NPR边听边练第200:奥巴马到访南非引争议

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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。

　　3、复述新闻。

　　President Obama is in South Africa, the second leg of his three-country tour through Africa. His arrival _1_ protests against US foreign policy _2_ the war in Afghanistan. But NPR's Ari Shapiro reports Obama will be focusing in large part on young people.

　　奥巴马总统正在南非访问，这里是他非洲三国之行的第二站。他的到访引发了对美国外交政策的抗议，这其中就包括阿富汗战争。但是据NPR新闻的阿里·夏皮罗报道，奥巴马的关注重点是青年人。

　　The median age on the African continent is 17. That means millions of Africans will be ready to enter the workforce¹ in the next decade. So President Obama's holding a town hall meeting Saturday with youth leaders in Soweto, with young people from other parts of the continent participating remotely. On the flight from Dakar to Johannesburg President Obama _3_ about incorporating the African continent into world markets. He said that stands to help Africa and the United States. AriShapiro, NPR News, Johannesburg.

　　非洲大陆的年龄中位数是17岁。这意味着数百万非洲人将在未来十年成为劳动力。所以奥巴马总统于周六在索维托与青年领袖举行了市民会议，非洲大陆其他地区的青年人进行了远程参与。奥巴马总统在达喀尔飞往约翰内斯堡的航班上谈到，将非洲大陆纳入世界市场。他表示，这有助于非洲和美国。NPR新闻，阿里·夏皮罗约翰内斯堡报道。

　　President Obama's trip to South Africa _4_ by nationwide concerns over Nelson Mandela's health. He remains² hospitalized in Pretoria in critical but stable condition. Outside people continue to pray in their own way. Salvation³ Army members sing a prayer for Mandela among a number of tributes shown to the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. Obama says he's not sure he _5_ Mandela out of concern that might interfere⁴ with the privacy of Mandela's family.

　　奥巴马总统的南非之行因南非全国对纳尔逊·曼德拉健康情况的担忧而失色不少。曼德拉仍然住在比勒陀利亚的医院，目前病情危急但还算稳定。外面的民众继续用自己的方式祈祷。救世军组织的成员为曼德拉祈祷，歌颂这位94岁的反种族隔离领导人。奥巴马表示，他不确定是否能拜访曼德拉，因为担心可能会打扰曼德拉一家的隐私。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. interfere with 打扰； 妨碍； 与……抵触； 阻挠；

　　eg. He tries not to let (his) business interfere with his home life.

　　他尽量不让日常工作妨碍他的家庭生活。

　　eg. His plan is incompatible⁵ with my intentions.

　　他的计划与我的意图相抵触。

　　eg. Don't interfere with my business.

　　不要干涉我的事情。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has prompted 2、including 3、talked

　　4、is overshadowed 5、will visit

1 workforce   

n.劳动大军，劳动力

参考例句：

• A large part of the workforce is employed in agriculture.劳动人口中一大部分受雇于农业。
• A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.本地劳动力中有四分之一失业。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 salvation   

n.（尤指基督）救世，超度，拯救，解困

参考例句：

• Salvation lay in political reform.解救办法在于政治改革。
• Christians hope and pray for salvation.基督教徒希望并祈祷灵魂得救。

4 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

5 incompatible   

adj.不相容的，不协调的，不相配的

参考例句：

• His plan is incompatible with my intent.他的计划与我的意图不相符。
• Speed and safety are not necessarily incompatible.速度和安全未必不相容。