NPR邊聽邊練230:埃及暴力沖突
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(lái)。
The violence continues in Egypt. The official news agency says 36 people _1_ today when members of the Muslim Brotherhood tried to help detainees escape from a prison truck convey in Cairo. The prisoners _2_ up during demonstrations in support of ousted President Mohammed Morsi. The country's top general says Egypt will never yield to terrorism. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports the interim cabinet held an emergency meeting today to discuss the bloodshed.
埃及暴力沖突持續(xù)。官方新聞社表示，今天穆斯林兄弟會(huì)的成員在監(jiān)獄卡車轉(zhuǎn)移時(shí)試圖幫助在押人員逃跑，造成36人死亡。這些在押人員在支持被罷免總統(tǒng)穆罕默德·穆爾西的示威中被抓。埃及最高指揮官表示，埃及絕不會(huì)向恐怖主義屈服。據(jù)NPR新聞的彼得·肯楊報(bào)道，今天，過(guò)渡內(nèi)閣召開緊急會(huì)議討論暴力流血事件。
The latest _3_ additions bring the death toll since Wednesday to well over 800 people, including scores of security personnel. General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi gave a televised speech in which he said there is room for everyone in Egypt, but he vowed that the country would never bend to violent acts. In an emergency session the cabinet met as interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi _4_ dissolving the Muslim Brotherhood. Beblawi said there would be no reconciliation with those with blood on their hands. The Brotherhood staged a number of protest marches but canceled two events claiming that snipers _5_ on rooftops along the route. Peter Kenyon, NPR News, Cairo.
這場(chǎng)沖突事件始于周三，最新確認(rèn)的死亡人數(shù)使總死亡人數(shù)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)800人，其中包括許多安保人員。阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·塞西將軍發(fā)表電視講話時(shí)表示，埃及有足夠的空間容納每個(gè)人，但是他發(fā)誓，埃及絕不會(huì)屈服于暴力行為。在內(nèi)閣召開的緊急會(huì)議上，臨時(shí)總理哈贊姆·貝伯拉威提議解散穆斯林兄弟會(huì)。貝伯拉威表示，不能與那些雙手沾滿鮮血的人進(jìn)行和解。穆斯林兄弟會(huì)發(fā)動(dòng)了一系列抗議游行活動(dòng)，并稱因狙擊手在游行沿途的屋頂上埋伏而取消了兩次活動(dòng)。NPR新聞，彼得·肯楊開羅報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1. yield to/bend to
服從; 屈服于
eg. We shall never yield to a conqueror.
我們永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)向征服者低頭。
eg. You will meet much evil in life; try not to yield to temptation.
你將在生活中遇到許多罪惡，千萬(wàn)不可受其誘惑。
eg. eg. They refused to bend to the hijackers' demands.
他們拒絕屈從于劫機(jī)者的要求。
eg. Most people bend to fate, but I don't.
大多數(shù)人聽天由命，但我不這樣。
2. well over
多于;超過(guò);遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò);
eg. He's well over sixty, but he doesn't look at all old.
他早已年過(guò)60，但毫不見老。
eg. She was driving at well over the speed limit.
她開車的速度遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)了速度限制。
eg. The law was held in abeyance for well over twenty years.
這項(xiàng)法律被擱置了二十多年。
參考答案：
1、were killed 2、had been picked 3、confirmed
4、proposed 5、have been placed
