NPR邊聽邊練214:底特律尋求自救

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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。

3、復述新聞。

Detroit officials say they are not looking to the federal government for help for their city which _l_ for bankruptcy last week. Mayor Dave Bing _2_ about a federal bailout this morning, on ABC's This Week:

底特律官員表示，他們并沒有指望聯(lián)邦政府的幫助，底特律市上周申請了破產(chǎn)。今天早上，市長戴夫·賓做客ABC電視臺的《本周》節(jié)目時，被問及聯(lián)邦救助的問題：

"Not yet, you know, I know the president has a lot on his plan, this is going to add tremendously to that, and I want to say we weren't the only city that's going to struggle through that we are going through. There are over 100 major urban cities that have the same problems that we _3_."

“目前還沒有，你知道，我知道總統(tǒng)的計劃中有許多事項，這會極大地增加他的計劃，我想說，我們不是唯一一個要掙扎挺過所遭遇困境的城市。有100多個大城市和我們有一樣的問題。”

Detroit's emergency manager Kevyn Orr was asked the same question on Fox's New Sunday.

底特律的應急管理人凱文·奧爾做客?？怂闺娨暸_的《New Sunday》節(jié)目時被問到了同樣的問題。

"We operate on the assumption that we have to cure this process, this problem on our own. We are not _4_ the cavalry to come charging in. We are out here on outpost.we have to fix it because we dug this hole."

“我們抱著必須要自己解決這個過程和這個問題的想法在運作。我們沒有期待騎兵來掌管。我們要主動走出困境，我們必須要修正，因為是我們自己挖了這個洞。”

Orr said the city had no choice but to file for bankruptcy protection. He said he believes the city will be able to rehabilitate itself and investors will eventually have confidence in Detroit.

奧爾表示，底特律市沒有別的選擇，只能申請破產(chǎn)保護。他表示，他認為城市有能力自我修復，投資者最終會對底特律市有信心。

Violence continues in Afghanistan. Militants _5_ the compound of a district governor eastern Afghanistan today, killing his brother and several guards.

暴力事件繼續(xù)在阿富汗上演。今天，武裝分子襲擊了阿富汗東部復合區(qū)的總督，致使他的兄弟和一些保鏢死亡。

詞匯解析：

1. look to

寄望;指望;依靠

eg. The difficulties women encounter with their doctors partly explain why so many of us are looking to alternative therapies.

我們很多人都寄望于替代療法，個中原因從女性看醫(yī)生所遇到的困難可知一二。

eg. No prophecy can be expected to go on all fours.

凡預言皆不能指望其完全應驗。

eg. I look to you to support me in this matter.

在這件事上我要靠你支持。

2、cavalry

n. 騎兵;裝甲兵;裝甲部隊

eg:The 3rd Cavalry went on the offensive.

第3裝甲兵團繼續(xù)發(fā)動進攻。

3. rehabilitate

使康復;使戒毒(或戒酒);改造;使恢復名譽;復原，修復

eg. Considerable efforts have been made to rehabilitate patients who have suffered in this way.

為幫助遭受這種病痛折磨的病人康復付出了巨大努力。

eg. His candidacy has divided the party; while most have scorned him, others have sought to rehabilitate him.

他的候選資格使該黨出現(xiàn)分化;其中大多數(shù)人都嘲弄他，而另外一些人則想辦法為他恢復名譽。

eg. We will plan to rehabilitate the run-down neighborhood.

我們計劃重建這個破落的街區(qū)。

參考答案：

1、filed 2、was asked 3、are having

4、expecting 5、attacked