一、泛聽建議:
1、完整聽一遍,掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽,特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞,寫下來。
3、復述新聞。
Federal investigators are looking for _1_ into why an Asiana Airlines 777 aircraft was traveling significantly below its target speed during _2_ to land over the weekend just before a crash into a runway at San Francisco airport. Deborah Hersman, who chairs the National Transportation Safety Board, said moments ago investigators want details on the crew and their experience.
聯邦調查人員正在調查韓亞航空波音777客機在本周末撞上舊金山機場的跑道以前,試圖降落時飛行速度明顯低于目標速度的原因。美國國家運輸安全委員會主席黛博拉·赫斯曼剛剛表示,調查人員要調查機組人員和他們的飛行經驗。
"When we interview those four crew members, we are going to get a lot more details about their activities, about their work, about their _3_, about who was the pilot flying, who was the pilot in command, in the cockpit at the time of the accident."
“我們詢問了四名機組人員,我們要進行更多細節(jié)的調查,包括他們的活動、工作、訓練、飛行員是誰、機長是誰以及事故發(fā)生時是誰駕駛的飛機。”
The South Korean government says it will inspect engines and landing equipment on all Boeing 777 planes _4_ by Asiana and its national carrier Korean Air. The crash killed two teenage passengers and sent more than 180 people to area hospitals. The San Mateo County coroner says he's looking into whether one of the two victims who died might _5_ the crash only to be run over by a rescue vehicle.
韓國政府表示,將檢查韓亞航空及國家航空公司大韓航空所有波音777機型的引擎和著陸裝置。墜機事故造成兩名乘客死亡,超過180名乘客被送往地區(qū)醫(yī)院接受治療。圣馬提奧縣驗尸官表示,他正在調查是否有一名遇難者在墜機事故中幸存卻遭救援車碾壓致死。
詞匯解析:
1. pilot
n. 飛行員;領航員
adj. 試點的
v. 駕駛;領航;試用
eg:He spent seventeen years as an airline pilot.
他當了17年的航空公司飛行員。
eg:The plan is to launch a pilot programme next summer.
計劃是在明年夏天實施一個試驗性方案。
eg:He piloted his own plane part of the way to Washington.
他駕駛自己的飛機飛行了去華盛頓的部分路程。
2、run over
(車輛)撞倒,碾過,軋過
eg. He ran over a six-year-old child as he was driving back from a party.
當他參加完聚會開車回家時,撞倒了一個6歲的小孩。
eg. A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.
她向樹后一閃,才沒被車從身上輾過.
eg. Neither the wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
聰明的人與勇敢的人都不會臥在歷史的車軌上,等待未來的火車在他們身上輾過。
參考答案:
1、answers 2、an attempt 3、training
4、owned 5、have survived