高级英语听力 lesson 18

 

 

  

 Lesson Eighteen

   Section One: News in Brief

   Tapescript           A

   I. Much of the flood-plagued Midwest got more         .  today. Flood

                                                       rain

   waters have forced more than 2,000 families out of their homes.

   Illinois has suffered heavily with 4 deaths and $ 30,000,000 damage

      flooding.  There are also reports that one man was killed

   today in Oklahoma when his car was swept off a bridge.  A

   partially-     red dam was in Wisconsin and remains¹ standing² but

   leaking, and officials are fearful more rain could cause it to burst.

                      

   2.. A French television cameraman reported kidnapped in Lebanon

   on Sunday has been freed according to the French Foreign Ministry³.

   A spokesman says Jean Marc Srucie was released today in the sout

   ern suburbs of Beirut and has returned to the Christian⁴ east sector⁵

   the city.  No group claimed responsibility for his kidnapping and the

   Foreign Ministry did not provide any details about his captivity⁶ or

   his return.

   3.       

   Carter during dedication⁷ ceremonies for Mr. Carter's presidential li-

   brary near Atf nta.  President Reagan, who soundly defeated Carter

   in the 1980 election, said there was no need to         lav differences

   between the two men: "Our very differences attest⁸ t@he greatness of

   our nation, for I can think of no other                  rth where two

   political leaders could disagree so wide                 gether in mu-

   tual respect.' Mr Reagan went on to                       sident Carter

   graced the White House with his passio                     commitment.

   The library was dedicated⁹ on Mr. Carter' sixty-second birthday.

And President Reagan advised his predecessor¹⁰ that life begins at

seventy.

  Section Two: News in Detail

  Tapescript

      There was more rain in the Midwest today, where several states

  are facing rising flood waters.  Thousands of people in Illinois and

  Wisconsin have been forced from their homes.  And in Oklahoma,

  the State National Guard was called upon to rescue         -  stranded¹¹

  homeowners who had been cut off and trapped.  In northeastern

  Illinois, the floods follow 5 straight days of heavy rain.  Cheryl

  Colralie of member station, WBEZ, reports that the governor of

  Illinois was on the scene with a promise for the people:

      'They're coming.  They're coining.  They're on the way." During

  his tour of the damaged areas, Illinois governor, James Thompson,

  tried to buoy¹² the spirits of weary residents, alerting them that muc

  coveted¹³ sandbags were on the way.  Three northern and western

  counties near Chicago, hard hit by storms, have seen the burgeoning¹⁴

  Foy and Desplaines Rivers spill into their streets, their gvages and,

  ultimately, their homes.                
     Residents and authorities had been inning their hopes

  sandbagging.  Public works trucks line up to oa san onto their

  flatbeds.  The US Army Corps¹⁵ of Engineers with state officials today

  are distributing a quarter million of the bags to communities stricken

  or threatened by ever expanding flood waters.  But for some

  residents, even the sandbags have failed.

     'The water, from flowing this way, went through and by the

  pressure finally knocked the sandbags over.  And, within a matter of

  a minute, every wall came down, and I was standing in water this

  deep.'

     State emergency officials say the state could suffer $ 30' 000,000

  in damages and what is one of Illinois' worst flooding disasters.

  Most residents have been trying to tough it out, but rescue worker,

  Dave Besh, says that's changing-.

      "I know there's people calling up now that refused evacuation

 yesterday, that are calling here now, getting hold of our trucks ver-

 bally because their phones are out, that want to be evacuated¹⁷ now

 and they're trying to get the boats to get them out of there.'

     The floods have driven more than 2,000 people from their

 homes.  They have also forced road closures and businesses and

 schools to shut down.  In Gurney, Illinois, the elementary school

 classrooms sit under 5 feet of water and Gurney Deputy Fire Chief,

 Tim McGrath, says there's little that can, be dpne.

      'We know we're going to d  now that we're going to

 sustain more loss.  There's no wav kf c

 there's no controllingthe river.'

     Today, Governor Thompson decl

 community state disaster areas, setting up the first step for Federal

 help.  The rainy weather forecast is not of much comfort, and some

 weary workers and homeowners say the only thing left to do now is

 wait until the flooding passes and put everything back together

 again.

     For National Public Radio, I'm Cheryl Coralie in Chicago.

 Section Three: Special Report

 Tapescript

     Fast food restaurants have made some Americans rich.  It's been

 more than 30 years since the first McDonald"S opened, and this na-

 tion's eating habits have been transformed by fast food.  Today, we

 spend over $ 50,000,000,000 a year on Whopper's Big Macs and the

 Colonel's Fried Chicken.  The key is convenience.  The ignored factor

 is nutrition.  That's something Michael Jacobson cares about.  He's

 written a Fast F,3od Guide to tell consumers what's under the

 As far as hamburgers go, Jacobson says one chain's burger is as

 good nutritional¹⁸ as the next.

      'Each chain has a variety of hamburgers: singles, doubles, tri-

 ples; in some restaurants, cheeseburger, baconburger, mushroom

 burgers, and generally, when they start gussying up the hamburger

 with the toppings, you're going to get     ore fat, more salt, and less

 nutritious¹⁹ product.'

      'So you think you shouldn't be so concerned with which chain

 it is you're eating at as far as the burger, but rather whether you're

 getting the simple, naked burger, or the burger with all the fillings on

 it. That's where a lot of the fat comes in.'

