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[by:听力课堂～www.tingclass.net]

[00:01]transform

[00:02]Bullet trains are already expanding the definition of a

[00:06]day trip and could help transform isolated backwaters

[00:10]like the inland city of Xian into booming heartland hubs.

[00:17]transmit

[00:18]In the past year, however, software companies have

[00:21]developed tools that allow companies to "push" information

[00:25]directly out to consumers, transmitting marketing messages

[00:29]directly to targeted customers.

[00:34]transport

[00:36]Additional social stresses may also occur because of

[00:40]the population explosion or problems arising from mass

[00:45]migration movements-themselves made relatively easy

[00:49]nowadays by modern means of transport.

[00:54]deliver

[00:55]It's not our job to say where data might be useful; it's

[00:59]our job to unleash it and allow businesses and independent

[01:02]developers to build innovative services which they can then

[01:07]deliver to users.

[01:10]exchange

[01:12]Some philosophers argue that rights exist only within

[01:16]a social contract, as part of an exchange of duties and

[01:20]entitlements.

[01:22]convey

[01:23]There are lots of talented, experienced people across the

[01:27]board in the Executive Branch, but almost no one has emerged

[01:31]as a figure of national standing to help the President convey his

[01:35]agenda to the public.

[01:39]diagram

[01:41]Then the class creates a diagram showing the

[01:43]connections between and among these people and

[01:46]institutions, each one represented by a photograph, icon

[01:51]or other image, along with key facts, quotations and

[01:56]statements.

[01:59]portrait

[02:00]A relative of Zhong Jianqin, one of the eight Chinese

[02:03]peacekeepers who died in the recent Haiti earthquake,

[02:07]holds his portrait as she waits outside a morgue in

[02:10]Beijing, China.