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学海无涯苦作舟! 学海无涯苦作舟! 学海无涯苦作舟! 学海无涯苦作舟! BBC新闻听力 100篇 News Item 1 The G20 have come up with a package of p|ans that add up to well over a trillion dollars to tackle the recession. One key component is an agreement to treble to 750 billion dollars the resources available to the International Monetary Fund for lending to countries in trouble. They also want a ten fold in crease in what are called special drawi ng rights which are rather like an IMF IMF currency and which strengthen the foreign exchange reserves of its member countries. The G20 also plans closer regulation of financial firms with curbs on executive pay and new over? sight of large hedge funds. The British Prime Minister,Gordon Brown,described the summit as marking a new consensus on tackling global problems. News Item 2 A senior British army officer has told the Iraq〕nq山呼 in Britain that he urged the govern? ment to delay the invasion of 曲 two days before it went ahead. Major General Tim Cross said that in his view post-conflict preparations were not in place He added that he did not be? lieve the US was solely to blame and that Britain had not taken seriously enough the challenges that would arise after the invasion. News Item 3 The worlds most famous golferTiger Woodsis to be fined and receive a citation for careless driving following the mysterious car crash in which he was injured last week. But he will not face any criminal charges over the incident in which Mr. Woods drove his car into a fire hydra nt and a tree close to his home. The police stateme nt shed no further light on the events leading up to the crash, which sparked a frenzy of media speculation throughout the Unit? ed States and beyond Tiger Woods admitted on sunday that the crash was his fault and said it had been embarrassing for his family. News Item 4 About 150 prominent Arabic writers and academics were signjng an online petition ap? pealing for an end to a growjng conflict between Algeria and Egypt over two football matches. The appe