt.打昏,使昏迷,使震惊,使惊叹
- When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时,我当时完全惊呆了。
- Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地,被一下打昏了。
2 hatred
n.憎恶,憎恨,仇恨
- He looked at me with hatred in his eyes.他以憎恨的眼光望着我。
- The old man was seized with burning hatred for the fascists.老人对法西斯主义者充满了仇恨。
3 plaza
n.广场,市场
- They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
- The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。
4 assassination
n.暗杀;暗杀事件
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年,林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。