英语听力精选进阶版 7237

Background: 目前中欧和东欧持续的寒流已经导致100多人死亡。有些国家动用了军队来帮助那些被困于大雪中的人们。政府还设立了临时住所帮助无家可归者。

Most of the deaths have occurred in Poland and Ukraine, where sixty-five mainly homeless people have died from exposure over the last week as temperatures have fallen to minus thirty degrees.

In many Ukrainian cities the authorities have erected¹ heated tents with hot tea and food. Outdoor coal braziers have been placed beside bus stops in Polish cities and the police are urging the public to report sightings of people sleeping rough in train stations or allotments so they can be offered beds in shelters.

The extremely cold weather is forecast to continue for the next week. Rising demand for gas has led Ukraine to increase its imports from Russia, and Poland to introduce rationing² to some industrial plants, due to fears that stocks will run out.

Quiz

1. Where have most deaths occurred?

Poland and Ukraine.

2. True or false? Sixty-five people have died from the cold weather.

True. They've died from exposure.

3. True or false? Both individuals and industrial plants will be rationed³ for the use of gas.

False. Rationing only applies to industrial plants.

4. True, false or not given? Extreme cold weather will continue for another two months.

Not given. The cold weather is forecast to continue for another week.

Glossary 词汇表

homeless people 无家可归者

exposure 露宿街头

to erect 搭建

coal brazier 炭火炉

to urge 敦促

sighting (名词)看到

to sleep rough 流浪/露宿街头

to be forecast 预报

rising demand 日益增长的需求

rationing 定量

1 ERECTED   

adj. 直立的，竖立的，笔直的 vt. 使 ... 直立，建立

参考例句：

• A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral. 在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
• A monument was erected to the memory of that great scientist. 树立了一块纪念碑纪念那位伟大的科学家。

2 rationing   

n.定量供应

参考例句：

• Wartime austerities included food rationing and shortage of fuel. 战时的艰苦包括食物配给和燃料短缺。
• Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago. 那个国家早就取消了粮食配给制。

3 rationed   

限量供应，配给供应( ration的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• We were rationed to two eggs a day. 每天配给我们两个鸡蛋。
• The army is well rationed. 部队给养良好。