NPR边听边练160：“我是个好父亲吗？”
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。
3、复述新闻。
Dozens of air shows that bringing millions of dollars for local communities _1_ this year. And military has grounded its jet teams because of the automatic federal spending cuts implemented this spring. The U.S. navy's Blue Angels and the U.S.Air Forces' Thunder Birds have cancelled their seasons along with the U.S. army parachute team. The arm services have also grounded smaller demonstration teams and won't provide ground displace for more shows.
今年，为当地社区带来上百万美元收入的数十个飞行表演将被取消。由于今年春季生效的联邦自动减支计划，军方取消了喷射机队的表演。美国海军的“蓝天使”飞行表演队，美国空军的“雷鸟”表演队，与美国陆军跳伞队都取消了活动计划。军方同样也取消了小型示范队伍的表演计划，并不会为更多的表演提供场所。
On Monday, new episodes of All My Children, and One Life to Live will _2_ online. The two legendary soap operas aired for more than four decades on broadcast TV until they were cancelled two years ago, now they will be on Hulu and iTunes. As NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports.
周一，《我的孩子们》及《只此一生》两部剧集的新篇章将可在网上收看。这两部传奇的肥皂剧已经在电视上播放了40多年，于两年前停止播出，现在可以在Hulu以及iTunes上收看。NPR新闻的伊丽莎白·布莱尔将带来报道。
Turns out there is more than One Life to Live when your daytime drama.
原来你的日间电视剧不止有《只此一生》。
"...am I just a good father ?"
“我是个好父亲吗?”
New episodes of One Life to Live and All My Children will now be produced by a company that took a big risk _3_ them as web only series. The question is whether the millions of older _4_ who watched them when they _5_ on broadcast TV will find them on Hulu or iTunes.
出品《只此一生》及《我的孩子们》的公司只在网站上更新剧集承担了极大的风险。问题是在数百万在电视上观看这两部剧集的年长观众是否会在Hulu 和iTunes网站上继续观看。
"How could you even ask me a question like that?"
“你怎么能问我那样的问题?”
Elizabeth Blair NPR News.
NPR新闻，伊丽莎白·布莱尔报道。
词汇解析：
1、parachute n. 降落伞 vi. 跳伞
eg:They fell 41,000 ft. before opening their parachutes.
他们下落了41000英尺才打开他们的降落伞。
eg:He was a courier for the Polish underground and parachuted into Warsaw.
他是波兰地下组织的信使，被空降到了华沙。
2、soap opera 肥皂剧
eg:They can be people in an entirely fictional world - they can be soap opera characters.
他们可以是纯虚构的世界里的人，可以是肥皂剧里的人物。
参考答案：
1、are being cancelled 2、be available 3、reviving
4、viewers 5、were on
