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BBC Learning English 

Video Words in the News  

21 May 2014 

Ghost cyclists

Transcript¹:

A spectacular performance featuring choreographed² cyclists with lights.

Dozens of volunteers have taken part in the 'Ghost Peloton' on the streets of Leeds in northern England.

An audience of 2,000 people showed up to watch the event put on by the Phoenix³ Dance Theatre.

It marks the countdown to the start of the Tour de France cycle race, which visits the region this year.

Vocabulary:

choreographed

created a sequence of actions which comprise a performance

volunteers

people who do something of their own free will

showed up

came in

put on

produced

countdown

backward counting

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.

choreographed / volunteers / showed up / put on / countdown

1. I __________ 10 minutes early for my first zumba class in Mumbai last month. The first class with a new instructor⁴ is more nerve-wracking than a first date.

2. Composer Ella Spira has collaborated⁵ with the group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who will be creating the soundscape for dancers from Rambert and The Royal Ballet, __________ by Mark Baldwin.

3. Indian space authorities have called off plans to re-launch a communications satellite barely an hour before it was to lift-off. A 29-hour __________ for the launch had begun on Sunday at the launch pad in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

4. English National Opera is to stage modern musicals in an attempt to secure its financial future. The company is going into partnership⁶ with commercial producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit to __________ musicals at its home at the London Coliseum.

5. The Sava river has risen particularly high in the western town of Sabac, and 

__________ have tried to shore up flood defences there. Rescue coordinator⁷ Predrag Maric appealed for food, water, and clothing to help those 

in need.

Answers:

1. I showed up 10 minutes early for my first zumba class in Mumbai last month. The first class with a new instructor is more nerve-wracking than a first date.

2. Composer Ella Spira has collaborated with the group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, who will be creating the soundscape for dancers from Rambert and The Royal Ballet, choreographed by Mark Baldwin.

3. Indian space authorities have called off plans to re-launch a communications satellite barely an hour before it was to lift-off. A 29-hour countdown for the launch had begun on Sunday at the launch pad in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.

4. English National Opera is to stage modern musicals in an attempt to secure its financial future. The company is going into partnership with commercial producers Michael Grade and Michael Linnit to put on musicals at its home at the London Coliseum.

5. The Sava river has risen particularly high in the western town of Sabac, and volunteers have tried to shore up flood defences there. Rescue co-ordinator Predrag Maric appealed for food, water, and clothing to help those in need.

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 choreographed   

v.设计舞蹈动作( choreograph的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by. 总统的车经过时，人们按精心编排的动作挥舞着旗帜。
• Achim had choreographed the dance in Act II himself. 阿希姆自己设计了第2幕的舞蹈动作。 来自辞典例句

3 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

4 instructor   

n.指导者，教员，教练

参考例句：

• The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
• The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。

5 collaborated   

合作( collaborate的过去式和过去分词 )； 勾结叛国

参考例句：

• We have collaborated on many projects over the years. 这些年来我们合作搞了许多项目。
• We have collaborated closely with the university on this project. 我们与大学在这个专案上紧密合作。

6 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

7 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？