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第237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。
The same sex marriage debate is nothing new to Hawaii. In 1990, a gay couple that _1_ a marriage license there, help start the national debate to result in the defence of marriage act, along that was struck down by the US supreme court earlier this year. Proponents of same sex marriage, including Hawaii governor Neil Abercrombie, are trying to ride that national momentum pushing for legislation that will make Hawaii the 15th state to legalize gay marriage. They argue that the the bill _2_ state's aloha spirit of a quality and that will spur tourism. Opponents of the bill _3_ protest cell, saying that Hawaii voter should decide not the state's lawmakers. Nathan Rott NPR News.
有關同性婚姻的辯論在夏威夷并不是新鮮事。1990年，一對同性伴侶在這里申請結婚證書，以此拉開了全國性辯論的序幕，并誕生了《捍衛婚姻法案》，之后，今年年初，美國最高法院廢除了這一法案。同性婚姻的支持者，包括夏威夷州長尼爾·阿伯克龍比在內，正試圖借助這股勢頭推進立法，使夏威夷成為第15個同性婚姻合法化的州。他們稱，這份法案發揚了夏威夷的阿羅哈精神，將促進旅游業的發展。該法案的反對者組織了抗議，聲稱應該做出決定的是夏威夷的選民，而不是州議員。NPR新聞，內森·羅特報道。
Rock n'roll poet and singer Lou Reed _4_. Reed's dirty Blvd, typical of his music, lyrics and style, and someone monotone delivery over basically three chrods contracting the rich and poor in New York city. Reed never gain the commercial success of Bob Dylan, or the Beatles, but he and his band, the Velvet Underground, _5_ new dimensions into rock music and he's influenced other artists since the 1960s. His literary agency says Reed died of complications from a recent liver transplant. Lou Reed was 71.
搖滾詩人、歌手盧·里德去世。《臟污大道》是里德的代表作，歌詞、形式以及用基礎的三和弦娓娓道來的演唱方式感動了紐約市的富人和窮人。里德從未像鮑勃·迪倫、披頭士樂隊那樣取得商業成功，但是他和他的樂隊——地下絲絨樂隊為搖滾樂注入了新的維度，自上世紀60年代開始他就影響了一代又一代的歌手。他的文學經紀社表示，里德因近期進行的肝臟移植術引發并發癥去世。盧·里德享年71歲。
詞匯解析：
1. strike down
摧垮；使病倒；使喪命；廢止，取締，終結（非法的法律或規定）；
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。
2、spur
n. 鼓舞，刺激；馬刺；山坡
vi. 騎馬疾馳；給予刺激
vt. 激勵，鞭策；給…裝踢馬刺
eg:It's the money that spurs these fishermen to risk a long ocean journey in their flimsy boats.
金錢驅使這些漁民駕駛單薄的小船冒險出海遠航。
