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这一道高频RA新题：

protecting the press

The founding fathers established constitutional protections for the press because they

understood that leaving the watchdog function to partisan politicians wouldn't necessarily

serve the public interest, both sides have too many incentives to preserve the status quo and

ignore problems that elude quick fixes.

请同学们首先注意容易读错的生词和音标：

Constitutional [,kɑnstə'tuʃənl]

Watchdog ['wɑtʃdɔɡ]

Partisan ['pɑrtəzn]

Necessarily [,nɛsə'sɛrəli]

Incentives [ɪn'sɛntɪv] 

Status quo /ˌsteɪtəsˈkwəʊ/

Elude [ɪ'lud]

正确的RA断句及重音：

The founding fathers 

establishedconstitutional protections for the press / because they understood that / leaving the watchdog functionto partisan politicians  wouldn't necessarily serve thepublic interest, //both sides have too many incentives to preserve thestatus quo / and ignore problems that elude quick fixes.

来听一下Stephii的语音解析：