英语听力精选进阶版 9617

Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Tuesday the 10th of May. 

Coming up: 

?Japan's earthquake victims go back to school. 

?A Mummy's head returns home to New Zealand. 

?And good news for gamers! 

First to Libya, where the United Nations are so worried about the effect fighting is having on people that one of its top officials, Valerie Amos is asking both sides to take a break... 

CLIP: "To enable those who want to leave those areas, where fighting is going on, to leave. To enable urgently needed humanitarian¹ supplies to be brought in. To enable us to make sure those who are wounded, or need medical assistance, that they get it." 

The UN is particularly concerned about the port of Misrata, where there are reports of food and water shortages. Fighting between anti government rebels and Gaddafi's forces has been going on for several months now, but even with help from foreign countries the rebels are struggling to take control of the country. 

Now, it's almost two months since a massive earthquake hit Japan, triggering a tsunami² that destroyed huge areas of the country. Well all these weeks later children in the worst affected³ parts are beginning to return to school. But even though going to class makes life a bit more normal, the earthquake has meant big changes. Classrooms are packed because there's a shortage of schools, and pupils have to wear face masks because of the dust. This teacher says many pupils are also having to cope with really sad experiences... 

Clip: "Everybody here has suffered. We've seen parents, families, homes washed away. I believe what we teachers can do is support the children when they are ready to talk about it." 

Next, the mummified head of an ancient warrior⁴ is heading home to New Zealand after spending more than 100 years in a museum in France. It was taken from New Zealand as a reminder⁵ of battles fought between the French and the Maoris who lived there. The return of the head follows years of campaigning by New Zealand. 

And for today's question we want to know what flightless bird New Zealand is famous for? Yesterday we asked you what famous volcano can be found in the Bay of Naples? And the answer is....Mount Vesuvius! 

Next some footy, Liverpool have a good chance of reaching the Europa League after a resounding⁶ 5-2 victory over Fulham! 

CLIP: "Cleared away by Schwarzer and then hit into the net by Maxi Rodriguez. Stabs the cross, a cross-goal...Maxi Rodriguez - it's two-nil! Kuyt shot on the turn and it's gone in! Here's Rodriguez, Rodriguez with a shot, and what a shot as well. It's his second hat-trick of the season for Liverpool! Suarez is into the box, he runs the goal keeper, and Suarez finishes!" 

Talk about action packed - and tonight will see Tottenham, who are in 6th place, meet 4th placed Manchester City. 

And finally, good news for gamers! Sony says it hopes its PlayStation Network will be back online by the end of May. The network allows game lovers all over the world to play each other, but the company shut it down down last month after hackers⁷ managed to steal millions of people's personal details. 

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

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 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。

3 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

4 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

5 reminder   

n.提醒物，纪念品；暗示，提示

参考例句：

• I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
• It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知，她才付应该交的房租。

6 resounding   

adj. 响亮的

参考例句：

• The astronaut was welcomed with joyous,resounding acclaim. 人们欢声雷动地迎接那位宇航员。
• He hit the water with a resounding slap. 他啪的一声拍了一下水。

7 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