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Unit 8Task 1答案1 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation2 Association of Southeast Asian Nations3 European Union4 Food and Agriculture Organization5 International Atomic Energy Agency6 International Labour Organization7 International Monetary Fund8 North American Free Trade Agreement9 World Health Organization10 World Trade Organization原文1 APEC is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.2 ASEAN is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.3 EU is the European Union.4 FAO is the Food and Agriculture Organization.5 IAEA is the International Atomic Energy Agency.6 ILO is the International Labour Organization.7 IMF is the International Monetary Fund.8 NAFTA is the North American Free Trade Agreement.9 WHO is the World Health Organization.10 WTO is the World Trade Organization.Task 2答案1 recently attacked an elementary school2 have begun hunting crocodiles3 planting gardens on the tops of buildings4 resettle more than 125,000 people5 help rebuild Afghanistan6 11 million dollars in aid for the Asian nation7India has more than one billion people8 China’s population has increased to more than one billion two hundred million原文1 Giant kangaroos from a national park near Canberra, Australia’s capital, recently attacked an elementary school.2 Officials in Uganda have begun hunting crocodiles around Lake Victoria.3 Officials in Chicago, Illinois, are hoping to help the environment by planting gardens on the tops of buildings.4 China plans to resettle more than 125,000 people because of the huge dam being built on the Yangtze River.5 Delegates from more than 60 nations and organizations are gathering in Japan to open a conference to help rebuild Afghanistan.6 Officials from Mongolia and the United Nations have appealed for 11 million dollars in aid for the Asian nation.7 Early results from the government’s population count show that India has more than one billion people.8 The government says China’s population has increased to more than one billion two hundred million.Task 3答案News Item 1A.1 b,2 c,3 d, 4aNews Item 2B.Lead: Thousands of demonstrators have forced the cancellation of the opening ceremony at the World Trade Organization meeting in the American city of Seattle, Washington.1 Ministers from 135 WTO member countries2 police, demonstrators3 big businesses, workers, the environment4 aid to farmers, labor rules, trade taxesC.1 They accused the WTO of protecting the interests of big business at the expenses of those of workers and the environment.2 The WTO is criticized by both poor countries and disadvantaged groups in the Western World. In News Item 1, the WTO faces the criticism particularly from developing countries that demand more concessions from developed nations in trade talks. In News Item 2, the WTO was accused of protecting the interests of big business at the expenses of those of workers and the environment.3 Yes. Throughout history, rich people and developed countries have benefited most from the existing international trade arrangements. Now it’s time for them to give more considerations for poor countries and people.As a leading actor in the process of globalization, the WTO should do more to reduce its negative impact on the poor and the environment.原文News Item 1And this news from South Africa— Commonwealth leaders have called for fair treatment for poor nations at the World Trade Organization talks later this month. Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku read a statement from the leaders during their meeting in Durban. It calls for removal of all trade blocks for the exports of poor countries and it says that strong export growth is necessary for improving the living conditions of poor countries. Ministers from the 134-nation World Trade Organization will meet in the American city of Seattle, Washington, 2 weeks from now. They will plan a new series of trade talks for next year.News Item 2Thousands of demonstrators have forced the cancellation of the opening ceremony at the World Trade Organization meeting in the American city of Seattle, Washington. A WTO officialsaid ministers from 135 member countries will continue trade talks. However, he said the official opening ceremony will take place later. The decision was made after police clashed with demonstrators in the center of Seattle. The demonstrators accused the trade group of defending the interests of big businesses. They say it does not care about workers and the environment. Representatives at the conference will attempt to settle differences involving aid to farmers, labor rules, trade taxes and other issues.Task 4答案Mexico, 1989, America, economies, community, 21, two and one half thousand million, almost half, joint statement, terrorism, security, goods原文Leaders from many nations are attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference in the holiday area of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.APEC was established in 1989 as a trade group for the nations of Asia and the America. It was formed in reaction to the growing dependency among economies of countries that border the Pacific Ocean. Its goal was to support economic growth among those countries and to create a sense of community. APEC has 21 member economies. The combined population of APEC countries is about 2,500,000,000 two and one half thousand million people. The countries are responsible for almost half of all world trade.APEC foreign and trade ministers started talks earlier this week. On Thursday, the foreign ministers approved a joint statement that promised to suppress the financing of terrorism. The statement also promised to strengthen security for air travel and shipping of goods.Task 5答案A.1 Computer products, and particularly an operating system.2 The judge ruled that Microsoft company has acted a monopoly.3 Monopoly means blocking competition from other companies to gain control of the market.4 People who buy computer products.B.1 more than 500, 000 million2 operating3 the 9th4 blocking/ending/stopping5 harmed原文News Item 1And this news. The computer company— Microsoft has become the first company in history to be valued at more than 500,000 million dollars. Microsoft produces an operating system that is used in most of the computers in the world. Microsoft was established by Bill Gates. If the company were a country, it would have the 9th largest economy in the world.News Item 2In Washington, a judge has ruled that Microsoft Company has acted as a monopoly. Thismeans Microsoft took steps to end competition from other companies to gain total control of the market. The judge said that Microsoft’s business actions harmed people who buy computer products. The court decision is considered a major defeat for the company. Microsoft is the world’s largest maker of computer software products.Task 6答案A.1 T,2 F,3 F,4 T,5 T,6 TB.Judge Jackson’s rulings1 misusing, computer programs2 two smaller businessesThe Federal Appeals Court’s rulings1 block competition2 reconsider3 fair/being fair, Microsoft and Bill GatesLegal experts’ comments1 the Federal government, Microsoft2a The Supreme Courtb a new trial, the unresolved legal questionsc negotiations, privatelyBill Gates’ responsethe situation, solutionProspects1 an agreement2 punished, pay money原文In November, a Washington D.C. judge found the Microsoft Corporation guilty of misusing its power to control the market for computer programs. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson announced his findings after months of trial. He said Microsoft uses its power to illegally block competition.Judge Jackson later ordered that Microsoft be divided into two smaller businesses. The Microsoft Corporation quickly appealed Judge Jackson’s ruling to a Federal Court.Last week, the Federal Appeals Court ruled on the case. It said Microsoft Corporation was guilty of creating a company that used its power to block competition. The seven Appeals Court judges agreed with Judge Jackson that Microsoft limited creativity in the computer industry and harmed the public. They said that Microsoft was guilty of violating several federal laws.However, the Federal Appeals Court also said the Washington D.C. court must reconsider its order to divide Microsoft into two smaller companies. The federal court dismissed Judge Jackson’s decision. The Appeals Court judges accused Judge Jackson of not being fair during the Microsoft Trial. They severely criticized him for comments he made about Microsoft and its chairman to reporters during the trial.The Federal Appeals Court also said Judge Jackson repeated these mistakes several times. Itsaid the public would lose its trust in a legal system that permits judges to speak their opinions to reporters during a trial.Legal experts say both the federal government and Microsoft can claim small victories with the Federal Appeals Court ruling. The experts say government lawyers were able to prove that Microsoft is guilty of violating federal laws. At the same time, Microsoft can claim a victory because it may not have to divide into two smaller companies.Legal experts say government lawyers and the lawyers for Microsoft must now choose one of three different possible paths. First, either side could appeal the Federal Court’s decision to the Supreme Court. Or, they could request a new trial before a different lower court judge to consider some of the unresolved legal questions. A third choice is for both sides to reopen negotiations to try to settle the case privately. Such efforts failed during the Clinton Administration.Bill Gates is the head of Microsoft Corporation. He says it is now a good time for all the groups involved to discuss the situation and see what kind of solution could be negotiated.Most legal experts believe that the Microsoft Company and government lawyers will come to an agreement during future negotiations. They say Microsoft may be punished by being forced to pay money.Task 7答案News Item 1A.1 It will send Destiny into Orbit.2 It is a scientific research laboratory.3 Destiny is the most technologically complex research center ever put into space.4 Over one billion dollars.5 It will last eleven Days.6 The will make three walks in space to attach the laboratory to the International Space Station’s Control Centre.News Item 2B.News Lead: The first laboratory has been connected to the International Space Station.1 launched, Wednesday, February 7th2 Destiny3 mechanical arm4 a linking device5 protective clothing, complete work原文News Item 1In space news. The space shuttle Atlantis has taken off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spaceship will send the Destiny scientific research laboratory into orbit. The laboratory is an important part of the International Space Station. NASA officials say Destiny is the most technologically complex research center ever put into space. The laboratory has cost over 1,000,000,000 dollars to build. Space shuttle astronauts will make three walks in space during an eleven-day mission to attach the laboratory to the International Space Station’s Control Center. News Item 2The first laboratory has been connected to the International Space Station. The American space shuttle Atlantis was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Wednesday, February 7th. It carried the new laboratory Destiny to the space station, which is orbiting Earth. Destiny is the first of six space laboratories that will be launched and added to the space station. The five crew members of Atlantis used the space shuttle’s huge mechanical arm to take the laboratory out of the shuttle. The arm carefully moved Destiny to a linking device on the International Space Station. Two members of the Atlantis crew put on protective clothing. They left the shuttle and moved out into space to complete work on the link.Task 8答案110 stories, employing, desks, collapse, figures, recovered, crashed, dead, searching, 800原文The World Trade Center is 110 stories high. Four hundred firms had offices there employing tens of thousands of people. When the planes hit, it’s thought between 10 and 20 thousand people would have been sitting at their desks. Before the collapse of the building, many people did manage to get away, but figures aren’t yet known.So far 55 bodies have been recovered. 260 police officers and firefighters who went into the building after the planes crashed are missing and feared dead. In the Pentagon, the world’s largest office building, rescuers are still searchin g the rubble. It’s thought around 80 bodies there have been found but estimates of those who died could go up to about 800.Task 9答案A.released, number one, terrorist attack, The Rising原文Bruce Springsteen’s new album was released July 30th. It is number one in record sales in more than ten countries. Most of its songs are about the September 11th terrorist attacks. Shep O’Neal plays some of the songs on the album, The Rising.“You’re Missing” is probably the saddest song on The Rising. A woman’s husband has died. She and her children see the many things that belonged to him around the house, but he is gone.“Into the Fire” is about one of the hundreds of police, firefighters and rescue workers who died in the terrorist attacks. The song honors the love and sense of duty he showed that day. It is also a prayer for the strength and hope that his sacrifice represents.Songs on The Rising also express anger about the attacks. But, the anger is mostly a personal statement, not a political one. The song “Empty Skies” describes the desire to strike back that a person feels after a senseless loss.The album’s title song appeals to listeners to come together and heal each other. We leave you now with Bruce Springsteen’s hopeful title song, “The Rising.”Task 10答案News Item 1A.1 A four-year exhibition of the work of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh has opened in Amsterdam.2 It is one of his early drawings in water color, pencil and ink, depicting a woman carrying a child along a windswept road.3 A German art dealer acting for an anonymous collector.4 In 1883.News Item 2B.movie industry, directing, editing, released, Oscar, metals, statue, weighs, priceless, offers, earning 原文News Item 1A four-year exhibition of the works of the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh has opened in Amsterdam with the unveiling of one of his early drawings which has only recently come to light; the drawing in water color, pencil and ink depicts a woman carrying a child along a windswept road. It was sent to the museum by a German art dealer acting for an anonymous collector. The work dated 1883 is one of the main attra ctions in the exhibition at Amsterdam’s van Gogh Museum.News Item 2Sunday will be the most important day of the year for hundreds of people in the movie industry. Filmmakers will receive Academy Awards for the best acting, directing, writing, editing, sound, music and other work on movies released last year. The winners will receive an award called an Oscar. It is shaped like a man. It is made of several metals covered with gold. The statue is only about 34 centimeters tall. It weighs less than four kilograms. But the award can be priceless to the person who receives it. Winning an Oscar can mean becoming much more famous. It can mean getting offers to work in the best movies. It also can mean earning much more money.Task 11答案News media are the means, or methods, by which people learn what is happening in their city, in their country, and in the world. The news can be classified into two general categories. The categories are print media and electronic media.Print media are usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily. For example, the newspaper The New York Times is published every day of the year. Most news magazines are published weekly. For instance, Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week.The electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is news that you listen to. In the United States, many radio stations broadcast 5 minutes of news every hour on the hour. Television news is news that you not only listen to but also watch.。
军事英语视听说
Loyalty to Country, Team and Teammate Serve with Honor and Integrity On and Off the Battlefield, Ready to Lead, Ready to Follow, Never Quit, Take responsibility for your actions and the actions of your teammates, Excel as Warriors through Discipline and Innovation, Train for War, Fight to Win, Defeat our Nation's Enemies, Earn your Trident everyday
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Michael Murphy, Danny Dietz, Matthew Axelson,Marcus Luttrell
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在最高处掩护战友,被打掉半个脑袋依 然坚持战斗到死的马修.埃克斯塞尔松。
"any government that thinks war is somehow fair and subject to rules like a baseball game probably should not get into one. Because nothing's fair in war, and occasionally the wrong people do get killed."
