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。

　　President Obama is out with a far-reaching plan to fight climate change. In a speech at Georgetown University, Obama announced his administration would launch the first-ever federal regulations to limit carbon dioxide emissions from _1_ power plants. He's also calling for a boost in renewable energy production on federal lands and means of preparing localities to address global _2_. Republican critics in Congress call the president's proposals a job killer. Obama also shed more light today on how his administration is deliberating the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas.

　　奥巴马总统发布远景计划对抗气候变化。奥巴马在乔治城大学发表演讲并宣布，他的政府将发布首个限制现有发电厂二氧化碳排放量的联邦法规。同时，他要求扩大联邦土地的可再生能源项目，为各地区应对全球变暖做准备。国会共和党批评人士称总统的提案是就业杀手。今天，奥巴马进一步阐释了政府对加拿大至得克萨斯州的基斯通石油管道项目的想法。

　　"Allowing the Keystone pipeline to _3_ requires a finding that doing so would be in our nation's interest. And our national interest will _4_ only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution."

　　“允许建造基斯通石油管道项目要以其符合我们国家的利益为前提。除非这一工程不会导致碳污染问题显著恶化，它才符合我们的国家利益。”

　　The pipeline _5_ review for more than four years.

　　这个石油管道项目的审查时间已超过四年。

　　The US Supreme Court has struck down part of the Voting Rights Act that had required federal monitoring of states with the history of racial discrimination. In a 5-4 ruling today, the justices said Congress needed to update its formula for deciding which states and localities still require pre-approval before changing voting laws. NPR's Carrie Johnson has been following this case.

　　美国最高法院推翻了《投票权法案》中的部分内容，该内容要求联邦监视有种族歧视记录的州。今天，最高法院以5票赞成、4票反对的结果推翻了相关内容，法官表示，国会需要更新条款，以决定哪些州和地区在更改投票法之前要得到事先批准。NPR新闻的卡丽·约翰逊将带来追踪报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. deliberate v. （尤指作出重大决定前）慎重考虑，仔细思考

　　eg. She deliberated over the decision for a long time before she made up her mind...

　　她慎重考虑了好久才下定决心作出这一决定。

　　eg. The six-person jury deliberated about two hours before returning with the verdict...

　　6人陪审团认真商议了约两个小时后作出了裁定。

　　eg. The Court of Criminal Appeals has been deliberating his case for almost two weeks.

　　刑事上诉法院审议他的案子已经快两周了。

　　2. exacerbate vt.使恶化；使加重；激怒；使加剧

　　eg. Mr Powell-Taylor says that depopulation exacerbates the problem.

　　鲍威尔-泰勒先生说人口的急剧减少使得该问题更加严重。

　　eg. Longstanding poverty has been exacerbated by racial divisions.

　　种族分化已经加剧了长期的贫困问题。

　　eg. Remedial action is always expensive and, in some cases, may actually exacerbate the problem.

　　补救工作总是代价很大，并且在某些时候反而会使问题更严重。

　　3. strike down 摧垮；使病倒；使丧命；废止，取缔，终结

　　eg. With one blow he struck down his opponent.

　　他一拳就把对手打倒了。

　　eg. Frank had been struck down by a massive heart attack.

　　弗兰克的身体已经被一场严重的心脏病拖垮了。

　　eg. The Supreme Court today struck down a law that prevents criminals from profiting from books or movies about their crimes.

　　最高法院今天废止了一项关于禁止罪犯把其罪行写成书或拍成电影而从中牟利的法律。

　　参考答案：

　　1、existing 2、warming 3、be built

　　4、be served 5、has been under