练习材料：
Lesson 8-2 Trading standards
Politicians agree,in principle, so America and the EU have been trying to reach a deal whichwould eliminate the need to double-test many products. They hope to finish intime for a trade summit between America and the EU on May 28TH. Althoughnegotiators are optimistic, the details are complex enough that they may behard-pressed to get a deal at all.
Why? Onedifficulty is to construct the agreements. The Americans would happily reachone accord on standards for medical devices and then hammer out different pactscovering, say, electronic goods and drug manufacturing. The EU -- followingfine continental traditions -- wants agreement on general principles, whichcould be applied to many types of products and perhaps extended to othercountries.
ˈtreɪdɪŋ ˈstændədz
ˌpɒlɪˈtɪʃənz əˈgriː,
ɪn ˈprɪnsəpl, səʊ əˈmɛrɪkə ænd ði iː-juː hæv biːn ˈtraɪɪŋ tuː riːʧ ə diːl wɪʧ wʊd
ɪˈlɪmɪneɪt ðə niːd tuː ˈdʌbl-tɛst ˈmɛni ˈprɒdʌkts. ðeɪ həʊp tuː ˈfɪnɪʃ ɪn taɪm
fɔːr ə treɪd ˈsʌmɪt bɪˈtwiːn əˈmɛrɪkə ænd ði iː-juː ɒn meɪ 28tiː-eɪʧ. ɔːlˈðəʊ nɪˈgəʊʃɪeɪtəzɑːr ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk, ðə ˈdiːteɪlz ɑː ˈkɒmplɛks ɪˈnʌf ðæt ðeɪ meɪ biː hɑːd-prɛst tuː gɛt ə diːl æt ɔːl.
waɪ? wʌn ˈdɪfɪkəltiɪz tuː kənˈstrʌkt ði əˈgriːmənts. ði əˈmɛrɪkənz wʊd ˈhæpɪli riːʧ wʌn əˈkɔːd ɒnˈstændədz fɔː ˈmɛdɪkəl dɪˈvaɪsɪz ænd ðɛn ˈhæmər aʊt ˈdɪfrənt pækts ˈkʌvərɪŋ, seɪ,ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk gʊdz ænd drʌg ˌmænjʊˈfækʧərɪŋ. ði iː-juː -- ˈfɒləʊɪŋ faɪn ˌkɒntɪˈnɛntltrəˈdɪʃənz -- wɒnts əˈgriːmənt ɒn ˈʤɛnərəl ˈprɪnsəplz, wɪʧ kʊd biː əˈplaɪd tuːˈmɛni taɪps ɒv ˈprɒdʌkts ænd pəˈhæps ɪksˈtɛndɪd tuː ˈʌðə ˈkʌntriz.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
单词：1、politician：政治家，政客，2、deal：交易，合约，3、eliminate：排除，消灭，4、summit：首脑，高峰，5、negotiator：谈判者，6、hard-pressed：苦逼，7、hammer out different pacts：敲定不同协议，8、continental：大陆的，9、traditions：传统，10、
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感悟：今天的文章难度中等，刚开始读有点难，后来熟悉了之后感觉还行，最后录了两遍就达标了。
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