王强口语 第二册 Dialogue Completion 024

　　Lesson Twenty-four
听力部分
Dialogue Completion: Listen to the tape repeatedly and try to complete the following dialogues, using the exact words or phrases that you hear on the tape.
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Speaker: Thank you. Napoleon once said, ____ asked to explain _________ great______ in the world, that " to get _______, you need to ______ absolute pettiness. To ______ power, you need to ____true _______. " Such _______ and such ________ are rarely ______ in one person. I __________ the events of _____________ and I've never come so to ___ with that _______. So, ladies and gentlemen of this congress, it ____ my ____ to tell you that you _________________ and ______ under this _____ dome¹. Your ________ has raised ___________ hate to a level where we can ________ separate the demagogue from the truly inspired. And believe this, there are _______ among us. And I'm not talking about those of you who sided against your party leadership. I'm talking about those of you who were ______ to your party, but _______ to the necessary ___________, that of righteousness, the ____, the _________ making the ____________ blind to gender². And you know, I'm _________. Right ____________, I _______ come down here, _____________________and asked you, " Have you no _______, Sir ? " So, let me ______________________. You __________us with whatever ______ that you have in your arsenal³, but there is no weapon ____________ that of an idea whose time has come. A woman will ______ in the _________ of the Executive. ____________. Yesterday, I spoke⁴ with Laine Hanson. I told her that she could _______________, if she wanted to continue _________ for __________,that I would stand beside her. She has asked me to ____ her to _______. She told me that she wanted my __________ to ____ on a note of _______, and not ________. Understand, those of you who worked to ____ Laine Hanson ____ that she asked to _____ her name _____________consideration... not because she _____ great, but because she ____ petty. Because those two __________________ traits could not live ________ within her body or her soul. Greatness. It comes _____________. Sometimes it comes in the form of _______. That's the _________one. Now, it ___________ that Laine Hanson is a woman, an American of devout⁵ principle and she __________ me to _______. I cannot accept Senator Hanson's ___________. And Mr. Speaker, I would like to make this a ____ roll call. I want to see the ____ of those of you who would ______ the possibility of greatness in American leadership because of _________, _____ and innuendoes⁶. I ____________________ partisanship⁷. I will not be ___________ misogyny. I will not be deterred⁸ by ___. You have now come ______________ with my ____. Confirm my nominee⁹, ____ this nation and let the American people _______________ this new millennium¹⁰ ____ the exhilaration of _________ to the glory of this __________. Thank you.

1 dome   

n.圆屋顶，拱顶

参考例句：

• The dome was supported by white marble columns.圆顶由白色大理石柱支撑着。
• They formed the dome with the tree's branches.他们用树枝搭成圆屋顶。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

4 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。

5 devout   

adj.虔诚的，虔敬的，衷心的 (n.devoutness)

参考例句：

• His devout Catholicism appeals to ordinary people.他对天主教的虔诚信仰感染了普通民众。
• The devout man prayed daily.那位虔诚的男士每天都祈祷。

6 innuendoes   

n.影射的话( innuendo的名词复数 )；讽刺的话；含沙射影；暗讽

参考例句：

• innuendoes about her private life 对她私生活含沙射影的指责
• I'm sure he thinks I stole the money—he kept making innuendoes about my \"new-found-wealth\". 我确信他一定以为钱是我偷的，因为他不断含沙射影地说我“新近发了财”。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 Partisanship   

n. 党派性, 党派偏见

参考例句：

• Her violent partisanship was fighting Soames's battle. 她的激烈偏袒等于替索米斯卖气力。
• There was a link of understanding between them, more important than affection or partisanship. ' 比起人间的感情，比起相同的政见，这一点都来得格外重要。 来自英汉文学

8 deterred   

v.阻止，制止( deter的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• I told him I wasn't interested, but he wasn't deterred. 我已告诉他我不感兴趣，可他却不罢休。
• Jeremy was not deterred by this criticism. 杰里米没有因这一批评而却步。 来自辞典例句

9 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

10 millennium   

n.一千年，千禧年；太平盛世

参考例句：

• The whole world was counting down to the new millennium.全世界都在倒计时迎接新千年的到来。
• We waited as the clock ticked away the last few seconds of the old millennium.我们静候着时钟滴答走过千年的最后几秒钟。