1、听力原文听力原文Unit 1 World News: International RelationsPart I Warming upA :Tapescripts:1. The former American Defense Secretary William Perry has recommended a radical change of policy towards North Korea. 2. Hundreds of thousands of mothers from across the United States gathered here in Washington Sunda
2、y to push for tougher gun control laws. 3. Theres been further fighting between Macedonian forces and Ethnic Albanian guerrillas inside the Macedonian border with Kosovo. 4. A bomb dropped by the United States navy aircraft during training in Kuwait has hit a group of military observers, killing six
3、 of them. 5. NATO is taking a number of steps to allay growing disquiet about the possible health risks from ammunitions containing depleted uranium, which it used in Kosovo and Bosnia.B1. What is the summits statement expected to call on UN members?To make commitments to eradicate poverty, promote
4、democracy and education, and reverse the spread of AIDS. 2. Which three countries are admitted by ASEAN on Saturday? Burma, Cambodia, and the Laos.3. What happened on Friday about ten miles south of Pearl Harbor?A U. S. nuclear submarine tore through a Japanese fishing vessel, sinking it within minu
5、tes.How many people were on the vessel? And how many were missing? 35/9.4. What happened in the West Bank and Gaza?Gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen have been raiding 听力原文overnight.5. What are the problems with the nuclear facilities and nuclear plants in Japan?Some nuclear f
6、acilities have breached many health and safety laws.More than half of the nuclear plants failed some basic tests, such as checking radiation measurements.Tapescripts:1. With the final declaration on its role in the 21st century, the summits statement is expected to call on UN members to make commitm
7、ents to eradicate poverty, promote democracy and education, and reverse the spread of AIDS. More than 150 heads of state and government attended the summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history.2. The Association of South-East Asian Nations has decided to invite Burma to join its ranks,
8、 shrugging off western denunciations of the military regime in Rangoon. ASEAN foreign ministers voted on Saturday to admit Burma, Cambodia, and the Laos.3. The missing, four of them teenagers, were among 35 people aboard a high school fishing vessel from Japan. On Friday, a U.S. nuclear submarine to
9、re through the ship, sinking it within minutes. The USS Greenville, which was not seriously damaged, was performing an emergency surfacing drill when the collision occurred about ten miles south of Pearl Harbor. Coast Guard rescue teams plucked all but nine of the victims from the rough seas.4. Gun
10、battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunman have been raiding overnight in the West Bank and Gaza. The upsurge in violence comes after Israeli attack helicopters targeted and killed a member of an elite Palestinian security force.5. Some nuclear facilities in Japan have breached many healt
11、h and safety laws. Government inspectors checked 17 nuclear plants. More than half of them failed some basic tests, such as checking radiation measurements. Japanese nuclear regulators have been ordered to crack down following the countrys worst nuclear accident in 听力原文September. Sixty-nine people w
12、ere exposed to dangerous levels of radiation in the accident.Part II News reportsSummary:This news report tells us that the United Nations General Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as its new non-permanent members of the Security Council.Statements:1. Columbia,
13、Ireland, and Singapore won their seats as nonpermanent members of the Security Council on the first round of balloting while Mauritius and Norway won their seats on the fourth ballot.2. Sudan and Mauritius are two candidates for the second seat for the African and Asian group.3. There were three cou
14、ntries contending for the two seats allotted to the western industrialized group of nations.4. The Security Council is made up of 15 members, including five permanent members - China, France, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States-and 10 non-permanent members.Tapescript:The United Nations Gene
15、ral Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council. The vote follows several weeks of haggling and maneuvering.Columbia, Ireland, and Singapore won the required two thirds majority on the first round of balloting. But
16、it took another three rounds of voting to decide on the remaining two regional seats.Contention marked the voting for the second seat for the African and Asian group. The United States lobbied intensely against Sudan, the candidate of the Organization of African Unity. Mauritius, the candidate suppo
17、rted by Washington, won on the fourth round of voting.听力原文Ireland easily captured one of the two seats allotted to the western industrialized group of nations on the first ballot. But Norway and Italy campaigned vigorously for the second spot. King Harald of Norway came to New York last week to pres
18、s the case for his nations representation on the Security Council for the first time since 1982. Norway also won on the fourth ballot. The new members begin their two-year terms in January. The Security Council is made up of a total of 15 members, including five permanent members - China, France, Gr
19、eat Britain, Russia, and the United States - and 10 non-permanent members. Five non-permanent members are elected to two-year terms each year.B:SummaryThis news report tells us that the United Nations Human Rights Commission was going to hold an emergency meeting to deal with the crisis situation be
20、tween Israelis and Palestinians. Answers to the questions: 1. 53 2. 48 3. 34. The United States5. Canada6. October 18th7. No more than three days 8. To get the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table9. 4 / Bosnian war / genocide in Rwanda / violence in East TimorTapescript:Forty-eigh
21、t of the ( United Nations Human Rights Commissions) 53 member nations voted to hold the emergency meeting. The United States cast the sole dissenting vote and Canada abstained. Three other countries did not vote.The special meeting will begin October 18th and will last for no more than three days.UN
22、 spokeswoman Marie Heuze says one purpose of the meeting is to try to learn how the cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians can be stopped.“When you have such a high-profile for a crisis which is so dangerous, not only for the people in Palestine and in Israel, but in the region, there i
23、s a fear - and this is probably why there was a large consensus on this meeting to discuss the issue - because the situation in this part of the world is so volatile, so dangerous, so important to control that everybody thinks that they have something to contribute.“听力原文Ms Heuze says she thinks the
24、United Nations and the international community as a whole can play a constructive role in the present situation and in trying to get the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Officials from the UN Human Rights Commission will discuss the agenda toward the meeting on Wednesday.This
