News1 數(shù)千名埃及抗議者繼續(xù)在塔里爾廣場抗議
　　埃及首都開羅、亞歷山大和蘇伊士等地發(fā)生游行抗議活動。在開羅，游行民眾向位于市中心的開羅塔里爾廣場聚集，當晚廣場上抗議民眾超過萬人，大批防暴警察在廣場周圍維持秩序。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規(guī)模最大的一次抗議活動。抗議民眾稱，他們主要不滿政府腐敗、物價上漲和失業(yè)率高等問題。
　　News Transcript 新聞正文
　　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羅塔里爾廣場繼續(xù)表示抗議，盡管早些時候，安全部隊試圖驅(qū)逐他們。報道稱至少7人死亡，數(shù)百名軍人和警察痛打抗議者的頭部，整個場面陷入混亂。休？塞克斯在塔里爾廣場報道。
　　盡管沒有今天早些時候的人多，我看到塔里爾廣場上還是有抗議者。武裝部隊確實是手持警棍和催淚瓦斯，對抗議者進行暴力鎮(zhèn)壓，他們暫時驅(qū)逐了大部分抗議者。數(shù)小時前，我正在前往廣場的路上，距離塔里爾廣場大約300米，看到主街道——也就是開羅主要的購物街上——擠滿了數(shù)千名被催淚瓦斯趕跑的抗議者。不過這會兒看來，他們又涌回到了廣場。
　　Listening 聽力破解
　　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，新聞的導語位于首段，概括出整篇新聞的主旨。當聽到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，所以在聽的時候，幾乎聽不到at。同理以爆破音[t]結(jié)尾的least遇到以摩擦音[s]開頭的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)場報道較長，語速較快，播音員將down拉長音調(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”；播報員還特別重讀了street、main、filled、thousands這樣的詞語，強調(diào)了由于抗議活動，大街上擠滿了人。
　　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這個詞組，原意是“將……倒回……”，在這里指的是“人群又涌回廣場”。
　　關(guān)鍵詞寶典：
　　protester n.
　　抗議者，反對者
　　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
　　down v.
　　前往
　　pour v.
　　涌回
　　……