NPR边听边练:行星定义分歧大,冥王星可能降级
日期:2009-04-01 14:57

(单词翻译:单击)

【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^^)

Pluto's fate is being decided in hotel bars and convention rooms in Prague, where scientists with the International Astronomical Union are meeting. Astronomers say 1 , 2 . Before this meeting, the IAU convened a secret panel to come up with an official definition of the word "planet". 3 , and it would have counted anything in that sense that was round, and principally orbited the sun. That meant Pluto and possibly dozens of other small objects were in. * of Harvard University chaired the committee that came up with the proposal, and he said 4 : "It was a very noisy cacophonous meeting. Just a little bit more difficult than 5 cats. I suppose it would be like 5 tigers."

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重点单词
  • functionn. 功能,函数,职务,重大聚会 vi. 运行,起作用
  • soberadj. 清醒的,沉着冷静的,稳重的,颜色暗淡的 vt.
  • proposaln. 求婚,提议,建议
  • astronomicaladj. 天文学的,巨大的
  • dulladj. 呆滞的,迟钝的,无趣的,钝的,暗的 v. 变钝
  • countedvt. 计算;认为 vi. 计数;有价值 n. 计数;计
  • conventionn. 大会,协定,惯例,公约
  • planetn. 行星
  • definitionn. 定义,阐释,清晰度