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第157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。
Egyptians filled Cairo's Tahrir square are about tens of thousands, some _1_ fireworks in an atmosphere where pro- and anti-government activists risking at explosive confrontation. The military has given president Mohamed Mursi and his rivals until tomorrow to settle their political disputes, or the military says it will do it for them. Meanwhile the Pentagon _2_ the speculate about what might happen in the Egypt should the country's embattled president fail to offer political concessions to the opposition by the Wednesday deadline that was set by the Egyptian military. NPR's Craig Windham reports some of president Obama's top national security advisors have been meeting to discuss a way forward in Egypt.
數萬名埃及民眾聚集在開羅塔利爾廣場，一些人燃放煙花，支持和反對政府的活動人士很可能會爆發沖突。軍方給總統穆罕默德·穆爾西和他的競爭對手設定了最后期限，讓他們在明天之前解決政治爭端，否則軍方將代替他們處理局勢。同時，有猜測稱埃及可能發生的情況是該國陷入困境的總統在周三最后期限前未能向反對派做出政治讓步，而這是由埃及軍方造成的，五角大樓方面拒絕評價這種猜測。據NPR新聞的克雷格·溫德姆報道，奧巴馬總統的幾位高級國家安全顧問正在會面，商討埃及的發展方向。
The chairman of the joint chiefs of staff has reportedly _3_ with his Egyptian counterpart. General Martin Dempsey is said to point out that US laws require a cut in assistance in most situations if the country's militaries _4_ a coup. Pentagon spokesman George Little declined to speculate about what would happen if there were to be a coup. He says the US wants to see an easing of tensions in Egypt and a halt to the violence there.
據悉，參謀長聯席會議主席與埃及武裝部隊主席舉行了談話。據說馬丁·登普西將軍指出，如果埃及軍方參與政變，依照美國法律要求，在多數情況下美國將會切斷援助。五角大樓發言人喬治·利特爾拒絕猜測發生政變后可能出現的情況。他表示，美國希望看到埃及的局勢得到緩解，停止暴力活動。
"The hope from the United States is that, this _5_ a peaceable manner in that democratic transition process from the head."
“美國所希望的是，領導人能在民主過渡過程中采取和平的方式。”
Little did not say whether the US has got many commitment from Egypt's military to provide security for Americans at the US embassy if the showdown in Egypt intensifies. Craig Windham NPR News, Washington.
利特爾并沒有說明美國是否從埃及軍方那里得到承諾，如果埃及局勢惡化，會為美國大使館的美國公民提供安全保障。NPR新聞，克雷格·溫德姆華盛頓報道。
詞匯解析：
1. speculate
vt.思索，猜測，推測
vi.投機；推測；思索
eg. It would be unfair to Debby's family to speculate on the reasons for her suicide.
猜測黛比自殺的原因對她的家人來說是不公平的。
eg. The doctors speculate that he died of a cerebral haemorrhage caused by a blow on the head.
醫生推測他死于頭部受擊引起的腦溢血。
eg. The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.
各銀行貸出去太多高風險貸款，目前無法收回，他們還進行地產投機，而地產的價值目前已經下跌了。
2. embattled
adj.處于困境的；危機四伏的；問題纏身的；卷入戰爭的；（尤指）被敵軍包圍的
eg. The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
焦頭爛額的總統還否認了最近有關他被自己的士兵挾持為人質的說法。
eg. Both sides say they want to try to reach a political settlement in the embattled north and east of the island.
雙方都表示想努力為處于戰亂中的該島北部和東部地區尋求政治解決方案。
eg. Embattled on all sides, it has really become a city in danger.
由于四面受敵，這里儼然成了一座危城。