英语听力教程(第2册)Unit 9 听力原文
Unit 9 听力原文Part IBHello, sports fans, and welcome to “This Week’s Sports〞. The big news this week, of course, is the basketball championship. It started on Friday. The Lions beat the Hawks, ninety-four to sixty-eight. That score again: The Lions won. Lions ninety-four, Hawks sixty-eight.Things were closer with the Tigers and the Eagles. The Eagles won. They won by just four points. The score: one hundred and three to ninety-nine. Again, the Eagles one-oh-three, the Tigers ninety-nine.Next, the Panthers played the Bears. The Panthers won over the Bears, eighty-seven to seventy-three. The Panthers eighty-seven, the Bears seventy-three.And in the last game, the Rockets beat the Comets. The Rockets won, seventy-two to sixty-five. Rockets seventy-two, Comets sixty-five.Then on Saturday, we saw some real action. It was the Lions against the Eagles. And the Lions won, with ninety-two points. The Eagles had eighty points. The score: Lions ninety-two, Eagles eighty.And in the other big game on Saturday, the Rockets beat the Panthers one hundred and seven to eighty-six. The Rockets won. Rockets one-oh-seven, Panthers eighty-six.That brings us to the championship game on Sunday. It was the Lions against the Rockets. It was a good game. And in the end, the Rockets won; they had one hundred and nine points. The Lions had ninety-eight. So the new champions are the Rockets. Rockets one-oh-nine, Lions ninety-eight.That’s it for basketball action. Turning now to the excitement of professional bowling ...CWoman: So, are you watching the cup final this weekend?Man: Um..., no, I don’t think so.Woman: Don’t you like football?Man: No. I can’t stand it. Sorry to sound so miserable.Woman: Mmm, I hate it too, but I watch the World Cup Final.Man: I can’t play, that’s my problem. I’m hopeless at it! If I’m not very good at a sport, I don’t like watching it.Woman: So, what do you like, then?Man: I play golf.Woman: Oh, right. ... My husband plays. I’m not interested in it, though. It’s...not my cup of tea. He plays golf, I go horse riding.Man: Oh right. Well you could play polo—both of you. That’s half horse riding, half golf! ...I’d love to have a go at riding, actually. I bet it’s good fun.Woman: Oh, it’s good funMan: So, do you have your own horse?Woman: No, I’d love to have one, but um ... it’s expensive.Man: Yeah. I’m quite interested in tropical fish. I’d like to have an aquarium, but ... it’s a problem if you travel a lot ...Woman: Tropical fish?Man: Yeah. I’d like to have some piranhas.Woman: Piranhas?Man: Well, they say a hundred piranhas can eat a horse in less than five minutes! Woman: Oh!Man: I’m not sure if that includes the rider or not ...Part III Match of the Day1. Today ends with a fight featuring Onokuni, also known as the Panda. He has quite an easy fight today in a match against Fujino shin. Fujino shin is heavy at 150 kilos, rather close to the ground. He’s nicknamed The Truth, which comes from a fighting name which means “The True Mount Fuji〞.The fight is delayed by a false start from Fujino shin. That worries Onokuni a little — he’s a man who doesn’t like to start too soon.It’s the Panda who wins in the end. Fujino shin starts well, and he pushes the Panda backwards, but he doesn’t seem to be able to follow through. Onokuni is just too big to move —and in the end he pushes his way through, using the advantage of 60 extra kilos and he carries Fujino shin away. A good win for Onokuni.2. Now then, Hignita’s came about 40 meters out of the goal there to take the ball. And he must bea worried man. Well, the atmosphere is really alight now here in Naples. Roger Milla, forCameroon, hopes to get them through to the quarter final. No African country has ever gone that far. But it’s not over yet. Can they do it again? Hignita comes out from the goal — he seems to want to get involved. I do not believe it, a goal, he’s thrown the chance away. Roger Milla scores. That’s it, 2-0. Roger Milla makes this World Cup belong to Cameroon. They now know that they’re on the way, I’m sure to the quarter finals. Higuita looks upset, the Colombians can’t believe it.3. And in first place is Glenda Walsh from the United States, then Kostic from Yugoslavia, and then comes Murray. But Murray is looking very comfortable indeed; and only 80 meters to go now, here comes Murray, coming up past Kostic now. it’s Walsh leading, Murray in second place. And Murray responds to the cheers of the crowd —with 80 meters to go, here she comes. Anne Murray hits the front, Walsh is beaten, and Anne Murray is going to win for Scotland. Here she is, she’s over the line in one minute 44.96 seconds, and second was Glenda Walsh, but that was a good win for Anne Murray, under one minute 45 seconds, and this is only her second serious outdoor race this summer. She is looking very good.Part ⅣMore about the topic: SportsmanshipIf you’re into sports, you’ve seen it happen. You’ve probably even experienced it. Football players shaking hands after four quarters of knocking each other around. Tennis players leaping over the net to shake hands with their opponents after a hard-fought match. Soccer players exchanging jerseys after an intense 90 minutes. Even boxers touching gloves at the beginning of each round, then hugging each other after beating each other into a pulp for 1_2 rounds. It seems like competitors in every event, from spelling bees to hockey, behave this way. What’s going on? It’s all part of sportsmanship, a great tradition in sports and competition that means playing clean and handling both victory and defeat with grace, style, and dignity.What Is Sportsmanship?Sportsmanship is defined as:●playing fair●following the rules of the game●respecting the judgment of referees and officials●treating opponents with respectSome people define good sportsmanship as the “golden rule〞of sports — in other words, treating the people you play with and against as you’d like to be treated yourself. You demonstrate good sportsmanship when you show respect for yourself, your teammates, and your opponents, for the coaches on both sides, and for the referees, judges. and other officials.But sportsmanship isn’t just reserved for the people on the field. Cheerleaders, fans. and parents also need to be aware of how they behave during competition. Sportsmanship is a style and an attitude, and it can have a positive influence on everyone around you.Practicing Good SportsmanshipSo what does it take to demonstrate good sportsmanship in real-life situations? Here are some examples of things you can do:●Learn as much as you can about your sport. Play by its rules. Show up for practice, work hard, and realize that on a team, everyone deserves a chance to play.●Talk politely and act courteously toward everyone before, during, and after games and events.●Stay cool. Even if others are losing their tempers, it doesn’t mean you have to. Remind yourself that no matter how hard you’ve practiced and played, it is, after all, just a game.●Avoid settling disputes with violence. If you’re in a difficult situation or someone’s threatening you, seek help immediately from your coach or from an official. Remember, too, that if you respond with violence you could get penalized, which could hurt your chances of winning.●Cheer your teammates on with positive statements — and avoid trash-talking the other team. Acknowledge and applaud good plays, even when someone on the other team makes them.●When officials make a call, accept it gracefully even if it goes against you. Remember that referees may not be right every time — but they’re people who are doing their best, just as you are.●Whether you win or lose, congratulate your opponents on a game well playedPart V Memory test: Which Sport?First commentator: ... and McAlister bringing up the rear. And Brown is a good 4 yards ahead at the half-way mark and he’s still jumping smoothly and confidently. Smith is moving up steadily, though I think he’s tiring. And Brown glances back over his shoulder, he’s still got a good lead. Oh, my goodness me! He’s fallen, what a tragedy, he’s on the ground and Smith’s going past him with a smile on his face. Oh this really is a terrible disappointment for young Leroy Brown from Croydon, who had such high ho pes of making the final …Second commentator: ... backhand across court to Bradford, return across the net, Davis just reaches it at full stretch with a forehand low across the net, Bradford lobs and Davis smashes the ball into the net. Oh, what a bad mistake at this stage of the match by this 22-year-old New Zealander ...Umpire: Deuce.Commentator: And Bradford serves from the left-hand court, quick passing shot from Davis who smashes that one down ...Third Commentator: ... and with sixty seconds left in this final round, Robson is still very much on the attack. A left-hand jab to the shoulder has Leonard staggering back onto the ropes and Leonard is really in trouble now as Robson moves in with that lethal right hand of his, he’s really punishing this 18-year-old Scot. And the referee’s moving forward pushing Robson away — he’s having a word with him, I think he may be going to warn him, no he’s not, he’s having a word with Leonard now. Leonard is shaking his head and looking terribly tired ... and the referee ... he’s stopped the fight ... it’s all over and so Robson is now the new ...Fourth Commentator: ... a fine shot puts the red into the center pocket and leaves him in a good position to take the pink and he’s going to try to put it into the far pocket he may be making a big mistake here, but Thompson is a very experienced player and he doesn’t usually make mistakes ... Oh dear, he’s pocketed the cue ball ... a very bad error there and that really does leave it wide open for Donovan to take the frame ...Fifth Commentator: ... so it’s the All Stars in the lead at the beginning of the third quarter and it’s still anyone’s match. Anderson with a high ball to Sampson who takes it up towards the Rochester net and passes to Green for a shot but it goes wide and the loose ball is picked up by Thomas for Rochester, across to Hunter, the 21-year-old Welsh international, who tries a long shot and it’s in!23 all now and everything to play for ...Sixth Commentator: ... Williams takes the throw and St Mary’s get the ball, it goes back to Murphy and out to Green and then to Jones, who’s unmarked. He’s got a clear run to the far corner if ... Oh, he’s making for the post. This could be dangerous because the Richmond fullback is gaining on him now. He looks back but he’s not going to make it. He tries a kick and ... he’s justmanaged to make touch. Lucky there. And now there’s a lineout on the far side, 20 yards from the Richmond goal line ...Seventh Commentator: ... not a good start for the British girl but she’s managing to make it up and the Russian girl is now only about five strokes ahead. And at the turn, Debbie is closing the gap, the Russian girl is visibly tiring, this is where stamina really counts and at 24 Ludmilla may well be less fit than 15-year-old Debbie Woods. And it’s between the two of them, they’re side by side now and with 10 yards to go ... what a finish! Come on Debbie, you can do it ... Come on Debbie ...。
英语新闻听力教程原文
