第280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
??諆刃畔⒖稍诒拘侣勚腥空业?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 。NSA leaker Edward Snowden _1_ a Christmas message on British television today. Each year, Britain's Channel Four broadcast what it calls an alternative to the Queen's holiday message, mimicking her format and sometime playful, sometime _2_ way. As Larry Miller reports from London, Snowden's statements today were very serious.
今天,美國國家安全局泄密者愛德華·斯諾登在英國電視臺發表圣誕致詞 。每年,英國電視四臺都會以這類致詞替代女王的節日致詞,這些致詞會模仿她的方式,有時有趣,有時嚴肅 。據拉里·米勒從倫敦帶來的報道,今天斯諾登的致詞就非常嚴肅 。
Snowden says today surveillance society goes well beyond anything George Orwell _3_. NSA technology gets more invasive. A child born today will never experience privacy.
今天,斯諾登表示,監控社會遠遠超出喬治·奧威爾的想象 。國安局的技術更具入侵性 。今天出生的孩子再也體會不到何為隱私性 。
"They will never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves-- _4_, unanalyzed thought. Privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be."
“他們再也不會知道何為擁有自己的私人時間——那是一個未被記錄、未被分析的想法
Snowden says the conversation going on today will determine the balance between the technology and the government they _5_. And he says if government really wants to know what people are doing and thinking, asking is always cheaper than spying. For NPR News, I am Larry Miller in London.
斯諾登表示,今天發生的對話將決定技術和政府管理之間的平衡性 。他表示,如果政府真想知道民眾在做什么、在想什么,詢問總是比監視要節省費用 。NPR新聞,拉里·米勒倫敦報道 。
詞匯解析:
1. an alternative to
可供選擇的;可供替代的;
eg. His idea is an alternative to the original plan.
他的主張是原定計劃的備選 。
eg. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.
關節炎的新療法可能是止痛藥之外的另一種選擇 。
2. go beyond
超過,;超出;
eg. The price went beyond their means.
這個價格超過了他們的財力 。
eg. It's from Einstein, my aim is to go beyond myself and never ever say die.
這是愛因斯坦說的,我的生命的目標是:不斷超越自己,永不言棄 。 。正是隱私讓我們決定了自己是誰,以及想成為什么樣的人 ?!?/span>