英语听力文摘 English Digest 149、儿童新闻

　　Hi there, I'm Ore with the BBC World News for Children. It's Tuesday the 1st of June.
Coming up:
The latest attempt to plug the American oil leak has failed.
World Cup teams are picked.
And a Japanese teenage girl is a baseball hit!
First - the United Nations say they want an investigation¹ after Israeli troops raided a fleet of boats - leaving at least ten people dead. The boats were bringing aid to Gaza, where lots of Palestinians live. Israel says its soldiers were attacked with weapons first - but the people onboard the ship say Israeli troops came on board shooting. There's a very long history of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians - they've been fighting over territory for around seventy years.
The latest attempt to stop the oil leak in the Gulf² of Mexico has failed. BP had been pumping tonnes of mud into the well - it looked like it might be working - but it turns out that the oil is still gushing³ out. To make matters worse the storm season is due to hit the area soon and that could make the oil even harder to contain. Coast Guard - Larry Chambers⁴ - flew over the oil slick, he describes what he saw....
CLIP: "When you go on an overflight like that and you actually see the amount of oil that's out there, it stops your heart for a moment, and that's why we're out there working."
World Cup news now - and a lot of footballers have had a very nervous morning - waiting for the call that tells them whether they will or won't be playing for their country in South Africa.
And it looks like Fabio Capello's England team will be travelling without Arsenal⁵ winger Theo Walcott - the 21year old was a surprise inclusion in Sven-Goran Eriksson's squad⁶ at the last World Cup in Germany. To find out who else is in and out head over to the BBC's Sport website.
Earlier South Africa made its selection. Coach - Carlos Alberto Parreira - cut five players from the provisional squad. The country's record goal scorer and West Ham striker Benni McCarthy was one of them. The 32-year-old has struggled with his fitness recently. Other surprise omissions⁷ were goalkeeper Rowen Fernandez and defender⁸ Bryce Moon.
In Tennis - the quarter-finals of the French Open get under way today. Roger Federer takes on Robin⁹ Soderling in a repeat of last year's final. And world number one Federer - reckons he's got a tough opponent......
CLIP: "He's an opponent that you do not underestimate. Obviously he beat incredible players on the way to make the finals here last year. Clay seems to also be his surface of preference as well."
And finally a teenager from Japan has become the first female to play professional baseball in two countries. Nicknamed the "Knuckle¹⁰ Princess" - because of her pitch - Eri Yoshida, who's18, plays in Japan and is also the first woman to pitch professionally in the US for 10 years.
CLIP: "Number 3 - Eri Yoshida!...(applause)."
Eri plays with and against men who are twice her age - and her performance is inspiring other girls to get involved......
CLIP: "I've been playing softball for so many years now - and I'd maybe think about going into baseball - that would be pretty cool."
And today's question is all about baseball. We want to know what major league baseball team is based out of the Bronx in New York City.
OK, that's all from the World News for Children team. We're back tomorrow with more top stories.

1 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

2 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

3 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

5 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

6 squad   

n.班，小队，小团体；vt.把…编成班或小组

参考例句：

• The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
• A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。

7 omissions   

n.省略( omission的名词复数 )；删节；遗漏；略去或漏掉的事（或人）

参考例句：

• In spite of careful checking, there are still omissions. 饶这么细心核对，还是有遗漏。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• It has many omissions; even so, it is quite a useful reference book. 那本书有许多遗漏之处，即使如此，尚不失为一本有用的参考书。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

9 robin   

n.知更鸟，红襟鸟

参考例句：

• The robin is the messenger of spring.知更鸟是报春的使者。
• We knew spring was coming as we had seen a robin.我们看见了一只知更鸟，知道春天要到了。

10 knuckle   

n.指节；vi.开始努力工作；屈服，认输

参考例句：

• They refused to knuckle under to any pressure.他们拒不屈从任何压力。
• You'll really have to knuckle down if you want to pass the examination.如果想通过考试，你确实应专心学习。