第314期:主餐一道:泛聽練習
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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 。
Defenses Secretary Chuck Hagel in his speech today at Pentagon says he envisions a smaller army which, he says, would involve _1_ some military bases and make other military wide savings. Hagel says it's a part of a broad agenda _2_ deal with a volume of threats facing the nation.
美國國防部長查克·哈格爾今天在五角大樓發表的演講中表示,他設想將陸軍規??s減,這包括關閉一些軍事基地,縮減其他軍隊的開支 。哈格爾表示,這是廣泛議程的一部分內容,而該議程旨在解決美國面臨的大量威脅 。
"We're repositioning to focus on these strategic challenges and opportunities would define our future. New technologies, new centers to power, and the war _3_ to more volatile, more unpredictable, and in some instances, more threatening to the United States."
“我們將重新將重點轉移到這些戰略挑戰和機會上面,這將決定我們的未來 。新技術,新的權力中心,戰爭越來越多變、越來越不可預測 。在這種情況下,美國面臨著越來越多的威脅 。”
Hagel's comments come a week before president Obama _4_ to submit the proposal of 2014 budget to Congress. Hagel says under his proposal, the active duty army will shrink from the current 522,000 soldiers to 440-450,000. That would be the smallest size of army as just before US _5_ World War 2.
在哈格爾發表講話的一周以后,奧巴馬總統將向國會提交2014年的預算方案 。哈格爾表示,在他的這份方案中,現役陸軍將由現在的52.2萬人減至44-45萬人 。這將使陸軍縮小至二戰前的最小規模 。
Ukraine acting president is warning the country is close to default. The US and European Union are considering what they can do to help stabilize Ukraine economy. They're making it clear Ukraine should go to the International Monetary Fund. More from NPR's Michele Kelemen.
烏克蘭代理總統警告稱烏克蘭面臨違約 。美國和歐盟正在考慮他們能幫助烏克蘭穩定經濟的方法 。他們明確表明,烏克蘭應該向國際貨幣基金組織尋求幫助 。NPR新聞的米歇爾·克萊門將帶來詳細報道 。
詞匯解析:
1. in some instances
在某些情況下;
eg. In some instances, this shift is happening.
在某些情況下,這種改革正在進行 。
eg. In some instances, fading can be demonstrated as the change of the color.
有時褪色表現為變色,而不只是顏色變淺 。
2. make sth. clear
把…表達清楚;把…說明白;
eg. We deem it necessavy to make this clear to you.
這件事我們認為有必要跟你們說清楚 。
eg. He didn't make his attitude clear; He was non-committal.
他沒有表明態度 。