英语新闻听力教程Unit12答案及文本

英语新闻听力教程Unit12答案及文本
英语新闻听力教程
Keys and Typescript
Unit 12Elections
Section A
1.in favor of; charter
2. mayoral; voting stations
3. clean sweep; boycotted; opposition
4. cast ballots
5. registered; run for
6.fundraising; the midterm election
7. stand;for
8. overwhelming; ruling party
9. Campaigning
10. re-elected
Section B
Typescript
1. Preliminary results from Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan indicate a big lead for the government. But the opposition has pledged to challenge the results in court.
2. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman says he’s going to win his Democratic primary against multimillionaire businessman Ned Lamont despite polls showing Lieberman trailing his challenger by as much as 13 points.
3. Millions of people across Brazil have been voting in presidential, congressional and regional elections.The incumbent Presiden t Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva is seeking a second term in office.
4. V otes have been counted in the presidential election in Sri
Lanka. Latest estimates put turnout at about 75%, but it was much lower in areas populated by the Tamil minority.
5. With 90% of votes counted in Poland’s presidential election, it’s now inevitable that the two leading candidates will have to face each other in a runoff.
Key: 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. A
Section C
Item 1
Early indication in Sunday’s elections in Kazakhstan suggest an overwhelming victory for President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Two exit polls predict Mr. Nazarbayev, who has been in power for the past 16 years, has won at least 85% of the vote. The poll is being seen as a test of whether Kazakhstan is moving towards greater political openness. Mr. Nazarbayev said the election was more democratic than ever before with all candidates receiving equal conditions. But the campaign manager of his main rival, Zharmakhan Tuyakbai, said there had been many violations, including discrepancies over voters’ lists and ballot papers.
Key: 1. (B,D) 2. (C, G) 3. (D) 4. (A)
Item 2
V oters in the Central African Republic have cast ballots for a new president. Incumbent Francois Bozize is favored to win two years after he gained power in a
coup. Poll monitors say voting was smooth and fair in today’s runoff between Mr. Bozize and form er Prime Minister Martin Ziguele, whose party was ousted in the 2003 coup. After casting his ballot, Mr. Bozize called the election a unique occasion. President Bozize fell short of the outright majority needed to win the first round of voting in March.
Key:
Task 1 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. T 5. F
Task 2 1. smooth and fair; runoff 2. a coup 3. a unique occasion 4. prime minister
5. fell short; outright majority
Item 3
The people of Ecuador are electing a new president on Sunday with opinion polls suggesting a closer-than-expected race between the main contenders.There are 13 candidates, but the BBC correspondent in the country says only four of them have a realistic chance of winning. They include the former Economy Minister Rafael Correa, a leftist ally of the Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and the country’s richest man Alvaro Noboa, who is standing for the centre right. The vote comes after a period of instability. Last year, President Lucio Gutirrez was forced from office by angry crowds and our correspondent says many voters are still fed up with politicians in the country, which has huge oil wealth but where half of the population lives in poverty. Key:
1. A close-than-expected race between the main contenders.
2. They have a realistic chance of winning
3. The richest man in the country. He sands for the center right.
4. He was forced from office by angry crowds.
5. Half of the population lives in poverty though the country has huge oil wealth. Section D
Item 1
The countdown to November’s midterm elections continues with Democrats and Republicans facing off over issues from gas prices to the war in Iraq. Democrats are hoping to become the majority in the currently GOP-controlled Congress.
NPR’s Allison Keyes reports.
Some analysts have predicted problems for the Republican Party with votes displeased over the direction of the country and with everything from gas prices to the war in Iraq. But Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell told CBS’s Face the nation not to worry about his party’s performance on November 7th.
“We are not only gonna protect our incumbents, and we are gonna to win a lot of seats that potentially the Democrats currently have.”
Democratic national Committee Chair Howard Dean, however, told CBS that the Bush administration’s record will hurt it.
“Repub licans are leaving a sinking ship.And the sinking ship is the Republican approach to the war on Iraq and the war on terror.”
The Party holding the White House usually loses seats in a president’s sixth year.
Allison Keyes, NPR News, Washington.
1. November 7th
2. Democratic
3. Congress
4. the Republican Party
5. displeased
6. gas prices
7. war in Iraq
8. a sinking ship
9. Approach 10. war on terror Item 2
Final results have been announced in the presidential runoff election in Guinea-Bissau. The story from Mary Marta in our West Africa bureau.
Guinea-Bissau’s election commission named former army ruler Joao Bernardo Vieira the country’s new president on Wednesday dismissing complaints by losing candidate Malam Bacai Sanha who filed a 135-page document, asking the commission to annul the results because of alleged fraud. Celebrations by Vieira’s supporters were quickly dampened by fear that it would incite clashes with the opposition from the ruling PAIGC Party headed by Mr. Sanha. Though Mr. Sanha urged his supporters to remain calm, he said he is going to continue to fight to stay in office. He said he will take up the issue with the Supreme Court which must still finalize the election results. Guinea-Bissau has been plagued by coups and instability since its independence from Portugal in 1975. Mr. Vieira ruled Guinea-Bissau with an iron fist from 1980 until 1999 when he was overthrown in a bloody civil war.Mary Marta, VOA News, Abidjan.
Key: Task 1 1. C 2. C Task 2 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F Item 3
1. They are trying to decide whether one of the world’s most important shipping routes, the Panama Canal, should be expanded, so it can be used by larger vessels.
2. Around five billion dollars. It would involve building another set of locks at the Pacific and Atlantic ends of the canal.
3. 40%. Those in favor of a wider Panama Canal are leading by 80% to 20%.
4. Ships are getting bigger. The economies of China and India are expanding rapidly.
5. They need easy shipping access to their markets in North America, Europe and elsewhere
Section E
Key:
1. made her comments; will
2. has been reported as saying; will be; he said; wants to address; called; are
3. the giant retailer said; will introduce wage cages; said; is an effort
4. feared; will
5. said today; will develop。