NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練07:老美眼中的中國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)

【NPR邊聽(tīng)邊練】致力于提供新鮮有趣、饒有意味的時(shí)訊資料，致力于通過(guò)精聽(tīng)的方式促進(jìn)聽(tīng)力提高，致力于不斷開(kāi)闊眼界和深入了解美國(guó)觀點(diǎn)。

精聽(tīng)建議：

先完整地把一條新聞聽(tīng)一到三遍，爭(zhēng)取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精聽(tīng)，力爭(zhēng)每句話(huà)都聽(tīng)明白。遇到實(shí)在不懂的地方，再聽(tīng)寫(xiě)。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的詞都很簡(jiǎn)單，不過(guò)是一些值得注意的連讀或者典型的美式發(fā)音哦，有些語(yǔ)速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫(xiě)對(duì)?

(參考文本，歡迎指出錯(cuò)誤^^)

He says one problem is corruption in China’s government. Major western corporations can often___(1)___that. But smaller firms may not. “Local officials have their___(2)___frequently. There is a licencing process for many kinds of businesses that local government officials control. Local government officials invest frequently in local businesses. So a foreign firm might be in competition with a firm that has at least a partial owner-a government official that would be ___(3)___to influence or harm the foreign company’s business prospects. In one of our reports this week we met a Chinese woman who is basically an American middle class worker making about 60,000 dollars per year. But it was ___(4)___that the average person in China is making a tiny fraction of that, may be a couple of thousands dollars a year. What is income inequality going to do to China’s future economic growth? Well, income inequality’s increased dramatically, particularly over the last decade. And really all dimensions of inequality have gone up. The gap between farmers and rural residents has gone up, between the people that are fortunate enough to live on the coast and those who live in the ___(5)___. And particularly the gap between the skilled and unskilled has gone up.

答案：

1.get around

2.hands out

3.in a position

4.pointed out

5.deepen interior