NPR边听边练232:奥巴马慰问老兵
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。
President Obama spoke 1 at the convention of disabled American veterans this afternoon. He _1_ veterans for their continuing commitment to help others despite facing their own difficulties.
今天下午，奥巴马总统在美国伤残老兵集会上发表讲话。他赞扬这些老兵无论自身面对什么困难依然坚持致力于帮助他人。
"Volunteering in communities, building homes, being a mentor 2 to local kids, _2_ after tornadoes 3, after Hurricane Sandy to help folks rebuild. I think of the wounded warriors 4 who reached out to the survivors 5 of the Boston Marathon bombing with the example of their own recovery and with a simple message, we stand with you."
“在社区中担任志愿者、建造房屋、教导当地的孩童、在龙卷风和飓风桑迪发生后现身帮助民众重建。我想起这些伤残士兵向波士顿马拉松爆炸案的幸存者伸出援手，用他们自己的恢复作为例子，传达一个简单的信息，我们同你们在一起。”
Obama also _3_ his speech at the convention in Orlando to focus on health needs veterans that includes post-traumatic stress syndrome 6 and suicide prevention.
奥巴马还重申了在奥兰多集会上的讲话，聚焦老兵的健康需求，包括创伤后压力症后群以及预防自杀。
An Islamist militant 7 group says its members _4_ by an Israeli drone strike yesterday in the northern Sinai Peninsula. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from Cairo Israel has not confirmed its _5_ in the strike.
一个伊斯兰武装组织表示，其成员是昨天北西奈半岛以色列无人机袭击的目标。据NPR新闻的彼得·肯扬从开罗带来的报道，以色列并没有证实参与无人机袭击。
词汇解析：
1、commitment
n. 承诺，保证；委托；承担义务；献身
eg:...commitment to the ideals of democracy.
…对民主理想的信奉。
eg:We made a commitment to keep working together.
我们作了承诺要继续在一起工作。
eg:But I do expect some commitment to reinforce coordination 8.
但我认为会做出一些承诺以加强协调。
2、think of
考虑； 想起； 有…想法
eg. She thought of several possibilities.
她考虑了几种可能的情况。
eg. I couldn't think of the name of that man anyhow.
我怎么也想不出那人的名字来了。
eg. He has never been very concerned about what other people think of him.
他从来不大在乎别人怎么看他。
参考答案：
1、praised 2、showing up 3、used
4、were targeted 5、involvement
1 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
2 mentor
n.指导者，良师益友；v.指导
- He fed on the great ideas of his mentor.他以他导师的伟大思想为支撑。
- He had mentored scores of younger doctors.他指导过许多更年轻的医生。
3 tornadoes
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
4 warriors
武士，勇士，战士( warrior的名词复数 )
- I like reading the stories ofancient warriors. 我喜欢读有关古代武士的故事。
- The warriors speared the man to death. 武士们把那个男子戳死了。
5 survivors
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
6 syndrome
n.综合病症；并存特性
- The Institute says that an unidentified virus is to blame for the syndrome. 该研究所表示,引起这种综合症的是一种尚未确认的病毒。
- Results indicated that 11 fetuses had Down syndrome. 结果表明有11个胎儿患有唐氏综合征。
7 militant
adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
8 coordination
n.协调，协作
- Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
- The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。