目录
Chapter 1 文化之窗
01 Ronald Reagan’s Is Facing Demolish, Disputes Rises
里根故居遭拆除，意见不一起争议 2
02 Lisa See
华裔女作家邝丽莎 6
03 The Grapevine
小道消息 9
04 SXSW Fest
春天音乐节来袭 12
05 The Risks of Language for Health Translators
健康信息翻译的语言风险 16
06 Pope Francis Represents Firsts for Catholics
新教皇弗朗西斯登基 20
07 The Immigrant Community Brings in Another Cultural Renaissance
移民带来了另一个“文艺复兴” 23
08 Comic Book Convention Brings Superheroes and Super Fans
漫画大会带来了超级英雄和超级粉丝 26
09 Togolese Academics Fight for Linguistic Heritage
多哥学者力争保护语言遗产 30
10 Fireworks
焰火 34
Chapter 2 灾难来袭
01 President Obama Preparing to Receive Gun Policy Restrict
奥巴马总统计划实行更严枪支管理制度 38
02 Safe Rooms Saved Lives in Tornado Disaster
安全屋能够在龙卷风灾害中挽救生命 42
03 Investigating the Crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214
调查韩亚航空公司214航班坠毁 46
04 Deadly Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
致命龙卷风席卷俄州 50
05 H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Is Unusually Dangerous for People
H7N9型禽流感病毒对人类异常危险 54
06 Fight Against Militants in Pakistan
巴基斯坦常年战火 58
07 Bangladesh Building Collapse Kills More Than 500
孟加拉国建筑倒塌造成500多人死亡 62
08 Boston Bombings Investigation Continues
波士顿爆炸案调查仍在继续 66
09 After Long-tense Day Boston Suspect in Custody
一整天紧张的搜捕波士顿马拉松爆炸嫌疑犯终于落网 70
10 Tragic Events Brings U.S. Painful Memories
悲剧事件给美国带来痛苦的回忆 74
Chapter 3 经济之声
01 U.S. Congress Avoids Fiscal Cliff, Postpones Budget Decision
美国国会避免了财政悬崖，推迟了预算决策 80
02 World Economic Forum Rates Global Risks for 2013
世界经济论坛发布《2013年全球风险报告》 83
03 International Labor Organization Predicts Higher Unemployment
国际劳工组织预测失业人数会更高 87
04 A Look Back at Economic News of 2012
2012经济新闻回顾 91
05 President Obama Sets His Goals for 2013
奥巴马2013新目标 95
06 E.U. Agrees to 1.3 Trillion Budget
欧盟就1.3万亿预算达成协议 99
07 Pentagon Braces for Automatic Cuts
自动减赤可能导致美国防部预算困境 103
08 Corruption in Asia Slows Economic Growth
亚洲腐败问题拖累经济增长 106
09 South African Labor Laws Are Too Restrictive
南非劳动法过于严格 110
10 Pakistani Voters Are Concerned About Economy
巴基斯坦选民关注经济 114
Chapter 4 教育之道
01 What Teens in Digital Age Consider“Research”
数字时代青少年如何看待“研究” 120
02 Calling Attention to the Words and Letters May Lead to Better Readers
关注单词和字母可能会使儿童的阅读能力更好 124
03 UNICEF Has Reported Good News About Education in Somalia
联合国儿童基金会报告索马里在教育方面的好消息 128
04 Were the Charges Against Aaron Swartz Too Extreme
阿伦?斯沃茨所受指控是否过于极端 132
05 Education in a Catholic Day School in Washington
华盛顿一家天主教学校的教育现状 136
06 Developing Curriculum Based on Student Writing
根据学生作品开发课程 140
07 An Open-air Exhibit Grows at a Museum
自然历史博物馆的户外科学展览 144
08 Law Schools in the United States Focuses More on Practical Work
美国法学院更注重实践 148
09 Kenya’s Pledge to Provide Every First-year Student with a Laptop
肯尼亚承诺为每位一年级学生提供一台笔记本电脑 152
10 Chinese Graduates Face Tight Job Market as Economy Slows
中国经济放缓，毕业生就业艰难 156
Chapter 5 娱乐天地
01 Country Music Thrives in 2012
2012年乡村音乐欣欣向荣 160