iUnit 1 Section CItem 2Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf says Pakistan and India are both optimistic about resolving their dispute over the Himalayan region of Kashmir, which both countries claim. In an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, General Musharraf says he hopes to settle the issue with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh while they’re both in power. Mr. Singh and General Musharraf are expected to try to move their peace dialogue forward when they meet next week in New Y ork at the United Nations General Assembly meeting.Item 3North Korea is demanding that Tokyo immediately lift sanctions imposed on Pyongyang in response to its test-launch of missiles. A North Korean envoy to Japan says his country will retaliate with stronger measures if the sanctions are not lifted. After North Korea test-fired seven missiles, Tokyo barred a North Koreans ferry from Japanese ports for six months and banned North Korean officials from entering the country. South Korea today rejected Pyongyang’s request for military talks, saying they were inappropriate at this time. But it said ministerial talks will go ahead as scheduled next week.Section D Item 2The State Department says V enezuelan police failed to protect the U.S. ambassador there as demonstrators threw eggs and food at his car. Spokesman Sean McCormack said V enezuela’s ambassador to the U.S. was summoned to the State Department to hear the U.S. complaint. A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Caracas said groups of motorcyclists attacked the car carrying Ambassador William Brownfield. He said V enezuelan police escorts did nothing to stop the demonstrators who pounded on the car and chased it for miles. The embassy spokesman said the attack appeared to have been organized by the Caracas May or’s office. A spokesman for the mayor denied that charge. The U.S. has been at odds with V enezuelan President Hugo Chavez for several years.Item 3Russia has expressed regret for the killing of a Japanese fisherman today when a patrol vessel fired at a warning shot at a fishing boat near the disputed Kuril Islands. But Russia’s Foreign Ministry says in a statement that Japan is at fault for the incident because it does not curb Japanese fishing in Russian waters. Japan has launched a strong protest as we hear from VOA’s Steve Herman in Tokyo.“A diplomatic row broke out between Japan and Russia on Wednesday following the shooting death of a Japanese fisherman in waters claimed by both countries. The incident took place ear the island chain the Russians call the Kurils and the Japanese call the Northern Territories. The islands were seized from Japan by the Soviet Union in the closing days of world War II and have been under Russia control ever since, but Japan still claims them. Foreign Minister Taro Aso af ter summoning Russia’s deputy ambassador told reporters in Tokyo that the killing of the Japanese fisherman was an outrageous act. Steve Herman, VOA News, Tokyo.”Unit 2 Section CItem 2And a meeting in New Y ork between the foreign ministers of Guatemala and V enezuela has failed to resolve the deadlock over which country will represent Latin America and the Caribbean as a non-permanent member on the United Nations Security Council. In a BBC interview after the meeting, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro blamed Cuatemala for the ongoing impasse. He said it had shown no interest in agreeing to a compromised canidate.Item 3Africa’s first female elected leader met with President Bush at the White House today. Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf met with Mr. Bush in the Oval Office and then the two had lunch together in the White House’s East Room. Among the issues the two discussed, there is a request for Nigeria to hand over former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who is wanted on war crimes charges. She told reporters today that she asked Mr. Bush for help. Taylor has been living in exile in Nigeria. Many Liberians blamed him for fueling a civil war that ravaged the country.Section D Item 2Environment ministers and officials from more than 20 countries have ended four days of informal talks in Greenland in efforts to deal with global warming. Danish environment Minister Connie Hedegaard, the meeting’s host, called on participants to stop blaming one another for global warming and take concerted action. Participants of the meeting in Greenland’s Arctic town of Elucigot included the United States, China and several European countries. They focused on possible action after the first phase of the Kyoto Protocol, an accord on reducing global warming. It expires until 2012. U.N.studies show that global warming could melt polar icecaps and push thousands of species close to extinction.Item 3G-8 leaders are gathering near Edinburgh, Scotland at this hour for a summit that will focus on aid to Africa and protecting the environment. They are expected to endorse a write-off of more than 40 billion dollars in debt owed by 18 African countries mainly in the sub-Saharan region. On a stop in Denmark en route to Scotland, President Bush said he would emphasize the need for African nations to commit to good government to get the increased aid. In villages near the G-8 conference site demonstrators smashed car windows and fought with riot police. Some tried to storm barricades surrounding the conference site and dozens were arrested.Unit 3 Section CItem 2The United Nations relief agency says an attack on a displaced persons' camp in Sudan's western Darfur region has reportedly left 29 people dead and 10 seriously injured. A spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees told VGA it' s the first time that a displaced persons' camp has been attacked in more than two years of civil war. The spokesman says up to 300 armed Arab men on horses and camels attacked the camp on Wednesday.Item 3The United Nations World Food Program has appealed urgently for donations of more than 150 million dollars to prevent a food crisis in southern Africa. It warned that almost 10 million people across six countries—Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and Swaziland—urgently needed food aid. The shortages are blamed on drought and the effects of HIV/AIDS and chronic poverty. A BBC correspondent in southern Africa says that in Zimbabwe, children in rural areas have already started to show signs of malnutrition. She says some eat only once a day. Section D Item 2Despite U.S. objections, the United Nations General Assembly today overwhelmingly voted to create a new human rights council to improve the UN's ability to deal with human rights offenders. The council replaces the discredited UN Human Rights Commission based in Geneva. U.S. ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the Assembly today that UN made some improvements but they are not enough. Bolton told the Assembly that rules for the new council are too weak to prevent human rights violators from obtaining seats. Under the resolution adopted today, the old commission will be abolished June 16th, and the new council will convene three days later.Item 3The United Nations has welcomed new pledges by donor countries of nearly 600 million dollars to fund relief efforts after the South Asian earthquake. But the UN's chief relief coordinator Jan Egeland said it was not clear how much was for immediate emergency relief and how much for longer-term work. Pakistan says 79,000 people have died and Mr. Egeland had early warned that hundreds of thousands more could die without an immediate big boost in funds. Winter snow is expected in the earthquake zone within weeks. A top Pakistani relief official, General Farooq Ahmed, told the BBC that an extra 30,000 troops were in the area to help. Unit 4 Section CItem 2British officials in Iran have denied allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four peop le were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian Officials have made statements implicating British troops stations across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.Item 3For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and the President Lyndon Johnson Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of the insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New Y orkTime.Section DItem 2.South Korea and Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm North Korea’s claim that it conducted an u nderground nuclear test on Monday. Late Friday unnamed U.S. officials said U.S. aircraft have detected trace in the air samples collected near the suspected North Korea test site, but they stressed no final determination had been made. Word of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution was excepted Saturday. The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions againstNorth Korea, including a travel ban and financial restriction.Item 3Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictateRussia’s energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs. In an interview broadcast from Saint Peterburg today, Mr. putin told BBC News that recent Western criticism of Russia is a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking. Mr. Putin singled out U.S. President Dick Cheney’s recent criticism of Russian energy policy in which Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation. Putin compared those comments to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year. The Russian leader host President Bush and other world leaders later this week in a summit of the G-8 industrialized nations. Mr. Putin said Russian is ready to hear well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders, but said he will categorically reject what he called interference in Russia’s internal affairs.Unit 5 Section CItem 2A Peruvian airliner carrying 100 passengers and crew members has crashed in a northeastern jungle town, killing at least 40 people. Officials say the TANS Air Flight 204 went down Tuesday while attempting an emergency landing during a severe storm. Police at the scene say foreign nationals are among the dead, including at least one Italian and an American. Officials say at least 52 people survived the accident with most being treated at area hospitals.Item 3Officials in Japan say the train crash near Osaka in western Japan has killed as many as 57 people, injured more than 400. A commuter train carrying around 580 passengers during morning rush hour Monday smashed into an apartment building near Amagasaki, about 400 kilometers west of Tokyo. Workers are still trying to reach some of the passengers trapped in the wreckage. The accident was Japan’s worst in more than four decades. Investigators say speed and driver inexperience may be factors in the crash.Section DItem 2A small aircraft has crashed into the 20th floor of a high-rise apartment building in New Y ork City, killing at least two people. The plane burst into flames on the impact and fire spread through several floors of the building. The White House said all the indications were that the crash was an accident. Investigators are at the scenegather ing evidence, but the authorities don’t believe the incident was linked to terrorism. The BBC’s Gitto Harry was at the scene shortly after the incident and sent this report.