英语听力文摘 English Digest 156、儿童新闻

　　Hi there, I'm Sonali from the BBC World News for Children Team. It's Friday the 4th of June.
Coming up.....
McDonald's has pulled Shrek glasses over health fears.
There's been a massive¹ fire in Bangladesh.
And Stosur reaches the French Open final in style....
CLIP²: "What a way to do it!"
Our top story today is that McDonald's customers, in America, are being told not use Shrek drinking glasses because of fears that they could be bad for people's health. The fast food restaurant chain has been selling the glasses - which feature different characters from the hit movie - to promote the new Shrek film. But now they're concerned because the paint on them contains a toxic³ metal. McDonald's have stopped selling them - 12 million glasses have been recalled.
Next - more than a hundred people have been killed in a huge fire in the capital of Bangladesh in South Asia. The blaze⁴ happened in one of the most crowded, built up areas of Dhaka and it spread quickly through shops and houses. It's thought that the fire started when an electricity transformer⁵ blew up.
More of the days news now and it's been confirmed that Liverpool Manager - Rafa Benitez - is leaving the Reds after 6 years in charge. It's rumoured⁶ he was given millions of dollars to leave the club. Liverpool secured some big wins under Benitez, but they haven't been performing as well recently. Even so - former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp didn't see it coming.......
CLIP: "I mean it's a surprise - I have to be honest. It's certainly a brave decision for Liverpool. I think there's still a large element of Liverpool fans that really do like Rafa and respect him. And you have to look - he won the Champions League, he won the FA Cup. So, to a certain extent he was a success. But unfortunately, at the moment, the team isn't going in the right direction."
The club is now looking for someone to take over as manager.
Now to Japan where the country has a new Prime Minister - it's fifth in three years. Naoto Kan - who's the former Finance⁷ Minister - takes over from Yukio Hatoyama. Hatoyama lost support after he broke an election promise to move an unpopular American military base that's on a Japanese soil.
And looking ahead to the weekend. It's the final of the women's singles at the French Tennis Open. Australia's Sam Stosur will face Italian - Francesca Schiavone. Stosur stormed into her first grand slam final, after beating fourth seed Jelena Jankovic in 60 minutes.
CLIP: "What a way to do it! Such ease, such composure."
Stotsur followed up earlier wins over favourites Justine Henin and Serena Williams. While her competitor Schianove is the first Italian woman to reach a Grand Slam final. So an exiting match ahead!

1 massive   

adj.巨大的，大规模的，大量的，大范围的

参考例句：

• A massive sea search has failed to find any survivors.经过大规模的海上搜救仍未找到幸存者。
• He drank a massive amount of alcohol.他喝了大量的烈酒。

2 clip   

n.夹子，别针，弹夹，片断；vt.夹住，修剪

参考例句：

• May I clip out the report on my performance?我能把报道我的文章剪下来吗？
• She fastened the papers together with a paper clip.她用曲别针把文件别在一起。

3 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

4 blaze   

n.火焰，火堆，火光，火灾；vi.燃烧，着火

参考例句：

• In a blaze of anger he shouted at them.他怒火中烧，对着他们大吼起来。
• Dry wood makes a good blaze.干木燃起夺目的光焰。

5 transformer   

n.变形金刚，变压器

参考例句：

• Keep away from the transformer.不要靠近那个变压器。
• The transformer is more expensive than the toy train.变形金刚比玩具火车贵得多。

6 rumoured   

adj.谣传的；传说的；风

参考例句：

• It has been so rumoured here. 此间已有传闻。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• It began to be rumoured that the jury would be out a long while. 有人传说陪审团要退场很久。 来自英汉文学 - 双城记

7 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。