(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Goldie Michelson, the oldest American person has reportedly died at her Massachusetts home at age 113 just a month shy of her 114th birthday.
据报道，美国年龄最长者迈克尔逊在她马萨诸塞州的家中去世，享年113岁，距她114岁的生日仅差一个月。
Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group senior consultant Robert Young, who confirmed Michelson's death,
洛杉矶老人医学研究组高级顾问罗伯特·杨证实了迈克尔逊的去世，
said that she had been "very frail and confined to bed" and hadn't been seen in public for a long time.
称，她一直非常虚弱，只能呆在床上，并且很长一段时间没有与公众见面。
Michelson was born in Elizabethgrad, Russia, in 1902 and moved to the United States when she was a child.
迈克尔逊于1902年出生在俄罗斯的Elizabethgrad，小时候就搬到美国居住。
According to reports, the new oldest American is New Jersey resident Adele Dunlap, who's also 113.
据报道，美国最新年龄最长者是新泽西的邓拉普·阿黛勒，也是113岁。
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词汇解析
1、confine
限制，限定（防止扩散蔓延）
Health officials have successfully confined the epidemic to the Tabatinga area.
卫生官员成功地将疫情控制在塔巴廷加地区。
The US will soon be taking steps to confine the conflict.
美国很快就会采取措施限制冲突。
限制(自己或自己的活动);使受局限
He did not confine himself to the one language.
他没把自己局限于这一门语言。
Yoko had largely confined her activities to the world of big business.
洋子主要是做大生意。
边界;界限;范围
The movie is set entirely within the confines of the abandoned factory.
电影的拍摄完全是在这个废弃的工厂厂区内进行。
the wild grass and weeds that grew in the confines of the grandstand.
大看台上丛生的野草
2、public
平民；百姓；民众
Lauderdale House is now open to the public.
劳德代尔艺术教育中心现已向公众开放。
Pure alcohol is not for sale to the general public.
纯酒精不向大众出售。
（场所）公共的，公开的
the heavily congested public areas of international airports.
国际机场人潮涌动的公共场所
I avoid working in places which are too public.
我避免在过于抛头露面的地方工作。
