BBC 听力练习100篇

• These are study notes summarizing various BBC news items.

Politics: UK Prime Minister Sets Election Date

• The British general election is scheduled for May 6th.
• Gordon Brown will ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament.
• The election campaign is expected to focus on taxation and spending post-recession.

Politics: Brown Faces Challenges Before Election

• The Labour Party is facing internal conflict before the general election.
• Two former cabinet ministers have called for a secret ballot on Gordon Brown's leadership.
• Current cabinet ministers have largely backed Brown, despite some reservations.

Military: UK Nuclear Reduction Plan

• Gordon Brown is offering to reduce Britain's nuclear deterrent if an international agreement to cut nuclear arsenals is reached.
• The UK is willing to give up one of its four Royal Navy submarines carrying Trident nuclear missiles.
• The goal is to prevent a rapid increase in new nuclear states by encouraging established powers to disarm, the key is actions from US and Russia.

Military: UK Troops to Afghanistan

• Gordon Brown is expected to send hundreds more troops to Afghanistan.
• The total number of British troops in Afghanistan will reach about 9,500.
• Britain has the second largest NATO contingent in Afghanistan, after the United States, extra troops to Helmand.

Economy: Sharp Stock Market Decline in Europe and the US

• Stock markets have fallen due to concerns that the Greek debt crisis is intensifying and spreading.
• Share prices in New York, London, Frankfurt, and Paris have dropped over 2%.
• Standard & Poor's downgraded Greek debt to junk status, which could trigger further selling.

Economy: IMF Urges Further Action to Stabilize Global Finances

• Further action is needed to stabilize the global financial system, according to the International Monetary Fund.
• Global losses on toxic assets could total four trillion dollars.
• Progress on handling problem assets and recapitalizing banks has been inconsistent.

Economy: Germany to Give Financial Aid to Greece

• Germany may provide more than double the previously expected $60 billion in financial aid to Greece.
• The head of the International Monetary Fund is in Berlin to persuade Germany to agree to the rescue plan.
• Germany is seeking reassurance that Greece is serious about spending cuts.

Economy: IMF Efforts to Help Greece with Debt Issues

• The head of the International Monetary Fund states the organization is trying to help Greece with its debt problem.
• The IMF aims to provide advice and resources.
• The IMF is presented as a cooperative organization helping countries in trouble.

Economy: G20 Finance Ministers Reach Agreement

• Finance ministers from the G20 countries agreed to maintain support for the global economic recovery.
• Conditions have improved, but economic and financial recovery is uneven, and unemployment is a concern.
• Gordon Brown suggested a tax on financial transactions to make banks pay for the crisis, but adoption is unlikely.

Economy: EU Ends Banana Trade Dispute

• The European Union has initialed an agreement to end a long-running trade dispute over bananas.
• The EU will cut tariffs on Latin American bananas, while former European colonies will lose preferential terms.
• The EU will provide nearly $300,000 in additional aid to compensate affected countries.

Technology: Solar-Powered Plane

• The Solar Impulse, a long-awaited solar-powered plane, has taken off after seven years of work.
• The plane has the wingspan of a jumbo jet but weighs less than a family car, relying solely on solar cells.
• The project is led by Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, who sees it as signifying progress.

Education: UK Schools Offer Mandarin Courses

• UK schools are increasingly teaching Mandarin to give students a competitive edge in global trade.
• Brighton College, a private school, is making Mandarin compulsory for all students.

Entertainment: UK Success at the Oscars

• British movies and actors have achieved significant success at the recent 81st Academy Awards, winning 11 awards.
• Kate Winslet won Best Actress after multiple nominations.
• Slumdog Millionaire won eight Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture.

People: The Queen Online

• The British royal family has been active online for over a decade.
• They launched their website in 1997; the Queen's Christmas message is available as a podcast.
• The official Royal Channel was launched on YouTube, showing videos of the family at work.

Sports: London Marathon

• Around 35,000 runners participated in the 26th annual London Marathon.
• The course is 26.2 miles long and passes landmarks such as the Tower of London and Buckingham Palace.

Sports: Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

• Oxford and Cambridge universities have a strong rivalry.
• The annual Boat Race is a major public competition between the two institutions.
• The first race took place in 1829, and the 2006 race will be the 152nd of its kind.

