听力练习

【NPR边听边练】致力于提供新鲜有趣、饶有意味的时讯资料，致力于通过精听的方式促进听力提高，致力于不断开阔眼界和深入了解美国观点。

精听建议：
先完整地把一条新闻听一到三遍，争取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精听，力争每句话都听明白。遇到实在不懂的地方，再听写。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的词都很简单，不过是一些值得注意的连读或者典型的美式发音哦，有些语速比较快。试试看，你能不能全部写对？

（参考文本，欢迎指出错误^^）

The president is not the only politician you might be thinking about today. NPR's Robert Krulwich has been looking backward as well as forward and the word is: Beware.

I know it may ___1___ your mind, so let me just mention that today is the 2050th anniversary of the death of Julius Caesar. Yep, this is the day, March 15--the Ides of March--44 B.C. He came to the ___2___. He got stabbed repeatedly. He cried out "Et tu, Brute?" That's the Shakespearean version. He ___3___ his final breath "Hoo...", and he died.

Now to honour this event in a very personal way, first I want you meet Prof. Dan Nocera. "I teach chemistry at MIT. Um...I'm a professor of chemistry." And in your classes, do you mention Caesar and his last breath? "Yes, sometimes that's true. He is mentioned." And it's not ___4___. It seems that Caesar's last breath is mentioned in chemistry classes all over the place. "That's right. Caesar's last breath really ___5___."

词汇解析

1.as well as

(除...之外)也,既...又
conj. 以及,又

例句与用法:
You must deposit 500 as well as the first month's rent.
你必须付500英镑押金及第一个月的租赁费.
Do you burn coal as well as wood on this fire?
你是不是用煤也用木头 生这炉火?
He grows flowers as well as vegetables.
他既种菜也种花.

2.Beware [bi'wɛə]

v. 小心,谨防

例句与用法:
Beware your hat, lest it should be blown away.
当心你的帽子别被吹走。
I was told to beware lest I injure him.
有人关照我，要我小心别伤害他。
Beware of what you do with this dangerous substance.
你处理这些危险品时，可要当心。

3.slip [slip]

n. 滑,错误,下跌
v. 滑倒,犯错,减退

例句与用法:
The ship slipped into the harbour at night.
那艘船夜里悄悄开进了港口。
He caught the ball, then it slipped through his fingers.
那球他已接住却又从手中滑脱了。
The fish slipped out of my hand.
那条鱼从我手中滑掉了。
Write your name and address on this pink slip.
在这张粉红色纸条上写下你的姓名和地址。

4.Shakespearean [ʃeik'spiəriən]

adj. (英国作家)莎士比亚的,莎士比亚似的,莎士比亚作品[风格]的

例句与用法:
I'll include Shakespearean tragedy in my summer program.
我的暑期班学习项目中将包括莎士比亚悲剧。

5.caught on

v. 理解(变得流行)

例句与用法:
The play caught on well.
这个戏很受欢迎。
The engineer caught on with a big electronics body.
这位工程师被一家大电子集团所雇用。
Her dress caught on a nail.
她的衣服让钉子给钩住了。
This kind of skirt caught on last year.
去年流行这种裙子。