时间:2019-02-16 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力文摘 English Digest


英语课

  Hi there, I'm Ricky from the BBC World News for Children.

Coming up:

Smoke bombs and flying eggs in Ukraine parliament.

The world famous Hollywood sign is saved.

And the cat that was very nearly recycled!

First - parliaments are usually quite formal places - but there was mayhem in the Ukrainian parliament when a smoke bomb went off in the chamber 1 and the Speaker was pelted 2 with eggs. The Speaker - who is meant to be in charge of the chamber where politicians debate - had to be shielded from the eggs by umbrellas.

The protest was carried out by demonstrators who are angry that Ukraine's President is allowing Russia to keep a fleet of boats in their territory. Lots of people in Ukraine don't want to have much to do with Russia. Russia used to have control over Ukraine - but ever since they won the right to govern themselves many Ukrainians are against becoming too close to their former rulers.

Next - Sierra Leone in West Africa has one of the worst records in the world for children dying young. A big reason is that lots of people can't afford to see a doctor or get the medicine that they need. But now the government there is introducing free health care for children under the age of five, pregnant women, and some new mothers. Other countries and organisations like the UN have helped fund the project. It's hoped that by giving people the health care they need - children and mums will live much longer.

Footy news and David Beckham says he's two months behind schedule in his recovery from an achilles injury. That means he'll miss the entire season for LA Galaxy 3. Becks says he can't rush his recovery.....

CLIP: "I kind of want to push it, but with this kind of injury you can't. You just have to wait for it to heal and then move on."

Next - the famous Hollywood sign that sits on a hill above Los Angeles has been saved. There were worries that the sign would be destroyed after a building company bought up the land around it. But lots of famous celebrities 4 such as Steven Speilberg and Tom Hanks have raised millions of pounds to buy it back. The governor of California - former action film star Arnold Swartzeneger - told the crowds why he thinks it's so important to keep the sign.....

CLIP: "It is a symbol of dreams, and a symbol of opportunity and hope. I know that when I was a kid, and I wanted to come to Hollywood - that is the kind of thing that I always had in my vision, in front of me."

And finally - to the story of a Scottish cat - that had a very luck escape. Alfie was discovered by workers at a recycling centre in Scotland - it seems his owners had put out their recycling box not knowing that their cat was tucked up under the rubbish. When the lorry tipped out its load - the terrified tom cat tumbled out. Luckily Alfie wasn't hurt and his owners are say they're very relieved to have him home.

Ok, that's all from the World News for Children team - we're back tomorrow.



n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所
  • For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说,牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
  • The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。
(连续地)投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 ); 连续抨击; 攻击; 剥去…的皮
  • The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
  • The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。
n.星系;银河系;一群(杰出或著名的人物)
  • The earth is one of the planets in the Galaxy.地球是银河系中的星球之一。
  • The company has a galaxy of talent.该公司拥有一批优秀的人才。
n.(尤指娱乐界的)名人( celebrity的名词复数 );名流;名声;名誉
  • He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
  • a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目
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4-(4-Nitrophenylazo)-1-naphthol
a call of nature
agricultural pharmaceutics
anchorer
appear to be
ardiac skeleton
Ban Na Lak Mun
Barolong Dist.
barthe r.
bellyboard
biologique
blood group of thrombocyte
brazzera
built rib
bunny chows
Cartilago epiphysialis
cavum thoracis
chiongsters
chyangioma
cicatricial stenosis of larynx
cine deresi
coe-
committers
complete sales
coplanarity of lines
corporate-governances
cotyledon toxin
Cunila
cup vertical spindle winder
D-mulsin
database module
Dedanim
disinclosing
disk fast spiral
Doctor of Juridical Science
dynamic storage device
Endasareda
ethylene glycol diethyl ether
extension at break
federal labor relations authority (flra)
fiber optics communications for aerospace system (focas)
fourier transform infrared absorption spectroscopy (ftir)
gastric fundusectomy
genus steatorniss
Gipskorsett
glassy micro phase
golden-coloured
goram
Gundelfingen
halfwaiest
HGMC
hulses
incommunicado
keydata
light airborne ASW vehicle
machine sewed
magnetic ferroelectric
Mali franc
meow meow
midwater trawl
mien
millband
modular cast iron
multicasts
multifidly
musculi intercostalesexterni
narrow-band transmission
neuricity
nonflaked
nozzle chamber
onboard computer
ormosia fordiana oliv
paravaginal lymph nodes
photizite (carbonated rhodonite)
pile driving hammer
poly(ester ether) fibre
polymorphonucleate
postrorse
precast pattern block
proam
reincubates
remoisturized
sample changing mechanism
scitech
sequential blocked file
Ship Owner's Clubs
shooting brakes
short circuit making capacity
sigmoidoprodctitis
smoke-dried meat
sowder
speculative enterprise
static load compensating device
stayed behind
step on it
stylizers
synchronous transmitter receiver
TQD
unguentum picis carbonis
Valentine's splint
white-domed
Zolotukhinskiy Rayon