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^^）

On Tv, stories like the one about the vice president mistaking a 70 years old man for a bird can trigger a massive media ___1___ clouding over other stories of national importance. New Orleans, health care, campaign finance and Iraq melt away when the media loses its ability to multi task. But media gas emissions don’t only create a White House effects. Over in Turin in Italy, a huge ___2___media gas ___3___ when Bode Miller heroed as the second coming turned out to be the fifth going. Michelle Kwan ___4___. Apolo ___5___ bronze and Kildo crashed. Seems hot air and winter games don’t mix well.

词汇解析

1.trigger

n. 触发器,板机,制滑机
v. 触发(事件)

例句与用法:
I pulled the trigger and the gun went off.
我一扣扳机, 枪就响了.
A pulse to gate the output of a core memory sense amplifier into a trigger in a register.
将磁心存储器读出放大器的输出选通到寄存器的触发器中的一种脉冲。

2.massive

adj. 巨大的

例句与用法:
The temple is supported by massive columns.
此庙由粗大的柱子支撑.
The wedding got massive media coverage.
婚礼得到大众传播媒介的广泛报道。

3.multi task

n. 多重任务

4.emissions

n.散发；传播；发出物

5.build-up

积聚,积累

例句与用法:
The press has given the show a tremendous build-up.
新闻界为这一演出大造声势.

6.melt

n. 熔化,熔化物
v. 熔化,溶解,渐混

例句与用法:
These chocolates really melt in your mouth.
这些巧克力真正是入口即化。
The sun melted the snow.
太阳使雪融化。

7.bow out

退出,辞职

例句与用法:
Mr.Black bowed out of politics due to poor health.
布莱克先生由于健康不佳而退出政治生涯。
I bowed out five years ago when I was sixty.
5年前，我60岁时退休了。