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^^）

By Mississippi law, the casinos had been on water which means they were ___(1)___ boats attached to big hotels. But being on water also may have ___(2)___ especially vulnerable to big storms, as Katrina vividly illustrated."The casinos are devastated. You know, the damages… are just unbelievable devastation."William M. is president of a large commercial construction company that helped build some of the casinos. His office was virtually destroyed by the storms, but by this weekend ____(3)___ were back at work using a generator for power in a building literally without walls. Only now, instead of building casinos, they've got contracts for ____(4)___ some of the ___(5)___ that line Biloxi streets.

词汇注释

词汇:

1.casino

n. 娱乐场,(供表演跳舞赌博的地点),一种牌戏

例句与用法:
Afraid the casino will draw undesirable elements to the town.
担心赌场会把不良分子吸引到镇上来
He spends all his time gambling in the casino.
他把时间都消磨在赌场的赌博上。

2.vulnerable

adj. 易受伤害的,有弱点的

例句与用法:
She is very young and vulnerable to temptation/fraud.
她很年轻，易受诱惑／易受骗上当。
The potato is vulnerable to several pests.
马铃薯易受几种害虫的侵害.

3.devastate

v. 毁坏

例句与用法:
She was devastated by his death.
她因他去世而悲痛欲绝。
I was devastated by the news of the wreck.
我获悉失事的消息感到十分震惊。
Our Embassy was devastated by three bombs of NATO.
我们的使馆被北约的三枚炸弹炸毁了。

4.literally

adv. 逐字地,按照字面上地,不夸张地

例句与用法:
Before changes were mad in the law, some prostitutes literally went on the streets. Now, they operate more discreetly from bars and clubs.
在法律未修改之前，一些妓女直接在街上拉客；现在，他们偷偷摸摸地活动在酒吧或夜总会了。
The prediction was literally accomplished.
这个预言确实实现了。
Idioms usually cannot be translated literally in another language.
成语通常不能照字面译成另一种语言。

5.debris

n. 碎片,残骇

例句与用法:
They had to wade knee-deep through mud and debris to reach the victims.
他们须通过齐膝的烂泥和堆积物, 磕磕绊绊来到遇难者身旁.
The sea tided the debris ashore.
潮水把碎片杂物冲上海滩。