《现代大学英语听力2》听力原文及题目答案Unit 15.docVIP

orts from the United Nations. It was the eighth straight year that the General Assemblys passed a resolution calling on the United States to lift its trade sanctions against Cuba, and as in past years, it was approved overwhelmingly. This years vote was 155 to 2, with always the United States and Israel voting No, and 8 nations abstaining. Ricardo Alacon, President of the Cuban National Assembly and formerly this nations ambassador to the United Nations, repeatedly referred to genocide in arguing in favor of the resolution. Mr. Alacon also said Cuba will file a 100-billion-dollar lawsuit against the United States because of the embargo, but he did not say where such a lawsuit would be filed. The United States representative Peter Burly said the US embargo against Cuba is a matter of bilateral trade policy, and has no place in the UN General Assembly. Task 3 【答案】 A. 1) T 2) F 3) T 4) F B. 1) Shelter for the Homeless 2) a set of stamps/six stamps 3) building homes 4) information; the UN; government; institutions; worldwide 【原文】 Narrator: Since 1946, when the United Nations General Assembly recommended that inter-national arrangements be set up to promote and coordinate research and the ex-change of information on housing, the United Nations has given increasing attention to the subject of human settlements. This year, the United Nations observes the International Year of Shelter for the Homeless. In commemoration of the year, the UN Postal Administration has released a special stamp issue. I recently spoke with Gisela Grunewald, Chief of the Postal Administration, who described the set and explained its significance. Grunewald: We issued six stamps in honor of the Intemational Year for Shelter for the Homeless, and these six stamps should really show the positive efforts that are being done around the world to help the homeless and to find shelter for them. So what we are showing on these six stamps are six different scenes that are aspects of building homes.