中级听力-14

to flunk 失败

1.The White House acknowledged Obama's power to exert influence over Europe over weekend was somewhat limited.Nevertheless, the president can play a role of listening, helping leaders find common ground.

【原】白宫承认奥巴马对于欧洲的影响力受限，然而，总统在听取，帮助领导人方面起着重要作用。

白宫在周末承认，奥巴马对欧洲施加影响力的能力是有限的。不过，总统可以发挥倾听不同意见的作用，帮助各国领导人找到共同点。

2.At first the western press accused some of China's women athletes of taking drugs, but now people accept that their success is due to very hard training methods.

【原】刚开始，西方记者质疑中国的女运动员们服禁药，但是现在人们开始接受她们的成功是因为非常刻苦的训练方法。

起初，西方新闻界指控一些中国女运动员服用违禁药物，但现在人们承认她们的成功要归因于非常艰苦的训练方法。

3.If she graduated from graduate school and he flunked out of a high school, do you think that relationship between these two people is gonna last very long? Probably not.

【原】如果她从大学毕业，他从高中毕业，你认为这两人的关系能持续很久吗？显然不会。

如果她是研究生毕业，而他却在上高中时辍学，你会认为这两人的关系会持续很长时间吗？很可能不会。

4.I can honestly say that the fragile political situation in Greece has scared almost everyone I know, and people have been considering withdrawing their bank deposits.

【原】我可以如实地说希腊动荡的政局几乎让每个人都很害怕，人们已经开始取出他们在银行的存款。

我可以诚实地说：希腊脆弱的政治局势几乎把我每个认识的人都吓坏了，人们一直在考虑提取自己在银行的存款。

5.Data from several sources in Japan and elsewhere in Asia show that by the middle of last year Facebook overtook Yahoo, which lost 2 million regular users over 2011.

【原】从日本以及部分亚洲地区的一些资源数据显示，到去年年中，脸书已经超越了雅虎，后者在2011年失去了200万固定用户。

来自日本和亚洲其他地区消息来源的数据显示：到去年年中，脸书已超越雅虎，而雅虎在2011年流失了200万固定用户。

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7/24/2018 9:48:25 PM

Addr:KunShan China

Autho:天宇