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第250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。
President Obama says he has heard Americans loud and clear who had seen their old health insurance policies go away to the changes in the new healthcare law. As a result, the president announced today for one year insurance companies will be able to keep offering consumers plans otherwise it would _1_ as result of the law.
奧巴馬總統表示，他很清楚因為新醫保法的更改，美國民眾原有保單將失效。總統今天宣布，因奧巴馬醫改法而被保險公司取消醫保合同的美國人可以繼續保有其舊的醫保條款，時間為一年。
"The bottom line is, insurers can extend current plans that would otherwise be canceled into 2014, and Americans whose plans have been canceled can choose to re-enroll in the same kind of plan."
“底線就是保險公司可以延長現有的條款一直到2014年，而那些被取消了醫保合同的美國人可以按照那些被取消的條款重新簽署醫保合同。”
Speaking in the White House news conference, Obama also _2_ while the first month's enrollment numbers under the plan _3_, he nonetheless is vowing to build a better healthcare system for every American.
奧巴馬在白宮新聞發布會上表示，雖然第一個月注冊新醫保的人數有些拖后，不過他承諾會為每位美國民眾建立更好的醫保體系。
Janet Yellin, President Obama's nominee _4_ Ben Bernanke at the Federal Reserve, _5_ the Central Bank's stimulus policies on Capitol Hill today. NPR's John Ydstie reports Yellin's strong performance for the Senate banking committee put her close to become the first woman ever to lead the Fed.
奧巴馬總統提名接替本·伯南克擔任美聯儲主席的珍妮特·耶倫，今天在國會山為中央銀行實行的刺激政策辯護。據NPR新聞的約翰·耶斯提報道，耶倫在參議院金融委員會的強勁表現使她即將成為首位執掌美聯儲的女性。
詞匯解析：
1. as a result
結果，因此；
eg. As a result, she said the true number of mentally ill could be far higher.
她說，結果是真正有精神疾病的人數可能更高。
eg. As a result, costs will be reduced by as much as 90%.
因此，成本將會降低90%之多。
2. choose to do sth.
甘愿；決定，選擇做某事；
eg. They knew that discrimination was going on, but chose to ignore it.
他們當時知道歧視現象仍然存在，但是寧愿裝聾作啞。
eg. She was chosen to play the heroine in this film.
她被選定在這部影片中扮演女主角。
