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1.5.3 3  NYC Pursues Biotech Dream  纽约市追寻生物科技之梦
3 NYC Pursues Biotech Dream 纽约市追寻生物科技之梦

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仔细听

New York City and the State of New York are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to become a major player in the development of high tech industries.They have developed 40workspaces known as incubators to assist start-up businesses.

纽约市和纽约州投资上亿美元,以期成为高科技产业中的龙头之一。该区已成立了40座孵化园为创业公司提供支持。

听力破解:development的读音中[p]后接鼻辅音[m],此时[p]被弱读,发音为[di′veləmənt];known as发生连读,读音为[′nəunæz];此外,New York 和 high tech industries均被重读,表明该段新闻是关于纽约高科技产业的话题。

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Harlem Bios pace is an incubator for biomedical engineering.It gives young entrepreneurs a low-cost way to develop their ideas and businesses.For a low monthly payment,they are given desk space and use of a laboratory.The young people pay for their own raw materials.

哈莱姆生化区是关于生物医学工程产业的孵化园,它使得众多年轻的创业者可以以低成本的方式实现想法、发展企业。每月只需支付很低的款项,他们就可以使用办公桌和实验室。这些年轻人只需要为自己的原料投入资金。

听力破解:a low monthly payment 中的 low和随后的their own都被重读,表明这些都是明确该段意思的关键信息;desk space中的[desk]出现弱读,发音为[despeis]。

词汇宝典:pay for意为“付钱,赔偿(损失),(为某种过失)付出代价”。如:Let him pay for it.让他吃点苦头。

仔细听

How much did you pay for this beautiful paint?

“This is great.The reason is because it is cheap and it has the wet lab that we need.So,I order the chemicals that I need,and I'm given the facilities here to do my experiments.”

你买这幅美丽的画花了多少钱?

“这很棒。因为既便宜又有我们需要的湿式实验室。所以,我订购了所需的化学品,利用这里提供的设备和装置进行我的实验。”

听力破解:此句是受访者的录音,夹杂很多口语特点,定冠词the被当作虚词大量使用;多次停顿并加音um;that I被连读,发音为[ðætai]。

词汇宝典:wet lab指的是“湿式实验室”。

仔细听

Tyler Poore and his partner are developing a product that will kill bacteria.It can be put on household goods,like a sponge for cleaning.He and 17 others at Biospace share a common goal to find solutions to biomedical problems.

泰勒·普尔和他的同伴正在开发一种杀菌产品。它可以被归类于家居产品,就像清洁海绵一样。他与其他在这个生化区内的17人一样有着共同的目标,那就是致力于生物医学问题的解决方案。

听力破解:household goods两词连读,出现吞音,注意其发音为[′haus′həulgudz],不要错误理解;at Biospace中at弱读,只发[æ]音,连读为[æbiospeis]。

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Edwin Vazquez is investigating the mystery of diseases,such as Alzheimers and Parkinson's.He says suggestions from others in the building make the work environment at Biospace a real plus.

埃德温·巴斯克斯致力于疾病难题的研究,如阿尔茨海默症和帕金森症。他谈到,从这个大楼里还可以得到其他人的建议,这是在生化区工作的额外优势。

听力破解:注意此句中重读的suggestion,这是透露本句主旨的关键;后半句注意播音员根据明显的意群所做的断句,如says,make处。

仔细听

There's nothing better than sitting down in a room like this when there is a lot more people around and got something that is exciting and go to the lunchroom and you start talking to your other colleagues.All of a sudden,somebody knows a researcher that is doing something similar to you who can complement your research,you get in contact and things happen.”

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“没有什么能比这种感觉更棒了:当一大帮人坐在这样一个房间里,谈论着共同感兴趣的事;然后步入餐厅后你与同事谈论起某个话题,突然有人告诉你他认识某位与你研究领域相近的人,恰好能够补充完善你的研究工作,你们能够得以深入交流并取得进展。”

听力破解:本句语速快,连读多。如there is连读并浊化为[ðerz];knows a 连读浊化为[nəuzə];分词形式的-ing读音异化,由[iη]变为[in],如sitting读为[sitin],talking读为[tɔ:kin];此外还有多处加音um,多处添加语气词you know。

词汇宝典:similar to意为“与……相似,如同……”,后接物主代词或名词。如:The color of her hair is similar to that of her mother.她的头发颜色同她妈妈类似。

学着说一说

1.share a common goal有着共同的目标

▶goal 在这里是“目标”的意思,常用的搭配有:the general goal(总目标);have no clear goal in mind(毫无头绪)等。如:

Manager said my proposal is not in line with the general goal.

经理说我的提案与总目标不一致。

2.solution to ……的解决办法

▶此处 to 为介词,后接名词、代词或动名词,表示“……的解决方案”。如:

I am trying to figure out a solution to this problem.

我正在想这个问题的解决办法。

▶表示“想出……”,口语中经常用come up with...,如:

come up with a solution to的意思是“想出一个……解决方案”。

3.a real plus好处

▶plus 在这里是“好处”的意思,意为“好处是……”,可直接用在be动词后。如:

A:How is your work?你的工作怎么样?

B:Kind of boring,but the cute secretary is a real plus.

有点无聊,不过好在有个可爱的秘书。

4.all of a sudden突然

▶这个短语意为“突然”,多用于句首,也可用于句中或独立使用。如:

It's all of a sudden.这真是太突然了。

=It's so out of nowhere.

=It's so abrupt.