NPR边听边练340：奥巴马国情咨文聚焦两党难题

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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_ focus on issues of bipartisan concern in Tuesday's state of the union. But as NPR's Nathan Rott reports there are still lots to debate.

　　奥巴马总统将在周二发表的国情咨文中聚焦两党共同关注的问题。但是据NPR新闻的纳山·罗特报道，目前仍有许多事项需要讨论。

　　White House senior advisor¹ Dan Pfeiffer _2_ the Sunday morning talk shows, saying that Obama will focus on less decisive issues like income inequality, education, manufacturing and energy in this week's speech aimed in the next year. Then there is issue of _3_ debt ceiling. Pfeiffer says Obama still would allow their raising at debt ceiling to be used as the political _4_ chip. Senator Republican leader Mitch McConnell _5_ Fox News Sunday a4bargainingfter Pfeiffer, saying that Obama should reassess their position.

　　白宫高级顾问丹·普菲佛在做客周日早上的脱口秀节目时表示，奥巴马在本周的讲话中将关注在下一年不太重要的问题，比如收入不平等、教育、制造业以及能源等。同时也会关注即将面临的债务上限问题。普菲佛表示，奥巴马仍会允许提高债务上限，作为政治筹码。参议院共和党领导人米奇·麦康奈尔在普菲佛之后坐客Fox News Sunday节目时表示，奥巴马应该重新评估他们的立场。

　　"It is irresponsible not to use the discussion, the request of the president to raise the debt ceiling to try to accomplish something for the country."

　　“不进行讨论很不负责任，总统提高债务上限的要求是试图为这个国家实现目标。

　　That same debate helped lead to the government shutdown last year. Nathan Rott, NPR News.

　　同样的争论导致政府去年被迫关闭。NPR新闻，纳山·罗特报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. focus on

　　集中（注意力）；关注；

　　eg. He is currently focusing on assessment² and development.

　　他目前在关注评估和发展。

　　eg. Today he was able to focus his message exclusively on the economy.

　　今天他得以将主题全部集中在经济方面。

　　2. lead to

　　招致；致使；导致；

　　eg. If one was overwhelmed by passion, it could lead to serious blunders.

　　当感情完全淹没理智时，就可能铸成大错。

　　eg. Early success may lead to megalomania.

　　少年得志可能导致妄自尊大。

　　参考答案：

　　1、is expected to 2、talked to 3、upcoming

　　4、bargaining 5、went on

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 assessment   

n.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额

参考例句：

• This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
• What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？