NPR邊聽邊練307:奧巴馬點亮圣誕樹

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？諆?nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。

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。

President Obama _1_ at the 91st annual Christmas Tree Lighting near the White House today. As NPR's Ari Shapiro reports the stars came out to the president linked a story of Jesus to that of Nelson Mandela.

今天，奧巴馬總統(tǒng)在白宮附近舉行的第91屆圣誕樹點燈儀式上發(fā)表講話。據(jù)NPR新聞的阿里·夏皮羅報道，點亮星星后總統(tǒng)將耶酥與納爾遜·曼德拉的故事聯(lián)系到一起。

One singer after another, _2_ endured the steady rain, 91st, Aretha Franklin, Janelle Monae and Mariah Carey. President Obama struck a more serious tone, _3_ the stories of Jesus and of Nelson Mandela both speak to the power of an individual to alter the course of the world.

一眾歌手冒雨為第91屆點燈儀式獻唱，包括艾瑞莎·弗蘭克林、加奈兒·夢奈和瑪麗亞·凱麗。奧巴馬總統(tǒng)用更為嚴肅的語氣表示，耶酥和納爾遜·曼德拉的故事都說明，個人的力量可以改變世界的進程。

"It's a message both _4_ and universal. No matter what God you pray to, or if you pray to none at all, we all have a responsibility to ourselves and to each other to make a difference that is real and lasting."

“這是一個永恒又普遍的信息。無論你向哪個神祈禱，或是你根本不進行祈禱，我們都要肩負起對自己和對彼此的責(zé)任，產(chǎn)生真正而持久的影響力。”

The first family lit the National Christmas Tree after an abbreviated countdown. Obama said, we _5_ start at five, since it's a little wet, we shouldn't start at ten. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

在倒數(shù)之后，第一家庭點亮了國家圣誕樹。奧巴馬說，因為現(xiàn)在在下雨，我們不要從十開始倒數(shù)，就從五開始倒數(shù)。NPR新聞，阿里·夏皮羅白宮報道。

詞匯解析：

1、make a difference

有…影響;起…作用;

eg. Where you live can make such a difference to the way you feel.

住在哪里會極大地影響你的感受。

eg. What you have told me may make a difference to my own position.

你告訴我的一切，可能影響我自己的看法。

2、abbreviated

adj. 簡短的;小型的;服裝超短的

v. 縮寫;節(jié)略(abbreviate的過去分詞)

eg:The creators of the original X-Men abbreviated the title of its sequel to simply X2.

第1部《X戰(zhàn)警》的創(chuàng)作者們把其續(xù)集的片名縮寫成簡單的《X2》。

參考答案：

1、spoke 2、bravely 3、saying

4、timeless 5、are going to