02 High Country Music Silver Sky
高级乡村音乐《银色天空》 163
03 First Lady Michelle Obama’s Hair Creating All the Buzz
总统显沧桑，夫人仍闪亮 167
04 Aaron Neville My True Story
阿伦?内维尔的《我的真实故事》 171
05 Trumpet Player Gabriel Johnson
小号手加布里埃尔?约翰逊 175
06 The Grammy Awards for the Country Music
本届格莱美中的乡村音乐 179
07 Tegan and Sarah Heartthrob
双胞胎姐妹花的新专辑《心跳》 182
08 2013 Grammy Awards to Feature New Categories
2013格莱美提名新奖项 185
Chapter 6 环境保护
01 Thousands March on White House to Protest Climate
白宫万人游行 抗议保护环境 190
02 Don’t Let Our Future Dry Up
不要让我们的未来枯竭 193
03 The Most Unusual National Parks in the United States
美国最不寻常的国家公园 197
04 Final Vote Nears on Conserving Sharks
保护鲨鱼的最终投票临近 200
05 College Students Rescue Leftover Food, Feed the Poor
大学生拯救剩饭，救济穷人 203
06 Will There Be Enough Water for Everyone
水，还够吗 206
07 Restrict Pesticides to Save Bees
限制杀虫剂以拯救蜜蜂 210
08 U.S.-China Climate Partnership
中美气候合作 213
09 Global Warming Will Cost Us More to Live
全球变暖使我们的生存面临挑战 216
10 The High Price of an Arctic Ice Melt
北极长年冰融化的高额代价 219
Chapter 7 健康之路
01 Lack of U.S. Support for Mental Health Care Criticize
精神病医疗救助体系缺陷多多，亟须改进 224
02 Warmer Temps Trigger More Disease
升温引发更多疾病 227
03 Operation Walk Gives Needy Patients New Life
让你走路的手术为贫困病人带来新生 230
04 Study Finds Overweight People Have Lower Risk of Death
研究发现超重者死亡风险更低 233
05 Nigerian Doctor Honored for Fight Against River Blind
尼日利亚医生因抗击河盲症获奖 236
06 Teenage Cancer Researcher
小小癌症科研家 239
07 Yoga Helps Mentally Ill Improve Their Lives
瑜伽帮助精神病患者改善生活 242
08 Can Folic Acid Prevent Childhood Autism
叶酸能否预防儿童自闭症 245
Chapter 8 社会生活
01 February 13th Is World Radio Day
2月13日世界无线电日 250
02 Teen Girls Learn Firefighting
少女学习消防知识 253
03 What Is the Relationship Between Age and Happiness
年龄与幸福之间有什么联系 256
04 Friends With Benefits, in the Plant World
植物界的互惠共生 259
05 Populations Around the World Are Growing Older
世界人口老龄化 262
06 Thanks to Volunteers, Elderly Can Age in Place
多亏志愿者帮助，老年人可以在“家”养老了 265
07 The Changing Landscape of U.S. Farm Production
美国农场生产的变化 268
08 The Water Purification Disc—“MadiDrop”
净水圆盘——“麦迪漏” 271
09 U.S. Finds Unapproved Form of Wheat in Oregon
美国俄勒冈州发现未经批准种植的转基因小麦 274
Chapter 9 科技纵横
01 Mobile Telephones Changing Lives in Africa
手机改变非洲人生活方式 280
02 Now on the iPad: Apps for Orangutans
面向猩猩提供的平板电脑应用程序 283
03 U.S. Takes Action Against Cyber Theft Threat
美国采取行动应对网络盗窃威胁 286
04 New Internet Rules Offer Window into North Korea
3G互联网为了解朝鲜打开一扇窗户 289
05 Navigation App Helps Predict Traffic Conditions
可以预测交通状况的导航应用程序 293
06 3-D Goes from Movies to Real World
三维技术从电影走入真实世界 296
07 Indonesians Using Smartphones to Connect to the Internet
印尼人使用智能手机上网 299
08 Phone App to Assist Alzheimer’s Caregivers
协助阿尔茨海默氏症患者护理人员的手机应用程序 302
09 Using a Mobile Phone to Improve Mother and Child Health
使用手机改善母婴健康 306
內容試閱：
01 Ronald Reagan’s Is Facing Demolish, Disputes Rises
里根故居遭拆除，意见不一起争议
词解新闻意 Key words
问 “遗产”英语怎么说？
答 legacy [''leg?s?]
