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第105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(xù)聽，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
3、復述新聞。
Secretary of State John Kerry’s just back from the trip to the Middle East _1_ cautious in efforts to revive Israel-Palestinian peace talks. Speaking to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Kerry called for patience on the _2_ the two-state plan he might develop in the coming months.
國務卿約翰·克里剛剛結束中東之行回國，他謹慎地表示要努力推動重啟以色列和巴勒斯坦和談。克里出席了眾議院外交事務委員會聽證會，表示他可能在未來幾個月提出兩國計劃，并呼吁耐心等待具體計劃。
"I believe the window for a two-state solution is shutting. I think we have some period of time, a year,a year and _3_, two years or it’s over."Kerry also _4_ US efforts to help defuse tension on the Korean peninsula with North Korea has issued new nuclear threats against its southern neighbour and Seoul’s allies.
“我認為兩國方案的窗口已經關閉。我認為這個過程需要一些時間，可能是一年，一年半，兩年或者更長的時間。”克里還談到了美國為緩和朝鮮半島緊張局勢所做的努力，朝鮮已再次向南部鄰國及首爾的同盟發(fā)出核威脅。
Before the close, Dow was down 138 points at 14,619.This is NPR.
收市前，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數下降138點，報14,619點。這里是NPR新聞。
The president of Syria seems to show no signs of backing down from a two-year civil war that has claim tens of thousands of lives. In a local TV interview, Bashar al-Assad says failure to defeat the rebel would mean the end of Syria. Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel talks Congress that the Pentagon _5_ soldiers from its Army headquarters unit to Jordan to help contain violence along that country's border with Syria.
敘利亞總統(tǒng)似乎沒并沒有在持續(xù)兩年的內戰(zhàn)問題上讓步的想法，這場內戰(zhàn)已奪走了數萬人的生命。巴沙爾·阿薩德接受當地電視臺采訪時表示，不能打敗反對派意味著敘利亞將不復存在。同時，美國國防部長查克·哈格爾對國會表示，五角大樓計劃從陸軍總部派遣士兵前往約旦，幫助遏制約旦與敘利亞邊境附近的暴力沖突。
詞匯解析：
1. contain 文中用到了contain不常用的用法，vt.控制；遏制；防止…蔓延
eg. More than a hundred firemen are still trying to contain the fire at the plant...
上百名消防隊員仍在試圖控制工廠的火勢。
The city authorities said the curfew had contained the violence.
市政府稱宵禁遏制住了暴力事件。
eg. He couldn't contain himself for joy.
他高興得幾乎不能控制住自己。
2、defuse ：remove the triggering device from(同義詞：quell, assuage）
vt. 平息；去掉…的雷管；使除去危險性
eg:to defuse a bomb 拆除炸彈的引信
eg:to defuse a dangerous situation 緩和危險形勢
to defuse a potentially ugly situation 消除潛在的尷尬局面
