托福听力材料：香港游客在菲律宾遇难

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 23:06:24

一辆旅游巴士在菲律宾首都马尼拉遭遇劫持，车上8名香港游客遇难，其他7人正在医院接受治疗。劫持者是一名携带突击步的被辞退的武装警察，在长达9小时的电视直播的围攻中被警方击毙。香港特别行政区长官曾荫权(Donald Tsang)发表了讲话。　　[注释]
　　1.disgruntle vt.使不高兴
　　2.tragic adj.悲剧的
　　例句：There was a tragic accident on the highway yesterday.
　　昨天公路上发生了一起很惨的事故。
　　3.textile n.纺织品,织物
　　例句：The designers have created a new textile.
　　设计人员创造了一种新织物。
　　4.rehabilitation n.复原
　　5.disclose v.揭露, 揭开
　　例句：She disclosed a secret.
　　她揭露了一个秘密。
　　He disclosed the box to us.
　　他揭开盒子给我们看。
　　6.grant vt.准许; 答应给予
　　例句：He refused to grant them long-term credits.
　　他拒绝给他们长期信贷。
　　7.injunction n.命令;强制令;禁止令
　　例句：The court has issued an injunction.
　　法院已发布一项强制令。
　　8.criticise vi.批评,吹毛求疵,非难
　　9.renounce vt.声明放弃;宣布放弃
　　例句：Andrew renounced his claim to the property.
　　安德鲁放弃了财产的所有权。
　　10.fraudulent a.欺诈的,不正的,不诚实的
　　例句：The investigation has laid bare their fraudulent scheme.
　　这个调查把他们的骗局暴露无遗。
　　11.decompose vt.vi.腐烂
　　例句：Most animals decompose very quickly after death.
　　大多数动物死后很快腐烂。
　　【结构分析】
　　1.So this is going to have a ripple effect through the economy, and essentially the task will shift from the relief and rehabilitation to recovery and reconstruction.
　　ripple effect连锁反应
　　2.Judge Royce Lamberth, said in his ruling that a lawsuit brought against new stem cell guidelines was valid and could now go ahead.
　　bring against以某罪控告(某人)
　　例句：The police are going to bring a charge of murder against him.
　　警察将以凶杀罪控告他。
　　go ahead往前走,继续,进展,进步
　　3.The deputy minister was arrested on suspicion of negligence, but was not formally charged.
　　on suspicion of因有…嫌疑,因受到…怀疑
　　例句：She's been arrested on suspicion of spying.
　　她因涉嫌间谍活动而被捕。
　　Eight tourists from Hong Kong have been killed during a hijacking of a bus in the Philippine capital Manila. Seven others are being treated in hospital. The hostage taker, a disgruntled former policeman armed with an assault rifle, was killed by police during a 9-hour siege shown live on TV. Hong Kong’s chief executive Donald Tsang gave his reaction.
　　"This is a major tragedy, disappointing that Hong Kong residents trying to make a pleasure trip to Manila ended up with deaths and casualties. This is very tragic, and the way it is handled, the particularly the way of the outcome, I find it is disappointing."
　　Rescue workers in Chile say the 33 miners who’ve been trapped underground for 18 days are in good health, but have yet to be told that it could take months until they are rescued. A special drill is being sent to the copper and gold mine in northern Chile to dig a new shaft and get the miners to safety. This is still expected to take at least two months.
　　The United Nations in Pakistan has described the humanitarian situation caused by the floods there as “critical”. Government officials in the southern province of Sindh say over 80% of those affected have fled their homes. The Indus River outside Hyderabad is at its highest for over 50 years. The International Monetary Fund says everyone in Pakistan will suffer. Masood Ahmed is the Fund’s regional director.

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 23:06:25

"A third of the cotton crop is likely to be affected this year, and cotton directly affected the farmers, but then the textile industry, which is a big part of the industrial sector in Pakistan, and that means banks are going to be affected because they’ve been making loans to industries. So this is going to have a ripple effect through the economy, and essentially the task will shift from the relief and rehabilitation to recovery and reconstruction." 　　Intelligence officials in Pakistan say a US drone attack in the northwest of the country has killed at least 12 people including suspected militants. The strike in the North Waziristan region also hit a house nearby.
　　Tiger Woods and his wife Elin Nordegren have divorced, following revelations that the world’s No.1 golfer engaged in a string of affairs. Steve Kingstone reports.
　　A short written statement confirmed that Tiger Woods and Elin Nordegren have divorced at a Florida court house and would now share the parenting of their two children, aged 3 and 1. Appealing for privacy, the couple wished each other all the best for the future. Details of the financial settlement have not been disclosed, but US media reports suggest the former Mrs Woods is walking away with well over $100 million. The agreement is almost certain to have included a secrecy clause surrounding the circumstances leading to the car crash outside their Florida home, which left Tiger Woods seriously injured and after which he publicly confessed to serial infidelity.
　　World News from the BBC.
　　A district court in the United States has blocked plans by the Obama administration to increase funding for research into embryonic stem cells. The judge who granted the injunction, Judge Royce Lamberth, said in his ruling that a lawsuit brought against new stem cell guidelines was valid and could now go ahead.
　　A new compensation fund for people affected by the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has begun operating. Although paid for by the oil company BP, the $20-billion fund will be administered independently by Kenneth Feinberg, who ran a compensation fund for 9/11 victims. But some of the rules he plans to set have already been criticised, as our economics correspondent Andrew Walker explains.
　　After six months, claims to the fund will have to renounce any right to sue BP in the courts. Others are concerned by reports that the fund will look at the last few years of profits in judging the level of compensation. Many fishing businesses, for example, have been rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and one told the BBC he hadn’t been making normal profits before this year. He feared his compensation could be lower as a result. Mr Feinberg will certainly have a difficult task. He’ll need to make judgments about whether business problems really are the result of the spill, and there’s a risk of fraudulent claims.
　　Police in Mexico say they’ve found at least 19 bodies in an abandoned mine shaft in Hidalgo, near Mexico City. The security forces said they found the decomposing remains after a tip-off from two alleged members of a drug cartel that they’d arrested on Friday.

