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Hi there, I'm Ricky from BBC World News for Schools. It's Monday the 20th of June. 

Coming up: 

?Brazil cracks down on crime, 

?Millions of people affected¹ by floods in China 

?And fans camp out to grab² tickets for Wimbledon - which starts today! 

But first to Syria in the Middle East, where president, Bashar Al-Assad, has spoken to his nation. It's only the third time he's done this since protests in the country began in March. Protestors want political change but there's been a crackdown against them by the Syrian security forces. More than 10,000 people have crossed to Turkey to get away from the conflict. But President Bashar Al-Assad has urged the refugees³ to return home and expressed his regret at the deaths of protestors. 

In Brazil, police have started a fresh crackdown on crime ahead of the 2014 football World Cup which the country will be hosting. 800 officers moved into one of the biggest slums⁴ in the city of Rio de Janeiro, near the Maracana stadium, where the World Cup final will be played. It's home to a million people and most co-operated with the police operation, because they too want to rid the area of criminals and have a peaceful life: 

CLIP:"The hope we have is to have privacy⁵. To have the right to go and come and that the children can have peace and quiet." 

In China, official figures now say more than five million people have been affected by floods in the east of the country. Nearly 1,000 businesses have been disrupted⁶ and crops destroyed. This month's flooding is the worst in over 50 years and it comes after months of drought in the centre and north of China. Troops are getting ready to evacuate⁷ hundreds of thousands of people. 

Now for some sport news and golf has a new star. Rory McIlroy has been crowned US Open champion. The 22-year-old from the UK is the youngest player to win the trophy⁸ in nearly 90 years. It was a great comeback after a bad few months for the golfer and Rory can't believe it: 

CLIP:"Just to be able to call yourself a Major champion, I don't think it's quite sunk in yet, but it's a great feeling." 

And he's a hero back in his home town in Northern Ireland: 

CLIP:"Inspirational is all you can say, a global phenomenon. And we're all so excited and so proud of him." 

The battle for Wimbledon glory starts today. Fans keen to get a ticket have been camping out near the tennis tournament courts. Lots are eager to see British star Andy Murray play, who's ranked number four in the world. But does a home crowd add to the pressure on him? Here's what Andy had to say: 

CLIP:"In terms of having home support, in every other sport people look at it as a positive, but for some reason in tennis people think there is so much extra pressure on you, which isn't the case, and it makes a big difference." 

Finally for today's question we want to know about Brazil. We know the country will be hosting the 2014 football World Cup, but which other huge world sporting event will Brazil be hosting in 2016? 

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

1 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。

2 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。

3 refugees   

n.避难者，难民( refugee的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The UN has begun making airdrops of food to refugees. 联合国已开始向难民空投食物。
• They claimed they were political refugees and not economic migrants. 他们宣称自己是政治难民，不是经济移民。

4 slums   

n.贫民窟，贫民区( slum的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These slums are an epitaph to the housing policy of the 1960s. 这些贫民窟是20世纪60年代住房政策的遗迹。
• the poverty and squalor of the slums 贫民窟的贫穷和肮脏

5 privacy   

n.私人权利，个人自由，隐私权

参考例句：

• In such matters,privacy is impossible.在这类事情中，保密是不可能的。
• She wept in the privacy of her own room.她在自己房内暗暗落泪。

6 disrupted   

使混乱，扰乱( disrupt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• An accident has disrupted railway services into and out of the city. 一场事故使得进出该城市的铁路交通陷入混乱。
• A crowd of protesters disrupted the meeting. 一群抗议者扰乱了会议。

7 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

8 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。