充电小站 《世界遗产名录》在1978年第一次公布，一共有12项，发展到现在已经有了754项，数量上发生了很大的变化。其中比较著名的有美国自由女神像、埃及孟菲斯及其墓地金字塔、西班牙布尔戈斯大教堂、韩国济州火山岛与熔岩洞窟，以及中国的明清故宫、颐和园、天坛、圆明园等。
轻松听新闻 Listening
“If I was a Reagan person, I’d probably be very upset.” Daniel Weinberg is a presidential historian and owner of Chicago’s Abraham Lincoln Book Shop which honors another president who lived in Illinois. Weinberg is not convinced Reagan’s Chicago home is worth saving. “One can’t save everything, and he was very young and he was only here for a couple of years. I understand that it’s important, but what about every single place that he or any president lived?”
The University of Chicago declined VOA’s request for an interview. But Hyde Park Alderwoman Leslie Hairston says the school is communicating with her offi ce and the community about a way to move forward with the demolition, while honoring President Reagan’s legacy in the area. “We have had meetings with the community, and they found a way to respectfully commemorate President Reagan’s time there. They are going to put a plaque there.”
But Hairston says another president mayeventually overshadow Ronald Reagan in Hyde Park.
Barack Obama lived here before his inauguration in 2009 and could choose the neighborhood as the future home of his presidential library.
核心词汇连连记
presidential adj.总统的
honor v.纪念
worth prep.值得的
single adj.单一的
decline v.谢绝
request v.请求
interview n.采访
community n.社区
demolition n.破坏
legacy n.遗产
commemorate v.纪念
plaque n.匾
eventually adv.最后地
overshadow v.遮蔽
inauguration n.就职典礼
开心译分钟 Translation
“如果我是一个里根迷，我可能会非常难过。”丹尼尔?温伯格是总统历史学家，同时也是芝加哥亚伯拉罕?林肯书店的老板，这个书店是为了纪念住在①伊利诺伊州的另一位总统——林肯。温伯格认为里根在芝加哥的府邸没有保留价值②。“人不可能把所有都留着，何况他当时还很小，而且只在这儿待了短短几年。我知道它很重要，但每一处③里根或者其他总统住过的地方又要怎么处理呢？”
芝加哥大学拒绝了美国之音的采访要求④，但是海德公园市政委员会委员莱斯利?海尔斯顿说校方正和她办公室以及社区进行沟通⑤，讨论如何在继续推进⑥拆除计划的同时尊重里根总统在该地区的遗产。 “我们已经和社区开过几次会⑦了，他们已经找到了一个方法⑧来恭敬地纪念里根总统在那儿度过的时光。他们打算⑨在那儿立块匾⑩。”
但海尔斯顿说，在海德公园，另一位总统可能最终会使罗纳德?里根黯然失色。巴拉克?奥巴马在2009年就职典礼前曾居住在这里，可能会将这附近作为其总统图书馆的未来选址。
实用短语对对碰
① live in
② be worth saving
③ every single place
④ request for
⑤ communicate with
⑥ move forward
⑦ have meetings
⑧ find a way
⑨ be going to
⑩ put a plaque
词汇练习 Practice
Part A Dictation
“If I was a Reagan person, I’d １ be very 2 .” Daniel Weinberg is a 3 historian and 4 of Chicago’s Abraham Lincoln Book Shop which 5 another president who lived in Illinois.
Part B Multiple choice
1. One can’t save .
A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing
2. They are going to put a there.
A. plaque B. place C. fl ake D. pace
3. But Hairston says another may eventually overshadow Ronald Reagan in Hyde Park.
A. president B. present C. prevent D. priest
听力点拨与解析
Part A
1. probably 2. upset 3. presidential 4. owner 5. honors
Part B
1 . 答案：B 该题目考查不定代词的使用。4个选项中，A项“something”，一些事情；B项“everything”，所有事情；C项“anything”，任何事情；D项“nothing”，没有。根据意思判断，应该是“人不可能把所有都留着”。所以，最适合的选项是B项。
2. 答案：A 该题目考查对与plaque形近词和音近词的辨析。A项“plaque”，匾；B项“place”，座位；C项“flake”，碎片；D项“pace”，步伐。从意思上来辨析，他们放这个东西是为了纪念里根总统。这4个选项中，能表达具有纪念意义这一意思的只有A项。
3. 答案：A 该题目是考查对与“president”形近词的辨析。4个选项中，A项“president”，总统；B项“present”，礼物；C项“prevent”，组织；D项“priest”，牧师。因为里根是一名总统，所以，另外一名 应该也是总统。因此，答案选择A项。
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