NPR边听边练21:小问题大改观--老年病学

 　　【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

　　精听建议：

　　先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

　　下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

　　（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

　　David Reuben is chief of geriatrics at UCLA. He is president of the American Geriatrics Society.

　　Clearly he is___1___, but that does not make his job any easier. In fact doing a good job as Reuben sees it reflects a lot more ___2___than it might at first seem.

　　Stella is a petite woman with a sweet face. And Reuben, with a sparkle¹ in his eye and a snap² to his step is a picture of mirth.

　　I was thinking about this while I talking about it to my wife. When I going to an examining room, It’s ___3___going on stage. It’s a performance not that is insincere. But it needs to be optimistic, you have to ___4___with your attention and be ___5___anything was going on with them.

　　答案：

　　1.an expert in this area;

　　2.thought and purposes;

　　3.in many respects;

　　4.engage them completely;

　　5.observant of

1 sparkle   

vi.闪，焕发；n.闪光，闪烁，活力

参考例句：

• Dewdrops sparkle in the morning sun.露珠在早晨的阳光下闪着光。
• There was a sudden sparkle as her diamond ring caught the light.当她的钻石戒指遇到光时，有阵突然的闪耀。

2 snap   

n.啪地移动，突然断掉；v.猛咬，咬断，谩骂，砰然关上

参考例句：

• He broke off the twig with a snap.他啪地一声把那根树枝折断了。
• These earrings snap on with special fasteners.这副耳环是用特制的按扣扣上去的。