英语听力精选进阶版 9604

Hi there, I'm Ore from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Friday the 15th of April. 

Coming up... 

?Japanese government orders compensation for evacuees¹. 

?Europe could be getting its own sporting Games. 

?And the mammal that can't get a good tune² out of its head. 

But first, the American and French Presidents and the British Prime Minster have said that there can't be peace in Libya unless Col Gaddafi steps down as leader. Countries, including America, France and the UK, have sent air forces to Libya to try and stop Col Gaddafi from bombing his own people. At the moment those running the military operation against Gaddafi's forces do not have the authority to remove him from power. 

Next, the Japanese government has ordered the company responsible for the leaking nuclear power plant, damaged by the tsunami⁴, to pay compensation to those who were forced to evacuate⁵ their homes. But people have been protesting at the headquarters of the company saying that twelve thousand dollars, which is to be offered for each household, is not enough money. Tens of thousands of people are still living in evacuation centres because it's not safe for them to return to their homes near the Fukushima plant. 

Now, we all know what it's like to get a catchy⁶ song stuck in your head. Well, scientists have found that humpback whales are no different.... 

CLIP: Whale FX. 

They've discovered that whales mimic⁷ each other's songs. Here's BBC science reporter Victoria Gill with more... 

CLIP: "They found that when the whales off the coast of eastern Australia started a new song pattern this version gradually spread westwards. After nearly two years humpback whales nearly 4,000 miles away in French Polynesia were singing exactly the same song". 

Researchers don't know why the whales' songs spread but they think it might be related to mating patterns. 

Next in sports news - Europe could be getting its very own European Games - with all the Olympic sports! That's if proposals are approved by the European National Olympic Committees. Europe - unlike Asia, Africa and America - doesn't have its own Games, but does have events for gymnastics, athletics⁸ and football. Patrick Hickey sits on the International Olympic Committee and put forward the idea, he reckons it could improve Europe's chances of more medals at the Olympic Games... 

CLIP:"Our results, when I say Europe's results at the Olympic games are diminishing all the time. Where we used to win the most medals, we're now dropping out of that zone and we have a feeling that a European Games can be used as a spark to ignite again European supremacy⁹ at the Olympic Games." 

But we'll have to wait a while to see if it happens, as it's likely to be put to a vote in November. 

Yesterday we asked you the name of the stadium that's home to Spanish football club Real Madrid. And the answer is.... Santiago Bernabeu. 

Finally, the world's oldest man has died aged³ 114. Walter Breuning pass away in Montana in America. He put his good health down to a strict regime of only two meals a day. 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back on Monday. Have a great weekend!

1 evacuees   

n.被疏散者( evacuee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Moreover, for multi-exits, evacuees select a exit based on game theory. 在有多个出口时，疏散人员根据对策论选择出口。 来自互联网
• Evacuees wade through flooded area following heavy monsoon rains in Peshawar on Saturday, July 31, 2010. 撤离灾区涉水通过后在白沙瓦沉重的季风降雨在周六，2010年7月31日。 来自互联网

2 tune   

n.调子；和谐，协调；v.调音，调节，调整

参考例句：

• He'd written a tune,and played it to us on the piano.他写了一段曲子，并在钢琴上弹给我们听。
• The boy beat out a tune on a tin can.那男孩在易拉罐上敲出一首曲子。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

5 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

6 catchy   

adj.易记住的，诡诈的，易使人上当的

参考例句：

• We need a new slogan.The old one's not catchy enough.我们需要新的口号，旧的不够吸引人。
• The chorus is very catchy to say the least.副歌部分很容易上口。

7 mimic   

v.模仿，戏弄；n.模仿他人言行的人

参考例句：

• A parrot can mimic a person's voice.鹦鹉能学人的声音。
• He used to mimic speech peculiarities of another.他过去总是模仿别人讲话的特点。

8 athletics   

n.运动，体育，田径运动

参考例句：

• When I was at school I was always hopeless at athletics.我上学的时候体育十分糟糕。
• Our team tied with theirs in athletics.在田径比赛中，我们队与他们队旗鼓相当。

9 supremacy   

n.至上；至高权力

参考例句：

• No one could challenge her supremacy in gymnastics.她是最优秀的体操运动员，无人能胜过她。
• Theoretically,she holds supremacy as the head of the state.从理论上说，她作为国家的最高元首拥有至高无上的权力。