NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練94:非裔美國(guó)人參議員考恩講述這一時(shí)刻的意義

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以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個(gè)段落的聽(tīng)寫(xiě)。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(tīng)建議：

1、完整聽(tīng)一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續(xù)聽(tīng)，特別注意關(guān)鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫(xiě)下來(lái)。

3、復(fù)述新聞。

A day after being confirmed by the Senate as the next Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry _1_ a farewell speech to his colleagues today.

在得到參議院批準(zhǔn)的第二天，美國(guó)新任國(guó)務(wù)卿約翰?克里今天對(duì)參議院同僚發(fā)表告別講話。

"Nearly three decades after people of Massachusetts first _2_ me into this office, the people I worked with in the Senate voted me out of it.As always, I accept the Senate sound judgment."

“自馬薩諸塞州民眾第一次投票選舉我進(jìn)入?yún)⒆h院已過(guò)去近30年的時(shí)間，和我一起在參議院工作的同僚現(xiàn)在投票決定讓我離開(kāi)這里。像往常一樣，我接受參議院正確的判斷。”

The lawmaker from Massachusetts _3_ Secretary Clinton. Meanwhile, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick has selected William Cowan to fill in for the interim. NPR's Tovia Smith has more.

這位馬薩諸塞州議員將接任前國(guó)務(wù)卿克林頓。同時(shí)，馬薩諸塞州州長(zhǎng)德瓦爾?帕特里克選擇威廉?考恩填補(bǔ)克里的空缺。NPR新聞的托維亞?史密斯將帶來(lái)詳細(xì)報(bào)道。

As a top advisor to the governor, the 43-year-old Cowan says he _4_ the issues that mattering Massachusetts and he's honored to serve.Cowan will be Massachusetts' second African American Senator. And when he starts, it will be the first time the Senate has had two African Americans at once. Cowan spoke emotionally about what it means to him and his mother. "She's a child of the segregated south, a woman who did not have the opportunity to attend college. But my mother told me days like today _5_ ." Cowan is not competing in this special election. So far Democratic Congressman Ed Markey has announced and words were expected soon from fellow Democratic Congressman Steven Lynch and former Republican Senator Scott Brown.

作為州長(zhǎng)的高級(jí)顧問(wèn)，43歲的考恩表示，他了解了有關(guān)馬薩諸塞州的問(wèn)題，他很榮幸擔(dān)任這一職務(wù)?？级鲗⒊蔀轳R薩諸塞州歷史上第二位非裔美國(guó)人參議員?？级鏖_(kāi)始任期以后，參議院將第一次有兩位非裔美國(guó)人同時(shí)任職?？级骷?dòng)地講述了這對(duì)他和他母親的意義。“她出生在南部種族隔離地區(qū)，女性沒(méi)有機(jī)會(huì)接受高等教育。可是我母親告訴我，像今天這樣的時(shí)刻是有可能的。”考恩在這次特殊選舉中并沒(méi)有遇到競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。目前，民主黨國(guó)會(huì)議員埃德?馬基已經(jīng)宣布任命，同為民主黨國(guó)會(huì)議員的史蒂芬?林奇和共和黨參議員斯科特?布朗也將宣布任命。

This is NPR.

這里是NPR。

詞匯解析：

1. succeed vi.成功;繼承 vt.繼承，繼任，繼位;隨…之后

eg. he present ruler, Prince Rainier III, succeeded to the throne on 9 May 1949.

現(xiàn)任元首，蘭尼埃三世親王于 1949 年 5 月 9 日繼位。

eg. David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1...

戴維?羅蘭將在 1 月 1 日接替他任主席幾乎已成定局。

eg. If they can succeed in America and Europe, then they can succeed here too.

如果他們?cè)诿绹?guó)和歐洲都能取得成功的話，那么在這兒也不例外。

2. fill in for 代替; 接替(某人)的位置

eg. I'll find someone to fill in for you.

我去找個(gè)人來(lái)頂替你。

eg. I take the liberty to write you in the hope that you might need someone to fill in for you.

向閣下寫(xiě)信，希望填補(bǔ)貴公司可能的空缺，至感冒昧。

eg. Substitute teachers and volunteers would fill in for teachers in the event of a strike.

代課老師和志愿者會(huì)在罷工時(shí)臨時(shí)頂替老師教課。

參考答案：

1、is delivering 2、voted 3、will succeed

4、learned 5、were possible