01 教皇的最后演說
　　詞解新聞意
　　問 “教皇”英語怎么說？
　　答 Pope [p?up]
　　充電小站
　　教皇本尼迪克特十六世（Pope Benedict XVI）本名若瑟·拉青格，生于巴伐利亞，是第8位德國籍教皇，原為教廷信理部部長、宗座圣經(jīng)委員會主席、國際神學委員會主席及樞機團團長，精通10種語言。本尼迪克特十六世在2005年4月19日的選舉中被選為教皇，4月24日正式登基。2013年2月11日，本尼迪克特十六世宣布因身體原因決定辭去教皇一職，這令其成為600多年來首位主動退位的教皇。他將被稱為“榮休教宗”(pope emeritus)。
　　Listening
　　Pope Benedict gave his last public blessing this week to tens of thousands
　　of people in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican, the church’s administrative center. The resignation of the leader of the worldwide Roman CatholicChurch took effect Thursday. On Wednesday, the 85-year-old leader took one fi nal ride through the square in his open vehicle. He stopped at times to bless a baby. Later he told the crowd that he has been through some moments that were “not easy”. The Pope said, “To love the church also means having the courage to take diffi cult decisions.” Some observers said the comment was a reply to his surprising decision to resign.
　　開心 譯 分鐘 Translation
　　本周，教皇本尼迪克特在教會行政中心梵蒂岡圣彼得廣場最后一次向數(shù)萬①信眾發(fā)表祝福演講②。這位世界羅馬天主教會領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的辭呈于周四生效。周三，這位85歲高齡的教皇最后一次乘著他的敞篷車駛過廣場。期間他會偶爾③停下來為嬰兒祈福。隨后他告訴信眾，他也經(jīng)歷了一些艱難時刻。教皇說道，“熱愛教會也意味著要有勇氣做出艱難決定④”。一些觀察人士表示，此番言論是對其突然遞交辭呈的答復(fù)⑤。
　　核心詞匯連連記
　　blessing n. 祝福
　　administrative
　　adj. 行政的
　　resignation n. 辭呈
　　worldwide
　　adj. 世界范圍內(nèi)的
　　實用短語對對碰
　　① tens of thousands of
　�、� public blessing
　�、� at times
　�、� difficult decisions
　�、� a reply to
　　語法 練 習 Practice
　　Part A Dictation
　　Pope Benedict gave his last public blessing this week to 　 　　　　　　.
　　Part B Multiple choice
　　1. The resignation of the leader of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church
　　Thursday.
　　A. took effect B. take after C. take charge D. take over
　　2. He stopped 　　　 to bless a baby.
　　A. in time B. on time C. over time D. at times
　　3. He urged all Catholics 　　　 always put the good of the Catholic Church
　　before their own personal desires.
　　A. on B. to C. at D. for
　　聽力點撥與解析
　　Part A
　　tens of thousands of people in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican, the
　　church’s administrative center
　　這個長句是give to（表示方向）的對象。該對象的表達中包含了一個詞組“tens of thousands of（數(shù)萬）”；兩個表示地點的介詞短語“inSaint Peter’s Square（在梵蒂岡圣彼得廣場）”和“in the Vatican（在梵蒂岡）”；還有一個同位語“the church’s administrative center（教會行政中心）”，用來補充說明前面所提到的地點。聽懂了這個句子的結(jié)構(gòu)也就不難把句子聽寫出來了。
　　1. 答案：A　該題目考查動詞take相關(guān)短語的辨析。四個選項中，A項“take effect”，生效；B項“take after”，（在外貌等方面）與（父母）相像；C項“take charge”，負責；D項“take over”，接管。題目提問的是“這位世界羅馬天主教會領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的辭呈于周四。”從題目本身看，“辭呈”與B、C、D三項都不能搭配。只有A項，辭呈“生效”符合題意。因此，答案應(yīng)該選擇A項。
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