一、泛聽建議:
1、完整聽一遍,掌握大意。
2、繼續(xù)聽,特別注意關鍵信息。遇到相似的詞,寫下來。
3、復述新聞。
From NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman.
這里是華盛頓NPR新聞,我是科爾瓦?科爾曼。
Brazilian authorities say a night-club fire _1_ more than 200 people early today, mostly students in the southern city of Santa Maria. The BBC's Gary Duffy reports witnesses say the fire began after a member of a band that was playing at the time lit fireworks on stage.
巴西官方表示,今天早些時候,南部城市圣瑪麗亞市一家夜總會發(fā)生火災,造成200余人死亡,其中大多數(shù)為學生。據(jù)BBC新聞的加里?達菲報道,現(xiàn)場目擊者表示,當時在舞臺上表演的一名樂隊成員燃放煙花引起了火災。
We are getting very clear as eyewitness accounts from people who were inside that club at the time and what they are saying is that the flames spread extremely quickly. Even so it is not the fire itself which _2_ for the majority of deaths. What the police and the fire services are saying quite emphatically is that people died in the panic to get out. So the question's now you are focusing on whether really the safety
procedures in this club were adequate.The BBC's Gary Duffy in Brazil.
據(jù)火災發(fā)生時在夜總會內(nèi)的目擊者提供的信息,我們現(xiàn)在非常清楚地知道,火勢蔓延得非常迅速。但是大多數(shù)人死亡的原因不能歸咎于火災本身。警方和消防人員強調稱,人們是因逃跑時的恐慌而死亡。所以現(xiàn)在應該關注的問題是,這家夜總會的安全措施是否得當。這是BBC新聞的加里?達菲從巴西帶來的報道。
Protests continue in Egypt against President Mohammed Morsi for a fourth day. Police in Cairo clashed with street demonstrators who say Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood political party have betrayed the country's revolution. Separately in the northern city of Port Said, mass funerals were held today for some of the more than 30 people who died in rioting yesterday. Three people _3_ today. The violence erupted yesterday after a court sentenced 21 soccer fans to death for their role in in the deadly soccer riot a year ago. Now President Morsi has declared a state of emergency in Port Said and two other Egyptian provinces.
埃及反對總統(tǒng)穆罕默德?穆爾西的抗議繼續(xù),目前已進入第四天。開羅警方與街頭抗議者發(fā)生沖突,這些抗議者表示,穆爾西和穆斯林兄弟會政黨背叛了埃及的革命。另外在北部城市塞得港,今天為前一天流血沖突中的一些死難者舉行了集體葬禮,昨天的流血沖突造成30余人死亡。今天又有三人被殺。昨天爆發(fā)的暴力沖突因法庭宣判21名涉嫌參與去年球迷騷亂事件的被告死刑而引發(fā)。目前總統(tǒng)穆爾西已經(jīng)宣布,塞得港及另兩個埃及省份進入緊急狀態(tài)。
French forces along with soldiers from Mali _4_ north toward the Malian town of Timbuktu. It _5_ the hands of Islamist rebels since last April. French troops arrived in Mali earlier this month to push out the rebels who were threatening to advance on the Malian capital. France has used airstrikes and heavy weapons to attack the insurgents.
目前,在馬里的法國軍隊正在往北移動,前往馬里小鎮(zhèn)廷巴克圖。去年4月,該鎮(zhèn)被伊斯蘭反對派占領。本月初,法國軍隊抵達馬里,推翻威脅要占領馬里首都的反對派。法國攻擊反叛分子時采用了空襲和重型武器。
詞匯解析:
1、betray . 背叛;出賣;泄露(秘密);露出…跡象
eg:When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word.
當我對人說我不會辜負他的信任時,我會說到做到。
2、erupt爆發(fā);噴出;發(fā)疹;長牙
eg:The volcano erupted in 1980, devastating a large area of Washington state.
這座火山1980年噴發(fā),摧毀了華盛頓州的大片地區(qū)。
3、push out推開; 迫使;
eg. The light and heat generated by the star will push out the surrounding gas and dust.
恒星所產(chǎn)生的光和熱,會推開四周的氣體和塵埃。
eg. Companies that cannot easily push out older employees hire fewer young ones.
那些不能輕易解雇年長員工的企業(yè),招募年輕員工的數(shù)量少之又少。
eg. Not all investors are looking to push out founders.
并非所有的投資者都希望創(chuàng)始人倒臺。
參考答案:
1、killed 2、has been blamed 3、were killed
4、are moving 5、has been in