英语听力精选进阶版 9623

Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Wednesday the 18th of May. 

Coming up: 

?One of the world's most endangered monkeys is born. 

?Johnny Depp on why he loves playing Captain Jack¹ Sparrow. 

?And the English lady who got a visit from a wallaby! 

First, more than 500 migrants - including children - have been discovered crammed² into the trailers of two trucks. They were travelling from Mexico towards the U.S. when officials found them. The group were reportedly being kept in very bad conditions, with little water, food or air. Every year around half a million people try and cross the border from Mexico into the U.S. illegally, and criminal gangs make a lot of money helping³ them. 

Ok, moving onto some sport news now and Carlos Tevez scored twice for Manchester City as they beat Stoke 3-nil to go 3rd in the Premier⁴ League... 

CLIP: "Tevez one way, then the other and scores! What a magnificent goal! Puts the ball into the top right-hand corner...Tevez is it, he's going to strike it...what a goal! What a goal from Carlos Tevez!" 

And manager Roberto Mancini says he's confident the Argentine will be staying at the club next season. 

Next, one of the world's most endangered primates⁵ has been born at a UK wildlife centre. Francisco is a black lion tamarin monkey, and he's the first to be born outside of Brazil for eight years. The species is critically endangered in the wild, with fewer than 1000 remaining - it's hoped that conservation projects like this one will help boost the animal's numbers. 

You might know by now that the fourth instalment of Pirates of the Caribbean is hitting the big screen today - and the man behind the grizzly⁶ beard, Johnny Depp says it's the kid in him that keeps him coming back to play Captain Jack Sparrow... 

CLIP: "Without a doubt, yeah, basically just a big middle aged⁷ irreverent child. That's pretty much me." 

Now, all eyes were on Kate and Wills when they walked up the aisle⁸ last month, but they weren't the only ones turning heads - one very flamboyant⁹ hat worn by the Queen's granddaughter, Princess Beatrice really got people talking too. The beige creation has been compared to both a pretzel and a toilet seat. In the end it caused such a stir that the Princess decided¹⁰ to auction¹¹ it off online for charity. So far, it's attracted bids of more than thirty-thousand dollars! 

Finally, imagine the scene, your sat at your kitchen table, looking out into the garden, when suddenly what looks like a kangaroo springs out of nowhere! And no this wasn't in Australia, it was right here in England. Jan Cooper was just going about her business when what seems to have been a wallaby sprang out in front of her... 

CLIP: "No I wasn't scared at all. I just saw it and I thought that's amazing, I'll have to go out and try and catch a photo of it. So, that's what I did!" 

And for today's question we want to know what you call a baby wallaby? Yesterday we asked you what musical instrument is Ireland's national symbol? And the answer is...the beautiful harp¹²! 

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

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 crammed   

adj.塞满的，挤满的；大口地吃；快速贪婪地吃v.把…塞满；填入；临时抱佛脚( cram的过去式)

参考例句：

• He crammed eight people into his car. 他往他的车里硬塞进八个人。
• All the shelves were crammed with books. 所有的架子上都堆满了书。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

5 primates   

primate的复数

参考例句：

• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。

6 grizzly   

adj.略为灰色的，呈灰色的；n.灰色大熊

参考例句：

• This grizzly liked people.这只灰熊却喜欢人。
• Grizzly bears are not generally social creatures.一般说来，灰熊不是社交型动物。

7 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。

8 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。

9 flamboyant   

adj.火焰般的，华丽的，炫耀的

参考例句：

• His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.他的衣着在这种严肃场合太浮夸了。
• The King's flamboyant lifestyle is well known.国王的奢华生活方式是人尽皆知的。

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

11 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。

12 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。