聽力原文:
The United States and Cuba
美國和古巴
An American invasion
美國的糖衣炮彈
Barack Obama brings a message of friendship and human rights
奧巴馬給古巴帶來了友誼和人權(quán)的信息
FOR more than half a century Fidel Castro ordered Cubans to be prepared to resist an American invasion. When it finally came this week it took the peaceful and friendly form of President Barack Obama, his wife and daughters, nearly 40 members of Congress and some top business leaders. Even so, many residents of Havana, Cuba’s capital, had to pinch themselves when they saw Air Force One fly over the city on March 20th and the “Beast”, as Mr Obama’s armoured limousine is dubbed, ply the streets. Cubans turned out spontaneously to greet him.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1 invasion 武裝入侵；侵略；侵犯
2 resist抵制；阻擋
3 resident 居民；住戶
4 Havana . 哈瓦那雪茄，古巴雪茄煙 哈瓦那（古巴首都）
5 pinch 擰；捏；掐
6 armoured 有裝甲的
7 limousine 大型高級轎車；豪華轎車
8 dub 把…戲稱為；給…起綽號
9 ply 定時往來；定期行駛
10 spontaneous 自發(fā)的；非籌劃安排的
聽力原文:
Mr Obama’s visit could truly be called historic. It set the seal on his dramatic move to restore diplomatic relations with the communist island and to loosen the economic embargo imposed in 1960 after Fidel Castro’s revolution.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1 seal 密封; 印章; 海豹; 封條;
2 set the seal on sth 使某事萬無一失；使某事圓滿
3 restore 恢復(fù)（某種情況或感受）
聽力原文:
In 48 hours of walkabouts, meetings and speeches, the American president delivered the same message, politely and respectfully, but firmly: that he had come to “bury the last remnant of the cold war in the Americas” and “to extend a hand of friendship to the Cuban people” but also to make plain that Cuba needs to change.

重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1 walkabout （要人的）出巡
2 remnant 殘余部分；剩余部分
聽力原文:
Raul Castro, Fidel’s brother and Cuba’s president since 2008, treated Mr Obama with warmth and stressed that both sides should respect their differences. He also called for the lifting of the embargo (only the United States Congress can do that) and for the return to Cuba of the naval base at Guantánamo Bay.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1 lift 撤銷法律 / 規(guī)則
2 naval 海軍基地 / 軍官；海戰(zhàn)
聽力原文:
Mr Obama’s message rang out most clearly in the speech he gave on March 22nd in Havana’s newly renovated Grand Theatre, the same venue where the last sitting American president to visit Cuba, Calvin Coolidge, spoke 88 years ago. Mr Obama voiced his support for the right of Cubans “to speak their mind”, to “protest peacefully” and “to choose their governments in free and democratic elections”.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：
1 ring out 清晰可聞；發(fā)出清脆的響聲
2 renovate 修復(fù)；翻新；重新粉
3 venue 聚會地點(diǎn)（如音樂廳、體育比賽場館、會場）
Calvin Coolidge卡爾文-柯立： lected Vice President and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933)
聽力原文:
The speech was broadcast live to the Cuban nation. So was a press conference the previous day at which Mr Castro crustily replied to a question about political prisoners by saying “give me the list right now” and he would order their release. Human-rights groups responded by circulating lists of 40 or so on social media. Mr Obama later met with dissidents, some of whom had been briefly arrested hours before his visit.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：

1 crustily 粗魯?shù)兀直┑?
2 circulate 傳播；流傳；散布
3 dissident 持不同政見者

聽力原文:
Mr Obama’s Cuba opening is popular at home. Some of his Republican opponents criticised the visit as cosying up to America’s enemies. That is to understate its significance. It was the first time that a visiting head of state in Cuba has called so openly for democracy. Mr Obama may well have planted a seed that will germinate after Mr Castro steps down in 2018.
重點(diǎn)詞匯：

1 cosy up to sb 獻(xiàn)殷勤；cosy取悅 舒適的，愜意的; 暢快的; 親切友好的;
2 understate 輕描淡寫；避重就輕地說

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