英语听力精选进阶版 13827

BBC Learning¹ English 

Words in the News   

14th March 2012 

Packing a punch² 

Transcript: 

Sadaf Rahimi practising her punches³ in the ring. The teenager is dreaming 

of representing Afghanistan in the first ever women's boxing tournament  

at the Olympics.   

The seventeen-year-old has no opponents⁴ she can fight at home, so has 

travelled to Wales to practise.   

She usually trains at a stadium once used for public executions⁵.   

The athlete  wants to show that women in Afghanistan can reach the top . 

Vocabulary: 

tournament  

competition  

opponents 

people to compete against 

stadium 

sports arena 

athlete 

person taking part in sport 

reach the top 

achieve success  

Watch this video online:  Packing a punch        

Exercise: 

Use one of the words or phrases be low to complete each of these 

sentences from BBC news reports.   

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

sentence correctly. 

tournament / opponents / stadium / athlete / reach the top 

1. The runners will set off in waves alongside⁶ a number of former Olympic 

and Paralympic athletes, who will also be making history by being among 

the first to cross th e __________ finish line.   

2. Bath-based members of the British  Olympic swimming team will also be 

using the facilities to train,  as will __________ from Malaysia. 

3. The Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has become the latest player 

to pull out of the tennis at Indian We lls in the US because of a stomach 

bug⁷ that is threatening to overshadow the whole _____________.   

4. While he is "tagging" his ____________,  the raider⁸ has to hold his 

breath and chant "kabaddi, kabaddi". 

5. Many young athletes who compet ed at the complex went on to 

________________ of their games, including former Wimbledon 

champion Lleyton Hewitt, China's NBA  star Yao Ming, and US soccer star 

Freddie Adu. 

Answers: 

1. The runners will set off in waves alongside a number of former Olympic 

and Paralympic athletes, who will also be making history by being among 

the first to cross the  stadium's finish line.   

2. Bath-based members of the British  Olympic swimming team will also be 

using the facilities to train, as will athletes from Malaysia. 

Source :  London 2012: China's Olympic Swimmers to train in Bath

3. The Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has become the latest player 

to pull out of the tennis at Indian We lls in the US because of a stomach 

bug that is threatening to overshadow the whole  tournament .   

Source : Mystery stomach bug threatens tennis tournament 

4. While he is "tagging" his  opponents , the raider has to hold his breath 

and chant "kabaddi, kabaddi". 

Source :    Indian women win first Kabaddi World Cup championship

5. Many young athletes who competed at the complex went on to reach 

the top of their games, including form er Wimbledon champion Lleyton 

Hewitt, China's NBA star Yao Ming, and US soccer star Freddie Adu. 

Source: Building a complex sporting legacy       

1 learning   

n.学问，学识，学习；动词learn的现在分词

参考例句：

• When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
• Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。

2 punch   

v.用拳猛击；用打孔机打孔

参考例句：

• The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
• He laid his opponent low with a single punch.他一拳猛击便把对手打倒在地。

3 punches   

n.猛击( punch的名词复数 )；拳打；冲床；力量vi.v.用拳猛击( punch的第三人称单数 )；打孔

参考例句：

• He punished his opponent with fierce punches to the body. 他猛击对手的身体。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• That cop pulls no punches in dealing with gangsters. 那位警察在跟流氓打交道时，毫不留情。 来自辞典例句

4 opponents   

n.对手，敌手( opponent的名词复数 )；反对者

参考例句：

• Somehow he always manages to outwit his opponents. 他反正总能设法智胜对手。
• to use strong-arm tactics against your political opponents 用强制手段对付政敌

5 executions   

n.实行( execution的名词复数 )；（尤指遗嘱的）执行；演奏；依法处决

参考例句：

• Executions used to be held in public. 过去处决犯人都公开执行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The espionage, the betrayals, the arrests, the tortures, the executions, the disappearances will never cease. 间谍活动、叛党卖国、逮捕拷打、处决灭迹，这种事情永远不会完。 来自英汉文学

6 alongside   

adv.在旁边；prep.和...在一起，在...旁边

参考例句：

• There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.剧院旁边有一家肉店。
• Alongside of him stood his uncle.他的身旁站着他叔叔。

7 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。

8 raider   

n. 袭击者, 侵入者

参考例句：

• The raider, cornered at length, will overwhelm one weak vessel and escape. 袭击舰即便最后被它们团团围住，它也会摧毁其中一艘较弱的巡洋舰，突围而出。
• The Raider stays on the air. 《突击队员》还要继续联播。