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第152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。
President Obama is out with a far-reaching plan to fight climate change. In a speech at Georgetown University, Obama announced his administration would launch the first-ever federal regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from _1_ power plants. He's also calling for a boost in renewable energy production on federal lands and means of preparing localities to address global _2_. Republican critics in Congress call the president's proposals a job killer. Obama also shed more light today on how his administration is deliberating the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.
奧巴馬總統發布遠景計劃對抗氣候變化。奧巴馬在喬治城大學發表演講并宣布，他的政府將發布首個限制現有發電廠二氧化碳排放量的聯邦法規。同時，他要求擴大聯邦土地的可再生能源項目，為各地區應對全球變暖做準備。國會共和黨批評人士稱總統的提案是就業殺手。今天，奧巴馬進一步闡釋了政府對加拿大至得克薩斯州的基斯通石油管道項目的想法。
"Allowing the Keystone pipeline to _3_ requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation's interest. And our national interest will _4_ only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."
“允許建造基斯通石油管道項目要以其符合我們國家的利益為前提。除非這一工程不會導致碳污染問題顯著惡化，它才符合我們的國家利益。”
The pipeline _5_ review for more than four years.
這個石油管道項目的審查時間已超過四年。
The US Supreme Court has struck down part of the Voting Rights Act that had required federal monitoring of states with the history of racial discrimination. In a 5-4 ruling today, the justices said Congress needed to update its formula for deciding which states and localities still require pre-approval before changing voting laws. NPR's Carrie Johnson has been following this case.
美國最高法院推翻了《投票權法案》中的部分內容，該內容要求聯邦監視有種族歧視記錄的州。今天，最高法院以5票贊成、4票反對的結果推翻了相關內容，法官表示，國會需要更新條款，以決定哪些州和地區在更改投票法之前要得到事先批準。NPR新聞的卡麗·約翰遜將帶來追蹤報道。
詞匯解析：
1. deliberate v. （尤指作出重大決定前）慎重考慮，仔細思考
eg. She deliberated over the decision for a long time before she made up her mind...
她慎重考慮了好久才下定決心作出這一決定。
eg. The six-person jury deliberated about two hours before returning with the verdict...
6人陪審團認真商議了約兩個小時后作出了裁定。
eg. The Court of Criminal Appeals has been deliberating his case for almost two weeks.
刑事上訴法院審議他的案子已經快兩周了。
2. exacerbate vt.使惡化；使加重；激怒；使加劇
eg. Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem.
鮑威爾-泰勒先生說人口的急劇減少使得該問題更加嚴重。
eg. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.
種族分化已經加劇了長期的貧困問題。
eg. Remedial action is always expensive and, in some cases, may actually exacerbate the problem.
補救工作總是代價很大，并且在某些時候反而會使問題更嚴重。
3. strike down 摧垮；使病倒；使喪命；廢止，取締，終結
eg. With one blow he struck down his opponent.
他一拳就把對手打倒了。
eg. Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack.
弗蘭克的身體已經被一場嚴重的心臟病拖垮了。
eg. The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes.
最高法院今天廢止了一項關于禁止罪犯把其罪行寫成書或拍成電影而從中牟利的法律。
