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。
President Obama has plans for a sweeping review of the National Security Agency's surveillance programs and an overhaul of the secret court that monitors and authorizes those programs. NPR's Craig Windham _1_ Obama's telling reporters at the White House that the U.S. must be more transparent about efforts to collect data about phone and Internet communication.
奧巴馬總統(tǒng)計劃對國家安全局的監(jiān)視項目進行全面審查,并對監(jiān)視和批準這些項目的秘密法院進行改革。據(jù)NPR新聞的克雷格·溫德姆報道,奧巴馬在白宮舉行的記者會上表示,美國在收集電話和網(wǎng)絡(luò)交流數(shù)據(jù)時要更透明。
The president says he'll appoint a high level task force _2_ civil liberties and intelligence experts to review the surveillance programs.
總統(tǒng)表示,他會指定一個包含民權(quán)專家和情報專家在內(nèi)的高級別工作組審查監(jiān)視項目。
"And I'll consider how we can maintain the trust of the people, how we can make sure that there absolutely is no abuse in terms of how these surveillance technologies are used."
“我在考慮我們怎么能維持民眾的信任,我們怎么能確保這些監(jiān)視技術(shù)在使用過程中絕對沒有濫用職權(quán)。”
Mr. Obama says the goal is to restore public trust in the programs and assure Americans they do not intrude too far on their privacy.
奧巴馬先生表示,目標是恢復(fù)公眾對該項目的信任,確保美國人民的隱私不會被過多的侵犯。
"Let's examine what _3_, what's not, are there additional protections that can be put in place and let's move forward."
“我們要檢查一下做了哪些工作,哪些沒有做,是否有需要進行的額外保護,我們會繼續(xù)推進。”
Although, scrutiny of the surveillance programs _4_ by the leaks about their existence by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Mr. Obama says he does not consider Snowden to be _5_. Craig Windham, NPR News, Washington.
雖然,監(jiān)視項目的存在是由前國安局承包人愛德華·斯諾登泄露的,因而引發(fā)了此次審查工作。奧巴馬先生表示,他不認為斯諾登是愛國者。NPR新聞,克雷格·溫德姆華盛頓報道。
詞匯解析:
1. sweeping
adj. 巨大的,重要的,有廣泛影響的,深遠的
eg. International financial markets have been upended by three sweeping shifts in just a few weeks.
短短幾周內(nèi)的三個重大變化,令全球金融市場天翻地覆。
eg. The armed forces would be given sweeping new powers.
武裝部隊將被授予一些新的重要權(quán)力。
eg. The new government has started to make sweeping changes in the economy.
新政府已經(jīng)著手在經(jīng)濟領(lǐng)域進行意義深遠的改革。
2. intrude
v. 侵擾;打擾;干擾;擾亂;侵入;闖入
eg. The officer on the scene said no one had intruded into the area.
在場的警官說沒人闖入過這個地方。
eg. There are times when personal feelings cannot be allowed to intrude.
有些時候是不允許夾雜個人感情的。
eg. The press has been blamed for intruding into people's personal lives in an unacceptable way.
新聞媒體因為以令人難以容忍的方式侵擾人們的私生活而一直受到指責(zé)。
3. put in place
實施; 實現(xiàn); 做到; 把…放到合適的位置
eg. And more policies and measures are put in place in this regard.
針對該問題還將不斷出臺更多政策和措施。
eg. They put in place the tools of my new business.
他們把我干這一新行當(dāng)所需要的用具安放得井井有條。
eg. If you develop good policies, will not be able to put in place, on enterprises is futile to.
如果制定出好的政策而不能落實到位,對企業(yè)來說是無補于事的。
參考答案:
1、reports 2、including 3、is working
4、was prompted 5、a patriot