听力教程 Unit 4

《听力教程》新闻部分 UNIT 4 Item 1 Vocabulary: Kurds库尔德人asylum避难所; 庇护, 政治避难expel驱逐(出境) Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about ________________________. Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1.French officials in the town of Frejus are questioning 900 Iraqi Kurds who were rescued after their ship hit the southern French coast and sank. 2.The French government expects these Iraqi Kurds to seek refuge. 3.The government warns that those who failed to defend their asylum requests will be sent out of the country by force. 4.French political leaders want some Kurds sent back to Iraq at once. 5.French border police says a Turkish and Iraqi criminal group is responsible for the sinking of the ship. 6.Officials are still searching for the ship’s commander who reportedly fled after the ship struck land. Item 2 Vocabulary: exile 放逐, 使流亡descendant 后代, 后裔 Background information: the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka 斯里兰卡泰米尔猛虎组织, Osama bin Laden 乌萨马·本·拉丹 Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about ________________________. Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and complete the following passage. Britain has listed 1 ___________ as terrorist organizations under a new 2___________. That law is meant to stop 3 ___________ from being given to militant groups based in Britain. 4 ___________ are the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka, who are based 5 ___________. Also included is a group 6 ___________ exiled Saudi descendant Osama bin Laden. An Iranian 7 ___________ is on the list as well as Algerian, Palestinian and Egyptian groups. 8 ___________ makes it a crime to be 9 ___________ any of the groups or to give them 10 ___________. Item 3 Vocabulary: Kosovo科索沃Serbia 塞尔维亚 ease 停止conflict 冲突ethnic 种族的clash 冲突 Exercise A: Listen to the news item and complete the following summary. This news item is about ________________________. Exercise B: Listen to the news item again and choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences. 1.NATO officials say the Alliance is ___________to reduce the security area along the Kosovo border with Serbia. a.not ready b.ready c.real d.not real 2.NATO Secretary General George Robertson says ___________ to reduce the security area does not include enough security measures needed to do so. a.the Saudi Arabian Government’s plan b.the Serbian Government’s plan c.the San Marinese Government’s plan d.the Sierra Leonean Government’s plan 3.NATO says Serbian officials must first explain how their new plan ___________ end violence in Southern Serbia. a.will b.could c.shall d.would 4.On Tuesday Alliance ___________ had said they were ready to reduce the security area. a.Secretary General b.President c.Officials d.Foreign Ministers 5.NATO officials say they want to ease the conflict between ___________. a.Serbian security forces and armed ethnic Albanians b.Serbian forces and armed Albanians c.Southern security and ethnic army d.Serbian officials and armed ethnic groups