Politics: Democrats Secure 60 Senate Seats-

• President Obama's Democratic Party has secured 60 seats in the US Senate.
• The Democrats won the final undecided senate seat from Minnesota after a court battle.
• Al Franken was declared the winner, giving the Democrats the potential to overcome Republican efforts to block legislation.

Politics: US-Israeli Relations Tested

• US-Israeli relations is facing a historic crisis.
• The US is unhappy about Israel's announcement of building new Jewish homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
• The US is angry because Mr. Netanyahu went back on an understanding that Israel would not push large settlement building products.

Military: US to Maintain Troops in Afghanistan

• US military to continue its presence in Afghanistan for years, even after withdrawals begin in 2011.
• The pullout date aims to underline the need for the Afghan army to get into the field
• Announced withdraw date sent a signal to insurgents

Politics: Obama Postpones Indonesia and Australia Trip

• President Obama postpones trip to pass health care reforms.
• The trip was put off until June.
• Obama faces a backlash in November's elections.

Politics: New UK Prime Minister

• United Kingdom has a new government and prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown.
• The election led to a hung parliament, resulting in British politicians forming a coalition government.
• The first coalition government since the Second World War.

Military: Obama on Nuclear Security Summit

• President Barack Obama stated the nuclear security summit in Washington shows what's possible when nations come together.
• The 49 countries had a four-point plan for future success in securing all nuclear materials.

Politics: Hillary Clinton Visits Moscow"

• American Secretary of States Hillary Clinton is in Moscow to get Russia to support American policy on Iran.
• The US wants Iran to allow most of its uranium to be shipped abroad.
• President Medvedev indicated that his government may accept sanctions on Iran.

Military: US and UN Urge Peace Talks

• The United States and the United Nations are urging the Israelis and the Palestinians to go back into peace talks.
• Ban Ki-moon urged restraint in Jerusalem.
• The Secretary General is set to attend a ministerial meeting to rescue peace talks.

Economy: US August Car Sales

• Car manufacturers in the United States had the best results in August.
• The results saw US manufacturing output increasing.
• President Obama believes that the new sales show that the American economy on a recovery.

Economy: Goldman Sachs Fraud Charges

• Financial regulars in the United States have accused Goldman Sachs of fraud.
• The bank allegedly sold investors a financial product that was designed to lose value.

Economy: America Financial Regulators

• It was found that the Securities and the Exchange Commissioner SEC, fail to uncover 65 billion dollar fraud.
• SEC staff caught lie.
• The scale of the SEC incompetence is laid bare by this report.

Economy: The Bank of America agrees to pay $33 million.

• The Bank of America has agreed to pay 33 million dollars to settle accusations by the US government.
• The Bank of America took over Merrill Lynch.
• 3.6 billion dollars in bonuses were paid.

Economy: State budget out of line.

• budget includes budget cuts.
• California has a budget shortfall of 26 billion dollars.
• Republicans refused to raise taxes, all said to preserve social services.

Military: US officer charged over shooting

• The united states military has charged a military officer for carrying out shooting at Fort Hood.
• The officer has been charged with 13 counts of murder.

Military: US military must never forget those.

• the United States must never forget the 13 men and women who died in the shooting.
• The killings could not be justified.
• The President paid tribute to those who'd been not able, as he put it, to escape the horror of war, even in the comfort of home"

Technology: The American Endeavor

• the weather had been favorable.
• the shuttle crew look to completing the installation of the Japanese Kibo laboratory.
• they had great launch this a great mission

Technology: Mission to Mars

• Current plans to send astronauts back to the moon in preparation for Mars.
• the space agency needs more funds to realize the plans.
• the current budget of the space agency NASA needs to increase

Disasters: American Fires

• Wildfires are a feature of the California Summer.
• there has be a speculation it could take firefighters a week to bring this blaze under control.
• Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is pleading with people in the path of the flames to evacuate.

Politics: Sudanese Election

• Most of the main opposition parties in Sudan are withdrawing from the elections.
• President Obama's Special Envoy General Scott Gration has been in Khartoum.
• they told BBC they would boycott the elections in what they believe wont be free and fair polls.

Military: Darfur Problem

• In what's been seen as a significant step towards peace in Darfur, Sudanese government has signed a temporary ceasefire agreement.
• deal includes a Ceasefire and a framework agreement for future talks.

