英语听力精选进阶版 13801

BBC Learning English 

Words in the News  

20 June 2012 

Hanging up on work 

Transcript: 

When is our time our own and when does it belong to the company?  

We all love to keep in touch using the latest gadgets¹. But the stream of phone 

calls and emails when you've left the office can make out-of-hours time seem 

like you're still on duty.  

The German government has decided² to tackle the issue. It's laying down 

rules on when companies can and can't contact their employees. 

Vocabulary: 

to keep in touch  

to communicate with someone  

out-of-hours  

after the normal timetable ends 

on duty  

working  

to tackle  

to deal with  

laying down 

establishing rules officially  

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases below to complete each of these sentences from 

BBC news reports.  

Note that you may have to change the form of a word to complete the sentence 

correctly. 

to keep in touch / out-of-hours / on duty / to tackle / laying down 

1.  Governor Alckmin announced on Tuesday that 390 extra policemen will join 

some 3,500 officers already ______. Almost 300 extra patrol vehicles will also be 

deployed³ in the streets of Sao Paulo. 

2. If countries like Yemen are __________ their water shortages they will need 

more skill in politics than in cloud-seeding. 

3. If you prefer _______ via social media for more on-the-ground, unofficial 

coverage⁴, there is no shortage of people covering and following proceedings⁵ on 

Twitter. 

4. "We are in the process of building safeguards against any misuse⁶ of this data. 

Nadra is run by a board of directors who are answerable to parliamentary 

standing⁷ committees. But we understand that this is not enough, so we are now 

drafting a piece of legislation _______ a set of legal safeguards." 

5. Systems for picking up patterns of unusual symptoms have been expanded to 

include a wider range of NHS sources, including _______ and hospital 

emergency departments. 

Answers:  

1.  Governor Alckmin announced on Tuesday that 390 extra policemen will join 

some 3,500 officers already on duty. Almost 300 extra patrol vehicles will also 

be deployed in the streets of Sao Paulo.  

Source:  Brazil's 'Valentine's Day' threatened by crime wave 

2. If countries like Yemen are to tackle their water shortages they will need 

more skill in politics than in cloud-seeding. 

Source:  Shortages: Water supplies in crisis 

3. If you prefer to keep in touch via social media for more on-the-ground, 

unofficial coverage, there is no shortage of people covering and following 

proceedings on Twitter.  

Source:  Green Room: Will Rio +20 make a difference? 

4. "We are in the process of building safeguards against any misuse of this data. 

Nadra is run by a board of directors who are answerable to parliamentary 

standing committees. But we understand that this is not enough, so we are now 

drafting a piece of legislation to lay down a set of legal safeguards." 

Source:  Pakistan's experience with identity management 

5. Systems for picking up patterns of unusual symptoms have been expanded to 

include a wider range of NHS sources, including out-of-hours and hospital 

emergency departments. 

Source:  London Olympics: Disease-check legacy of Games 

1 gadgets   

n.小机械，小器具（ gadget的名词复数 ）

参考例句：

• Certainly. The idea is not to have a house full of gadgets. 当然。设想是房屋不再充满小配件。 来自超越目标英语 第4册
• This meant more gadgets and more experiments. 这意味着要设计出更多的装置，做更多的实验。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史

2 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。

3 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

4 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

5 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

6 misuse   

n.误用，滥用；vt.误用，滥用

参考例句：

• It disturbs me profoundly that you so misuse your talents.你如此滥用自己的才能，使我深感不安。
• He was sacked for computer misuse.他因滥用计算机而被解雇了。

7 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。