英语听力精选进阶版 9634

Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Schools. It's Monday the 6th of June. 

Coming up: 

?Volcanic¹ eruptions² in Chile, 

?Record tennis wins at the French Open 

?And a nine-year-old boy sets a hot air balloon record! 

But first to Chile in South America, where volcanic eruptions have forced more than three and a half thousand people to be evacuated³ from their homes. Plumes⁴ of ash soared ten kilometres into the air, creating a huge dust cloud in an area close to neighbouring Argentina. Hugh lives nearby and describes when he first realised something was happening... 

CLIP: "We realised after a few minutes, looking out of the window, that in fact we had just become engulfed⁵ in an ash storm and that it was snowing small particles of sand and very small rocks and it just went completely dark all of a sudden." 

Next to tennis victories at the French Open. World number one Rafael Nadal was crowned champion for the sixth time in the men's singles, beating Roger Federer in four sets. Here's the moment he won the match... 

CLIP:"..Nadal, second serve on its way, back hand return, really strong from Federer who's attacking, but forehand is long from Federer... and it's six French Open titles for Rafael Nadal" 

And history was made in the women's final - Li Na became the first Chinese player ever to win a Grand Slam singles title. She beat the defending champion, Francesca Schiavone, in straight sets. The match was a national event in China and she hopes it will inspire others... 

CLIP:" Many people will see this match and I wish more children will pick up the racket, to play tennis." 

Now to Yemen in the Middle East. Officials say the country's president, Ali Abdullah Salih, is recovering from surgery to remove shrapnel from his chest in neighbouring Saudi Arabia. He was flown there after being wounded in an attack on his compound in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa. Thousands of people in Yemen have been celebrating his departure following weeks of anti-government protests, but one of his key ministers has said the President will definitely return to Yemen. 

In Europe, experts working to find out what has caused serious food poisoning, which has killed more than twenty people, think they have found the source of the e coli bug⁶. They think the illness has come from a farm in north Germany which produces bean sprouts⁷. The farm has been closed and people in Germany have been told to stop eating bean sprouts while final tests are carried out. More than two thousand people in the country have become ill from the bug. 

And finally to a nine-year-old boy in New Mexico who's become the youngest trained person to fly solo in a hot air balloon. Bobby only had 30 hours of flight experience, but he got up to three hundred metres into the sky before landing safely just under half an hour later. Bobby can't get his pilot's license⁸ until he's sixteen, so his family and friends built a smaller balloon in which he could take his solo flight. 

Before we go let's have today's question. At the French Open, Rafael Nadal has now won the men's singles title six times. Only one other person has done this - what's his name? 

That's all from the World News for Schools team for today. We're back tomorrow.

1 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

2 eruptions   

n.喷发，爆发( eruption的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year. 今年火山爆发了好几次。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Over 200 people have been killed by volcanic eruptions. 火山喷发已导致200多人丧生。 来自辞典例句

3 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

4 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

5 engulfed   

v.吞没，包住( engulf的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters. 他被一群记者团团围住。
• The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 bug   

n.虫子；故障；窃听器；vt.纠缠；装窃听器

参考例句：

• There is a bug in the system.系统出了故障。
• The bird caught a bug on the fly.那鸟在飞行中捉住了一只昆虫。

7 sprouts   

n.新芽，嫩枝( sprout的名词复数 )v.发芽( sprout的第三人称单数 )；抽芽；出现；（使）涌现出

参考例句：

• The wheat sprouts grew perceptibly after the rain. 下了一场雨，麦苗立刻见长。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The sprouts have pushed up the earth. 嫩芽把土顶起来了。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。