“Fire engines, police cars, ambulances completely blocking the avenue, people having been pushed onto the sidewalks. All they know at this stage is that either a plane or a helicopter has crashed into a building. There are helicopters circling above. There is smoke in the air. There are police running around. The are is being cordoned o ff.”There authorities in New Y ork now say that four people were killed in the plane crash in Manhattan. Reports from the United States say the plane was being piloted by the New Y ankee’s baseball pitcher Cory Lidle, who died in the incident.Item 3Thousands of victims of Hurricane Katrina are still being evacuated from New Orleans. More than 10,000 people already have been taken by bus to an emergency shelter at a sports stadium in Texas more than 550 kilometers from New Orleans. Rescuers in New Orleans are working to evacuate thousands of additional flood refugees in and near the city’s former convention center, a large building without power, water or toilet facilities, overflowing with crowds calling for food, water and other assistance. Meanwhile President Bush is to visit the devastated area today. He is schedule to visit parts of Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana that were wrecked by the powerful hurricane.Unit 6 Section CItem 2The biggest ever international conference on malaria has begun in the West African state of Cameroon to discuss the latest scientific findings on the disease which kills more than 1.5 million people worldwide each year. 75% of those victims are African children. Of the 2,000 delegates meeting in the capital Y aounde, 80% are from Africa. The disease costs the continent more than 12 billion dollars in lost GDP each year. The latest research suggests that 41% of the world’s population live in areas where malaria is transmitted.Item 3The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether more than one food company is responsible for an outbreak of E. coli bacteria. Officials have linked bad spinach from NaturalSelection Foods as one source of the E. coli. The company says the products are sold under the brand name Earth Bound Farm. Doctor David Atchison with the FDA says natural selection Foods has voluntarily recalled the spinach. The FDA advises shoppers to get rid of any fresh spinach in bags or other containers. At least one person has died. Dozens of others have gotten sick in at least 19states.Section D Item 2A week after a toxic waste scandal brought down the government of Ivory Coast, teams of Ivorian and French experts are still trying to establish exactly what the material was composed of. Tons of waste from a ship were dumped in leaking drums in at least 11 open air locations in Ivory Coast’s biggest city Abidjian. Ourcorrespondent James Copnall is there. The latest health ministry figures show that the health situation is deteriorating just as rapidly, however, a state of panic seems to have set in. meanwhile, teams of French and Ivorian experts were attempting to find out what exactly the toxic waste was composed of.Item 3The White House has issued an updated version of its strategy for dealing with a possible influenza pandemic. The plan warns cities, states and businesses that they should prepare now to keep operating on their own and not count on federal help, and says that a flu pandemic could make up to 40% of the workforce too sick to work for two weeks at a time and that the infection could remain active in a community for up to two months. In the worst case, the report says, a pandemic could cause as many as two million deaths in the United States. Influenza pandemics tend to break out when a never-before-seen strain of the virus starts passing from person to person. Scientists are currently worried that the Asian bird flu might mutate into that kind of virus.。
【听力原文+精校译文】THE MAKING OF A NATION #010 - The French and Indian War
THE MAKING OF A NATION #10 - The French and Indian War (THEME)VOICE ONE:This is Rich Kleinfeldt.VOICE TWO:And this is Sarah Long with the MAKING OF A NATION, A VOA Special English program about the history of the United States.(THEME)Today, we tell about the conflicts among the nations in Europe during the eighteenth century and how they affected North America.VOICE ONE:During the Eighteenth Century, Spain, France and Britain controlled land in North America. Spain controlled Florida. France was powerful in the northern and central areas. Britain controlled the east. All three nations knew they could not exist together peacefully in North America. The situation could only be settled by war.十八世纪,西班牙、法国和英国控制了北美洲的土地。
西班牙控制的佛罗里达州。
法国在北部和中部地区势力强大。
英国控制东部。
这三个国家都知道他们不能在北美洲和平共处。
局势只有通过战争才能解决。
The powerful European nations already were fighting each other for land and money all over the world. These small wars continued for more than one-hundred years. They were called King William's War, Queen Anne's War, King George's War and the French and Indian War.强大的欧洲国家已经在世界各地争夺土地和金钱。
英语听力教程第二册第三版unit1听力原文
Unit1Part 1B1.Woman: This is my family. I'm married. My husband's name is Bill.We have two children — a boy and a girl. Our little girl is six years old, and our little boy is four. Jennie goes to kindergarten, and Aaron goes to nursery school. My father lives with us. Grandpa's great with the kids. He loves playing with them and taking them to the park or the zoo.2.Man: This is a picture of me and my three sons. We're at a soccer game. Orlando is twelve, Louis is ten, and Carlos is nine. All three of them really like sports. Orlando and Louis play baseball. Carlos is into skating.3.Man: This is my wife June, and these are my three children. Terri on the right is the oldest. She's in high school. She's very involved in music. She's in the orchestra. Rachel—she's the one in the middle—is twelve now. And this is my son Peter. He's one year older than Rachel. Rachel and Peter are both in junior high school. Time really flies. June and I have been married for twenty years now.4.Woman: This is a picture of me with my three kids. The girls, Jill and Anne, are both in high school. This is Jill on the right. She'll graduate next year. Anne is two years younger. My son Dan is in college. It seemslike the kids are never home. I see them for dinner and sometimes on Saturday mornings, but that's about it. They're really busy and have a lot of friends.CWoman: Well, my brother was six years younger than I, and er, I think that when he was little I was quite jealous of him. I remember he had beautiful red curls (mm) ... my mother used to coo over him. One day a friend and I played, erm, barber shop, and, erm, my mother must have been away, she must have been in the kitchen or something (mm) and we got these scissors and sat my brother down and kept him quiet and (strapped him down) ... That's right, and cut off all his curls, you see. And my mother just was so upset, and in fact it's the first ... I think itthe few times I've ever seen my father really angry.Man: What happened to you?Woman: Oh ... I was sent to my room for a whole week you know, it was terrible.Man But was that the sort of pattern, weren't you close to your brother at all?Woman: Well as I grew older I think that er I just ignored him ...Man: What about ... you've got an older brother too, did ... were they close, the two brothers?Woman: No, no my brother's just a couple of years older than I ... so the two of us were closer and we thought we were both very grown up and he was just a ... a kid ... so we deliberately, I think, kind of ignored him. And then I left, I left home when he was only still a schoolboy, he was only fifteen (mm) and I went to live in England and he eventually went to livein Brazil and I really did lose contact with him for a long time.Man: What was he doing down there?Woman: Well, he was a travel agent, so he went down there to work ... And, erm, I didn't, I can't even remember, erm sending a card, even, when he got married. But I re ... I do remember that later on my mother was showing me pictures of his wedding, 'cause my mother and father went down there (uh huh) to the wedding, and er, there was this guy on the photos with a beard and glasses, and I said,"Oh, who's this then?" 'cause I thought it was the bride's brother or something like this (mm) ... and my mother said frostily, "That ... is your brother!" (laughter)Questions for memory test:5. According to the passage, how many brothers does the lady have?6. When the sister saw her mother coo over her younger brother, how did she feel?7. What's her father's reaction when he got to know that the sister had cut off her younger brother's hair?8. How old was her younger brother when she left home?9. Where did her brother eventually live?10. Who was the guy on the photos with a beard and glasses?PART 2A and BRadio presenter:Good afternoon. And welcome to our midweek Phone-In. In today's program we' re going to concentrate on personal problems. And here with me in the studio I've got Tessa Colbeck,who writes the...in Flash magazine, and Doctor Maurice Rex, Student Medical Adviser at the University of Norfolk.The number to ring with your problem is oh one, if you are outside London, two two two, two one two two. And we have our first caller on the line, and it s’R osemary, I think, er calling from Manchester. Hello, Rosemary.Rosemary:Hello.Radio presenter:How can we help you, Rosemary?Rosemary:Well it ’s my d a d.w H o e n’t let me stay out after ten o'clock at night and all my friends can stay out much longer than that. I always have to go home first. It's really embarrassing...Tessa:Hello, Rosemary, love. Rosemary, how old are you, dear? Rosemary: I'm fifteen in two month's time.Tessa:And where do you go at night?--When you go out?Rosemary:Just to my friend's house, usually. But everyone else can stay there much later than me. I have to leave at about a quarter to ten. Tessa:And does this friend of yours-does she live near you? Rosemary:It takes about ten minutes to walk from her house to ours. Tessa:I see. You live in Brighton, wasn’t it? Well ,Brighton ’s⋯Rosemary:No, Manchester ⋯I l ive in Manchester.Tessa:oh. I ’m sorry, love. I ’m getting mixed up. Yes, well Manchester's quite a rough city, isn't it ? I mean, your dad...Rosemary:No, not really. Not where we live, it isn’t. I don't live in the City Center or anything like that. And Christine's house is in a very quiet part.Tessa:Christine. That's your friend, is it?Rosemary:Yeah. That's right. I mean, I know my dad gets worried butit s’p erfectly safe.Maurice: Rosemary. Have you talked about this with your dad? Rosemary:No. He just shouts and then he says he won't let me go out at all if I can't come home on time.Maurice: Why don't you just try to sit down quietly with your dad-- sometime when he's relaxed--and just have a quiet chat about it? He’l l probably explain why he worries about you. It isn't always safe for young girls to go out at night.Tessa:Yes. And maybe you could persuade him to come and pick you upfrom Christine's house once or twice.Rosemary:Yes .I don't think he'll agree to that, but I'll talk to him aboutit . Thanks.Part 3Josephine: We did feel far more stability in our lives, because y ou see ... in these days I think there's always a concern that families will separate or something, but in those days nobody expected the families to separate.Gertrude: Of course there may have been smoking, drinking and drug-taking years ago, but it was all kept very quiet, nobody knew anything about it. But these days there really isn't the family life that we used to have. The children seem to do more as they like whether they know it's right or wrong. Oh, things are very different I think.Question: What was your parents' role in family life?Josephine: Well, my mother actually didn't do a tremendous amount in the house, but she did do a great deal of work outside and she was very interested, for example, in the Nursing Association collecting money for it. We had somebody who looked after us and then we also had someone who did the cleaning.Gertrude: Well, we lived in a flat, we only had three rooms and a bathroom. Father worked on the railway at Victoria Station and my mother didn't work, obviously. My father's wage I think was about twopounds a week and I suppose our rent was about twelve shillings a week, you know as rent was - I'm going back a good many years. We didn't have an easy life, you know and I think that's why my mother went out so much with her friends. It was a relief for her, you know really.Question: Did you have a close relationship with your parents? Josephine: In a sense I would say not very close but we, at that time, didn't feel that way, we didn't