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。

　　The former mayor of New Orleans in office when hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the city _1_ on corruption charges. Eileen Fleming of member station WWNO reports Ray Nagin is now facing 21 federal charges.

　　“The former mayor _2_ wire fraud money laundering, taking bribes and filing false tax returns. Nagin is accused of profiting from city deals, many after the 2005 hurricane left the city in chaos. Several business men have already pleaded guilty for _3_ Nagin and exchanged for contracts. Nagin, a former business man, took office in 2002. After Katrina, he raged publicly about slow public response.

　　卡特里娜飓风几乎摧毁这个城市时在办公室的这位新奥尔良前市长已被指控犯有贪污罪行。成员广播WWNO新闻的艾琳?弗莱明发回报道，雷?纳金正面临21项联邦指控。“这位前市长被指控汇款欺诈洗钱,收受贿赂及填补虚假纳税申报单。纳金被指控在2005年飓风许多人离开造成城市陷入混乱后从城市交易中获利。一些商人已经认罪承认付款给纳金及交换合约。曾经在商界打拼的纳金于2002年就职。卡特里娜飓风后,他由于公开缓慢引起了公众的激烈反应。

　　Prosecutors say he _4_ his family granted business, exclusive deals and took money in vacations from vendors. Nagin has consistently denied any wrongdoing. For NPR News, I'm Eileen Fleming, in New Orleans.” House Republican leaders will seek a 3-month extension of the government borrowing authority next week. The plan announced _5_ the House Republican retreat would force the Democratic control Senate to act first on passing a deficit reducing budget plan. House Majority leader Eric Cantor says if the Senate or House failed to pass the budget by April 15th, members of Congress would lose pay. At last check on Wall Street, Dow is up 13 at 13, 609. NASDAQ off 8. SP&500 down slightly. This is NPR.

　　检察官表示他授予自己的家人业务,独家协议,并且在度假中从供应商处拿钱。而纳金始终否认任何不当行为。NPR新闻,记者艾琳?弗莱明,从新奥尔良发回的报道。”众议院共和党领导人们下个星期将寻求为期3个月的延长政府借款授权。最终宣布的该计划代表众议院共和党的退出将迫使民主党控制的参议院首先通过减少预算赤字的计划法案。众议院多数党领袖埃里克?康托尔表示如果参议院或众议院在4月15日未能通过预算,国会成员将失去工资。最后让我们来看下华尔街,道琼斯指数上涨13点，截至13,609点。纳斯达克指数下降8点0。SP&500指数略有下降。这里是NPR新闻。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、federal a.联邦制的；联邦政府的

　　Switzerland is a federal republic.

　　瑞士是联邦制的共和国。

　　2、bribe .贿赂

　　He is so honest that he will not accept bribe.

　　他忠诚老实，不肯受贿。

　　参考答案：

　　1、has been indicted 2、is accused of

　　3、paying 4、gave 5、at the end of