NPR边听边练296：美国暂缓对伊朗的制裁

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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 _1_ congress to hold off on new sanctions against Iran while international negotiators meet in Geneva. NPR's AriShapiro reports bipartisan group of senators met in the White House today to discuss the nuclear talks.

　　奥巴马总统敦促国会暂缓对伊朗的新制裁，因为国际谈判人员将在日内瓦会面。据NPR新闻的阿里·夏皮罗报道，今天两党参议员小组在白宫会面，商谈核谈判事宜。

　　President Obama spoke¹ for two hours with key members of both parties after the meeting Republicans _2_ concerns that US _3_ too much leverages² in these negotiations³. President Obama told the Wall Street Journal congress should give these talks a chance.

　　奥巴马总统与两党重要成员的谈话进行了两个小时，会谈后共和党表示，他们担心美国将在谈判中放弃过多的影响力。奥巴马总统接受《华尔街时报》采访时表示，国会应给谈判一个机会。

　　"We were able to get Iran to seriously come to the table and look at how are they going to give assurances to the international _4_ that they are, in fact, not pursuing a nuclear weapons program."

　　“我们能使伊朗认真地坐上谈判桌，并看他们将如何对国际社会保证，他们不发展核武器。”

　　The president emphasized that the US is not considering dismantling⁴ sanctions just putting it on hold for a bit. That way, he says,the sanctions can ramp⁵ back up if Iran proves not to _5_ about putting it at end of the deal. Ari Shapiro, NPR News, the White House.

　　总统强调，美国不会考虑取消对伊朗的制裁，只是暂时放缓。他表示，这样如果伊朗不认真对待结束核武的协议，那美国会立即采取制裁措施。NPR新闻，阿里·夏皮罗白宫报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. hold off

　　推迟；拖延；

　　eg. The hospital staff held off taking Rosenbaum in for an X-ray.

　　医院工作人员推迟了罗森鲍姆的X光检查。

　　eg. Jim decided⁶ to hold off on buying a bike until his next pay day.

　　吉姆决定延到下个发薪日再买脚踏车。

　　2. put on hold

　　延迟；暂缓；搁置；

　　eg. He put his retirement⁷ on hold until he had found a solution.

　　他推迟了退休，直到他找到了解决办法。

　　eg. His singing career has been put on hold.

　　他的歌唱事业已经暂时搁浅。

　　参考答案：

　　1、is urging 2、expressed 3、is giving up

　　4、committees 5、be serious

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

参考例句：

• 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 leverages   

促使…改变( leverage的第三人称单数 )； [美国英语]杠杆式投机，（使）举债经营，（使）利用贷款进行投机

参考例句：

• Additionally, this approach leverages the benefits of incremental and full backups. 除此之外，这一个作法也使渐近式以及完全的备份变得容易。
• A simple formula for building mutual value-creating relationships with consumers leverages dialogue, data, and insights. 与客户建立共同的价值创造关系，一条简单的准则就是利用对话、数据和洞察力。

3 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

4 dismantling   

（枪支）分解

参考例句：

• The new government set about dismantling their predecessors' legislation. 新政府正着手废除其前任所制定的法律。
• The dismantling of a nuclear reprocessing plant caused a leak of radioactivity yesterday. 昨天拆除核后处理工厂引起了放射物泄漏。

5 ramp   

n.暴怒，斜坡，坡道；vi.作恐吓姿势，暴怒，加速；vt.加速

参考例句：

• That driver drove the car up the ramp.那司机将车开上了斜坡。
• The factory don't have that capacity to ramp up.这家工厂没有能力加速生产。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

7 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。