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第337期：主餐一道：泛聽練習
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一、泛聽建議：
1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。
A federal appeals court in California _1_ that high school officials can require students to cover up shirts depicted in the American flag in order to prevent campus violence. NPR's Richard Gonzales explains the ruling demonstrate the history of racial conflicts from white and Latino students.
加州一家上訴法院裁定，為了避免校園暴力，高中官員可以要求學生遮蓋住印有美國國旗的衣服。據(jù)NPR新聞的理查德·岡薩雷斯報道，這項裁決反映出白人和拉美裔學生之間種族沖突的歷史。
A group of Mexican-American students paraded a Mexican flag during a school's section celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday. Some white students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill, just south of San Jose, _2_ by wearing shirts showing the American flag. With tensions brewing, the school's Principle instructed the white students to turn their shirts inside-out, or go home with an excused absence. The white students _3_ a suit, alleging discrimination and their free speech rights _4_. But a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously, that it wouldn't second-guess school officials who are trying to avert violence. Richard Gonzales NPR News, San Francisco.
一些墨西哥裔美國學生在學校慶祝墨西哥五月節(jié)的時候舉著墨西哥國旗游行。圣約瑟南部摩根希爾地區(qū)的橡樹高中有一些白人學生用穿著印有美國國旗的白色衣服來回應(yīng)他們的行為。由于局勢逐漸惡化，學校校長要求白人學生將衣服翻過來穿，或者是請假回家。白人學生提起上訴，聲稱存在歧視，而且他們言論自由的權(quán)利遭到了侵犯。但是由三名法官組成的美國第九巡回上訴法庭的審判小組一致認為，不應(yīng)質(zhì)疑試圖避免暴力活動的學校官員。NPR新聞，理查德·岡薩雷斯舊金山報道。
According to Commerce Department, the Gross Domestic Product, that's the total value of goods and services within the US economy, _5_ at a 2.4% annual rate in the 4th quarter. That's down substantially from earlier estimates.
據(jù)商務(wù)部消息，美國國內(nèi)生產(chǎn)總值，即美國經(jīng)濟所有商品和服務(wù)的總值，在第四季度取得了2.4%的年化增長率。這個數(shù)據(jù)遠遠低于此前的預期。On Wall Street today, the Dow closed up 49 points. The NASDAQ fell ten points.
今天的華爾街數(shù)據(jù)，道瓊斯工業(yè)平均指數(shù)上升49點。納斯達克指數(shù)下降10點。
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詞匯解析：
1. cover up
（用…）蓋在…上（以保護或隱藏）；
eg. We used a piece of fabric used to cover up a hole.
我們用塊布把那個洞蓋住了。
eg. The lens hood is used to cover up the lens.
遮光罩是用來遮蓋鏡頭的。
2. inside out
里朝外地；翻面地；
eg. Her umbrella blew inside out.
她的傘被風吹得翻轉(zhuǎn)了。
eg. You've turned your jumper inside out.
你的套頭毛衣里外穿反了。
3. second-guess
猜測；懷疑；預測；
eg. Always give a hundred percent, and you will never have to second guess yourself.
永遠百分之百肯定自己，這樣你就不會懷疑自己了。
eg. Don't try to second - guess the outcome.
