听遍美国之空难性新闻[2]:Disaster in Sports Stadium(1) South Africa

听遍美国之空难性新闻[2]:Disaster in Sports Stadium¹(1) South Africa

 At least 43 people died and hundreds more were hurt in a stampede(2) at a soccer stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. Police spokesman² Chris Wilkin says: “Some wanted to get onto the stadium and others wanted to get onto the playfield and then there was a stampede. And some then just scurried(3) everywhere to get away from all these masses of people”.

Wilkin said it was impossible to control 130,000 fans when the police were only expecting less than half of that number. You are listening ABC News.

听音瓶颈词汇

1. stadium n.体育馆
2. stampede n.惊逃
3. scurry³ v.急走；乱窜

听音高级短语

get away from    从…逃脱、离开

听音超级句型

it is impossible to…  
…是不可能的。

 

1 stadium   

n.露天大型运动场

参考例句：

• The new football stadium can hold eighty thousand people.新的足球场可以容纳八万人。
• The stadium is being used for a match.那个露天运动场正在进行一场比赛。

2 spokesman   

n.发言人，代言人

参考例句：

• The government spokesman gave a quick briefing to the reporters.政府发言人向记者们作了情况简介。
• They drew lots to decide who should be their spokesman.他们抽签决定谁是他们的发言人。

3 scurry   

vi.急匆匆地走；使急赶；催促；n.快步急跑，疾走；仓皇奔跑声；骤雨，骤雪；短距离赛马

参考例句：

• I jumped on the sofa after I saw a mouse scurry by.看到一只老鼠匆匆路过,我从沙发上跳了起来。
• There was a great scurry for bargains.大家急忙着去抢购特价品。