解答该题关键是理解最后一句话The boycott drew criticism from backers of the treaty， who called it “an unhelpful distraction”，尤其是 drew 和 backers 这两个词。考生一般听懂英语中较长的单词比较容易（比如，此题中的ambassador，announced， participate，international都不难），但只有一个或两个音节的短小词反而很难瞬间抓住。原因是这类词作为英语中最基础的词，对外语使用者来说却未必容易，比如， 考生可能更熟悉的是supporters，而不是backers。只有一、两个音节的小;同在自然的话语中一带而过，立即理解需要有比较扎实的基础。对这方面的训练应该从读听英 语简易读物开始。

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抓住一带而过的短、小英语词drew，backers, called。

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US Ambassador to the UN announced Monday that the United States and almost 40 other nations would not participate in the first-ever talks on an international treaty to ban nuclear weapons. The boycott drew criticism jfrom backers of the treaty, who called it “an unhelpful distraction.”