Military: Saudia Arabia

• The authorities in Saudi Arabia say they've arrested over 100 militants in Al-Qaeda.
• the forces seized Weapons, cameras, computers, and documents.
• the militants network and the two cells be in contact with an attack on oil facilities

Politics: Ukraine and Russia

• Ukraine claims that Alleged Russian spies were caught in espionage activity in order to obtain millitary secrets.
• Russia security service has confirmed the detention, but denied the Ukrainian events

俄国总统对美国导弹计划的意见

• President Obama is shelving plans for misile defensive system in Europe.
• President believes the US has taken a response step.

Politics:

• President sworn in for 2nd term has been met with opposition.
• Ceremony broadcast live on state TV, Mr. Ahmadinejad took the oath of office.
• Opposition protesters met by police.

軍事: 伊朗核計劃

• Head of UN Mohamed ElBaradei has given Iran and to reduce concerns about Iran's nuclear programme.
• Iran would allow the exportation of enriched uranium to make nuclear bombs.

军事: 联合国出台伊朗问题协议草案

• The agency head, Mohammed ElBaradei, is visting Iran to help with international negotiations.
• It was reavealed that Iran was building an underground nuclear facility near Qom.

政治: 吉尔吉斯坦反对派建立临时政府

• Opposition is in turmoil.
• Government buildings have been set on fire.
• A new interim government has been formed

政治: 吉尔吉斯坦总统拒绝辞职

• The Prime Minister has refused to resign.
• The opposition has taken over and dissolved parliament.

政治: 尼日利亚代理总统解散政府

• Acting President has dissolved the government.
• Announcement made a month after executive office assumed after President ill.
• Ministers will be replaced.

社会: 缅甸某罪犯获释引发讨论

• Burmese said Aung San Suu Kyi is likely to be released.
• The comments were made at a town meeting measure

社会:韩国鼓励生育

• Encouraging people to go home for family for bigger family.
• low birth rates
• "Ministry of Matchmaking”
• give officials vouchers to those with more than one child

经济:4名德国老人绑架美投资顾问

• People did not like advisory.
• Four senior citizens has been kidnapping their financial advisor.
• he claims they tied him up for 4 days locked in cellar.

灾难:国际社会哀悼波兰总统遇难

• President Lech Kaczynski and top officials were died in plane crash.
• crash the most tragic event in Poland's recent history Prime Minister Donald Tusk
• forest trying to land in fog . no survivors

政治:日本新首相

• Expected to be new prime minister Yukio Hatoyama
• Revolution
• Transition of power
• Improve relationships with its Asian neighbors

社会:日本的失业问题

• Unemployment in Japan rose to 5.7% which is highest since second world war
• came with companies laid off workers because of world recession
• issue in the election campaign

经济:古巴指责奥巴马没有解除贸易禁运

• Cuba has accused President Obama of not doing enough to end the US trade embargo .
• the 47-year-old embargo for another year
• sanctions should be lifted without conditions

灾难:冰岛火山烟尘逐渐减少

• that that a cloud of volcanic dust spreading from Iceland across Europe show moving
• Conscious of strong leadership over the air travel crisis
• EU expected to hold an emergency video conference Monday

灾难:菲律宾洪水泛滥

• hundred people have died in floods and landslides in the north
• two storms in the past two weeks which three hundred people dead
• residents taken to the rooftops of their houses

灾难:南太平洋海啸

• Prime Minister of Samoa says 77 people were dead
• destroyed and
• People believe many victims swept in sea high

宗教:马来西亚首都基督教堂接连遭纵火

• Evangelical Christian church, caused damage
• government policy that is policy is now being severely tested.

宗教：教皇本笃因处理性虐待指控的方式受到广泛批评

• Comparing the accusations towards the church being antisemitism
• Said the accusations reminded jewish friend and been affected anti semitism

Военное: Украина объявила об уничтожении всех хранилищ высокообогащенного урана.

• Eliminating stockile in Ukraine of enriched uranium.

军事:克什米尔的枪声

• Srinagar after gunmen opened fire in the city's commercial district area.
• attacks are also the four soldiers were killed in an ambush.

军事:在阿富汗的北约军队

• NATO troops in Afghanistan have rescued reporter.
• Unharmed after being released in gun battle.

Military: Remembrance of WWII Anniversary.

