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【一起听英语】秘鲁的英雄 - 英语课
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今天要讲的主题是平民英雄的故事,有没有好莱坞大片的即视感。


This is not a word for word transcript 1.


William: Hello and welcome to another edition of 6 minute English. My name is William


Kremer.


Neil: And I'm Neil Edgeller.


Hollywood style music


Neil: Why the dramatic music, Will?


William: Well, that's some Hollywood-style music to accompany today's story, which is


a little bit like a Hollywood film. It has a gripping plot and an action hero.


Neil: OK, I'm intrigued 2.


William: Now, the setting is the Peruvian jungle...


Neil: The jungle – a thick, tropical forest. Jungles are the thickest parts of a


rainforest.


William: Now, before we go any further Neil, will you allow me to quiz you?


Neil: Ah yes, the quiz. I almost forgot about that.


William: What proportion of Peru is covered by the Amazon rainforest? Is it


a) 35%


b) 60% or


c) 85% ?


Neil: Well Peru is covered by mountains so I don't think very much, so I'll go for a)


35%.


William: Ok, well of course, we'll hear at the end of the programme what the answer is.


Now, back to our Hollywood-style story: the setting is, as I said, the Peruvian


jungle and the hero is a policeman called Luis Astuquillca. The details are still


rather unclear, but we do know that Mr Astuquillca survived an attack by the


rebel group Shining Path. But that's not all. He was separated from other


officers and survived by himself for seventeen days in the jungle before


finding his way to a village. 


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Neil: Wow – he survived for seventeen days in the jungle! That is actually rather


more exciting than most Hollywood films.


William: Yes, I agree. And now Mr Astuquillca is back in the capital Lima and being


hailed as a hero. Let's hear the first part of a report by Mattia Cabitza about


this story. As you listen try to hear whether Luis Astuquillca arrived back in


Lima unharmed by his experience.


BBC correspondent Mattia Cabitza:


Luis Astuquillca is only 22 years old but already a hero in Peru. With a bandaged hand and


slightly limping, he got off a military plane in Lima and embraced his mother, sister and


grandmother. The young officer suffered bullet wounds to his leg and arm during a mission


to rescue 36 people who were kidnapped by the Shining Path rebels earlier this month.


Neil: So Luis Astuquillca was indeed injured.


William: That's right, the report said that he had a bandaged hand and was limping.


A bandage is a strip of material used to cover or protect an injury. It's also a


verb, meaning to put this material on after someone has had an injury.


Neil: To limp means to walk unevenly 3, usually because one of your legs or feet is


injured. Luis Astuquillca had a bandaged hand and was limping. In fact, he


had been shot in the arm and leg. But what was Luis Astuquillca doing in the


jungle in the first place, William?


William: Well he was part of a mission to rescue 36 hostages who had been taken by


that rebel group, Shining Path. Now, a hostage is a person who has been


taken by someone else, or by a group of people. Now, before they give that


person back they usually demand money or for something to be done.


Neil: Shining Path are a communist rebel group. Back in the 1980s and early 1990s


they presented a real threat in Peru, but nowadays they only operate in quite


a small part of the country. But what happened to these hostages, William?


William: Let's listen to the next clip from the report. See if you can hear what has


happened to them.


BBC correspondent Mattia Cabitza:


The rebels released the hostages six days later, but not without leaving casualties: two


soldiers and two police officers died, and Mr Astuquillca was one of two policemen who went


missing.


Neil: The hostages were released but sadly four people died. What's more, two


policemen went missing. Luis Astuquillca was one of them, but who was the


other one?


William: Well, the other policeman's name is Cesar Vilqua. And unfortunately since


Mattia Cabitza filed this report for the BBC, Mr Vilqua's body has been found


in the jungle, so sadly it looks like five people died rather than four. Now, the


Peruvian government has been criticised for its handling of this situation. 


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Neil: Its handling, so the way it has reacted to a difficult situation. But why have


they been criticised for their handling of the situation? Let's listen to the final


clip from the report.


BBC correspondent Mattia Cabitza:


No details are yet known about how he survived for 17 days in the Peruvian jungle. The


government was quick to say it was thanks to his training in the police force. But the


Peruvian press has criticised the authorities for their handling of the rescue operation,


saying that the two officers who went missing were abandoned.


Neil: So the press in Peru are saying that the missing police officers were


abandoned by the authorities. If you abandon someone you stop caring for


them, you leave them to take care of themselves.


William: OK, well that was our dramatic Hollywood-style report. Now, what about that


quiz question, Neil? I asked you what proportion of Peru is covered by the


Amazon rainforest? Is it


a) 35%


b) 60% or


c) 85% ?


... and you said –


Neil: I said a) 35%.


William: Ok, you were wrong! The answer is b) about 60% of the country.


Neil: Ok then. Well before we finish, let's hear the words from today's programme


one more time.


jungle


bandage


to limp


hostage


handling


to abandon someone


William: That's all from us for this week. Goodbye!


Neil: Goodbye! 



1 transcript
n.抄本,誊本,副本,肄业证书
  • 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 intrigued
adj.好奇的,被迷住了的v.搞阴谋诡计(intrigue的过去式);激起…的兴趣或好奇心;“intrigue”的过去式和过去分词
  • You've really intrigued me—tell me more! 你说的真有意思—再给我讲一些吧!
  • He was intrigued by her story. 他被她的故事迷住了。
3 unevenly
adv.不均匀的
  • Fuel resources are very unevenly distributed. 燃料资源分布很不均匀。
  • The cloth is dyed unevenly. 布染花了。
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