NPR边听边练102:俄罗斯古巴受陨石袭击(在线收听

   主餐一道:泛听练习

  以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
  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。
  Cleanup is underway in Russia, a meteorite _1_ yesterday over the Euro mountains. It blew out windows in more than 4,000 buildings.Some 1,200 people _2_ , most by flying glass. Russia apparently isn't the only place to have been visited by bright light in the sky this week. NPR's Allison Keyes explains.
  昨天,陨石在欧洲山区上空爆炸,目前俄罗斯正在进行清理工作。陨石爆炸造成4000多座建筑的玻璃爆裂。1200多人受伤,其中多数被飞来的玻璃割伤。显然,这周迎来天空亮光的不是只有俄罗斯。NPR新闻的艾莉森·凯斯将带来详细报道。
  Dozens remain hospitalized and some 1,200 were hurt, mostly by flying glass, when a meteorite exploded in the sky over Russia yesterday.Now a space center in San Francisco says its sky calls about the straight of light in the sky that _3_ last night. Jolie Hamling, told KGO TV."The sites like a big, like a flash of lightning. "
  数十人留在医院接受治疗,而大约有1200人受伤,多数都是被飞来的玻璃割伤,昨天一颗陨石在俄罗斯上空爆炸致使多人受伤。现在,位于旧金山的一家太空中心表示,昨晚,旧金山上空出现了一道直射光。朱莉·哈姆林接受KGO电视台的采访时表示。“那就像一道大闪电。”
  And in Cuba, residents in the city of Rodas, told the website Cubasite, they saw a bright light in the sky earlier in the week and feel to large explosion. Allen Hell, at the German air space center say."I think in the future, we might _4_ increasing number of incidents like this."He says that's because more and more of earth surface _5_ by cities. Allison Keyes, NPR News.
  古巴罗达斯镇的居民对Cubasite网站说,本周早些时候他们看见空中有一道闪光,而且感觉到了大爆炸。德国航空航天中心的艾伦·海尔表示。“我认为未来我们可能会遇到更多的类似事件。”他说,那是因为越来越多的城市占据了地球表面。NPR新闻,艾莉森·凯斯报道。
  词汇解析:
  1、meteorite. 陨星;流星
  eg:The suggestion is that while the meteorite dealt the dinosaurs an all-but-fatal blow, what finally fini
  shed them off was a massive volcano.
  如果陨星事件对恐龙的冲击是全面的却非毁灭性的,那么最终是大规模的火山运动结束了恐龙时代。
  2、blow out 吹熄;爆裂;吹出;停吹
  eg. I blew out the candle.
  我把蜡烛吹灭了。
  eg. His mother's death was another blow out of the dark.
  母亲的过世又给她一个措手不及的打击。
  eg. Provided debt troubles do not blow out into a crisis, yield curves are staying right where banks want them.
  只要债务问题不演变为一场危机,目前收益率曲线的形状正是银行所希望看到的。
  3、incident. 事件,事变;插曲adj. [光] 入射的;附带的;易发生的,伴随而来的
  I think you can weave a story around this incident.
  我想你可以围绕这一事件编一个故事。
  参考答案:
  1、refused 2、lived 3、defending
  4、released 5、promoting
  原文地址:http://www.tingroom.com/lesson/nprbtbl/252246.html