• Day of anniversaries commemorating outbreak of war in WW2

军事:尼日尔发生军事政变

• Appears to be coup in Niger.
• The President headed to military barracks and has been separated from ministers

军事：北约军队错杀阿富汗南部平民

• NATO led forces have killed civilians by mistake.
• Weapons missed target of 300 meters

科技: 大型强子对撞机模拟宇宙大爆炸后初态

• Protons collieded at the highest energy
• one of the biggest and complicated

科技：科学家证实行星撞地球是恐龙灭绝主因

• an asteroid was believed giant killed dinosaurs
• scientists though dinosaur 300,000 years later

科技：东非宽带发展

• laying a 17, fiber optic cable under
• Should be commercially available shortly
• The in theory could become the brink of revolution

科技：去太空旅游吧

• It's can carry eight people out of back
• tourist get 3 hour thrill ride

科技：网络上的交通

• government that ensured equality on all parts of the net
• ensure internet traffic

科技：登上火星的计划

• New effort to send the manned machines to the planet mars
• Mars favorite since kid

健康睡眠的意义

• Pythons Bats are longest in the game 18 or so
• babies Need 16 humans feel 8
• Make best limited
• Awake 20% of energy

健康：科学家发现治疗昏

• treatment for scientists is very deadly.
• Scientists find treatment and the drugs

健康：某些人群必需优先注射猪流感疫苗

• Recommended vaccines for women.
• that and the pregnant patients can get checked to make sure

健康：联合国官员说猪流感传播无法阻止

• Unstoppable and and
• doctor Margaret been talking and global formum
• Cancun. Safe

健康：南非总统公布 HIV 检测结果

• President Zuma said was revealing.
• Zuma sex life focus on sex.

健康：关于痴呆症的研究

• has that 35 million has shown
• Of the patients are well supported.

健康：素食者不易患癌症

• lower cancer patients were people.
• the lifetime cancer

社会医学家呼吁关注年轻人的死因

• For more attention to young people's deaths
• now a very terrible thing to be in the past

娱乐：学徒重返荧尾

• reality show
• test their teamwork and abilities to do work

社会巴黎商铺控告作者使用真名

• legal situation is and crazy
• The real people store it been written permission.

社会：巴黎航空公司违反劳动法

• EasyJet has been and arrested
• The airport to workers.

灾难:中国青海玉树发生地震

• there have been deaths for the earthquake.
• It is hard for people to carry everything

灾难:北京大雪纷飞

• the cold weather has been and so people were left stranded for the weather

灾难North Pole Melting:

• the icecap will be gone in about a week
• And has made to very bad to the world

BBC News Item 84 灾难:威尼斯水灾

• 15 percent it said by the sea.
• Dozens home have been there.

English BBC News Item 85 灾难:印尼地震 to

• deaths have been there.
• Tsunami minutes late after.

教育：巨型历代同义词词典

• First meaning group list
• It helps to discover the older meanings of different words

教育：在英国的中国学生Chinese

• best student international .
• Regional for to international is be

宗教：爱尔兰天主教堂在虐童丑闻中失去信誉Criticism of the

• head of catholic church
• In the way children were sexually assulted Williams.

宗教：教皇下令爱尔兰天主教堂整改Pope

• is to fixing something that have sexual abuse

教育：英国大学生竞赛

• Quiz show compete to knowledge of topics.
• Oxford University to team team manchaster

教育：英国学生

• Is a gap year.
• Traveling can a new way to be

文化：古巴的免费音乐会Many

• went to a music Cuba together.
• A chance for peace

体育：帆船争议So

• ferocious
• It's one of the victory

BBC News Item 94 体育:印度曲棍球危机

• the team can't agree to pay
• There are issues they can not fix

English BBC News Item 95 体育:世界杯的忧虑

• serious news in the news for the world
• He was hurt in the

娱乐苏珊大妈a star out

• She becomes overnight stardom.
• People thought she wasn't good

BBC News Item 97 人物:诺贝尔得主高锟a

• Man made ground breaking work made .
• Help commucations like the internet

BBC News Item 98人物:感怀迈克尔杰克逊

• The family wanted to be and could not because of pain
• he'll never live, we hold icon in hearts

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• Australia is planning to take this is very high the parliament
• A very friendless situation and more strict.

BBC News Item 100 环境:全球变暖

This the change of global temperature is going up.

• Will soon increase