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第396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。
I think there were _1_ winners. I think Mitch McConnell, who's the new Republican leader, won. Even though he was blindsided by Cruz, he came out as an able leader.And he _2_ make the point that Ted Cruz can't fight his way out of a parliamentary paper bag. Harry Reid comes out looking stronger, briefly. He made the most out of his last few minutes as majority leader. And another winner is Elizabeth Warren, Democratic senator from Massachusetts. Her status as the leader of the liberal wing of the Democrat party — what Howard Dean _3_ call the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party — is enhanced. She voted against the funding bill. She thought it had too many sweeteners for Wall Street. And the chorus calling for her to run for president next year is now louder than ever.
MARTIN: OK, so a lot of deal-making. In the end, they _4_ the government. Can we learn anything about the future, Mara, through all of this? What does it say about the next Congress?
LIASSON: Well, it says a lot of different things. It did lay bare divisions in both parties. We know there are divisions in the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. However, we do know, as you said at the outset, that they did get the government funded. That's a basic function.
我認為有幾個勝者。首先我認為新任共和黨領袖米奇·麥康奈爾是勝利者。雖然他因為克魯茲遭遇了打擊，不過他是一名能干的領袖。他指出泰德·克魯茲沒有議會的支持是無法找到出路的。簡單來說哈利·里德看起來更強大了。他充分利用了他作為多數黨領袖的最后一段時間。另一名勝者是馬薩諸塞州的民主黨參議員伊麗莎白·沃倫。她作為民主黨內自由派領袖的地位得到了提升，霍華德·迪恩曾稱之為民主黨內的民主派。她在投票中反對這份撥款法案。她認為華爾街得到了太多的好處。而現在希望她明年參加總統競選的呼聲越來越高。
馬丁：好，有很多協商。最后他們通過了為政府提供資金的法案。瑪拉，我們能通過這些了解到未來的事情嗎？這對下一屆國會意味著什么？
利亞森：意味著很多不同的事情。這的確暴露了兩黨的分歧。我們知道民主黨和共和黨之間存在著一些分歧。不過我們也清楚，就像你在開始時說的，他們最終得到了政府的預算。這是基本職能。
詞匯解析：
1. even though
即使；盡管；縱然；
eg. She has a lot of guts; she went on arguing even though no one agreed with her.
她很有勇氣，即使沒有人同意她的觀點，還是繼續爭論下去。
eg. Even though air is invisible, air takes up space.
空氣雖然看不見，但它占據了空間。
2. come out
結果是；到頭來；
eg. In this grim little episode of recent American history, few people come out well.
在美國近代史上這一小段陰暗時期，很少有人能有好的結果。
eg. So what makes a good marriage? Faithfulness comes out top of the list.
那么，是什么造就了美滿的婚姻呢？結果表明忠誠是第一位的。
3. at the outset
在開始時；
eg. Decide at the outset what kind of learning programme you want to follow.
開始時就選定自己的學習方案。
eg. I warned you at the outset not to trust him, and you wouldn't listen to me.
一開始我就警告過你不要信任他，可你不肯聽我的話。
