NPR边听边练 第94期:建筑界最高奖项授予日本建筑师
日期:2013-04-07 12:31

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边听边练

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第九十四期:主餐一道:泛听练习

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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写BCvv;uw4fi1OA。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻iuOr]lRCsu==0E5Ug]gI

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一、泛听建议:

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1、完整听一遍,掌握大意zwa|envr#SdqN*j,~Wn^

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2、继续听,特别注意关键信息T6,*Bu_qX,g|VhG。遇到相似的词,写下来YkdMV1sTOxSabb

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The biggest prize in architecture, the Pritzker _1_ this year to Toyo Ito. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports the 71-year-old Japanese architect has been a powerful presence in this field for decades.

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今年,建筑界的最高奖项,普利兹克建筑奖授予了伊东丰雄m_6dCyU~G_IzhBTVF。据NPR新闻的内达·乌达比报道,这位71岁的日本建筑师几十年来在这一领域都拥有强大的影响力D)wL(#xMLSS

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Toyo Ito has been a contender for the Pritzker Architecture Prize ever since he _2_ a beautiful cutting-edge library or a mediatheque in the Japanese city of Sendai, in 2001. Thanks to his innovative tube and platform design, it _3 _ the major recent earthquake there two years ago. Its undulations _4_ on YouTube. Toyo Ito has also designed a pair of stunning towers in the architecture-craze city of Barcelona, Spain and a sports stadium in Taiwan that's completely solar-powered. But he's also directed his human friendly architectural philosophy towards public buildings, like a firehouse, a kindergarden and a community center for senior citizens. Neda Ulaby, NPR News.

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2001年伊东丰雄设计出了日本仙台市精美先进的图书馆,也是仙台市的媒体中心,自那以后他就成为了普利兹克建筑奖的有力争夺者uf9UgO|el|!。由于他创新的管柱和平台设计,这座建筑经受住了两年前那场大地震的考验A(w_uz3,;R~9*F%*f。该建筑的波动还被上传到YouTubeT!wjZ]xQm^=Bp2。伊东丰雄的设计作品还包括建筑狂热城市西班牙巴塞罗那的两座精致高塔,以及台湾的太阳能供电体育馆tS3cIxlck[-wo。当然他也在公共建筑上展现了他利于人类生活的建筑理念,作品包括消防站、幼儿园和老年人社区中心[@eH,A,|I=@4#XFSMx。NPR新闻,内达·乌达比报道KFlMiDZ&zign

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词汇解析:

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1、 contender竞争者(动词:contend)

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eg:But for our purposes, I think it's not a contender.
但就我们的目标而言,它与我们讨论的话题并不相关

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2、cutting-edge adj. 最前沿的;最先进的;尖端的;

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cutting edge为名词,(某事物发展的)尖端,最前沿,领先阶段;有利方面;优势

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eg. What we are planning is cutting-edge technology never seen in Australia before.

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我们正在开发的是一种在澳大利亚从未有过的尖端技术tSurV;u0T-(3

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eg. Some of what is happening at Packard is cutting-edge medicine.

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正在帕卡德那里进行的某些研究属于前沿医学范畴29363)!Gr-

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eg. This shipyard is at the cutting edge of world shipbuilding technology.

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该造船厂的造船技术处于世界最前沿is)lVvvU=2Srw@aps

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词组:

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1、senior citizen 老年人(尤指65岁以上者或退休者)

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2、architectural philosophy 建筑理念

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拓展:compete, contend, contest, rival 这些动词均可表示“竞争”之意.c.R6lbqg0^ySX

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eg:The firm is too small to contend against large international companies.(这家公司太小, 无法与国际性的大公司竞争5;_8@^AyisX!hf&ul^。)

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eg:He's contesting the election next week.(他在争取下周当选YG~=cg)s72B3e=m7X&c。)

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rival : 指在两方或多方的竞争或比赛中,谁都想战胜或比得上对手AbvOVBQ*7&@=.

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eg:None of us can rival him in strength.(我们谁也没他劲大pzkK*jdakxg。)

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参考答案

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1、has been given 2、designed
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重点单词
  • competevi. 竞争,对抗,比赛
  • contendvi. 奋斗,斗争,辩论 vt. 坚持认为,竞争
  • earthquaken. 地震
  • electionn. 选举
  • architectn. 建筑师
  • platformn. 平台,站台,月台,讲台,(政党的)政纲
  • presencen. 出席,到场,存在 n. 仪态,风度
  • senioradj. 年长的,高级的,资深的,地位较高的 n. 年长
  • innovativeadj. 革新的,创新的
  • communityn. 社区,社会,团体,共同体,公众,[生]群落