think about it very much I don't think. I think today people are much closer to their parents and talk about everything, which we didn't. Then, of course, we used to play a lot of games, because we didn't have a television or even a radio and we would play games in the evenings rather than have conversation, I think. Question: Was there more discipline in families in those days? Josephine: Oh yes, I do think so, yes. We were much more disciplined and we went about as a family and it wasn't until I was probably about 18 before I would actually go out with any friends of my own.Statements:11. Seventy years ago young people often smoked and drank in front of others.12.Apart from a great deal of work outside, Josephine's mother also looked after her children and did the cleaning in the house.13. Gertrude's father earned two pounds a week.14. Gertrude's family had to pay ten shillings a week for their flat.15. Young people seventy years ago deeply felt that they did not have a very close relationship with their parents.16.Nowadays people are much closer to their parents and talk about everything to them.Part 4Q: Parent Link is an organization that looks at the problems that parents and children face. Its director, Tim Kahn, told us about the changing roles of parents and children.T: The authoritarian model was one in which the child had no rights and I guess in the 60s and perhaps the 70s many people rejected that and we had the sort of the permissive era---the age where many parents felt they had to allow their children to do whatever they wanted to do and so in a sense the roles were reversed and it was the children who were the bosses and the parents who ran around behind them. The ideas that we offer to parents are kind of a third position in which we’relooking at equals, where parents and children are different but equal.Q: What about changes in the male-female roles?T: Society has changed a lot. As well as technology leading to great changes, people ’r osles have changed very much, in particular the women’s movement has very much questioned the role of women and led many women to demand a freer choice about who they are and how theycan be. There ’s a lot of frustration with how men haven ’t changed, seems to me that the more the frustration is expressed the more stuck inand being the same men are and we need to find ways of appreciatingmen for the amount of work that they have to do in being bread-winnersand providers for families and appreciating the efforts men are making tobe more involved with their children.Q: Are there any changes you would like to see in the attitude to familylife in Britain?T: In the past there were arranged marriages and I wonder if part ofhaving an arranged marriage is knowing that you have to work at it tocreate the love and that now people are getting married out of love andthere ’s a kind of feeling that u y o r love is there and it will stay there forever and we don’h tave to work at it and when it gets tricky we don’tknow how to work at it and so we opt out. I think helping people learn towork at their relationships to make their relationship work would be a significant thing that I ’d like to see happening.Part 5BLouisa: She doesn't let me watch that much TV after school, which isreally annoying because most of my friends watch Home and Away and Neighbors but I only get to watch one of them. I sometimes don't —Imean I think that's really unfair so sometimes I just watch both anyway.Mother: First and foremost, Louisa watches a fair amount of television whether she thinks she's deprived or not, she must watch at least 45 minutes per day. And when I'm not around you know I know the child sneaks in a fair amount more than that. So she gets in a fair amount of television, certainly on the weekends. But I am of the opinion that television, very very very few programs will teach them anything. And I think when a child is under your care for 18 years it's the parents' responsibility to make sure that the input is of value, and I don't think television, much television is of any value at all, I think reading a book and doing her piano lessons are far more valuable than watching crummy American soap operas.Questions for memory test:17. How many TV plays are mentioned?18. For how long a time does Louisa watch TV per day?19. Does Louisa try to get more time to watch TV?20. Which activities does Louisa's mother think are far more valuable?CMy parents gave me a lot of free time. After dinner, during the week when I was say even 15 years old they would let me go out until teno'clock and they would never ask where I went. I would smoke cigarettes and drink beer, at 15 years old I would hang out in the ... in the local pubs and these were type of things that I don't think were too good for me at that time. I think my parents should have, you know, maybe at least showed an interest as to where I was going. They never even asked where I was going and they, they gave me a lot of free time, and I think that they, they felt that this was a thing that was being a good parent. But I thinkthat teenagers are very naive, and I was as a teenager very naive, and I think I could have used a little more direction from them. These days a lot of parents think they should be lenient with their children, they should let them grow and experience on their own. And I think that's what my parents were doing, I think there's a Biblical saying "Spare the rod, spoil the child" and I think that really applies. And I think you need to direct especially young people. They can be thrown into such a harsh world, especially if you live in a city. I lived in a very small village and it wasstill a rough crowd that I found in that village. And my parents never asked questions, and if they only knew they would be shocked.Statements:21. When the boy was 15 years old, he could stay out until ten o'clock.22.At the age of 15, the boy was not allowed to smoke cigarettes or drink beer.23. The boy thought his parents were very good because they gave him a lot of free time.24. The boy lived in a very crowded city.。
全新版大学英语综合教程4课文原文加翻译第一单元
Unit1They say that pride comes before a fall. In the case of both Napoleon and Hitler, the many victories they enjoyed led them to believe that anything was possible, that nothing could stand in their way. Russia's icy defender was to prove them wrong.人道是骄兵必败。
就拿拿破仑和希特勒两人来说吧,他们所向披靡,便以为自己战无不胜,不可阻挡。
但俄罗斯的冰雪卫士证明他们错了。
The Icy DefenderNila B. Smith1 In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, led his Grand Army into Russia. He was prepared for the fierce resistance of the Russian people defending their homeland. He was prepared for the long march across Russian soil to Moscow, the capital city. But he was not prepared for the devastating enemy that met him in Moscow -- the raw, bitter, bleak Russian winter.冰雪卫士奈拉·B·史密斯1812年,法国皇帝拿破仑·波拿巴率大军入侵俄罗斯。
他准备好俄罗斯人民会为保卫祖国而奋勇抵抗。
他准备好在俄罗斯广袤的国土上要经过长途跋涉才能进军首都莫斯科。
学术英语视听说2the US civil war听力原文
学术英语视听说2the US civil war听力原文Whether you love it or hate it , work is a major part of most people ' s lives everywhere in the world . Americans are no exception . Americans might complain about " blue Monday ,”when they have to go back to work after the weekend , but most of them put a lot of importance on their job , not only in terms of money but also in terms of identity . In fact , when Americans are introduced to a new person , they almost always ask each other ," What do you do They are really asking ." What is your job or profession ?” Today , however , we won ' t look at work in terms of what work means socially or psychologically . Rather , um , we ' re going to take a look at work in the United States today in three different ways . First , we ’ l take a historical look at work in America . Uh , we ' I do that by looking at how things changed for the American worker from the year 1900 to the year of the latest statistics ,2010. That is , from the beginning of the twentieth century to recent times . Then we ’ l look at how U . S . workers are doing today . And after that , we ’ ll take a look at some possible reasons for the current economic situation . And finally , we 'l1 look at what people are saying about what the govenment should and should not do in order to improve the countrys economy .As we look at the changes over the last century or so , we 're going to use a lot of statistics to describe these changes . First , let ' s consider how the type of work people were involved in changed . At the beginning of the twentieth century , in 1900, about 38 percent of the workforce was involved in agriculture ; that is , they worked on a farm . By the end of the century , only 3 percent still worked on farms , and by 2010, only about 1percent worked in agriculture . There was also a large decrease in the number of people working in industry , that is , in making , or manufacturing , things in factories . The number of workers in Industry is down from over 30 percent in 1900 to just over 22 percent in 2010.While the number of people in agriculture and manufacturing industries went down , the number of people in the services went up . As you may know , services , rather than goods or products , provide other less concrete things that people need . A few examples include education , health care , transportation , tourism , banking advertising , and legal services . Cafes , restaurants , and fast - food outlets like McDonald ' s are part of the service sector , as are retail sales jobs , driving taxis , and pumping gas . The services workforce jumped from 31 percent of the workforcein 1900 to 77 percent in 2010.Let ’ s recap the numbers : in 1900,38 percent in agriculture ;31 percent in industry ; and 31 percent in services . In 2010, about 1 percent in agriculture ;22 percent in industry ; and 7 percent in services .To put things into perspective , let ' s compare the United States today to China , where the picture is very different . From your experience , would you expect China to have more workers in agriculture or in industy ? Well , it may or may not surprise you , but in China , agriculture takes up only 10 percent of the workforce , industry a huge 47 percent , and services 43 percent . Figures for the entire world are somewhere between China ' s and the United States ’ figures :6 percent ,31 percent , and 63 percent for agriculture industry , and services , respectively . Let ’ s get back to the changes in the U . S . workforce in the last century or so .。
军事英语听说教程答案unit4
