英语听力精选进阶版 9605

Hi there, I'm Ore from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Monday the 18th of April. 

Coming up, 

?Tornados¹ rip through the southern states of America 

?Japan use robots to measure radiation risk. 

?And extra stoppage time leaves Arsenal²'s manager fuming³! 

First to the tornados and violent storms that have been ripping across America's southern states. At least 45 people have been killed, and in North Carolina locals have faced more more than 60 tornados - smashing houses, tearing up trees and leaving thousands without any power. These locals have never seen anything like it... 

CLIP: "It's like a bomb literally⁴ went off in my back yard." "Unbelievable really, I mean, you know you didn't know what was going on outside but you could hear it tearing in the house. But, we're alive that's all that matters." "Saw the wind picking up, came through, got off the road quick as we could to get shelter. Scariest moment of my life, that's for sure." 

Next, thousands of people are thought to be trapped without food, shelter or medicine in Libya. For the past five weeks the city of Misrata has been under attack by Colonel Gaddafi's forces. Aid agencies say it's been almost impossible to get supplies to help people who're stuck there. Valerie Amos is with the UN... 

CLIP: " There are thousands of people who are in desperate need of medical attention, sanitation⁵ is a problem, water is a problem, they're cut off from electricity. We urgently want to get in there to get some kind of sense of what is going on." 

The British Government says they're trying to work out how to get them to safety. 

Now to Japan where remote-controlled robots are being sent into the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to measure radiation levels.The readings taken by the robots show unsafe levels of radiation, making it difficult for workers to safely carry out crucial repair work. 

Next up, Lemurs are being introduced to a Caribbean island from Madagascar. It's part of a plan to protect the species, which is under threat because of deforestation. But some scientists say introducing a whole new species to an island they don't normally live on could be really bad for the native wildlife. 

And for today's question we want to know which type of lemur rivals gorillas⁶ in size? 

Footy now and Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was left fuming over the amount of stoppage time given in yesterday's match against Liverpool. Liverpool equalised in the 12th minute of stoppage time, even though the ref only added on 8. Here's what Wenger had to say... 

CLIP: "You would think that it was game over already before that. You could understand if he gave thirty seconds more. We can't do anything about it. We have to continue to fight and play." 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back tomorrow, but until then we want you to get in touch and let us know where you are listening from - drop us a line at [email protected].

1 tornados   

n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
• They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网

2 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。

3 fuming   

愤怒( fume的现在分词 )； 大怒； 发怒； 冒烟

参考例句：

• She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam. 她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
• I was fuming at their inefficiency. 我正因为他们效率低而发火。

4 literally   

adv.照字面意义，逐字地；确实

参考例句：

• He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
• Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候，她不走到真正要昏厥了，决不肯坐下来。

5 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

6 gorillas   

n.大猩猩( gorilla的名词复数 )；暴徒，打手

参考例句：

• the similitude between humans and gorillas 人类和大猩猩的相像
• Each family of gorillas is led by a great silverbacked patriarch. 每个大星星家族都由一个魁梧的、长着银色被毛的族长带领着。 来自《简明英汉词典》