NPR边听边练326：美国国安局电话监视是否违宪
时间：2018-12-26 作者：英语课 分类：NPR边听边练
英语课
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一、泛听建议：
1、完整听一遍，掌握大意。
2、继续听，特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词，写下来。
The constitutionality of the National Security Agency's phone data collection program appears bound for the Supreme 1 Court after two federal judges _1_ conflicting opinions on the program. And NPR's Nathan Rott reports more information on the NSA surveillance activities is trickling 2 out.
美国国家安全局电话数据收集项目是否符合宪将交由最高法院判定，此前两名联邦法官就该项目做出了意见相左的判罚。据NPR新闻的纳山·罗特报道，有关国安局监视活动的更多信息将逐渐浮出水面。
The latest comes from a German news magazine that says NSA has a team of elite 3 hackers 4 who intercept 5 computer delivers and "get the ungettable". The magazine bases story on documents _2_ by former government contractor 6 Edward Snowden. Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden says Snowden's leaks _3_ the NSA "infinitely 7 weaker". He then defended one surveillance program in question.
据德国新闻杂志的最新报道，国安局有一个顶尖黑客小组，他们拦截计算机传送的信息，然后得到本是不可获取的信息。这家杂志基于前政府雇员爱德华·斯诺登泄密的文件进行了报道。前中情局局长、国安局局长迈克尔·海登做客CBS电视台的《Face the Nation》时表示，斯诺登泄露的信息使国安局变得“无比软弱”。之后他为一个饱受质疑的监视项目进行了辩护。
"Our history as a people demanded what we be alarmed, what we _4_ about this. But our concerns should be governed on the facts of the case and not the emotion of the case."
“我们民族的历史使我们对此感到担忧和关注。但是我们的关注要基于这件事的事实，而不是基于对此事的情感。”
And the fact, he says, is that the phone data _5_ by NSA is hardly touched and only used when there is a reasonable suspension that is associated with terrorism. Nathan Rott, NPR News.
他说，事实上，国安局收集的电话数据几乎不会使用，只有在合理怀疑与恐怖主义有联系的事件中才会使用。NPR新闻，纳山·罗特报道。
词汇解析：
1. be bound for
要到…去的；驶往…的；
eg. The ship was bound for Italy.
这艘船驶向意大利。
eg. I boarded the plane bound for England.
我登上了飞往英格兰的飞机。
2. in question
疑问；怀疑；不确定；
eg. His sincerity 8 is not in question.
他的真诚不容置疑。
eg. The future of public transport is not in question.
公共交通的未来发展是不容置疑的。
参考答案：
1、offered 2、leaked 3、have made
4、be concerned 5、collected
1 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
2 trickling
n.油画底色含油太多而成泡沫状突起v.滴( trickle的现在分词 )；淌；使)慢慢走；缓慢移动
- Tears were trickling down her cheeks. 眼泪顺着她的面颊流了下来。
- The engine was trickling oil. 发动机在滴油。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 elite
n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的
- The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
- We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
4 hackers
n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”
- They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网
5 intercept
vt.拦截，截住，截击
- His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
- Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。
6 contractor
n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
7 infinitely
adv.无限地，无穷地
- There is an infinitely bright future ahead of us.我们有无限光明的前途。
- The universe is infinitely large.宇宙是无限大的。