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^^）

___1___ this feeling: You notice some everyday phenomenon -- something that always happens -- and search for the word that defines it. Only to realize -- no such word exists. While word maven Barbara Wallraff rustles up what she calls these "word fugitives" in her column in the The Atlantic Monthly. Her readers supply their ideas for word fugitives and the words thought.

For example, "My husband and I are in search of a word for the fear of throwing a party and having no one ___2___." "Oh, fatalism. Here's another. When I stand __3___, I always think the line next to me is moving faster. What's the word that describes my think?" "How about misalignment? What's the word that describes the process of going through the dirty clothes ___4___ to find something clean enough to wear?" "Dry leaning. What about a word for people who send e-mails, and then follow up saying: 'Did you get my e-mail message?'" That would be redundances. All ___5___ examples are in Barbara Wallraff's book Word Fugitives: In Pursuit of Wanted Words.

词汇解析

1.phenomenon [fi'nɔminən]

n. 现象

例句与用法:
But their so-called prosperity is only a temporary phenomenon.
但他们所谓的繁荣只是一个暂时的现象。
A child who could read at the age of one would indeed be a phenomenon.
一个一岁的孩子能阅读，会被认为是个神童。
International terrorism is not just a recent phenomenon.
国际恐怖主义并不是近年才有的现象。

2.search [sə:tʃ]

n. 搜寻,探究
v. 搜寻,探求,调查

例句与用法:
Where's the newspaper?' Search me, I haven't seen it.'
｀报纸在哪儿呢?＇｀不知道, 我没看见.＇
I want to search out an old school friend.
我想寻找我的一个老同学。
Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.
科学家仍在寻求治疗感冒的方法。
He's sailed the seven seas in search of adventure.
他闯荡七大洋去历险.

3.exist [ig'zist]

v. 存在

例句与用法:
That department has ceased to exist.
那部门已不复存在.
I can hardly exist on the wage I'm getting; there is no money for luxuries.
我靠我挣的工资简直难以　口，根本无钱享受。
Man cannot exist without air.
没有空气人就不能生存。

4.rustle up

凑集到,草草弄好

例句与用法:
I rustle up a few helper to hand out leaflet.
我找到几个助手散发传单。
"Make yourself comfortable, I'll see if I can rustle up a few sandwiches."
"别客气！我看看能不能弄几份三明治。"

5.fugitive ['fju:dʒitiv]

adj. 逃亡的,易变的,无常的
n. 逃亡者,亡命者,难捕捉之物

例句与用法:
The harlot was killed together with the fugitive.
那个妓女和逃犯一起被杀死了。
The fugitive doubled back to confound the pursuers.
逃亡者用曲折迂回的办法来迷惑追踪者

6.show up

v. 揭露, 露出, 露面

例句与用法:
The dust on the shelf show up in the sunlight.
在阳光照射下能看见架子上有灰尘。
Careful contrast of the two plan show up some key difference.
把这两个计划仔细地加以对比就可以看出一些关键性的差异

7.fatalism ['feitəliz(ə)m]

n. 宿命论

例句与用法:
Do some oriental philosophies lean towards fatalism?
有些东方哲学倾向于宿命论吗？

8.misalignment ['misəlainmənt]

n. 不重合(不对准,角误差,偏心率,误差方向)