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。

　　NSA leaker Edward Snowden _1_ a Christmas message on British television today. Each year, Britain's Channel Four broadcast what it calls an alternative to the Queen's holiday message, mimicking her format and sometime playful, sometime _2_ way. As Larry Miller reports from London, Snowden's statements today were very serious.

　　今天，美国国家安全局泄密者爱德华·斯诺登在英国电视台发表圣诞致词。每年，英国电视四台都会以这类致词替代女王的节日致词，这些致词会模仿她的方式，有时有趣，有时严肃。据拉里·米勒从伦敦带来的报道，今天斯诺登的致词就非常严肃。

　　Snowden says today surveillance society goes well beyond anything George Orwell _3_. NSA technology gets more invasive. A child born today will never experience privacy.

　　今天，斯诺登表示，监控社会远远超出乔治·奥威尔的想象。国安局的技术更具入侵性。今天出生的孩子再也体会不到何为隐私性。

　　"They will never know what it means to have a private moment to themselves-- _4_, unanalyzed thought. Privacy is what allows us to determine who we are and who we want to be."

　　“他们再也不会知道何为拥有自己的私人时间——那是一个未被记录、未被分析的想法。正是隐私让我们决定了自己是谁，以及想成为什么样的人。”

　　Snowden says the conversation going on today will determine the balance between the technology and the government they _5_. And he says if government really wants to know what people are doing and thinking, asking is always cheaper than spying. For NPR News, I am Larry Miller in London.

　　斯诺登表示，今天发生的对话将决定技术和政府管理之间的平衡性。他表示，如果政府真想知道民众在做什么、在想什么，询问总是比监视要节省费用。NPR新闻，拉里·米勒伦敦报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1. an alternative to

　　可供选择的；可供替代的；

　　eg. His idea is an alternative to the original plan.

　　他的主张是原定计划的备选。

　　eg. New ways to treat arthritis may provide an alternative to painkillers.

　　关节炎的新疗法可能是止痛药之外的另一种选择。

　　2. go beyond

　　超过,；超出；

　　eg. The price went beyond their means.

　　这个价格超过了他们的财力。

　　eg. It's from Einstein, my aim is to go beyond myself and never ever say die.

　　这是爱因斯坦说的，我的生命的目标是：不断超越自己，永不言弃。

　　参考答案：

　　1、delivered 2、serious 3、imaged

　　4、an unrecorded 5、regulated