原文摘自每日英语听力2.15日内容“CNN10 - 2/15/19 亚马逊取消在纽约建立第二总部计划”。
The technology company Amazon has canceled plans to build part of a second headquarters in New York City.
Residents didn't like their current tax dollars being spent to attract Amazon and some are concerned that home prices would rise making them too expensive for people who already live there.
Amazon and several New York politicians blamed each other for the reasons why the project was cancelled.
1.找主干
加粗部分即句子主干
2.逐句看
The technology company Amazon has canceled plans to build part of a second headquarters in New York City.
主干是：Amazon has canceled plans.（亚马逊取消了计划。）
问：亚马逊是谁？
答：The technology company（科技公司）
问：取消了什么计划？
答：to build part of a second headquarters in New York City.（在纽约建第二总部的分部）
上面这句话，讲事件，下面这句话，讲原因。
Residents didn't like their current tax dollars being spent to attract Amazon and some are concerned that home prices would rise making them too expensive for people who already live there.
主干是： Residents didn't like their tax dollars being spent and some are concerned.（当地人不赞成他们交的税被使用，同时他们有顾虑）
问：税用来干什么才导致当地人不愿意？
答： to attract Amazon.（吸引亚马逊（过来建设））
问：顾虑什么？
home prices would rise making them too expensive for people who already live there.（物价上涨从而导致当地人生活成本高）
下面一句话讲对策，即亚马逊是怎样应对这件事情的。
Amazon and several New York politicians blamed each other for the reasons why the project was cancelled.
主干是：Amazon and politicians blamed each other.（亚马逊和政客互相指责。）
问：为了什么而指责？
答：for the reasons why the project was cancelled.（工程取消的原因）
blame A for B（把B归咎于A）
The decision to increase interest rates was widely blamed for the crisis. 人们普遍认为加息的决定是引发这场危机的罪魁祸首。
今天的内容是按照“问题、原因、对策”这个结构来组织的，即“What, why, how”，这样的结构也叫金字塔结构。有兴趣可以阅读《罗辑思维，只要五步》。
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