NPR邊聽邊練254：美國工廠提高產量

以下段落是摘自新聞里的一些重要信息,并不是一個段落的聽寫?？諆刃畔⒖稍诒拘侣勚腥空业?大家可以根據這些信息復述新聞。

一、泛聽建議：

1、完整聽一遍，掌握大意。

2、繼續聽，特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞，寫下來。

US factories boosted their output in August, the government _1_ today that was in part due to strong output by the nation's automakers.Manufacturing was up 0.7% from the previous month.Chad Moutray is chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers.

美國各工廠在8月提高了他們的產量,美國政府今天宣布部分原因是這個國家的汽車制造商們的強勢產量所致。制造業相比上個月上漲0.7%。查德·穆特雷是全國制造商協會的首席經濟學家。

“You're certainly _2_ the auto sector really being one of the stronger components in the overall production figures this time.I think a lot of that is, you know,gearing up for the new model year, and that kind of more or less _3_ the rebound that we had from the slower figures in July.All told industrial production was up 0.4%.

“你當然看到汽車產業這一次真正成為在整個生產領域強勢的一部分。我想有很多,你知道的,準備今年的新車型,還有或多或少從我們7月份的數據緩慢增長中顯示的反彈。所有工業生產增長0.4%。

On Wall Street today, mixed close.The Dow Jones Industrial Average up 118 points; the NASDAQ fell four points.

讓我們關注下今天的華爾街,真是喜憂參半。道瓊斯工業平均指數上漲118點,納斯達克綜合指數下跌4點。

This is NPR.

這里是NPR新聞。

Hundreds of mourners _4_ the funeral of the 12-year-old Florida girl who authorities believe took her own life after negative comments were posted about her on online message boards.A number of those who turned out for a 45-minute memorial service for Rebecca Sedwick were wearing neon green T-shirts with anti-bullying slogans.Sheriff's detectives say Sedwick was picked on by as many as 15 girls for a year who _5_ herself from a tower at an abandoned concrete plant.Authorities say they're still trying to determine whether there's sufficient evidence to bring charges in the case.

數百名悼念者出席了這名12歲佛羅里達女孩的葬禮，當局相信是關于她的負面評論被發布在網絡后她才結束了自己的生命。參加這場紀念麗貝卡·西德維克45分鐘追悼會的人們都身著霓虹綠色T恤,手拿反欺凌的宣傳標語。治安官稱西德維克是被挑選的15歲女孩其中一名，她被扔在一間廢棄的混凝土廠的塔內。當局表示他們仍在試圖確定是否有足夠的證據提起對本案的訴訟。

詞匯解析：

1、in part 在某種程度上，部分地;一半

eg:Markets are nervous in part because of national politics.

國內政治是一部分市場緊張的原因。

eg:In part this was the result of happenstance.

這在某種程度上是偶然事件造成的。

2、mourner

n. 哀悼者;悲傷者;送葬者;懺悔者

eg:Weeks after his death, mourners still gather outside the house.

他死后幾個星期，哀悼者仍然聚集在屋外。

參考答案：

1、announcing 2、seeing 3、shows

4、attended 5、were throwing