NPR邊聽邊練312：美國有意申請(qǐng)2024冬奧會(huì)
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。
The man accused of opening fire inside the Los Angeles International Airport last month, _1_ a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding three other people, made a court appearance today. Paul Ciancia who appeared in court with bruises on his face and a bandage on his neck, said little during the brief appearance. He did not enter a plea. The 23-year-old Ciancia who was shot and _2_ by airport police _3_ TSA agents according to investigators.
今天，被控上個(gè)月在洛杉磯國際機(jī)場(chǎng)開槍殺害一名運(yùn)輸安全管理局官員并致3人受傷的男子出席庭審。保羅·西安希亞出庭時(shí)臉上有瘀傷，脖子上纏著繃帶，他在短暫的露面過程中幾乎沒有說話。他也沒有為自己辯護(hù)。23歲的希安西亞被機(jī)場(chǎng)警察開槍射傷，調(diào)查人員稱他的目標(biāo)是運(yùn)輸安全管理局。
Officials at the U.S. Olympic Committee said they _4_ a bid to host the 2024 summer games. NPR's Howard Berkes reports an American bid is contingent on funding the right candidate city.
美國奧林匹克委員會(huì)官員表示，他們?cè)诳紤]申請(qǐng)舉辦2024夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)。據(jù)NPR新聞的霍華德·貝爾克斯報(bào)道，美國的申辦由對(duì)候選城市的資金支持決定。
It's been nearly 12 years since the last Olympics on American soil, the 2002 winter games in Salt Lake City. So a carefully worded statement from U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Larry Probst _5_ the Olympic hopes at several American cities, including Boston,Washington, Dallas and Los Angeles. Probst says the USOC intends to nominate an American city for the 2024 Summer Olympics, if a bid has the right technical plan, leadership, financing and government support. The group is vetting candidate cities now and has until
the end of next year to make a decision. The USOC has also been working to repair a tighter relationship with the International Olympic Committee, which makes the final host city choice. Howard Berkes, NPR News.
距上次奧運(yùn)會(huì)在美國土地上舉辦已經(jīng)過去了近12年的時(shí)間，2002年鹽湖城曾舉辦冬季奧運(yùn)會(huì)。所以美國奧委會(huì)主席拉里·普羅布斯特發(fā)表的這份措辭嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)?shù)穆暶鳛閹讉€(gè)有望舉辦奧運(yùn)會(huì)的城市帶去了希望，這些城市包括波士頓、華盛頓、達(dá)拉斯和洛杉磯。普羅布斯特表示，美國奧委會(huì)有意提名一個(gè)美國城市申辦2024夏季奧運(yùn)會(huì)，條件是申辦具備合理的技術(shù)規(guī)劃、適當(dāng)?shù)念I(lǐng)導(dǎo)者、充足的財(cái)務(wù)資助和政府支持。美國奧委會(huì)目前正在審查候選城市，明年年底將做出決定。同時(shí)，美國奧委會(huì)也在努力恢復(fù)與國際奧委會(huì)的緊密關(guān)系，最終的主辦城市將由國際奧委會(huì)選出。NPR新聞，霍華德·貝爾克斯報(bào)道。
詞匯解析：
1. make an appearance
出席;參加;露面;
eg. It's impolite to make a tardy appearance.
晚到是不禮貌的。
eg. A famous disc jockey was going to make an appearance at the mall.
一位著名的DJ將在商場(chǎng)現(xiàn)身。
2. be contingent on sth./doing sth.
取決于…的;由…決定的;
eg. Our success is contingent on your support.
我們的成功離不開你的支持。
eg. Certainly, that type of earnings growth is possible, but it is highly contingent on underlying economic growth.
當(dāng)然，實(shí)現(xiàn)這樣的盈利增長是有可能的，但它高度依賴經(jīng)濟(jì)增長。
eg. Whether or not we arrive on time is contingent on the weather.
我們能否按時(shí)到達(dá)要視天氣情況而定。
參考答案：
1、killing 2、wounded 3、was allegedly targeting
4、are considering 5、has raised
