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特朗普宣布执政以来最艰难决定。（带练习|新闻听力）

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FOX新闻: 特朗普宣布执政来最艰难决定
燕山大学刘立军宋葳编写

◇TRANSCRIPT
President Trump discussing on SiriusXM the successful cruise missile bombing two weeks ago of a Syrian military airfield:(President Trump) “But I'll tell you it's tough because you don't know that's going to happen. Is one going to go haywire and will end up in a city or end up in a town and kill a lot of people. So you don't know. But it was an important decision. Not an easy decision to make.”

The President also discussing the ongoing tensions with North Korea, saying that “we have to be prepared for the worst,” and declined to rule out a military action. Congress, meanwhile, is moving on a separate front to apply new sanctions?against Pyongyang.

At the White House, Jon Decker, FOX News.

Adapted from 特朗普宣布执政以来最艰难决定

◇VOCABULARY

1. go haywire: (informal) to stop working correctly or become out of control 出故障；紊乱；失去控制。例如：
○After that, things started to go haywire. 此后事情开始失去控制。

2. sanction n. (可数名词, 常用复数) sanction (against sb.) an official order that limits trade, contact, etc. with a particular country, in order to make it do sth., such as obeying international law 制裁。例如：
○Trade sanctions were imposed against any country that refused to sign the agreement. 凡拒签该协议的国家均受到贸易制裁。
○The economic sanctions have been lifted. 经济制裁业已取消。

◇QUESTIONS
Read the paragraphs. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.
President Trump discussing on SiriusXM the successful cruise missile bombing two weeks ago of a Syrian military airfield: (President Trump) “But I'll tell you it's (1) _________________________ because (2) __________________________________. Is one going to go haywire and will end up in a city or end up in a town and kill a lot of people. So you don't know. But (3) _____________________. Not an easy decision to make.”
The President also discussing the ongoing tensions with North Korea, saying that “(4) __________________________,” and declined to (5) __________________________. Congress, meanwhile, is moving on a separate front to apply new sanctions against Pyongyang.
At the White House, Jon Decker, FOX News.

◇KEY
(1) tough
(2) you don't know that's going to happen
(3) it was an important decision
(4) we have to be prepared for the worst
(5) rule out a military action

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来源：刘立军、宋葳 2017-09-18

练习 | Trump Makes the Toughest Decision

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