英语听力精选进阶版 9629

Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Friday the 27th of May. 

Coming up: 

?The secret to becoming a star footy player. 

?A 16 year old boy smashes 7 peaks record. 

?And the latest on those XFactor rumours¹. 

But first, one the world's most wanted men has been captured and is set to go on trial. Ratko Mladic is accused of ordering the worst single atrocity² in Europe since World War II - the killing³ of 7,500 men and boys in the town of Srebrenica, in Bosnia. It happened during the Bosnian war which took place in the early 90's. Mladic has managed to escape the authorities for sixteen years, but now after all this time it's hoped he will finally go to court. 

Now, footy fans everywhere will be gearing up for THE game of the year - the Champion's League Final. Just one of the massive stars on the pitch is the South Korean player Park Ji Sung. Football didn't used to be that big in South Korea but Park's changed all that. So what's made him so good? The BBC 's been speaking to his dad... 

CLIP: "from a young age he was underprivileged - not rich, physically⁴ small and that's what made him try harder." 

And yesterday we asked you what team Barcelona are facing in the final? And the answer is....Manchester United of course. 

The fastest man in the world was back on the track last night for the first time in nine months. After a poor start Usain Bolt still managed to finish first in the one hundred metres in Rome... 

CLIP: "Powell is looking strong, Bolt tries to close, and Bolt gets there on the line in 9.91 seconds." 

Afterwards he said it was a bad race but he was glad to be back. 

More news now and a 16 year old boy has become the youngest person in the world to scale the highest mountains in every continent. George Atkinson, who's from London, began the Seven Summits Challenge by scaling Kilimanjaro in 2005 and completed it by reaching the top of Mount Everest on Thursday. 

And finally, we've been getting the latest on those rumours that British pop star Cheryl Cole has been dropped from the US XFactor. There's speculation⁵ that TV bosses decided⁶ Americans would struggle to understand her accent, but others are saying she didn't get along with her co-judge Paula Abdul. The singer Sinitta's a close friend of Simon Cowell, here's what she had to say... 

CLIP: "Where as Cheryl's like the nation's sweetheart here, Paula is America's sweetheart. So I think the fans there were very exited about the Simon/ Paula reunion. I think they're quite possessive about that relationship, but again I don't think the network would base any decisions or anything on that." 

OK, that's all from the World News for Schools team. We've got a holiday on Monday, but we'll be back with you on Tuesday with all the big stories. Before we go we want to say a big hello to Kazuya who got in touch from Japan. Thanks so much for your lovely e-mail. Bye for now!

1 rumours   

n.传闻( rumour的名词复数 )；风闻；谣言；谣传

参考例句：

• The rumours were completely baseless. 那些谣传毫无根据。
• Rumours of job losses were later confirmed. 裁员的传言后来得到了证实。

2 atrocity   

n.残暴，暴行

参考例句：

• These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
• I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。

3 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 physically   

adj.物质上，体格上，身体上，按自然规律

参考例句：

• He was out of sorts physically,as well as disordered mentally.他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。
• Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.一想起那件事我就感到极恶心。

5 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

6 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。