英语听力精选进阶版 9610

Hi there, I'm Leah from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Wednesday the 27th of April. 

Coming up 

?Playstation gamers around the world have their info hacked¹ . 

?And excitement mounts ahead of the Royal Wedding! 

But first - to north Africa. A team of United Nations investigators² is being sent to Libya, where it's been reported for weeks that the army have been attacking ordinary people. The civilians³ are trapped inside cities where rebels are based who've turned against the leader, Colonel Gaddafi. There are shortages of food and water and reports that the soldiers are even bombing clinics and hospitals. Peter Bouckart of the campaign group Human Rights Watch says the UN team has a big job: 

CLIP: They will be investigating very serious crimes in Libya. It's very likely that down the road some of the generals responsible for committing the crimes against the Libyan population will be put on trial at the International Criminal Court. This is a very serious investigation⁴. 

Now -- are you an online Playstation fan. The electronic giant Sony - which owns it - has revealed that online PS games suffered one of the biggest ever hacking⁵ attacks last week. The website was taken down after it was found that up to EIGHTY MILLION players around the world could have had their details including passwords stolen, and there are big worries that credit cards that have been used to pay for the games were also hacked. Sony says it's going to have to rebuild the whole network for more security. BBC web expert Ian Mackenzie says Sony have brought in experts to find the hackers⁶: 

CLIP: There are a couple of groups of people who perpetrate these hacks⁷. You have the hackers, the people who are very into the technoclogy who do it for the prestige almost of breaking into a system like this. On the other hand you have those people who are in the employ of criminal gangs because of course they will pay people to go and retrieve⁸ it. 

People are getting excited around the world about Friday's Royal Wedding -- and in Britain the preparations are really hotting up. Just before dawn when Britain was asleep - a thousand solders⁹, sailors and airmen took to the streets in central London for a massive dress rehearsal¹⁰ to practise what they'll be doing on the day itself. They'll be parading just before Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot at Westminster Abbey - and even the royal trumpeters had a trial run. But some devoted¹¹ Royal fans had a ringside seat for the secret practice - dozens are already camping out for the best spot to see the couple. One of them is Jodie -- who is even missing school to wait for the big day: 

CLIP:(Trumpet fanfare¹² and horses) We want to watch the Royal Wedding. I didn't know we were actually coming until the Easter holidays. It's better to be off school! See the horses..you know the horses that go down? Saw the guns, the car and everything. 

Now football -- and Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson says their Champions League match last night was "one of the best". They beat Schalke two-nil in the first leg of their semi-final in Germany. The scorers were Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney. 

Finally - Friday's a big day for another reason. Forecasters at Cape¹³ Canaveral say the weather's going to be great for the final launch of the US space shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle's now an old lady - over twenty years old - and after this mission it's going to be put into a science centre in California. 

And now for today's question..what date was the first ever shuttle launch? Yesterday we asked you .. How many pieces are there in a chess set? The answer is, 32 -- sixteen black and sixteen white. 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We're back tomorrow.

1 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

2 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

6 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

7 hacks   

黑客

参考例句：

• But there are hacks who take advantage of people like Teddy. 但有些无赖会占类似泰迪的人的便宜。 来自电影对白
• I want those two hacks back here, right now. 我要那两个雇工回到这儿，现在就回。 来自互联网

8 retrieve   

vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索

参考例句：

• He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
• The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。

9 solders   

n.焊料，焊锡( solder的名词复数 )v.（使）焊接，焊合( solder的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• We fused the pipes with solders. 我们用焊锡熔接管子。 来自辞典例句
• Solders ate a great number of potatoes during World War II. 第二次世界大战期间的士兵吃了很多的土豆。 来自互联网

10 rehearsal   

n.排练，排演；练习

参考例句：

• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。
• You can sharpen your skills with rehearsal.排练可以让技巧更加纯熟。

11 devoted   

adj.忠诚的，忠实的，热心的，献身于...的

参考例句：

• He devoted his life to the educational cause of the motherland.他为祖国的教育事业贡献了一生。
• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。

12 fanfare   

n.喇叭；号角之声；v.热闹地宣布

参考例句：

• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide.这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。
• A fanfare of trumpets heralded the arrival of the King.嘹亮的小号声宣告了国王驾到。

13 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。