英语听力精选进阶版 14136

BBC Learning English 

Words in the News  

5 September 2012 

Peaceful La Paz 

Transcript: 

Its name may mean 'peace', but the Bolivian city La Paz is not normally noted¹ for 

its calm. 

That is, apart from on the annual day of the pedestrian.  

Vehicles are banned for 24 hours and the usually traffic-choked streets are 

taken over by cyclists, street performers and people playing sport. 

The idea is to raise the environmental awareness² of Bolivians. 

Vocabulary: 

calm 

peacefulness 

pedestrian 

person who is walking 

traffic-choked 

full of cars and other vehicles 

taken over 

assumed control of 

awareness  

knowledge 

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. 

calm / pedestrian / traffic-choked / taken over / awareness 

1. Tahrir Square - the sprawling³, usually __________, plaza⁴ at the heart of Cairo - became the hub of the revolution which unseated President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February. 

2. Four water cannons⁵ were deployed⁶ by police. The area returned to _________ at about 03:00 BST. 

3. She established many of the smuggling⁷ routes, __________ by the Medellin cartel after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking. 

4. Back in 2003, a group of young men started a movement to clean up the streets of Darayya and raise __________ among people to fight corruption⁸. 

5. In 2009, wealthy 20-year-old Hu Bin⁹ killed a __________ on the streets of Hangzhou. 

Answers: 

1. Tahrir Square - the sprawling, usually traffic-choked, plaza at the heart of Cairo - became the hub of the revolution which unseated President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February. 

Source: Tahrir Square's place in Egypt's history 

2. Four water cannons were deployed by police. The area returned to calm at about 03:00 BST.  

Source: Police chief urges action as violence flares¹⁰ in Belfast 

3. She established many of the smuggling routes, taken over by the Medellin cartel after she was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking.  

Source: Colombia's 'queen of cocaine¹¹' Griselda Blanco killed 

4. Back in 2003, a group of young men started a movement to clean up the streets of Darayya and raise awareness among people to fight corruption. 

Source:   Darayya deaths shocks Syrians  

5. In 2009, wealthy 20-year-old Hu Bin killed a pedestrian on the streets of Hangzhou. 

Source: Gu Kailai and the body double debate 

1 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

2 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

3 sprawling   

adj.蔓生的，不规则地伸展的v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的现在分词 )；蔓延；杂乱无序地拓展；四肢伸展坐着（或躺着）

参考例句：

• He was sprawling in an armchair in front of the TV. 他伸开手脚坐在电视机前的一张扶手椅上。
• a modern sprawling town 一座杂乱无序拓展的现代城镇

4 plaza   

n.广场，市场

参考例句：

• They designated the new shopping centre York Plaza.他们给这个新购物中心定名为约克购物中心。
• The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen.这个广场上布满了便衣警察。

5 cannons   

n.加农炮，大炮，火炮( cannon的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Cannons bombarded enemy lines. 大炮轰击了敌军阵地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• One company had been furnished with six cannons. 某连队装备了六门大炮。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 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。

7 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

8 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

9 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

10 flares   

n.喇叭裤v.（使）闪耀( flare的第三人称单数 )；（使）（船舷）外倾；（使）鼻孔张大；（使）（衣裙、酒杯等）呈喇叭形展开

参考例句：

• The side of a ship flares from the keel to the deck. 船舷从龙骨向甲板外倾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He's got a fiery temper and flares up at the slightest provocation. 他是火爆性子，一点就着。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。