NPR边听边练158：NBA季后赛

　　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。

　　The death toll¹ from last week's factory building collapse² in Dhaka, Bangladesh now stands at 500. And within hours of recovering, more victims from the rubble³, the country's finance minister _1_ saying that he didn't think the accident overall impact on the garment industry was really serious. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith made that remark during a visit to the Indian city New Delhi.

　　上周，孟加拉国达卡发生工厂大楼倒塌事故，目前死亡人数升至500人。几个小时内，救援人员从废墟中挖出了更多的受害者尸体，而孟加拉国财政部长则表示，他认为这起事故对制衣产业的整体影响并不是很严重。阿布·马尔·穆西斯在印度新德里访问时发表以上言论。

　　The Boston Celtics and Houston Rockets continue their quest tonight to make NBA playoff history. No team has ever _2_ a best four out of seven series after falling behind three games to none. But NPR's Tom Goldman reports both the Celtics and Rockets have a chance. Both teams have Game 6, home games tonight.

　　今晚，波士顿凯尔特人队和休斯敦火箭队继续努力，期待创造美职篮季后赛的历史。没有一支球队在0比3落后的情况下连赢四场实现大翻盘。但是据NPR新闻的汤姆·高曼报道，凯尔特人和火箭都有机会。今晚两只球队都将迎来第六场比赛，且都是主场作战。

　　The young Rockets trial _3_ western conference champion Oklahoma City three zip. Even though the Thunder had lost injury star point guard Russell Westbrook. But then savvy⁴ moves by Houston head coach Kevin McHale deadly three-point shooting and smothering⁶ defense⁷ on OKC's superstar Kevin Durant and the Rockets pulled the win in three games to two. Boston also _4_ its series against the New York Knicks to 3:2. The Knicks was a better team, but they've gone lost somewhere between guard J.R.Smith hothead behavior and star Cameron Anthony's ball _5_ weights and with the veteran Celtics team, vowing⁸ to fight to the end, a series that seemed over a week ago, it's anything but. Tom Goldman, NPR News.

　　年轻的火箭队试图连续三场击败西部冠军俄克拉何马城的球队。雷霆队的控球后卫拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克因受伤无法上场。而休斯敦的主教练凯文·麦克海尔使用了精明的战术，致命的三分球和对俄克拉何马的当家球星凯文·杜兰特的严密防守，使得火箭队将总比分扳成3比2。波士顿也将与纽约尼克斯队的比分缩小至3比2。尼克斯队是个优秀的球队，但是由于后卫J.R.史密斯不理智的行为，当家球星卡梅隆·安东尼持球单打过多，尼克斯队有些迷失了方向，老练的凯尔特人队发誓要战斗到最后，虽然季后赛首轮看似可能在一个星期前就结束了，但其实并不是这样。NPR新闻，汤姆·高曼报道。

　　词汇解析：

　　1、garment industry 制衣业；成衣业

　　eg:She gets $1, 400 a month in pension and Social Security from her days in the garment industry.

　　过去在服装行业工作的她得到每月1 400元的退休金和社会保障。

　　2、NBA Playoff 季后赛

　　3、smother⁵

　　文中，是动词的现在分词形式作定语；v.（使）窒息，（使）透不过气；遮掩；抑制

　　eg. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.

　　一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。

　　eg. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.

　　她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

　　eg. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.

　　波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

　　参考答案：

　　1、was quoted 2、won 3、defending

　　4、has narrowed 5、hugging

1 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

2 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

3 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

4 savvy   

v.知道，了解；n.理解能力，机智，悟性；adj.有见识的，懂实际知识的，通情达理的

参考例句：

• She was a pretty savvy woman.她是个见过世面的漂亮女人。
• Where's your savvy?你的常识到哪里去了？

5 smother   

vt./vi.使窒息；抑制；闷死；n.浓烟；窒息

参考例句：

• They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火。
• We tried to smother our laughter.我们强忍住笑。

6 smothering   

（使）窒息， （使）透不过气( smother的现在分词 )； 覆盖； 忍住； 抑制

参考例句：

• He laughed triumphantly, and silenced her by manly smothering. 他胜利地微笑着，以男人咄咄逼人的气势使她哑口无言。
• He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames. 他用上衣包住她的头，熄灭了火。

7 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

8 vowing   

起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）

参考例句：

• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
• President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。