NPR边听边练303:美医保网站投入运行
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    一、泛听建议:

    1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。

    2、继续听,特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词,写下来。

    The federal government's new health insurance website _1_ twice its usual weekday traffic as Americans try to beat the deadline to sign up for coverage begins January 1st. NPR's Scott Horsley reports some would-be users _2_ into an online waiting area.

    联邦政府新开设的政府医保网站的访问数量是平常的两倍,因为美国民众试图赶在最终期限前登记购买将于1月1日起生效的保险。据NPR新闻的斯科特·霍斯利报道,一些潜在用户被迫在线等候。

    The Obama administration says some 375,000 people have logged onto the website by noon Monday, testing the limits of the site's new and improved capacity. As response time _3_, and error rates rose, some users were forced to wait or _4_ to supply emails so that they could come back later. White House Spokesman Jay Carney says that was by designed.

    奥巴马政府表示,截至周一中午共有37.5万人上网浏览,检测网站刚刚改善的容量限制。由于反应时间减慢、错误率上升,一些用户被迫等待并提供他们的邮箱地址,以便之后继续访问网站。白宫发言人杰伊·卡尼表示,这些都在计划中。

    "We absolutely anticipated that on this day in particular, we would see a surge."

    “我们完全预计到了今天的特殊情况,我们知道访问量会激增。”

    The website fell short of its target of accommodating 50,000 simultaneous users, but officials say it should still meet the goal of _5_ 800,000 users per day. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.

    网站未能达成同时为5万人提供服务的目标,但是官员表示,网站会完成每天登记80万名用户的目标。NPR新闻,斯科特·霍斯利华盛顿报道。

    词汇解析:

    1、log onto

    登录,进入

    eg:Some risk management software will track habits, such as detecting when people log onto which workstations or when they log in on a holiday.

    有些风险控制软件可以跟踪习惯,比如监测人们何时登录进哪一台工作站,还有他们何时在假期登录进系统。

    2、simultaneous

    adj. 同时的;联立的;同时发生的

    n. 同时译员

    eg:The two guns fired almost simultaneously.

    两支枪几乎同时开火。

    参考答案:

    1、is seeing 2、have been pushed

    3、slowed 4、asked 5、handling

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