{"id":2045,"date":"2025-06-14T13:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T05:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=2045"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T07:18:23","slug":"english-pod-34-live-from-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/?p=2045","title":{"rendered":"English Pod 34 &#8211; Live from Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Dialogue<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/1b70f09e-9f40-4e33-952c-61826249891a?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly, the new President will <strong>deliver<\/strong> his i<strong>naugural address<\/strong>. Just moments ago, the President was <strong>sworn in <\/strong>to office; following the United States Constitution, the President <strong>swore<\/strong> an <strong>oath<\/strong> to faithfully execute the office of the <strong>presidency.<\/strong><br><br>B: And what exactly is going on now, Madeline?<br>A: Well, Tom,<strong> true to<\/strong> American tradition, the band has just played \u201cHail to the <strong>Chief<\/strong>\u201d, and the President has been honored by a 21-gun salute. Now we\u2019re waiting for the<br>President to take to the stage and deliver his speech. Tom, it\u2019s like a <strong>who\u2019s who<\/strong> of the political world here on Capital Hill, with <strong>dignitaries<\/strong> representing several different<br>countries.<br><br>B: What\u2019s the mood on the ground like, Madeline?<br>A:<strong> In a word<\/strong>, the mood here is electric. The excitement in the air is palpable; I\u2019ve never seen a larger crowd here on Capital Hill, and the audience is shouting, crying, and<br>embracing each other. On this, a most historic day, you can feel the hope and the excitement in the air. The 20th of January will <strong>go down in history<\/strong> as the . . . . Oh, Tom, it looks like the President is about to begin. . .<br><br>C: My <strong>fellow<\/strong> Americans, today I stand before you..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explain<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/api.frdic.com\/api\/v3\/media\/mp3\/17757703-1e7b-11e7-be40-000c29ffef9b?type=mp3&amp;cdn=auto&quot;\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Vocabulary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>deliver.<\/strong>\u53d1\u8868\u2014 Verb give information by speaking; say something officially<br><strong>swear in<\/strong> \u4f7f\u5ba3\u8a93\u5c31\u804c \u2014 Verb place someone in a new position by holding an official ceremony where he promises to do the job well<br><strong>oath <\/strong>\/o\u028a\u03b8\/ n. \u5ba3\u8a93\uff1b\u8a93\u8a00\u2014 Noun (singular) official, serious promise<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>who\u2018s who<\/strong>\u2014 Phrase important and famous people in a particular industry<br><strong>dignitary<\/strong>\u2014 Noun (plural) person with a high rank or position, especially in government or religion<br><strong>palpable<\/strong>\u2014 Adjectiveso strong you can feel it,obvious<br><strong>in a word<\/strong>\u2014 Phrase to describe it in one word<br><strong>fellow<\/strong>\u2014 Adjective used to describe people of the same group<br><strong>go down in history<\/strong> \u2014 Phrase be remembered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>inaugural<\/strong> \/\u026a\u02c8n\u0254\u02d0\u0261j\u0259r\u0259l\/ adj.\u5c31\u804c\u7684\uff1b<br><strong>inaugural address<\/strong>.\u5c31\u804c\u6f14\u8bf4<br><strong>faithfully<\/strong> adv. \u5fe0\u5b9e\u5730\uff1b\u5982\u5b9e\u5730\uff1b\u5fe0\u8bda\u5730<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>execute<\/strong> \/\u02c8eks\u026akju\u02d0t\/ vt. \u6267\u884c\uff08\u6cd5\u4ee4\uff09\uff1b\u6267\u884c\uff1b\u5b9e\u65bd<br><strong>presidency<\/strong>. \/\u02c8prez\u026ad\u0259nsi\/ n. \u4e3b\u5e2d\u7684\u804c\u4f4d(\u6216\u4efb\u671f\u7b49)\uff1b\u603b\u7edf\u7684\u804c\u4f4d(\u6216\u4efb\u671f\u7b49)<br><strong>true to <\/strong>\u5fe0\u4e8e<br><strong>Chief <\/strong>\u6700\u9ad8\u9886\u5bfc\u4eba\u914b\u957f<br><strong>honored <\/strong>\/\u02c8\u0251n\u0259rd\/ adj.\u5149\u8363\u7684\uff0c\u8363\u5e78\u7684\uff1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>salute \/<\/strong>s\u0259\u02c8lu\u02d0t\/ n. \u81f4\u656c\uff1b<br><strong>to take to the stage<\/strong> \u4e0a\u53f0<br><strong>dignitaries<\/strong> \/\u02c8d\u026agn\u0259\u02cct\u025briz\/ n.\u8981\u4eba\uff1b\u663e\u8d35\uff1b\u8fbe\u5b98\u8d35\u4eba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>representing<\/strong> \/\u02ccrepr\u026a\u02c8zent\u026a\u014b\/ v.\u4ee3\u8868\uff1b<br><strong>electric <\/strong>\/\u026a\u02c8lektr\u026ak\/ adj. \u4ee4\u4eba\u6fc0\u52a8\u7684\uff1b\u5145\u6ee1\u523a\u6fc0\u7684<br><strong>embracing <\/strong>\/\u026am\u02c8bre\u026as\u026a\u014b\/ v.\u62e5\u62b1\uff1b<br><strong>palpable <\/strong>\/\u02c8p\u00e6lp\u0259bl\/ adj.\u660e\u663e\u7684<br>go down in history \u8f7d\u5165\u53f2\u518c<br>fellow \/\u02c8felo\u028a\/ n. \u540c\u4f34\uff0c\u540c\u80de<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dignitaries<\/strong><br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: Several important dignitaries were presented at the opening ceremony, including the President of Brazil, the King of Spain and the Pope.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: There\u2019re going to be a lot of foreign dignitaries at the dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In a word<\/strong><br>Voice: Example one.<br>A: In a word the situation is serious.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: What\u2019s it like there?<br>C: In a word, it\u2019s amazing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>go down in history<br><\/strong>Voice: Example one.A: This is going to go down in history as the worst disaster the world has ever seen.<br>Voice: Example two.<br>B: He\u2019ll go down in history as the best president we\u2019re ever had.<br>Voice: Example three.<br>C: This day will go down in history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dialogue A: This is Madeline Wright, for BCC News reporting live from Washington D. C. where, very shortly, the new President will deliver his inaugural address. Just moments ago, the President was sworn in to office; following the United States Constitution, the President swore an oath to faithfully execute the office of the presidency. B: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,33,29],"class_list":["post-2045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","tag-english","tag-english-pod","tag-29"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2045"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2045\/revisions\/2501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rainyjames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}