军事英语听说教程答案unit41、The people’s Republic of China _______ on October 1, 1 [单选题] *A. foundB. was founded(正确答案)C. is foundedD. was found2、_______ win the competition, he practiced a lot. [单选题] *A. BecauseB. In order to(正确答案)C. Thanks toD. In addition to3、( ) She keeps on learning English all the time. So far, she______three books of New Concept English. [单选题] *A. has learned(正确答案)B. have learnedC. had learnedD. learn4、Nearly two thousand years have passed _____ the Chinese first invented the compass. [单选题] *A. whenB. beforeC. since(正确答案)D. after5、51.People usually ________ the prices before they buy something. [单选题] *A.receiveB.payC.spendD.compare(正确答案)6、We _______ play basketball after school. [单选题] *A. were used toB. used to(正确答案)C. use toD. are used to7、We are very hungry now. Can you _______ us something to eat? [单选题] *A. carryB. takeC. borrowD. bring(正确答案)8、Tom’s sister is a nurse. I met _______ in the street yesterday . [单选题] *A. sheB. hersC. himD. her(正确答案)9、( ) Do you have any difficulty _____ these flowers?I’d like to help you if you need.[单选题] *A in planting(正确答案)B for plantingC with plantingD to plant10、The early Americans wanted the King to respect their rights. [单选题] *A. 统治B. 满足C. 尊重(正确答案)D. 知道11、He always ______ the teacher carefully in class. [单选题] *A. listensB. listens to(正确答案)C. hearsD. hears of12、I like booking tickets online,because it is _______. [单选题] *A. boringB. confidentC. convenient(正确答案)D. expensive13、____ father is a worker. [单选题] *A.Mike's and Mary'sB. Mike and Mary's(正确答案)C. Mike's and MaryD. Mike and Marys'14、Though my best friend Jack doesn’t get()education, he is knowledgeable. [单选题] *A. ManyB. littleC. fewD. much(正确答案)15、Which animal do you like _______, a cat, a dog or a bird? [单选题] *A. very muchB. best(正确答案)C. betterD. well16、The blue shirt looks _______ better on you than the red one. [单选题] *A. quiteB. moreC. much(正确答案)D. most17、—______ you speak French?—Yes, I can.()[单选题] *A. NeedB. Can(正确答案)C. MightD. Must18、The book is very _______. I’ve read it twice. [单选题] *A. interestB. interestedC. interesting(正确答案)D. interests19、_____ of the teachers in this district are women teachers. [单选题] *A. Four fifthB. Four fifths(正确答案)C. Fourth fifthsD. Four five20、Tom didn’t _______ his exam again. It was a pity. [单选题] *A. winB. pass(正确答案)C. beatD. Fail21、—What can I do for you? —I ______ a pair of new shoes.()[单选题] *A. likeB. would lookC. would like(正确答案)D. take22、This seat is vacant and you can take it. [单选题] *A. 干净的B. 没人的(正确答案)C. 舒适的D. 前排的23、77.You can watch TV when you finish________ your homework. [单选题] * A.to doB.doC.to doingD.doing(正确答案)24、—______ Tom play the piano?—Yes, very well. ()[单选题] *A. Can(正确答案)B. MayC. MustD. Should25、He asked for help from his friends who owned a computer company in New York. [单选题] *A. 拥有(正确答案)B. 经营C. 工作D. 了解26、The book is _______. You’d better buy it. [单选题] *A. useful(正确答案)B. uselessC. useD. careful27、He kept walking up and down, which was a sure()that he was very worried. [单选题] *A. sign(正确答案)B. characterC. natureD. end28、David ______ at home when I called at seven o’clock yesterday evening. ()[单选题] *A. didn’tB. doesn’tC. wasn’t(正确答案)D. isn’t29、A good teacher is able to_____a complicated idea in very simple terms. [单选题] *A.put across(正确答案)B.break upC.work outD.bring out30、The little boy saved his money ______ he could buy his mother a gift on Mother’s Day.()[单选题] *A. butB. such thatC. in order toD. so that(正确答案)。
the u.s.civil war学术英语视听说听力原文
the u.s.civil war学术英语视听说听力原文听力原文Text 1M: Lucy, would you like to have lunch with me tomorrow?W: Oh, I’d really love to, but I have an appointment with my dentist at 11:30. Thanks for inviting me.Text 2W: Peter, how is the weather now? Is it still raining?M: No, but there’s still lots of clouds. The weatherman said the sun wouldn’t come out until next week.Text 3M: I’m sorry I was late for class today, Dr. Simpson.W: Well, I’ll let it go this time. But you saw it disturbed the rest of the class.M: Yes, I realized that. I won’t let it happen again.Text 4W: Hi, Mike. Listen, I’m coming back this afternoon, and I’ll take a bus from the railway station. So, you don’t need to come and pick me up.M: OK, take care, and see you soon.Text 5M: Jenny, there’s an opening for an assistant manager in our company. You should give it a try.W: Thank you George, but I’ve decided to travel a bit before finding another job.Text 6M: By the way, do you know what time it is?W: Well, it’s a quarter to two.M: Oh, I’ve got to go.W: See Linda in the library?M: No. Actually I’m going to meet with Professor Smith at ten past two. You may continue our project discussion with Michael.W: All right.Text 7W: Harry, guess what? I’ve just received an email from Pamela. She and Peter are coming down to see us this weekend.M: Oh, that’s good news! We haven’t seen them for ages.W: Yeah. The last time we met them was at our wedding three years ago.M: Did Pamela mention how long they’ll stay?W: About one week.M: Great! I can’t wait to show them around our new house.W: Me too. We haven’t had any guests since we moved in here. If the weather is fine, we can have a barbecue in the garden.M: Good idea. I’ll go to the market tomorrow to buy all the things we’ll need.Text 8W: Hello, everyone. Welcome to our program. Today, we are fortunate to have a special guest with us. Some of you may have heard of him before. He’s an artist. His works havereceived many prizes and have been shown in over one hundred exhibitions across the country —Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, to name just a few. His name is Chris Cucksy. So Chris, tell us a bit about yourself.M: Well, I was born in Springfield, Missouri, and grew up in Kansas. I didn’t come from a family with wealth or position, but I did manage to get a master’s degree in fine arts.W: When did you first start to make art? And what was the turning point in your life that made you an artist?M: I always liked drawing as early as I can remember, so right from then, I knew what I was going to be: an artist.W: What is it that always inspires you to create?M: Nature is the biggest inspiration. I’m always inspired by things of beauty and harmony.Text 9M: You must be pretty excited about your trip to Europe, Dorothy. When are you leaving?W: In just two weeks, and I am excited. I’ve been looking forward to this training program for a long time. But there are still a few things I need to do before I go.M: Like what?W: Like renewing my passport and figuring out what to do with my apartment while I’m gone.M: You are not going to give it up, are you?W: No way! I’ll never find another apartment like it around here. But I don’t like the idea of paying three months for an empty apartment, either. So, I’m looking for someone to take it while I’m away.M: Um, let me think. Oh, I know just a person. An old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas. He is coming here to do some research this summer, from June to August.W: Well, that’s exactly when I’ll be away!M: Tell you what: I’ll be calling Jim late this week anyway, so I’ll mention it to him.W: Well, thanks, Bill.Text 10W: I hope I’ve given you a clear idea of the schedule for your London weekend. And, before I finish, let me just give you some advice which should make your stay more enjoyable.Firstly, please do remember to put on some comfortable shoes. London is a big place, and whatever you do, you’ll find yourself doing quite a lot of walking. So, comfortable shoes are really necessary. And secondly, let me ask you to please look after your money. Keep it safe at all times, and then you will not have any unpleasant accident, which could ruin your whole weekend. You’ll find a copy of your weekend’s schedule in your room. Take a look at it, and make sure you’re clear about everything. Well, that’s all from me for now. Go and leave your luggage in your rooms. I’ll be seeing you here again in fifteen minutes. Goodbye for now!第一节听下面5段对话。
军事英语二作文范文
军事英语二作文范文The role of military English in modern warfare cannot be overstated. As the world continues to grapple with complex geopolitical challenges and the threat of conflict looms large, the importance of effective communication and mutual understanding among military personnel from different nations has become increasingly crucial. Military English, a specialized form of the language tailored to the unique needs and demands of the armed forces, has emerged as a vital tool in fostering international cooperation, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring the safety of personnel deployed in various theaters of operation.At its core, military English serves as a common language that transcends linguistic and cultural barriers. It provides a standardized means of communication that enables seamless coordination and collaboration among multinational military forces. This is particularly crucial in joint operations, peacekeeping missions, and disaster relief efforts, where the ability to convey critical information, issue commands, and share intelligence in a clear and unambiguous manner can mean the difference between success and failure.One of the key aspects of military English is its emphasis on precision and clarity. The language is designed to minimize the potential for misunderstandings and ambiguity, which can have grave consequences in high-stakes, high-pressure environments. Military personnel are trained to use concise, unambiguous terminology, adhere to strict protocols, and follow well-established procedures to ensure that their messages are understood and acted upon swiftly and effectively.Moreover, military English encompasses a vast array of specialized vocabulary and idioms that are tailored to the unique operational and technical demands of the armed forces. From tactical maneuvers and weapons systems to logistics and emergency procedures, military English provides a comprehensive lexicon that allows personnel to communicate with precision and efficiency, regardless of their native language or background.The importance of military English extends beyond the battlefield and into the realms of training, education, and international cooperation. Military academies and training institutions around the world have integrated the teaching of military English into their curricula, ensuring that future officers and enlisted personnel are equipped with the necessary linguistic skills to navigate the complex and ever-evolving world of modern warfare.Furthermore, the use of military English has facilitated the exchange of knowledge, best practices, and technological advancements among the world's militaries. Through joint exercises, training programs, and international forums, military personnel from different nations are able to share their expertise, learn from one another, and develop a shared understanding of the challenges and strategies that define contemporary military operations.In the realm of peacekeeping and humanitarian aid, military English has proven to be a vital tool in coordinating the efforts of diverse military and civilian organizations. When responding to natural disasters, armed conflicts, or other crises, the ability to communicate effectively and coordinate the deployment of resources and personnel can mean the difference between a successful intervention and a chaotic, ineffective response.However, the importance of military English extends beyond the immediate operational context. As the world grapples with the threat of global conflicts, the ability to engage in cross-cultural dialogue and foster international cooperation has become increasingly critical. Military English serves as a bridge, enabling military personnel from different nations to engage in constructive discussions, share insights, and work towards the common goal of maintaining global peace and security.In conclusion, the role of military English in modern warfare cannot be overstated. As the world continues to face complex geopolitical challenges and the threat of conflict, the ability to communicate effectively and collaborate across linguistic and cultural boundaries has become essential. Military English, with its emphasis on precision, clarity, and standardization, has emerged as a vital tool in enhancing operational efficiency, fostering international cooperation, and ensuring the safety of personnel deployed in various theaters of operation. By continuing to invest in the development and dissemination of military English, the world's militaries can strengthen their ability to respond to evolving threats, promote global stability, and contribute to the pursuit of lasting peace.。
军事介绍作文英文
