英语新闻听力教程unit10

Unit 10 Commemoration and Celebration
Section A
warming up
1. celebrated
2. commemorating
3. marked
4. honor
5. carnival street festival
6. laid a wreath
7. reflecting on
8. ring their bells remembrance toll
9. flying at half staff
10. vigil


Section B
1. B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.B

Tapescript:
1. Spain commemorated the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings with public mourning church bells and silent tributes to the nearly 200 people who died in al-Qaeda’s worst attack in Europe.
2. Earlier London came to a virtual standstill as the city observed two minutes of silence in remembrance of the victims of the bombings.
3. Children descended on the south lawn of the White House today for the annual presidential Easter Egg Roll.
4. The authorities in Saudi Arabia say that Muslims attending this year’s Hajj pilgrimage in December must possess a certificate proving they’ve been immunized against polio if they come from one of the four countries where the disease is endemic.
5. The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki briefly fell silent Tuesday morning to recall the wartime nuclear attack 60 years ago that turned it into an inferno, instantly killing tens of thousands of people.

Section C
Item 1
1. B, E 2. H 3. I

Tapescript:
Iraqi Shiite militants marked the 2nd anniversary of the fall of Saddam Hussein Saturday with a large anti-American protest. Tens of thousands of followers of radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr marched in the same spot in central Baghdad where a huge statue of Saddam was pulled down two years ago. The marchers demanded a timetable for a U.S. pullout from Iraq but President Bush has refused to offer one until the country is more secure.

Item 2
Task 1
1. F 2.F 3.F 4.T 5.F

Task 2
1. Acts of commemoration the devastating tsunami the Indian Ocean
2.beneath floor torrents of water more than 200,000
3. Entire communities obliterated

Tapescript:
Acts of commemoration are taking place in Asia to mark the devastating tsunami that struck countries around the Indian Ocean one year ago. More than 200,000 people were killed when an earthquake beneath the ocean’s floor sent torrents of water sweeping ashore in places as far apart as Thailand, Sri Lanka and Somalia. The area worst affected was the Indonesian province of Aceh where entire communities along the coast were obliterated. In Thailand, ,meanwhile, where more than 5,000 people died, a ceremony is being held at Khao Lak.



Item 3
1. marching and dancing/parading
2. the annual cherry-blossom festival.
3. Tokyo’s gift of thousands of cherry trees
4. Around many significant monuments
5. Tokyo’s mayor, In 1912


Tapescript:
Thousands of people gathered in Washington Saturday to mark a 1912 gift by Tokyo’s mayor promoting friendship between the United States and Japan. Marching bands and dancing g

roups paraded down one of the main avenues of the U.S. capital as part of the annual cherry-blossom festival that commemorates Tokyo’ gift of thousands of cherry trees which bloom once each year around many of the significant monuments around the United States’ capital.


Section D
European Acts of Commemoration Marking the End of World War II

In Russia (1) Decorated veterans gathered at a (2) rail terminal to (3) recreate
the return of (4) victorious Soviet troops 60 years ago.
The veterans then (5) marched to their traditional (6) meeting place
Where President Putin (7) gave a speech.
In France President Chirac marked today with a (8) wreath-laying ceremony
In Britain (9) Prince Charles laid a wreath in honor of the dead
In Germany (10) President Koehler honored the victims of (11) Nazism and said the Nazis (12) brought dishonor to the nation.

Tapescript:
The end of World War II in Europe was marked on Sunday in ceremonies across the continent. Decorated veterans gathered at Moscow’s Belarus rail terminal to recreate the return of victorious soviet troops 60 years ago. Then the veterans marched to their traditional meeting place where President Putin gave a speech. In Paris, France President Jacques Chirac marked the day with a wreath-laying ceremony as did Britain’s Prince Charles in London. In a speech to parliament, German President Horst Koehler honored the victims of Nazism and said the Nazis brought dishonor to the nation.


Item 2
Task 1
1. B 2.A
Task 2
1. F 2.T 3. T 4.F 5.F 6. F

Tapescript:
Ceremonies have been taking place in the United States to mark the 5th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. In New York, relatives read out the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died at the site of the former World Trade Center. The commemoration fell silent at the exact times when the two hijacked planes crashed into the twin towers and when the towers themselves collapsed. President Bush went on to Pennsylvania to meet relatives of those who died on the hijacked plane which crashed there before attending a ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington. 189 people died in the attack there. Speaking at the memorial service, the Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld paid tribute to them.


Item 3
1. She said Prince Charles had overcome terrible obstacles and she is proud of them.
2. She skipped the civil ceremony but they did attend a blessing ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
3. They will honeymoon in Scotland.
4. Their wedding ceremony was held at Windsor’s Guildhall. The couple smiled and signed autographs.
5. They were able to enjoy the large floral arrangements left behind by the royal couple.

Tapescript:
Queen Elizabeth toasted her son Prince Charles and his marriage to his longtime lover Camilla Parker Bowles saying he had overcome terrible obstacles and that she is proud of them. Earlier the Queen and Prince Philips skipped the civil ceremony but they did a

ttend a blessing ceremony led by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The couple will honeymoon in Scotland. But the Prince’s marriage wasn’t the only wedding ceremony held at Windsor’s Guildhall Saturday. Three couples got a bit of the royal treatment when they exchanged vows after the royal wedding. Arriving to a lingering crowd of onlookers and journalists, the couple basked in the attention as they smiled and signed autographs. Two other non-royal couples were also marrying today and all were able to enjoy the large floral arrangements left behind by the royal couple.