NPR邊聽邊練173：國防部長談軍隊性侵犯

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一、泛聽建議：

1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel _1_ a commencement address today to the US Military Academy at West Point. He says the volunteer army faces many challenges from within, including suicide, alcoholism and sexual abuse.

今天，國防部長查克?哈格爾在美國西點軍校的畢業(yè)典禮上發(fā)表講話。他表示，志愿軍面臨著許多來自內(nèi)部的挑戰(zhàn)，包括自殺、酒精中毒以及性侵害。

"You’ll need to not just deal with these debilitating, insidious and destructive forces, but rather you must be the generation of leaders that stop it."

“你們不僅需要處理這些削弱、危害、破壞戰(zhàn)斗力的因素，你們還必須要成為停止這些的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)一代。”

He says sexual harassment and sexual assault in the military are profound betrayal. A Pentagon report _2_ this month estimated as many as 26,000 military service members may _3_ assaulted last year.

他表示，軍隊中的性騷擾和性侵犯是對軍裝深刻的背叛。本月五角大樓的一份報告顯示，據(jù)估計去年最多有26,000名服役人員可能遭到性侵犯。

_4_ continues in Syria as government forces try to recapture the strategic town of Qusair near the Lebanese border.Activists say rebel-held parts of the town have been heavily bombarded by army units and _5_ from Hezbollah. The BBC's Jim Muir has more.

敘利亞的爭斗還在持續(xù)，政府軍試圖重新占領(lǐng)黎巴嫩邊境附近的戰(zhàn)略重鎮(zhèn)庫塞爾?；顒尤耸勘硎?，反對派占領(lǐng)的該鎮(zhèn)部分地區(qū)遭到了真主黨部隊及士兵的猛烈炮擊。BBC新聞的吉姆?繆爾將帶來詳細(xì)報道。

詞匯解析：

1. debilitate

vt.使虛弱;使衰弱

eg. Stewart took over yesterday when Russell was debilitated by a stomach virus.

昨天拉塞爾因腸胃病毒感染身體不適，由斯圖爾特暫時接手。

eg. Do not allow the sinfulness in the world youinhabit to debilitate your spirit's strength.

不要讓你們居住的世界上的罪惡感使你們的精神力量變得虛弱。

2、insidious (同近義詞 designing, knowing, subtle)

adj. 陰險的;隱伏的;暗中為害的;狡猾的

eg:As doubts are so insidious, how do you beat them?

既然疑慮如此狡猾,如何擊敗它們呢?

eg:Another, more insidious form - is a lie .

另一種更為陰險的形式——是謊言。

3、sexual harassment 性騷擾

eg:Sexual harassment of women workers by their bosses is believed to be widespread.

女員工受其上司性騷擾的情況被認(rèn)為是廣泛存在的。

4、sexual assault 性侵犯;性暴行

eg:The phrase sexual assault has been in use for more than a century, and 19th-century writers seem to have used it synonymously with rape.

性侵犯這個詞語已經(jīng)用了一個多世紀(jì)了，在19世紀(jì)的時候作家們似乎就已經(jīng)用它來同義強奸一詞了。

參考答案：

1、delivered 2、released 3、have been sexually

4、Fighting 5、fighters