News1 數(shù)千名埃及抗議者繼續(xù)在塔里爾廣場(chǎng)抗議
　　埃及首都開(kāi)羅、亞歷山大和蘇伊士等地發(fā)生游行抗議活動(dòng)。在開(kāi)羅，游行民眾向位于市中心的開(kāi)羅塔里爾廣場(chǎng)聚集，當(dāng)晚廣場(chǎng)上抗議民眾超過(guò)萬(wàn)人，大批防暴警察在廣場(chǎng)周?chē)�維持秩序。警方用催淚瓦斯驅(qū)散了大批人群。
　　這次游行是埃及近年來(lái)規(guī)模最大的一次抗議活動(dòng)。抗議民眾稱(chēng)，他們主要不滿(mǎn)政府腐敗、物價(jià)上漲和失業(yè)率高等問(wèn)題。
　　News Transcript 新聞?wù)��?br /> 　　Thousands of Egyptian protesters are maintaining a defiant presence in Tahrir Square in Cairo despite an earlier violent attempt by the security forces to evict them. Reports say at least seven people were killed. There were scenes of complete panic when hundreds of soldiers and police beat protesters on their heads. Hugh Sykes is close to Tahrir Square.
　　I can see Tahrir Square and the protesters there although not in such large numbers as they were earlier in the day. And indeed with their extremely violent charge with batons and tear gas， the armed forces here did drive most of the protesters out of the square for a while. And I was down between where I am now and the square—about 300 metres from Tahrir Square—a few hours ago， and the street—the main， one of the main Cairo’s shopping streets—absolutely filled with thousands of protesters who were running away from the tear gas. But it now seems that a lot of them have poured back into the square.
　　Translation 參考譯文
　　數(shù)千名埃及抗議者在開(kāi)羅塔里爾廣場(chǎng)繼續(xù)表示抗議，盡管早些時(shí)候，安全部隊(duì)試圖驅(qū)逐他們。報(bào)道稱(chēng)至少7人死亡，數(shù)百名軍人和警察痛打抗議者的頭部，整個(gè)場(chǎng)面陷入混亂。休？塞克斯在塔里爾廣場(chǎng)報(bào)道。
　　盡管沒(méi)有今天早些時(shí)候的人多，我看到塔里爾廣場(chǎng)上還是有抗議者。武裝部隊(duì)確實(shí)是手持警棍和催淚瓦斯，對(duì)抗議者進(jìn)行暴力鎮(zhèn)壓，他們暫時(shí)驅(qū)逐了大部分抗議者。數(shù)小時(shí)前，我正在前往廣場(chǎng)的路上，距離塔里爾廣場(chǎng)大約300米，看到主街道——也就是開(kāi)羅主要的購(gòu)物街上——擠滿(mǎn)了數(shù)千名被催淚瓦斯趕跑的抗議者。不過(guò)這會(huì)兒看來(lái)，他們又涌回到了廣場(chǎng)。
　　Listening 聽(tīng)力破解
　　1. 0’00” Thousands of Egyptian protesters are maintaining a defiant presence in Tahrir Square in Cairo despite an earlier violent attempt by the security forces to evict them.
　　這是新聞第一句話，一般情況下，新聞的導(dǎo)語(yǔ)位于首段，概括出整篇新聞的主旨。當(dāng)聽(tīng)到Egyptian protesters和defiant presence這樣的關(guān)鍵詞后，我們可以推斷新聞與埃及的抗議活動(dòng)有關(guān)。此外，播音員在Cairo處有停頓，劃分出了新聞的邏輯關(guān)系，despite暗示出了前后文的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
　　2. 0’10” Reports say at least seven people were killed.
　　這句話中，虛詞at弱讀為[？t]，其尾音為爆破音[t]，遇到首音為摩擦音[l] ，at中的[t]發(fā)生不完全爆破，所以在聽(tīng)的時(shí)候，幾乎聽(tīng)不到at。同理以爆破音[t]結(jié)尾的least遇到以摩擦音[s]開(kāi)頭的seven也發(fā)生了不完全爆破，所以at least seven的讀音為[？li：s ‘sev？n]。
　　3. 0’37” And I was down between where I am now and the square—about 300 metres from Tahrir Square—a few hours ago， and the street—the main， one of the main Cairo’s shopping streets—absolutely fi lled with thousands of protesters who were running away from the tear gas.
　　休？塞克斯的這段現(xiàn)場(chǎng)報(bào)道較長(zhǎng)，語(yǔ)速較快，播音員將down拉長(zhǎng)音調(diào)，down常用意思為“向下的”，但是從后面“the square-about 300 metres from Tahrir Square”可以得知down在這里的意思為“前往”；播報(bào)員還特別重讀了street、main、filled、thousands這樣的詞語(yǔ)，強(qiáng)調(diào)了由于抗議活動(dòng)，大街上擠滿(mǎn)了人。
　　4. 0’50” But it now seems that a lot of them have poured back into the square.
　　這句話中需要注意pour back into這個(gè)詞組，原意是“將……倒回……”，在這里指的是“人群又涌回廣場(chǎng)”。
　　關(guān)鍵詞寶典：
　　protester n.
　　抗議者，反對(duì)者
　　defiant adj.
　　反抗的，挑釁的
　　presence n.
　　參加
　　attempt n.
　　企圖，試圖
　　evict v.
　　驅(qū)逐
　　baton n.
　　警棍
　　tear gas
　　催淚瓦斯
　　for a while
　　暫時(shí)
　　down v.
　　前往
　　pour v.
　　涌回
　　……