CNN VOA 每月新闻.ppt

Lecture 18 (p.84) Purposes: 1. To enlarge your news vocabulary quickly 2. To training your news listening skill: Raise awareness to the lead and English sentence structure Number details 3. To prepare for the coming test Tasks 1. Multiple choice question: the lead 2. Fill in the blanks: number details 1. The world’s coming together to____. A. cope with each other B. control climate change C. curb air pollution D. criticize US and China 2. Fresh wild fires are spreading in the ____ area. A. Southern Florida. B. Northern California. C. Southern California. D. Northern Florida. 3. The safety warning is related to _____. A. A deadly airplane. B. A fatal airbus crash. C. Two deadly airbus crashes. D. A faulty part of the airbus. 4. The vaccine research funded by_____ is showing____. A. US army; modest results B. Thailand; mild results C. US army; positive results D Thailand; modest results 5. President Obama called for Iran to open up the nuclear plant because it ____. A. could make fuel for power B. is for energy purposes C. is against international treaty D. could produce bomb materials 6. ____ were killed ___in Southern Afghanistan. A. 15 US service members; Tuesday B. 5 UN peace corp members; Thursday C. 5 US service members; Thursday D. 5 NATO forces; Thursday 7. The ____ killed 15 people in Pakistan. A. 3 suicide bombs B. 5 car bombs C. 15 suicide bombs D. 15 blasts 8. Irans leader ___after Obama accused his country of ___. A. launched a war; using nuclear weapons B. rebutted; breaking international nuclear treaty C. fought back; owning nuclear weapons D. fired back; breaking international rules 9. Iran has successfully tested ___ today. A. two kinds of long-range rockets B. three types of medium-range missiles C. two