会计考友 · 发表于 2012-8-14 23:06:26

　The Egyptian authorities have arrested the deputy culture minister and four security guards in connection with the theft of a painting by Vincent van Gogh from a Cairo museum. The deputy minister was arrested on suspicion of negligence, but was not formally charged. Prosecutors said he failed to replace broken surveillance cameras despite having the budget to do so. 　　And that’s the latest BBC News.
　　一辆旅游巴士在菲律宾首都马尼拉遭遇劫持，车上8名香港游客遇难，其他7人正在医院接受治疗。劫持者是一名携带突击步的被辞退的武装警察，在长达9小时的电视直播的围攻中被警方击毙。香港特别行政区长官曾荫权(Donald Tsang)发表了讲话。
　　“这是一场重大的灾难，香港居民原本是为了到马尼拉进行快乐的旅行，却以伤亡收场，这让人非常失望。这是非常不幸的。这件事情的处理方式，尤其是事件结果让人非常失望。”
　　智利救援人员表示，被困在地下长达18天的33名矿工健康状况良好，但是仍然被告知，这些矿工要等待几个月的时间才能成功获救。目前，智利北部这座铜金矿已经部署了新的钻孔机，挖掘出新的隧道使这些矿工安全获救。然而，预期这项工作需要至少两个月的时间。
　　巴基斯坦联合国工作人员称洪水导致的人道状况非常“危急”。南部信德省的政府官员表示，超过80%的受灾者已经逃离家园。海德拉巴城外印度河(Indus River)的水位已经达到50多年来的最高值。国际货币基金组织表示，巴基斯坦每一个人都将饱受痛苦。Masood Ahmed是该基金的区域主管。
　　“今年，将有三分之一的棉花作物受到影响，棉花直接影响农民，随后是纺织业，纺织业占据巴基斯坦工业部门很大的部分。这意味着银行将受到影响，因为他们向这些行业提供。所以，这将对经济产生连锁反应，从本质上来说，我们的任务将从救济和复原转变为恢复和重建。”
　　巴基斯坦情报官员表示，美国无人机对西北部发动的袭击造成至少12人死亡，包括好战分子嫌疑人在内。对北瓦齐里斯坦的袭击还击中了附近的一所房屋。
　　排名世界第一的高尔夫选手老虎·伍兹深陷一系列桃色事件后，终于和妻子艾琳·诺德伦离婚。Steve Kingstone报道。
　　一份简短的声明证实，老虎·伍兹和妻子艾琳·诺德伦在佛罗里达法庭离婚，两人将共同抚养3岁和1岁的孩子。两人希望保护自己的隐私，并希望对方一切顺利。关于经济和解的细节并未披露，但是美国媒体报道称，前伍兹太太可以分得1亿美元的资产。双方的离婚协议中肯定会包含
　　一项保密条款，关于导致伍兹在佛罗里达家外发生撞车而导致重伤的背景。之后，伍兹公开承认了自己的一系列不忠行为。
　　BBC世界新闻。
　　美国一个区法庭阻止了奥巴马总统增加胚胎干细胞研究经费的计划。发出禁令的法官Royce Lamberth在裁决中表示，反对新的干细胞指引的法律案件是有效的，应该继续进行。
　　受墨西哥湾石油泄漏影响的受害者的赔偿基金已经开始运作。尽管受害者由BP石油公司支付，高达200亿美元的基金将由肯尼思·费恩伯格(Kenneth Feinberg)独立管理，他曾运营了9.11受害者的赔偿基金。但是，他计划设立的一些规则已经受到批评，我们的经济记者Andrew Walker报道。
　　六个月之后，对该基金的索赔将不得不放弃向法庭起诉BP石油公司的任何权利。其他人则对相关报道表示担忧，有报道称，该基金将会查看过去几年的盈利状况来判断赔偿水平。例如，许多渔业公司都在在2005年的卡特里娜飓风之后重建的，其中一人告诉BBC，在今年之前，他还没有实现正常的盈利。他担心他的赔偿因此会降低。费恩伯格肯定将面临非常艰巨的任务。他将判断一些企业出现的问题是不是石油泄漏造成的，他还将面临一些虚假索赔的风险。
　　墨西哥警方表示，他们在墨西哥城附近伊达尔戈州一座废弃的矿井中发现了至少19具尸体。安全力量表示，周五，他们逮捕的两名毒品卡特尔成员密告之后，他们发现了这些正在分解的遗体。
　　因梵高油画在开罗博物馆被盗，埃及当局逮捕了文化副部长和4名安保人员。这位文化副部长因渎职罪被逮捕，但是没有受到正式指控。检控人员表示，他未能及时更换坏掉的将摄像头，尽管他们有相关预算。

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[托福听力] 托福听力材料：香港游客在菲律宾遇难

托福听力材料：香港游客在菲律宾遇难

托福听力材料：香港游客在菲律宾遇难