听力作业

高级听力1作业

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要求：

1.请先把文件下载到电脑上，在电脑上填上自己的姓名等信息。

2.打印已填写好个人信息的作业纸。

3.请仔细听录音，独立完成下面的作业。

4.在打印好的作业纸上，用黑色或蓝色签字笔答题。

5.本次作业在下次上课(第14周)时上交。

Directions: You will hear a piece of English news. Listen carefully and fill in the blanks according to what you heard.

Somaliland is one of the poorest African regions.

Its __rural_ __population__ is struggling to make a living in the best of times, but __ _drought__ makes it __impossible__.

"I am 80. In the 80 years of my life, I've never seen such __severe__ __drought__.

It has killed so many animals and caused so much __famine_.

Our lives are in danger."

The situation is similar in the _neighboring_ Puntland region and parts of Ethiopia. The United Nations last month called for _urgent_ aid to save _1.7_ million people in the _affected_ parts of Somalia.

"Communities are losing their means for _survival_, and we need to stop this loss of li ves and

forced _displacement_ as people have no other _option_ than to move in search of foo d, water and income."

But when there is no food and water for _miles_ _and_

_miles_ around, moving may be _futile_.

Some Ethiopian farmers have crossed the _border_ to try to _escape_ __famine_. "The _drought_ has been __raging_ for three years in Ethiopia.

We were told that there were pastures on the other side of the _border_.

But when we got here, we found nothing."

Ethiopia, Africa's second most _populous_ country, is in the grip of its worst _drought _ in _decades_.

The government is _appealing_ for aid to help 10 million _affected_ people.

The food shortage is also _grave_ in Malawi, which has not yet _recovered_ from last year's record flooding.

"Before the floods, my child was doing well.

But after we lost our _crops_, my child got sick and became _malnourished_.(32) That is what made me come to this hospital for _treatment_ and food."

Malawi's president has declared a state of national _disaster_.

But the food crisis in parts of Africa could get worse yet.

“The _peak_ of the crisis is still to come.

So, I think we will see the _situation_ getting worse before it will get better.

We talk about maybe a small _improvement_ around mid-2016 or shortly after this." Experts say people in the _affected_ areas depend on aid to _survive_ and are calling f or an urgent step-up of humanitarian _efforts_.