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第五十三期：主餐一道：泛聽練習
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。空內信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據這些信息復述新聞。
一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續聽，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
3、復述新聞。
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
這里是華盛頓NPR新聞，我是拉克什米•辛格。
President Obama is taking his gun control message to Minnesota, a state with an active _1_ culture that has also garnered attention for its anti gun-violence-measures. With members of the Minneapolis police department _2_ behind him, the president told the crowd moments ago that something has to be done to try to prevent mass shootings like that in Newtown in December.
奧巴馬總統來到明尼蘇達州宣傳控槍提案，明尼蘇達州有著活躍的狩獵文化，而且也關注著反對槍支暴力的措施。不久前總統發表講話時，明尼阿波利斯警察部門的一些官員站在其身后，總統表示為了防止諸如12月份紐敦市這樣的大規模槍擊案再度發生，一定要采取些措施。
"We may _3_ to prevent every massacre or random shooting. No law, or set of laws can keep our children completely safe. But if there is
even one thing we can do, if there is just one life we can save, we've got the obligation to try." This is the first time the president is promoting his gun control agenda _4_ Washington where he faces stiff opposition by many congressional Republicans.
“我們可能無法阻止所有慘案或任意槍案的發生。沒有法律或立法可以保證我們的兒童完全安全。但是如果即使有一件我們能做的事，如果我們能救一條生命，我們就有義務去努力。”這是總統第一次在華盛頓以外的地方就控槍提案發表講話，總統在華盛頓面臨著眾多國會共和黨人的強烈反對。
Civil rights icon Rosa Parks _5_ remembered at an exhibit at the museum bearing her name in downtown Montgomery, Alabama on what would have been her 100th birthday. Officials say today's ceremony are unveiling a US postage stamp in her honor. Details from Troy public radio Carl Gasset.
阿拉巴馬蒙哥馬利市中心的一家博物館舉辦了以民權運動代表人物羅莎•帕克斯命名的展覽，以紀念帕克斯誕辰一百周年。官員表示，為了向帕克斯致敬，今天的慶祝活動推出了一款美國郵票。Troy公共廣播電臺的卡爾•加塞特將帶來詳細報道。
詞匯解析：
1、random：隨意地；隨機地；隨機的；隨便地
eg:The survey used a random sample of two thousand people across the Midwest.
這項調查使用的是對中西部地區2000人的隨機取樣。
eg: drinks and magazines left scattered randomly around.
…隨意四處散落的飲料和雜志。
2、obligation. 義務；職責；債務
eg: When teachers assign homework, students usually feel an obligation to do it.
老師布置家庭作業時，學生們通常感覺做作業是一種義務。
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