英语听力精选进阶版 14222

BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

8 May 2013 

Print your own gun 

Transcript: 

A fully¹ functional² gun made with a 3D printer. 

The controversial group who designed the firearm want to make it available 

online. 

Anti-gun campaigners have criticised the project; while law enforcement 

agencies are monitoring developments. 

3D printing has been hailed as the future of manufacturing, and works by 

building up layer upon layer of material to make solid objects. 

Vocabulary: 

fully functional 

working normally and completely 

firearm 

a gun that can be carried easily 

anti-gun campaigners 

people who take part in organised activities against the use of guns 

law enforcement agencies  

government organisations which make sure people don't break the law  

hailed as  

called 

Exercise: 

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

news reports.  

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

correctly. 

fully functional / firearm/ anti-gun campaigners/ law enforcement 

agencies / hailed as 

1.  Meanwhile, US __________ are facing questions at home over whether 

they could have done more to prevent the 15 April attacks, and whether the 

FBI failed to act on Russian concerns that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was becoming 

radicalised. 

2.  "Our systems are now __________, leaving just a few final updates to be 

completed. We are giving priority to fixing these remaining items as quickly 

as possible." 

3.  An __________ has been charged with possession of an imitation firearm 

after police pulled what looked like a weapon from the River Mersey. 

4.  Athens stepped into the global spotlight³ when the Olympic Games returned 

home in 2004. The games were _______ a success, despite widely 

publicised fears that the infrastructure⁴ would not be complete in time. 

5.  Death by ________ was still the most common method of suicide among 

middle-age Americans, representing 48% of such recorded incidents in 

2010. 

Answers: 

1.  Meanwhile, US law enforcement agencies are facing questions at home 

over whether they could have done more to prevent the 15 April attacks, and 

whether the FBI failed to act on Russian concerns that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was 

becoming radicalised. 

2.  "Our systems are now fully functional, leaving just a few final updates to be 

completed. We are giving priority to fixing these remaining items as quickly as 

possible." 

3.  An anti-gun campaigner has been charged with possession of an imitation 

firearm after police pulled what looked like a weapon from the River Mersey. 

4.  Athens stepped into the global spotlight when the Olympic Games returned 

home in 2004. The games were hailed as a success, despite widely publicised 

fears that the infrastructure would not be complete in time. 

5.  Death by firearm was still the most common method of suicide among 

middle-age Americans, representing 48% of such recorded incidents in 2010. 

1 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

2 functional   

adj.为实用而设计的，具备功能的，起作用的

参考例句：

• The telephone was out of order,but is functional now.电话刚才坏了，但现在可以用了。
• The furniture is not fancy,just functional.这些家具不是摆着好看的，只是为了实用。

3 spotlight   

n.公众注意的中心，聚光灯，探照灯，视听，注意，醒目

参考例句：

• This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion.本周引人瞩目的是时装界。
• The spotlight followed her round the stage.聚光灯的光圈随着她在舞台上转。

4 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。