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NPR边听边练:寻找心灵里的那一片净土...

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【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^^)

I believe in cultivating hidden talents, buried and unrelated to what we do for a living.In ordinary life, I'm a civil engineer. I make a satisfying, comfortable living working quietly in my cubicle. But in my other life, I am a pianist, bringing to life with my own hands the genius of Bach, Mozart and Chopin.While __1__my engineering degree, I worked as a waitress in the dining hall of a retirement community. One day during a break, I discovered a piano in a meeting room. I sat down to play a few Bach Two-Part Inventions. Those crisp, driving rhythms and harmonics __2__into the hallways. Residents, numb from ceaseless easy-listening radio, tentatively peeked in, __3__ sat to listen.Disbelieving, they saw plain, old, invisible Mel, the lunch waitress."She plays the piano!" "Where did you study?" "How long have you played?" "Can you play Rachmaninoff?"They no longer wanted me to quickly and quietly disappear from their dining tables. "Mel, wait a minute. Who do you think was better, Gould or Horowitz?" I answered "Gould," and __4__.

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numb [nʌm]

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adj. 麻木的,失去知觉的,无动于衷的
vt

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community [kə'mju:niti]

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n. 社区,社会,团体,共同体,公众,[生]群落

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plain [plein]

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n. 平原,草原
adj. 清楚的,坦白的,简

 
invisible [in'vizəbl]

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adj. 看不见的,无形的
n. 隐形人(或物

 
cubicle ['kju:bikl]

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n. 寝室,小卧室

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debate [di'beit]

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n. 辩论,讨论
vt. 争论,思考

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genius ['dʒi:njəs]

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n. 天才,天赋

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function ['fʌŋkʃən]

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n. 功能,函数,职务,重大聚会
vi. 运行

 


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