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第358期：主餐一道：泛聽練習(xí)
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(nèi)信息可在本新聞中全部找到,大家可以根據(jù)這些信息復(fù)述新聞。
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。
President Obama _1_ a plan to speed up federal permitting for _2_ bridges and highways and for other infrastructure work. NPR's Craig Windham reports, president _3_ a New York aging Tappan Zee Bridge which has been replaced.
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)宣布了一項(xiàng)計(jì)劃，加快建筑橋梁、高速公路及其他基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施的聯(lián)邦許可進(jìn)程。據(jù)NPR新聞的克雷格·溫德姆報(bào)道，總統(tǒng)加快了紐約老化的塔潘澤大橋被替代的進(jìn)程。
The president says the steps he's taking will accelerate infrastructure projects.
總統(tǒng)表示，他采取的步驟將加快基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施工程的建設(shè)。
"We're cutting bureaucratic red tape to stop good projects from breaking ground. We're launching a new national _4_ system to implement these reforms."
“我們將減少阻止優(yōu)秀項(xiàng)目動工的官僚主義繁文縟節(jié)，我們將啟動實(shí)施這些改革項(xiàng)目的新的國家許可制度。”
President says road, bridge and port projects create jobs and help to _5_ business to the US.
總統(tǒng)表示，公路、橋梁和港口工程將創(chuàng)造就業(yè)崗位，有助于為美國吸引商機(jī)。
"The alternative is to do nothing and watch business go to places that haven't outstanding projects."
“另一種選擇是什么都不做，看著商機(jī)流向那些沒有優(yōu)秀項(xiàng)目的地方。”
The initiative is a part of president's push to get lawmakers to replenish the highway trust fund which pays for road's repair and construction.
這份方案是總統(tǒng)推動議員為公路信托基金撥款計(jì)劃的一部分，這筆基金用于道路的維修和建設(shè)。
"If they don't act by the end of the summer, federal funding for transportation projects will run out."
“如果他們到今年夏天還不行動，用于交通工程項(xiàng)目的聯(lián)邦基金就會用完。”
Craig Windham, NPR News.
以上是NPR新聞的克萊格·溫德姆帶來的報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1. speed up
使（某一過程或活動）加快；
eg. I had already taken steps to speed up a solution to the problem.
我已經(jīng)采取措施加快解決該問題。
eg. Once these difficulties were got over, the work would speed up.
一旦克服了這些困難，工作進(jìn)展就快了。
2. red tape
繁文縟節(jié)；官僚作風(fēng)；
eg. The little money that was available was tied up in bureaucratic red tape.
能用的那點(diǎn)兒小錢被繁文縟節(jié)拖得遙遙無期。
eg. Red tape has delayed the progress of our program.
官僚作風(fēng)延遲了我們計(jì)劃的進(jìn)展。
3. run out
用完；耗盡；
eg. Food supplies had run out towards the end of the trip.
在旅行快結(jié)束時，食物已經(jīng)吃完了。
eg. He is going the pace and his property will soon run out.
他生活奢侈，財(cái)富很快就會花光。
