Tape-script: Part I Warming up A .Women competed in Olympic events for the first time in Paris in 1900. .In 1924, the first Winter Games were held in Chamonix. .In 1932, the first Olympic village was built to accommodate athletes in Los Angeles. .In

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【今日基础词】Feature 【Transcript】 A: Do you know what the main feature the Sydney Olympics is? B: Of course, I know. Environmental protection. A: Do you know when IOC put forward the issue of environmental protection? B: Sorry, I have no

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 29 March 2008 Australians switched off their lights for 60 minutes Saturday to mark Earth Hour, a campaign by environmentalists to raise awareness about global warming. The event was started a year ago in Sydney by the World Wil

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Its a global call to action directed at every person, government, business and community across the planet, the message: Lights off for one hour at 8:30 PM on Saturday, March 27th. Four thousand cities and towns in 88 countries plunged themselves int

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By David Gollust Sydney 15 March 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice deplanes after touching down in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 15, 2006 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 30 August 2007 Sydney is gearing up for the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, which starts next week. Residents are grumbling about traffic problems security preparations will create, while protesters are preparin

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 August 2007 Relatives of patients look on as they sit outside a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19 Aug 2007 An APEC conference in northern Australia has unveiled a multi-million dollar aid package for disaster-hit regions. Aus

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By Barry Kalb Hong Kong 23 February 2007 U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says that nations like the United States and Australia simply cannot indulge in the option of ignoring safe havens for terrorist groups around the world. Speaking in Sydney, he

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 July 2007 Australian officials are calling for global support for a satellite monitoring system to combat illegal logging and the destruction of forests in Asia and the Pacific. From Sydney, Phil Mercer reports. FAO says most

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 23 January 2008 Scientists say stalagmites, the mineral spears that rise from the floors of some caves, could help Australia prepare for drought. Researchers at a rainfall conference in Sydney say the cave formations have accura

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Some senior leaders of the Islamic community in Sydney are calling on the Australian government to recognize polygamous marriage on cultural grounds. Bigamy and polygamy are illegal in Australia but clerics say some Muslims circumvent the law by for

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 28 May 2008 Town officials have rejected plans for an Islamic school on the outskirts of Australia's biggest city, Sydney. The issue has stirred emotions in the town of Camden, where local groups held demonstrations against the

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 17 July 2006 Men escape from the Woomera Detention Center for asylum seekers in Woomera, Australia (File photo) A new study has highlighted the enormous problems facing African refugees in Australia. The trauma and uncertainty

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By Paula Wolfson Sydney 05 September 2007 President Bush says he plans to call attention to the human rights situation in Burma at this week's annual 21-member Pacific Rim summit in Australia. VOA White House Correspondent Paula Wolfson reports from

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 May 2006 Australia is considering adopting controversial citizenship tests for immigrants. New settlers could be quizzed on their understanding of Australian cultural values a

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney 07 September 2007 Russia has signed a deal to import Australian uranium for Russia's nuclear energy program. The two countries were quick to assure the world that the material would be used only for peacetime nuclear pu

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By Nancy-Amelia Collins Sydney, Australia 09 September 2007 APEC leaders stand behind AustralianPM John Howard as he delivers APEC final declaration at the close of their weekend summit in Sydney, Australia, 09 Sep 2007 The 21 leaders of the Asia Pac

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 05 September 2007 There has been commuter chaos in parts of Australia's biggest city, a result of the tightest security the country has ever seen. The disruption to daily life, caused by this week's Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 03 September 2007 Asia-Pacific leaders will press for an urgent revival of stalled world trade talks when they meet this week in Australia. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) has opened in Sydney, and trade and c

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By Phil Mercer Sydney 21 June 2007 The biggest exhibition of Islamic art seen in Australia has opened in Sydney. It features 350 rare works from the renowned Khalili Collection. The Arts Of Islam features Korans and prayer rugs as well as secular obj

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