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。
A Senate panel has released newly declassified information on two controversial intelligence programs run by the NSA. The information says the data collection _1_ the US break up potential terror plots in the US and overseas. And fewer than 300 phone numbers _2_ against millions of phone records gathered every day by the agency.
參議院一委員會就美國國家安全局兩個備受爭議的情報項目發(fā)表了最新解密信息。信息顯示,國安局所收集的數(shù)據(jù)幫助美國挫敗了多起針對美國和其他國家的潛在恐怖襲擊。此外,雖然國安局每天都收集數(shù)據(jù),并收集到了數(shù)百萬美國電話用戶通話記錄,但只對其中不到300個號碼進行了調(diào)查。
North Korea has suddenly asked the US for high-level talks. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough says the US is open to the idea, but North Korea _3_ ready to back up any negotiations with action.
朝鮮突然提議同美國進行高層談話。白宮幕僚長丹尼斯·麥克多諾表示,美國接受這個提議,但是朝鮮必須準備好用行動來支持談話。
"The bottom line is they are not gonna be able to talk their way out of the very significant sanctions they are under now, sanctions that Russia _4_, and very importantly, that China supported."
“底線是他們不能用談話擺脫現(xiàn)在對他們施加的非常重要的制裁,俄羅斯和中國所支持的制裁措施是非常非常重要的。”
McDonough spoke on CBS's "Face the Nation."
麥克多諾參加CBS電視臺的《Face the Nation》節(jié)目時表示。
The latest offer of talks comes just after North Korea _5_ planned high-level talks with South Korea.
朝鮮拒絕與韓國進行計劃好的高層談話后,馬上提出要與美國舉行談話。
詞匯解析:
1、terror
n. 恐怖;恐怖行動;恐怖時期;可怕的人
eg:I shook with terror whenever I was about to fly in a plane.
我每次要坐飛機時都害怕得發(fā)抖。
eg:As a boy, he had a real terror of facing people.
他小時候其實非常害怕見人。
2、plots
n. 情節(jié);陰謀;小塊土地(plot的復(fù)數(shù));平面圖
v. 劃分;策劃(plot的三單形式);繪制…的地圖
eg:Security forces have uncovered a plot to overthrow the government.
安全部隊已經(jīng)揭穿了一個推翻政府的陰謀。
eg:The military were plotting a coup.
該軍方當(dāng)時正在密謀政變。
eg:He began to tell me the plot of his new book.
他開始向我講述他新書的情節(jié)。
eg:I thought that I'd buy myself a small plot of land and build a house on it.
我覺得我應(yīng)該給自己買一小塊地,在上面蓋一所房子。
參考答案:
1、helped 2、were checked 3、has to be
4、supported 5、rejected