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第224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。
American Catholics like the new pope. That's according to new poll _1_ today. As NPR's John Burnett explains, they approve of his recent statement that the church needs to get over its obsession with moral issues.
美國天主教徒喜歡新教皇。結論來自今天公布的最新民調。據NPR新聞的約翰·伯內特報道，他們贊成教皇近日發表的聲明，認為教堂需要克服執著于道德的觀念。
A new poll released by Quinnipiac University shows that two in three American Catholics (68%) agree with Pope Francis's opinion that the church is too hung up on gay marriage, abortion and contraception. The responses _2_ among various age groups and among those who attend Mass weekly or infrequently. The national poll conducted in late September also shows that Americans are very fond of the new pontiff from Argentina. Eighty-nine percent feel him favorably or very favorably. Only 4% have a negative view of the pope. Moreover, the survey _3_ past questionnaires. Six in ten US Catholics say they approve of same-sex marriage, which is slightly higher than the national approval rate of 56%. John Burnett, NPR News.
由奎尼匹克大學發表的最新民調顯示，三分之二的美國天主教徒（68%）同意教皇弗朗西斯的觀點，認為教堂對同性婚姻、墮胎和避孕過于介意。不同年齡層和每周參加或不常參加彌散的民眾的反應也與此類似。這份全國性民調于九月末進行，調查表明，美國人喜歡這位來自阿根廷的新教皇。87%的人覺得他很好。只有4%的人與教皇持相反觀點。另外，這份民調也與過去的調查問卷相呼應。五分之三的美國天主教徒表示，他們支持同性婚姻，這比全美民調中56%的支持率略高。NPR新聞，約翰·伯內特報道。
Investors gobbled up stock in sandwich maker Potbelly today. The restaurant chain famous for its lunchtime menus. Its debut as a publicly _4_ company saw its stock more than double from its IPO price. Initially _5_ at 14 dollars a share, the stock rose quickly to more than doubling to close to 31.84 a share. That was well above expectations.
今天，投資者瘋狂購買三明治制造商Potbelly的股票。這家連鎖餐廳的午餐菜單非常有名。作為上市公司其股票比首次公開發行時的價格增長了一倍以上。股票最初定價為每股14美元，之后其股價迅速上漲翻了一倍多，以每股31.84美元收盤。這遠遠超過預期。
詞匯解析：
1. approve of
贊成；同意；喜歡；
eg. Not everyone approves of the festival.
不是所有人都贊成慶祝該節日。
eg. I approved of the proposal.
我贊成該提案。
eg. I didn't approve of his manner.
我不喜歡他的態度。
2. hung up
念念不忘的；過于擔心的；過分介意的；
eg. It was a time when people weren't so hung-up about health.
那時人們不太關注健康。
Are you really that hung up on her?
你真的對她如此念念不忘嗎？
3. gobble up
吞并；擊垮；消耗；耗費；
eg. anc One of Ohio has built an empire in the midwest by gobbling up smaller banks.
俄亥俄州第一銀行通過兼并一些小銀行成為中西部地區的巨頭。
eg. The firm's expenses gobbled up 44% of revenues.
該公司的支出占其收入的44%。
