英语听力精选进阶版 9615

Hi there, I'm Leah from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Friday 6th of May. 

Coming up: 

?Chimpanzees have 66 ways of communicating. 

?Kenyan police find a ton of illegal ivory. 

?And it's official - Smokey the cat has the world's loudest purr! 

First, Syrian activists² are preparing to take to the streets in protest. They want to show the government that they will not back down, even though more than 500 Syrians are thought to have been killed in clashes with the authorities. Across the country, demonstrators are calling for more political freedom and some want the President to go - but the Syrian government has responded by sending in troops. 

Next, we knew chimps³ were pretty clever but did you know that they use at least sixty-six different gestures to communicate with each other. Scientists spent two years filming a group of chimps in Uganda and discovered that they use movements and facial expressions to tell each other lots of stuff - like when they want to play, or hunt. Here's the BBC's science expert Victoria Gill with more.... 

Clip: "After watching 100 hours of footage of chimpanzees beckoning⁴ to each other, stamping their feet or clapping their hands, the scientists say they've captured and categorised every one of 66 chimp¹ gestures. The researchers are now in the process of compiling a chimp gesture dictionary. Studying each signal to find out exactly what it means." 

Now to Kenya, where police have seized more than a ton of illegal ivory at Nairobi's main airport. Police said sniffer dogs found eighty-four tusks⁵ hidden in metal containers. They think the ivory was headed for Nigeria. 

Some F1 news now and Ferrari's Fernando Alonso set the pace at the Turkish Grand Prix, but not so good for Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel - he crashed out in a wet first practice session ... 

CLIP: "Oh dear! That is the wreckage⁶ of the Red Bull car. Oh dear, and a red flag is coming out as well, and I'm not surprised because there's a lot of debris⁷, and that car needs recovering!" 

Finally, to the latest on Smokey the cat's bid to become the loudest cat on the planet. Well, we can officially confirm that Smokey has been victorious⁸ - Guinness World records have confirmed she does indeed have the most tremendous purr! So let's hear Smokey do what she does best... 

CLIP: Cat fx 

Very impressive! 

OK, before we go we have the answer to yesterday's question. We asked you which team will face Manchester United in the final of the Champions League? And the answer is...Barcelona! 

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

1 chimp   

n.黑猩猩

参考例句：

• In fact,the color of gorilla and chimp are light-color.其实大猩猩和黑猩猩的肤色是较为浅的。
• The chimp is the champ.猩猩是冠军。

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chimps   

（非洲）黑猩猩( chimp的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少，也太接近于人类，不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
• And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类，就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命

4 beckoning   

adj.引诱人的，令人心动的v.（用头或手的动作）示意，召唤( beckon的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• An even more beautiful future is beckoning us on. 一个更加美好的未来在召唤我们继续前进。 来自辞典例句
• He saw a youth of great radiance beckoning to him. 他看见一个丰神飘逸的少年向他招手。 来自辞典例句

5 tusks   

n.（象等动物的）长牙( tusk的名词复数 )；獠牙；尖形物；尖头

参考例句：

• The elephants are poached for their tusks. 为获取象牙而偷猎大象。
• Elephant tusks, monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. 非洲的一些地区则使用象牙、猴尾和盐。 来自英语晨读30分（高一）

6 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

7 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

8 victorious   

adj.胜利的，得胜的

参考例句：

• We are certain to be victorious.我们定会胜利。
• The victorious army returned in triumph.获胜的部队凯旋而归。