英语听力文摘 English Digest 146、儿童新闻

　　Hi there, I'm Sonali from the BBC World News for Children.
Coming up:
A train crash in India has killed 65 people.
Brazil's footballers are set to play Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
And frogs cause traffic chaos¹ in Greece.
First - at least 65 people have died and more than 200 have been injured after two trains collided in eastern India. The Calcutta-Mumbai passenger train went off the rails overnight in West Bengal. Rail officials are blaming anti-government rebels for deliberately² damaging the track.
Next to Pakistan, where one week after the authorities there blocked web users from accessing the video sharing site - YouTube - they've made some of the site's material available again. But the crackdown on websites that are seen as offensive to the Islamic faith is still going on. Facebook is completely barred and hundreds of YouTube links are also off limits.
Now just last week - American Jordan Romero - who's 13 years old - became the youngest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest. Well he's been talking about his amazing adventure. And what do you think was the first thing Jordon did when he reached the summit of the highest mountain in the world?
CLIP: "I did call my mom, my mother, from the summit by satellite phone. And the first thing I said to her, as soon as she said hello, was mom - it's your son calling from the top of the world."
More news now and the world's top-FIFA rated football side, Brazil, has confirmed it will play two friendly matches against Zimbabwe and Tanzania as part of its preparations for the World Cup. The Brazilian coach, Dunga, said the matches would be useful practice for the players. Dunga also praised the African teams for being brave enough to face Brazil.
CLIP: "There are a lot of situations, so we will play against an African team, and we will play to get into our rhythm so we can start the competition well."
And in other footy news - one of Ghana's star players and Chelsea midfielder - Michael Essien - has been ruled out of the World Cup finals. Officials say the knee and ankle injuries he suffered playing for Ghana at the Africa Cup of Nations in January won't heal until the end of July. That could also rule him out of Chelsea's starting line-up for next season's defence of the Premier³ League title.
And finally - frogs have been causing havoc⁴ on one of Greece's main motorways⁵. Thousands of the creatures have hopped⁶ onto one of the country's highways - outside Greece's second largest city - Thessaloniki. It seems the frogs left a nearby lake to look for food - and now the Greek authorities have had to close the road because drivers were skidding⁷ as they tried to avoid the tiny creatures.
That's it from the World News for Children Team. We're not back with you until Tuesday - because Monday is a public holiday here in the UK. So until then have a great weekend.

1 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。

2 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

3 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

4 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

5 motorways   

n.高速公路( motorway的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Most of Britain's motorways radiated from London. 英国的大多数公路从伦敦向四方延伸。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cuba is well served by motorways. 古巴的高速公路四通八达。 来自辞典例句

6 hopped   

跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 )； 单足蹦跳； 齐足（或双足）跳行； 摘葎草花

参考例句：

• He hopped onto a car and wanted to drive to town. 他跳上汽车想开向市区。
• He hopped into a car and drove to town. 他跳进汽车，向市区开去。

7 skidding   

n.曳出，集材v.（通常指车辆） 侧滑( skid的现在分词 )；打滑；滑行；（住在）贫民区

参考例句：

• All the wheels of the truck were tied up with iron chains to avoid skidding on the ice road. 大卡车的所有轮子上都捆上了铁链，以防止在结冰的路面上打滑。 来自《用法词典》
• I saw the motorcycle skidding and its rider spilling in dust. 我看到摩托车打滑，骑车人跌落在地。 来自互联网