      ' For instance, at Wendy's, you can just get a regular little

 hamburger, which has about 4 teaspoons²⁰ of fat, or you can get then

 triple cheeseburger with 15 teaspoons of fat, and that's a tremendous

 difference.  I think the message for hamburgers and many other fast

 foods is to keep it simple, keep it small.'

      "Is the meat that's used in most of thesechains fattier than what

 I'd buy if I went to the butcher and bought meat?'

      'We actually had these meats analyzed²¹, and we found they were

 pretty average.  It was an ordinary grade hariiburger meat for most of

 the chains.  You can get much leaner meat at the grocery store, or if

 you get ground round.  If you want red meat and you want to eat at a

 fast food restaurant, I recommend going for the roast beef.  All roast

 beef was leaner than all hamburger meat in the tests we conducted.

      "Now this does differ from chain to chain because, for instance,

 the Roy Roger's roast beef, you have listed as having 2% fat whereas

 Arby's roast beef, 13%.'

      'The differences in roast beef are really remarkable²².  Arby's and

 Hardy's have 7 times as much fat as Roy Roger's.  Also, Roy Roger's

 had real roast beef, whereas Arbys has kind of a composite roast

 beef, where the beef is chipped afid scrunched²³ together with sodium²⁴

       

    .ken¹⁶ tiug2ets, are not whole pieces of chicken.  Rather it's compo-

 ,;ite chicken made with ground-up chicken skin held together with

 sodium phosphate and salt. ft's a relatively²⁵ fatty product, about 5

 teaspoons of fat for a small order of McNuggets.  The competition

 at, say, Burger King, which makes chicken tenders, uses real chicken.

 And the fat content, partly because it doesn't have -round tip cliick-

 en skin in it, is much lower, about 2 teaspoons for a small order of

 chicken tenders."

      "Chicken is a food that is highly recommended by people who

 are very calorie conscious and are very fat conscious, because it's a

 food low in fat.  But once you get the chicken and you deep fry it, as

 they do at all the fast food chains, is it still a nutritionally good

 food?'

      "Well, chicken products tend to have less fat than beef products

 partly because the fat stays on the outside.  If you're getting fried

       n, you ought to take off the skin, take off the breading.  That's

   ere most of the fat, most of the sodium are.  So you can turn kind

 of a mediocre²⁶ product into really quite a nutritious product."

               st food industry came to you for advice about how they

 could nutritionally improve their menus, what would you tell them?'

      'Fresh fruit, low-fat diary products, low-fat or skim milk, keep

 up those salad bars, baked fish, baked chicken, and that lean roast

 beef.  It is possible to offer nutritious tasty foods at a fast food res-

 taurant, and I hope that the chains are moving in the right direction

 with the proliferation of salad, salad bars, and the like."

      In Washington, Michael Jacobson, Director of the Center for

 Science in the Public Interest.

 

1 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

5 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

6 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

7 dedication   

n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。

8 attest   

vt.证明，证实；表明

参考例句：

• I can attest to the absolute truth of his statement. 我可以证实他的话是千真万确的。
• These ruins sufficiently attest the former grandeur of the place. 这些遗迹充分证明此处昔日的宏伟。

9 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

10 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

11 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

12 buoy   

n.浮标；救生圈；v.支持，鼓励

参考例句：

• The party did little to buoy up her spirits.这次聚会并没有让她振作多少。
• The buoy floated back and forth in the shallow water.这个浮标在浅水里漂来漂去。

13 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

14 burgeoning   

adj.迅速成长的，迅速发展的v.发芽，抽枝( burgeon的现在分词 )；迅速发展；发（芽），抽（枝）

参考例句：

• Our company's business is burgeoning now. 我们公司的业务现在发展很迅速。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• These efforts were insufficient to contain the burgeoning crisis. 这些努力不足以抑制迅速扩散的危机。 来自辞典例句

15 corps   

n.(通信等兵种的)部队；(同类作的)一组

参考例句：

• The medical corps were cited for bravery in combat.医疗队由于在战场上的英勇表现而受嘉奖。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

16 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

17 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

18 nutritional   

adj.营养的，滋养的

参考例句：

• A diet lacking in nutritional value will not keep a person healthy.缺乏营养价值的饮食不能维持人的健康。
• The labels on food products give a lot of information about their nutritional content.食品上的标签提供很多关于营养成分的信息。

19 nutritious   

adj.有营养的，营养价值高的

参考例句：

• Fresh vegetables are very nutritious.新鲜蔬菜富于营养。
• Hummingbirds have discovered that nectar and pollen are very nutritious.蜂鸟发现花蜜和花粉是很有营养的。

20 teaspoons   

n.茶匙( teaspoon的名词复数 )；一茶匙的量

参考例句：

• Add two teaspoons of salt. 加两小匙盐。
• Add 3 heaped teaspoons of sugar. 加满满的三匙糖。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 analyzed   

v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 )；分解；解释；对…进行心理分析

参考例句：

• The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程，因为对他来说，爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》

22 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

23 scrunched   

v.发出喀嚓声( scrunch的过去式和过去分词 )；蜷缩；压；挤压

参考例句：

• The snow scrunched underfoot. 雪在脚下发出嘎吱嘎吱的声音。
• He scrunched up the piece of paper and threw it at me. 他把那张纸揉成一个小团，朝我扔过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 sodium   

n.（化）钠

参考例句：

• Out over the town the sodium lights were lit.在外面，全城的钠光灯都亮了。
• Common salt is a compound of sodium and chlorine.食盐是钠和氯的复合物。

25 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

26 mediocre   

adj.平常的，普通的

参考例句：

• The student tried hard,but his work is mediocre. 该生学习刻苦，但学业平庸。
• Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。