军事介绍作文英文Military, also known as the armed forces, is a crucial part of a country's defense system. It consists of the army, navy, air force, and sometimes other specialized units. The military is responsible for protecting the country from external threats and maintaining peace and security within its borders.Soldiers, also called servicemen or servicewomen, are the members of the military who are trained and equipped to engage in combat. They undergo rigorous physical and mental training to prepare for the challenges they may face in the line of duty. In addition to combat roles, soldiers also perform various non-combat duties such as disaster relief, peacekeeping, and humanitarian aid.The navy is the branch of the military that is responsible for conducting naval operations andsafeguarding the country's maritime interests. It consistsof warships, submarines, and naval aircraft, and itsprimary functions include maintaining control of the sea, projecting power ashore, and protecting shipping lanes.The air force is the branch of the military that is responsible for aerial warfare and air defense. It is equipped with fighter jets, bombers, transport aircraft, and other specialized planes. The air force plays a crucial role in modern warfare by providing air support to ground forces and conducting strategic bombing missions.Military technology is constantly evolving, with new weapons, vehicles, and equipment being developed to enhance the effectiveness of the armed forces. This includes advanced firearms, armored vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and electronic warfare systems. Military technology plays a significant role in shaping the outcome of conflicts and ensuring the safety of military personnel.The military plays a vital role in national security and defense, but it also has a significant impact on society and the economy. It provides employment andtraining opportunities for millions of people, stimulatestechnological innovation, and contributes to the development of infrastructure and industry. Additionally, the military often plays a key role in disaster response and relief efforts, providing crucial support in times of crisis.。
军事英语听力原文Unit 11
Unit 11[11-1]Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, let me say welcome. My name is Colonel Reiter and I’m the Director of Staff. This morning’s briefing will include short presentations from four branches: G1 –Manpower and Personnel, G4 –Logistics, G6 –Communications and Information Systems, and G9 –Civil-military Co-operation. Before we begin, I would like to introduce our briefers. On my left is Colonel Shapiro, United States Air Force. Colonel Shapiro is the United States Senior National Representative as well as chief of the G1 division. As you will know, G1 –the Manpower and Personnel division –is tasked with administration and with managing military and civilian personnel. I’d also like to introduce you to Lieutenant Colonel Esteban from the G6 branch. G6 has the mission to plan and organise our communications and information systems. They are also responsible for coordinating security regulations for CIS systems. Our next briefer will be Major Algin from G9. Major Algin’s branch has the mission of establishing and maintaining contacts with government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Our final briefing will be from Captain Evans, G4. The G4 branch is tasked to coordinate and supervise supply, maintenance, repair, transportation and related logistics matters.[11-2]A: Well, ladies and gentlemen, the next item on this morning’s agenda is the visit of the Polish CHOD on 11 November. Pablo’s been the point of contact, so I’ll ask him to bring us up to date.B: Certainly, Lieutenant General Wojak arrives at Madrid airport on 10 November, and he leaves the day after the visit, 12 November. I’ve spoken with the Polish SNR and he told me that the General is especially interested in logistics, CIS and CIMIC matters. This will be his first visit to our Headquarters.A: OK, that seems pretty clear. Pablo, you’re the Protocol Chief so you have primary responsibility, your office is tasked with preparing and co-ordinating the visit. You’ll also need to coordinate the office call with the Commander’s Office.B: Right.A: Next, the welcome package. Could you get someone in Protocol to prepare a welcome package? His visit is quite short, so there’s no point in including a lot of information about Madrid.B: Right. Welcome package from Protocol.A: And could you call catering and ask them if they can prepare something for lunch in the Commander’s Mess? B: A sit down meal or a vin d’honneur?A: A meal is better. Briefing. We can start the morning with a briefing on logistics and CIMIC. So contact G4 and G9 and ask them if they can prepare a short briefing on their divisions’activities.B: OK. Briefings from G4 and G9.B: Suspense dates?A: Yes, when you speak to G4 and G9 ask them to submit a copy of their briefings to the Chief of Staff. He can have a look at them before I do. Suspense date is no later than 30 October, at 1300 hours.B: Very good.A: Is that everything?B: I think so. I’ve made a note of all this and I’ll have someone write up the tasker this afternoon.A: OK. Let’s move on to the next item on the agenda. EXERCISE MOUNTAIN FURY. Dieter, could you ... [11-3]conversation 1A: Support Group. How may I help you?B: Hello, this is Captain González. Corporal Watts, please.A: Corporal Watts speaking.B: This is Captain González. I’m at the airport and there’s no sign of the visitors.A: Yes, sir. We’ve received a message saying that the flight has been delayed three hours, sir.B: Three hours. Why didn’t you call me? I’ve been here ninety minutes.A: I’m so sorry, sir. I thought Sergeant Christakis called you.B: Well, he didn’t. Can you tell me the new arrival time, please?A: Wait one minute, please sir. I’ve got the message here.conversation 2A: Hello, Major Frutos.B: Yes.A: This is Lieutenant Adler. We have a small problem, sir.B: What’s the problem, Lieutenant?A: Well, you know that Lieutenant Colonel Devreux is giving a briefing this morning.B: Yes. And?A: Well, sir. The thing is the Colonel is ill, sir. He’s got flu.B: And?A: Well, the Chief wants you to give the briefing, sir.B: And what time does the briefing start?A: It starts in fifteen minutes, sir.B: Fifteen minutes! When did you know the Colonel was ill?A: His wife called at 0800.B: If his wife called at 0800, can you tell me why you’ve waited until 1210 to call me and tell me I have to give a briefing at 1230?A: I don’t know, sir. I only got the message five minutes ago.B: Very well. Tell the Chief that it will be my pleasure and bring me the Colonel’s slides immediately.conversation 3A: This is Staff Sergeant Sanz in the catering section. We have a small problem.B: Sorry, the line is bad.A: I said, this is Staff Sergeant Sanz in Catering. We have a problem.B: Right, I can hear you better now. What’s the problem, Staff?A: We don’t have electricity in the mess, sir.B: Well, get the electrician to fix it.A: I’ve spoken to maintenance, sir. They say they can’t fix it till tomorrow.B: How come they need twenty-four hours to change a light bulb?A: It’s not that simple, sir. It seems there’s a big problem with the installation.B: I see. But still, I don't understand why they can’t just put some lamps around the room.A: There’s no electricity at all in the Mess, sir. There’s no lighting or heating.B: Oh, why today? What about the Bar? Can we arrange a vin d’honneur in the Bar?A: I think that’s the best solution, sir.B: Very well. I’ll inform the Protocol Office.[11-4]A: General Wojak?B: Yes.A: I’m Major González. Welcome to Spain, sir. I’m here to escort you to your hotel.B: How do you do, major?A: Pleased to meet you, sir.B: This is my Military Assistant, Major Lowca.C: Hello Carlos. It’s nice to see you again.A: Welcome back to Spain.B: So, you know each other?C: Yes, we met at a working group in Valencia. When was it?A: Two years ago.C: That’s right.B: Very good.A: Gentlemen, may I present Lieutenant García from the Spanish Civil Guard. Lieutenant García is looking after your transport.B: How do you do?D: Pleased to meet you, sir.D: Sir. Gentlemen, if you would like to come this way. We have a car waiting outside.B: Very well.A: Did you have a good flight, sir?B: Very good, thank you major.A: And, is this your first time in Madrid?B: No. I’ve been here several times before. How long is the drive to the hotel, lieutenant?D: About twenty minutes. The airport is quite close to the city and traffic is quite light at this time of the day. Here we are, sir.B: Thank you.早上好,女士们,先生们。
英语新闻听力教程UNIT 4 原文及答案
UNIT 4 Statements and CommentsSection A 1.expressed concern 2.apologized remarks 3.denied charges warned 4.condemned 5.called for 6.threatened accused 7.deeply troubled 8.allegations baseless 10.stressed the importanceSection B 1. The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military facilities in the Arctic and a move to assert his country’s sovereignty over the contested region, which is estimated to contain billions of dollars of oil and gas deposits.2. A speaker purporting to be al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is accusing the US and the European Union of backing a war against Islam.3. The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on the Middle East are flawed because democracy is not something that can be exported.4. The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.5. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country is taking tough new measures to fight extremism following last month’s deadly terrorist attacks in London.Answer:1.B 2.D 3A 4D 5CSection CItem 1Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to help Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion with Kyrgyzstan’s opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government. Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.Answer:1-(B,D) 2-(A,D) 3-(G) 4-(E)Item 2 British officials in Iran have denied allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian officials have made statements implicating British troops stationed across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.Answer:Task1:1F 2F 3F 4T 5FTask2:1.embassy rejected linking to2.Iranian officials implicating bombings previous attacks Item 3 For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC TV interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of the insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New York Times.Answer:1. The 1968 Tet Offensive (during the Vietnam War.)2 .Downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President3. Increased violence in Iraq.4. The New York Times.5. A column writer /a columnistSection DItem 1Iran’s president is denying reports he gave an interview to an Arab newspaper in which he threatened to halt oil sales if Tehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council. I ran’s Presidential Media Department made that denial in a statement issued today in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times . Earlier today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stop oil sales if Iran is sent to the council for its nuclear activities. The reports from a French news agency say the reporter is astonished by the denial ,but the news agency say also says, the publisher of the newspaper says the c0nfusion may be due to the reporter not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.Answer:1.denying 2.halt oil sales 3.refered to 4.nuclear activities 5.Media 6.made that denial 7.reaction 8. French news agency 9. astonishedItem 2 South Korea and Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm North Korea’s claim that it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday .Late Friday unnamed U.S. official said U.S. aircraft have detected traces of radiation in the airsamples collected near the suspected North Korea test site ,but they stressed no final determination had been made .World of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution was expected Saturday .The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions against North Korea, including a travel ban and financial restriction .Answer:Task1:1.D 2.BTask2:1.T 2.F 3.F 4.F 5.T 6.F 7.TItem 3 Russian President Vladimire Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia’s energy policy or interfe re in any of its internal affairs. In an interview broadcast from Saint Petersburg today , Mr. Putin told NBC News that recent Western criticism of Russia is a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking .Mr. Putin singled out U.S. Vice President Dick Chene y’s recent of Russian energy policy in which Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation .Putin compared those comments to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year . The Russian leader host President Bush and other world leaders later this week in a summit of the G-8 industrialized nations . Mr. Putin said Russia is ready to hear well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders , but said he will categorically reject what he called interference in Russia’s internal affairs .Answer:1. Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictate Russia’s energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs.2.In an NBC interview broadcast from Saint Petersburg today.3. He called it a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking4. Cheney accused Russia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation.5. He compared them to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year .6. Russia welcomes well-intentioned criticism from foreign leaders. Section E 1. the new assessment of China’s military capability2. reinforces US arguments against lifting a European arms embargo3. as well as helping bringing those responsible to justice4. expressed personal condolences and the support of the American people5. the most closely guarded minister in the govern。
英语听力BBC原文
[00:04.49]Egypt’s Supreme Election Commission says the new constitution has been approved by almost 64% of voters.埃及最高选举委员会称新宪法以近64%的支持率通过。
[00:12.41]Announcing the official results of the referendum, Judge Samir Abul al-Maati said the commission had investigated all the complaints of irregularities.Bethany Bell is in Cairo.Judge Samir Abul al-Maati宣布了公投的官方结果,称委员会已调查有关违规行为的诉讼。
Bethany Bell在开罗报道。
[00:23.54]Almost two years after the fall of Egypt’s authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has a new constitution.就在埃及独裁统治者侯赛尼·穆巴拉克倒台两年后,埃及终于有了一部新宪法。
[00:30.79]It’s a victory for President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters. He says it will bring stability to the country.这对总统穆罕默德·穆尔西及其支持者来说是场胜利,他说新宪法将给埃及带来稳定,[00:38.76]It paves the way for parliamentary elections in the next two months. 并为两个月后的议会选举铺平道路。
军事与暴力新闻听力材料b002
There is Little Peace in the Holy Land Even at Holy WeekThe third Easter weekend finds violence(1) still raging(2) in the Middle East. Yesterday Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian teenager. And US sponsored(3) talks in the last two weeks have made little progress. More from ABC’s Nathan Thomas.Holy Week has brought thousands of Christian pilgrims【朝圣者】to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter, the resurrection【复活】of the man Christians call the Prince of Peace, but there is little peace in the Holy Land. What’s often called a low intensity(4) conflict(5)between Jews and Moslems continues to escalate(6) . In almost nightly violence, rocks and rubber bullets have become mortar【迫击炮】shells【炮弹】and rockets【火箭弹】. Israeli troops went into Palestinian territory(7) and bulldozed【用推土机推】homes in a refugee(8) camp from which they say mortar attacks were launched. Despite American attempts to restart peace talks, a spokesman for Yassir Arafat said that the Palestinians have not yet used all their tools in response to Israeli aggression(9)..The Israelis were just as tough. “Palestinians must understand one thing and understand it very clearly. There isn’t going to be shooting and talking at the same time.” This week has also brought Jewish pilgrims to the western wall of Jerusalem to celebrate Passover【逾越节】. One Rabbi【犹太教祭司】called on the Israeli army to joyfully annihilate(10) Arabs. A year ago there was great hope that the Palestinians and Israelis were close to achieving real peace. This Easter peace in the Holy Land seems increasingly remote(11) .ABC’s Nathan Thomas in London.听音瓶颈词汇1. violence[ ♋♓☜●☜⏹♦]n.暴力2. rage[❒♏♓♎✞] v.盛行;发怒3. sponsor [ ♦☐⏹♦☜] v.发起;赞助4. intensity[♓⏹♦♏⏹♦♓♦♓] n.强度;强烈5. conflict [ ⏹♐●♓♦] n.冲突;抵触6. escalate [ ♏♦☜●♏♓♦] v.升级7. territory [ ♦♏❒♓♦☜❒♓] n.领土;版图8. refugee [ ❒♏♐◆♎✞♓] n.难民;流亡者9. aggression[☜♈❒♏☞☜⏹] n.进攻;侵略10. annihilate[☜⏹♋♓☜●♏♓♦] v.消灭;歼灭11. remote[❒♓❍☜◆♦] adj.遥远的听音高级短语in response to 对…的反应call on 号召;呼吁听音超级句型…h ave made little progress.…进展甚微。
军事听说Unit 1
Teaching Procedures
I. Pre-listening Activities
1.Lead-in Activity
Related questions:
1)Do you think it important for cadets to learnmilitary English?
2)How do you know about English military terms?(mini-test)
Recruits are organized into companies---A(alpha) company, B(bravo) company, and C(charlie) company.
2. Bravo
Task 1
Key:
Alpha bravo Charlie delta echo foxtrot golf hotel india Juliet kilolimamike November oscarquebecromeo sierra tango uniform victor whiskey x-ray yankee zulu
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Unit 11[11-1]Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. First of all, let me say welcome. My name is Colonel Reiter and I’m the Director of Staff. This morning’s briefing will include short presentations from four branches: G1 –Manpower and Personnel, G4 –Logistics, G6 –Communications and Information Systems, and G9 –Civil-military Co-operation. Before we begin, I would like to introduce our briefers. On my left is Colonel Shapiro, United States Air Force. Colonel Shapiro is the United States Senior National Representative as well as chief of the G1 division. As you will know, G1 –the Manpower and Personnel division –is tasked with administration and with managing military and civilian personnel. I’d also like to introduce you to Lieutenant Colonel Esteban from the G6 branch. G6 has the mission to plan and organise our communications and information systems. They are also responsible for coordinating security regulations for CIS systems. Our next briefer will be Major Algin from G9. Major Algin’s branch has the mission of establishing and maintaining contacts with government agencies and non-governmental organisations. Our final briefing will be from Captain Evans, G4. The G4 branch is tasked to coordinate and supervise supply, maintenance, repair, transportation and related logistics matters.[11-2]A: Well, ladies and gentlemen, the next item on this morning’s agenda is the visit of the Polish CHOD on 11 November. Pablo’s been the point of contact, so I’ll ask him to bring us up to date.B: Certainly, Lieutenant General Wojak arrives at Madrid airport on 10 November, and he leaves the day after the visit, 12 November. I’ve spoken with the Polish SNR and he told me that the General is especially interested in logistics, CIS and CIMIC matters. This will be his first visit to our Headquarters.A: OK, that seems pretty clear. Pablo, you’re the Protocol Chief so you have primary responsibility, your office is tasked with preparing and co-ordinating the visit. You’ll also need to coordinate the office call with the Commander’s Office.B: Right.A: Next, the welcome package. Could you get someone in Protocol to prepare a welcome package? His visit is quite short, so there’s no point in including a lot of information about Madrid.B: Right. Welcome package from Protocol.A: And could you call catering and ask them if they can prepare something for lunch in the Commander’s Mess?B: A sit down meal or a vin d’honneur?A: A meal is better. Briefing. We can start the morning with a briefing on logistics and CIMIC. So contact G4 and G9 and ask them if they can prepare a short briefing on their divisions’activities.B: OK. Briefings from G4 and G9.B: Suspense dates?A: Yes, when you speak to G4 and G9 ask them to submit a copy of their briefings to the Chief of Staff. He can have a look at them before I do. Suspense date is no later than 30 October, at 1300 hours.B: Very good.A: Is that everything?B: I think so. I’ve made a note of all this and I’ll have someone write up the tasker this afternoon.A: OK. Let’s move on to the next item on the agenda. EXERCISE MOUNTAIN FURY. Dieter, could you ... [11-3]conversation 1A: Support Group. How may I help you?B: Hello, this is Captain González. Corporal Watts, please.A: Corporal Watts speaking.B: This is Captain González. I’m at the airport and there’s no sign of the visitors.A: Yes, sir. We’ve received a message saying that the flight has been delayed three hours, sir.B: Three hours. Why didn’t you call me? I’ve been here ninety minutes.A: I’m so sorry, sir. I thought Sergeant Christakis called you.B: Well, he didn’t. Can you tell me the new arrival time, please?A: Wait one minute, please sir. I’ve got the message here.conversation 2A: Hello, Major Frutos.B: Yes.A: This is Lieutenant Adler. We have a small problem, sir.B: What’s the problem, Lieutenant?A: Well, you know that Lieutenant Colonel Devreux is giving a briefing this morning.B: Yes. And?A: Well, sir. The thing is the Colonel is ill, sir. He’s got flu.B: And?A: Well, the Chief wants you to give the briefing, sir.B: And what time does the briefing start?A: It starts in fifteen minutes, sir.B: Fifteen minutes! When did you know the Colonel was ill?A: His wife called at 0800.B: If his wife called at 0800, can you tell me why you’ve waited until 1210 to call me and tell me I have to give a briefing at 1230?A: I don’t know, sir. I only got the message five minutes ago.B: Very well. Tell the Chief that it will be my pleasure and bring me the Colonel’s slides immediately.conversation 3A: This is Staff Sergeant Sanz in the catering section. We have a small problem.B: Sorry, the line is bad.A: I said, this is Staff Sergeant Sanz in Catering. We have a problem.B: Right, I can hear you better now. What’s the problem, Staff?A: We don’t have electricity in the mess, sir.B: Well, get the electrician to fix it.A: I’ve spoken to maintenance, sir. They say they can’t fix it till tomorrow.B: How come they need twenty-four hours to change a light bulb?A: It’s not that simple, sir. It seems there’s a big problem with the installation.B: I see. But still, I don't understand why they can’t just put some lamps around the room.A: There’s no electricity at all in the Mess, sir. There’s no lighting or heating.B: Oh, why today? What about the Bar? Can we arrange a vin d’honneur in the Bar?A: I think that’s the best solution, sir.B: Very well. I’ll inform the Protocol Office.[11-4]A: General Wojak?B: Yes.A: I’m Major González. Welcome to Spain, sir. I’m here to escort you to your hotel.B: How do you do, major?A: Pleased to meet you, sir.B: This is my Military Assistant, Major Lowca.C: Hello Carlos. It’s nice to see you again.A: Welcome back to Spain.B: So, you know each other?C: Yes, we met at a working group in Valencia. When was it?A: Two years ago.C: That’s right.B: Very good.A: Gentlemen, may I present Lieutenant García from the Spanish Civil Guard. Lieutenant García is looking after your transport.B: How do you do?D: Pleased to meet you, sir.D: Sir. Gentlemen, if you would like to come this way. We have a car waiting outside.B: Very well.A: Did you have a good flight, sir?B: Very good, thank you major.A: And, is this your first time in Madrid?B: No. I’ve been here several times before. How long is the drive to the hotel, lieutenant?D: About twenty minutes. The airport is quite close to the city and traffic is quite light at this time of the day. Here we are, sir.B: Thank you.早上好,女士们,先生们。