25、 is only the fifth time the commission has gone into emergency meeting to deal with a crisis situation. Previous sessions dealt with the Bosnian war, the genocide in Rwanda, and the violence in East Timor.Questions:1. How many members are there in the UN Human Rights Commission?2. How many of them v
26、oted to hold the emergency meeting?3. How many of them didnt vote?4. Which country cast the dissenting vote?5. Which country abstained?6. When will the meeting begin?7. How long will it last?8. Whats the purpose of this meeting?9. How many emergency meetings have been held before this one? What were
27、 the three crisis situations that they dealt with?Part III Anti-piracy missionAEUs Naval OperationThe massive problem: Piracy off Somalias waters 100 ships 16 ships more than 350 crew members .EUs mission: 6 warships 3 surveillance planes Aim: To deter, to prevent, to protect Headquarters: Near Lond
28、on听力原文 Duration: At least a yearBChinese Navys Escort Mission against PiracyPrimary mission: vessels, personnel and cargo, hit piracy Target: To protect the ship and personnel passing through the area, transporting humanitarian materials Number of crew members: 800 incl. 70 soldiers from the Navys s
29、pecial forcesDuration of the first phase: Three monthsTime ready to receive protection appeals: Jan. 6Part IV SpeechesExtract 1 (expressing an opinion): I believe that. I believe we should.Extract 2 (paying a tribute): He said to those he touched and who sought to touch him .Extract 3 (expressing an
30、 opinion) - I have a dream.Extract 4 (expressing an opinion). America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress.Extract 5 (accepting a post): I am profoundly grateful . for giving me the chance to serve you.(making a promise): I will do everything I can to be worthy of . I promise you . t
31、hat I will .Tapescript:1. I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-ra
32、nge exploration of space; and none will be so difficult, or expensive to accomplish. But, in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to 听力原文the moon. If we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation . I believe we should go to the moon. (John F. Kennedy 25/05/1961)2. As he
33、 said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him: “Some men see things as they are and say Why? I dream things that never were and say Why not?“ (Edward M. Kennedy 08/06/1968)3. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former sla
34、ves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day, even the State of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and j
35、ustice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. (Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. 28/08/1963)4. America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress. Particularly at
36、 this time, with problems we face at home and abroad. To continue to fight through the months ahead for my personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both the President and the Congress in a period when our entire focus should be on the great issues of peace abroad an
37、d prosperity without inflation at home. (Richard M. Nixon 08/08/1974)5. Thank you for opening up your minds and your hearts, for seeing the possibility of what we could do together for our children and for our future here in this state and in our nation. I am profoundly grateful to all of you for gi
38、ving me the chance to serve you. I will. I will do everything I can to be worthy of your faith and trust and to honor the powerful example of Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan . I promise you tonight that I will reach across party lines to bring progress for all of New Yorks families. Today we voted a
39、s Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers . (Hillary Clinton 07/11/2000) Unit 2 Earth and EnvironmentPart 1 Warming up听力原文A1. .impact of climate change damage to crops worse .2. .2000 delegates northern Brazil third United Nations Conference on Desertification.3. .A huge oi
40、l spill Mexico, .4. Wildfires Florida contained a week .5. . Greenland is melting around the edges 50 cubic kilometers raise global sea level .B 1. It attempts to balance environmental concerns and the needs of the community.2. Reptile species are in greater trouble than amphibian species.3. A new a
41、pproach in the fight against the illegal drugs trade.4. One in every eight species of plants is threatened with extinction.5. A new local directory for the environmentally-aware, called the “Boulder County Green Pages”.Part II News ReportsA.Washington the information economy deteriorating health of
42、the planet information economy communication education and entertainment physical exam vital signs species climate 听力原文 temperatures water tables glaciers forests fisheries to stabilize both climate and world population growthB Summary the severe shortage of water in some developing nations. global
43、solutions are found soon.Answers to the questions1. 150 2. Monday 3. Almost one billion people could suffer from a scarcity of water.4. Middle East, parts of Africa, western Asia, Northeastern China, western and southern India, large parts of Pakistan and Mexico, parts of the Pacific coast of the Un
44、ited States and South America.5. To treat water as a precious resource. 6. 5 liters 7. 50 liters 8. 500 litersPart III City recyclingA a. 2 b. 4 c. 3 d. 1B:1. 130,000 / 80% 2. Plastic / glass / tin cans / newspapers3. Recycle truck pick it up.4. One of communitys recycling centers5. Each weekday6. C
45、onducts tours of the plant7. 3 / 4 8. Sod to other companies that make them into different products9. Made into new containers10. One of the top five in the USA听力原文Unit 3 World News: Economic DevelopmentsPart I Warming upA1. Who have been meeting in Hong Kong today to discuss the outlook for the glo
46、bal economy?Central Bank governors from more than a dozen countries.2. What does UNCTAD say about the worldwide total of foreign investment?It grew by 40% last Year to more than 600 billion dollars.3. Who has approved a cut in income tax rates?The United States House of Representatives.4. Who has an
47、nounced job cuts after a fall in demand for its products? IntelWhat is its plan?To reduce its workforce by5,000.5. What decisions have been made by EU, the U.S. and Canada after a case of foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed in France?EU has imposed further restrictions on the movement of livestock.
48、The U.S. and Canada have issued temporary bans on the import of animal produce from EU.Tapescript:1. Central Bank governors from more than a dozen countries have been meeting in Hong Kong today. One subject they likely discussed is the outlook for the global economy because of the U. S. slowdown and
49、 Japans struggling recovery. Another topic they may have discussed is how to strengthen financial markets in emerging economies in Asia and elsewhere.2. A United Nations report says the worldwide total of foreign investment grew by nearly 40% last year to more than 600 billion dollars. The report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD says most of it took place between developed count
