NPR邊聽邊練15:行星定義分歧大，冥王星可能降級

【NPR邊聽邊練】致力于提供新鮮有趣、饒有意味的時訊資料，致力于通過精聽的方式促進聽力提高，致力于不斷開闊眼界和深入了解美國觀點。

精聽建議：

先完整地把一條新聞聽一到三遍，爭取掌握大意。然后，一句一句精聽，力爭每句話都聽明白。遇到實在不懂的地方，再聽寫。

下面的文本材料中空缺部分里面要填的詞都很簡單，不過是一些值得注意的連讀或者典型的美式發(fā)音哦，有些語速比較快。試試看，你能不能全部寫對?

(參考文本，歡迎指出錯誤^^)

Pluto's fate is being decided in hotel bars and convention rooms in Prague, where scientists with the International Astronomical Union are meeting. Astronomers say 1 , 2 . Before this meeting, the IAU convened a secret panel to come up with an official definition of the word "planet". 3 , and it would have counted anything in that sense that was round, and principally orbited the sun. That meant Pluto and possibly dozens of other small objects were in. * of Harvard University chaired the committee that came up with the proposal, and he said 4 : "It was a very noisy cacophonous meeting. Just a little bit more difficult than 5 cats. I suppose it would be like 5 tigers."

答案：

1.the gatherings are sober, sometimes dull affairs

2.not when you mess with Pluto

3.It was unveiled last week

4.it did not go over as he had hoped this week

5.herding