英语听力精选进阶版 14443

BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

30 April 2014 

Colourful football fan

Transcript¹:

It's still over a month until the World Cup, but this football fan doesn't leave his 

home without sporting Brazil's national colours.

And it's not just the clothes in Nelson Paviotti's wardrobe which are yellow and 

green – it's also the food he eats.

The loudspeaker on his car is for playing the national anthem². 

Even if Brazil don't win the tournament, this lawyer from Sao Paulo swears he'll 

keep up his personal dress code.

Vocabulary:

sporting

wearing

loudspeaker

device which amplifies³ sound

national anthem

song which officially represents a country or institution

tournament

competition

dress code

a set of rules for how to dress

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.

sporting / loudspeaker / national anthem / tournament / dress code

1. Soaring⁴ temperatures have halted matches at the Australian Open tennis 

__________, as a report warns that the country will see hotter heatwaves.

2. Last month, Mr Kadyrov apologised after shouting insults over a 

__________ at a referee⁵ who had sent off a player from his Terek Grozny 

side during a Russian League match.

3. Around 170 members of the Irish defence forces took part in the ceremony.

The __________ was played and the flag was lowered to half-mast. A 

minute's silence was also observed.

4. The __________ for the press is strict: black tie and posh frocks. I've 

never seen so many journalists looking so well-groomed as on Oscars night. 

5. His dress was ruled out of order since other MPs wore top hats. Although Mr 

Hardie complied⁶, he continued to stand out from the crowd by 

__________ a tweed suit in a sea of black frock coats. The incident gave 

rise to the description of his brand of politics as "cloth-cap socialism".

Answers:

1. Soaring temperatures have halted matches at the Australian Open tennis 

tournament, as a report warns that the country will see hotter heatwaves.

Source: Heatwave halts Australian Open tennis matches    

2. Last month, Mr Kadyrov apologised after shouting insults over a 

loudspeaker at a referee who had sent off a player from his Terek Grozny 

side during a Russian League match.

Source: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov 'gives boxing lesson'

3. Around 170 members of the Irish defence forces took part in the ceremony. 

The national anthem was played and the flag was lowered to half-mast. A 

minute's silence was also observed.

Source: Easter Rising ceremony held in O'Connell Street, Dublin     

4. The dress code for the press is strict: black tie and posh frocks. I've never 

seen so many journalists looking so well-groomed as on Oscars night.

Source: Oscars 2014: Reporter's diary

5. His dress was ruled out of order since other MPs wore top hats. Although Mr 

Hardie complied, he continued to stand out from the crowd by sporting a 

tweed suit in a sea of black frock coats. The incident gave rise to the 

description of his brand of politics as "cloth-cap socialism".

Source: 10 sartorial moments that tell us a lot about politics

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

3 amplifies   

放大，扩大( amplify的第三人称单数 )； 增强； 详述

参考例句：

• Gain is the number of times the amplifier amplifies a signal. 增益就是放大器放大信号的倍数。
• Such panicky behaviour amplifies the impact of the Russian export ban. 这样的恐慌行为放大了俄罗斯小麦出口禁令的影响效应。

4 soaring   

adj.往上爬升的；高耸的

参考例句：

• The house prices in the city seemed soaring up without limit. 这个城市的房价好像在无限制地飞涨。
• They were amazed at the soaring drive of our oil workers. 他们对我国石油工人的冲天干劲感到惊奇。

5 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

6 complied   

遵从，依从，服从( comply的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The rule must be complied with. 这条规则必须遵守。
• Accustomed to helping her with her tads, he complied. 平日帮她办惯了事，他只好服从。 来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子