英语听力精选进阶版 13857

BBC Learning English 

Words in the News   

23 May 2012 

Brazilians who won't play ball 

Transcript: 

They are the  descendants of the first Brazilians. 

Members of different indigenous¹ groups have been living as squatters on the 

doorstep of the famous Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro.   

But they're not looking forward to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The stadium's 

renovation³ works might put them at risk of eviction⁴ .  

The  derelict  building  used to house the first museum dedicated⁵ to their culture. 

Vocabulary: 

descendants  

the living relatives of previous generations 

squatters 

people who occupy an area without permission 

renovation works   

repairs done to a building 

eviction  

to be forced to leave a place 

derelict  

abandoned and in bad condition 

Watch the video: Brazilians who won't play ball      

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. 

descendants / squatters / renovation works / eviction / derelict 

1. Israel's prime minister has asked his defence minister to delay the ______ of 

Jewish settlers who took over a house in the Arab part of Hebron. 

2. _________ had originally occupied the building in 1990 and it later became a 

major housing project. 

3. Painted in mainly red ochre on a wattle and daub panel, it was discovered 

behind 18th century panelling during __________ in the 1960s. 

4. Two doors down is a ___________ building. Shockingly there are still two 

families living in the rubble⁶ filled rooms. One is a mother with three little girls. 

The other is a refugee from Azerbaijan's devastating⁷ war with Armenia during 

the 1990s. 

5. And you can still see its influence in the mosques⁸ and minarets⁹, in the spice 

markets and in the faces of the so-called Swahili people - the Muslim 

__________ of marriages between local  Africans and Arab traders and settlers. 

Answers: 

1. Israel's prime minister has asked his defence minister to delay the  eviction of 

Jewish settlers who took over a house in the Arab part of Hebron. 

Source:  Israeli PM seeks delay of Hebron settler eviction 

2. Squatters  had originally occupied the building in 1990 and it later became a 

major housing project. 

Source:  Berlin eviction prompts clashes at former squat²  

3. Painted in mainly red ochre on a wattle and daub panel, it was discovered 

behind 18th century panelling during renovation works  in the 1960s. 

Source:  Shandy Hall in Coxwold was once home to Laurence Sterne                   

4. Two doors down is a  derelict building. Shockingly there are still two families 

living in the rubble filled rooms. One is a mother with three little girls. The other 

is a refugee from Azerbaijan's devastating war with Armenia during the 1990s. 

Source:  Winners and losers in the new Baku 

5. And you can still see its influence in the mosques and minarets, in the spice 

markets and in the faces of the so-called Swahili people - the Muslim 

descendants of marriages between local Africans and Arab traders and settlers. 

Source:  Emerging economies rise to prominence 

1 indigenous   

adj.土产的，土生土长的，本地的

参考例句：

• Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.每个国家都有自己本土的文化传统。
• Indians were the indigenous inhabitants of America.印第安人是美洲的土著居民。

2 squat   

v.蹲坐，蹲下；n.蹲下；adj.矮胖的，粗矮的

参考例句：

• For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在这次练习中你需要蹲下来。
• He is a squat man.他是一个矮胖的男人。

3 renovation   

n.革新，整修

参考例句：

• The cinema will reopen next week after the renovation.电影院修缮后，将于下星期开业。
• The building has undergone major renovation.这座大楼已进行大整修。

4 eviction   

n.租地等的收回

参考例句：

• The family have won a temporary reprieve from eviction.这个家庭暂时免于被逐出。
• He claimed damages for unlawful eviction.他要求对非法驱逐作出赔偿。

5 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

6 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

7 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

8 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

9 minarets   

n.（清真寺旁由报告祈祷时刻的人使用的）光塔( minaret的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Remind you of a mosque, red baked bricks, the minarets. 红砖和尖塔都会使你联想到伊斯兰教的礼拜寺。 来自互联网
• These purchases usually went along with embellishments such as minarets. 这些购置通常也伴随着注入尖塔等的装饰。 来自互联网