专四听力新闻材料汇总.doc

灾难新闻类：专四对于天灾人祸的兴趣是很浓的，基本每年都有。大家需要注意的核心是：death toll（死亡人数），the injured（受伤人数），the missing（失踪人数），casualty（伤亡人数）以及cause（起因）和route（路线）空难air crash：2009-3-23A FedExcargo plane（货机）,crash-lands（迫降）, at Japans Narita International Airport（日本成田国际机场）. Red Cross officials say both pilots were killed. Television footage showed the plane explode, shortly after one of its wings, clipped the ground. Reports say the flight from Guangzhou, China, was trying to land in windy conditions.海难ferry sink 2009-1-11An Indonesianferrycarrying250 passengersand 17crew sank after being battered by alarge wavein bad weather in the countrys east on Sunday, officials said.18people includingoneof the crew had been rescued, said Bambang Ervan, a spokesman for the Transport Ministry.Transport Minister Jusman Syafii Djamal said150people had been taken off the ferry, but their condition was unknown and he gave no further details. Thediscrepancy（差别）in the number of possible survivors could not immediately be clarified.海难的考点很灵活。可以是自然原因引起的，比如storm, wave, typhoon,内因也可以为超载-overload，或者常考的非法移民illegal immigrant事件。值得注意的是，05、06、07在连续考察海难新闻。偷渡illegal emigrants 2008-4About 150 illegal immigrants havedrownedafter their boatsank offthe Libyan shore whileen route toItaly. Most of the illegal immigrants died after the boatcapsizedin the Mediterranean on June 7. The Libyan authorities have recovered 40 bodies but its difficult to identify them.恐怖袭击 terrorist attacks 2008-11-27恐怖主义的新闻除了要注意时间地点和破坏结果外，幕后黑手也是重要信息。巴基斯坦的恐怖袭击数量之多，令人咂舌。仅仅09年三个月以来，就有十几起，具体请见：/z/bjstjxyx/index.shtmlFour top police officials were among the 10 policemen killed as security forces took onterroristshere in the early hours of Thursday followinga series of attacksin this Indias financial capital, Mumbai, which killed at least 80 people and injured 250 others, authorities said. India has suffered a wave of bomb attacks in recent years. Most have been blamed onIslamist militants（伊斯兰士兵）, although police have also suspected Hinduextremists（极端分子）of carrying out some bombings.国际争端新闻：俄乌斗气，最终和解Russia, Ukraine sign 10-year gasdeal 2009-1-20Russia andUkrainesigned a 10-year gas supply deal Monday to clear the way for a promptresumption（重启）of supplies to a freezing Europe, cut off for nearly two weeks by a dispute between theex-Soviet states（前苏联国家）.Under the deal, Ukraine will buy Russian gas at a 20 percent discount to European market prices in 2009, whileKiev（基辅，乌克兰首都）agreed to retain preferential transit fees for Russia this year before both sides switch to a market-based price formula from 2010. A higher gas price could cripple Ukraines economy, already hit hard by the slowdown. But analysts and officials said a substantial drop in market prices expected this year would bring down the average 2009 price to levels more affordable for Kiev.巴以冲突Conflicts Between Israel and Palestine 2008-5-2这个地区的是一个敏感地区。2008年12月份，以色列对加沙地带发动了最大规模的地面进攻。死伤千余。此新闻完全可以看成是12月进攻的翻版新闻。进攻-口水仗-谈判-外界干预。Tension in Mideast continuesas Israelimissilesstruck on Gaza Strip for the sixth straight day on Monday. A Palestinian militant of al-Aqsa Brigades（阿尔阿克萨旅，是指巴勒斯坦民族解放运动-法塔赫/FATEH的一个分支）was killed.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmerttold members of his Party that overall offensive will be continued. On the other side, Hamas senior leader Mahmoud Zahar said his group has been in touch with an unidentified third party to discuss all the issue. Early Monday morning, Israel Defense Forceswithdrewits ground troops from the Gaza Strip. The recent offensive in the region has killed more than 100 Palestinians. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Ricekicked offa new Middle East visit on Tuesday, in a bid to helprevivethehaltedPalestinian-Israeli talks.朝核问题 DPRK Nuclear Issue 2008-5The United States says it expects North Korea will submit its nuclear declaration to China on June 26.（递交核清单）White House spokeswoman Dana Perino says North Korea fulfilling its declaration obligations will pave the way for President George W. Bush to inform Congress of plans toremove the country from a list of state sponsors of terrorism,（把它从“支持恐怖注意国家名单”上除去）and waive penalizing it under the U.S.Trading with the Enemy Act.（与敌国贸易法）North Koreamissed the deadline to abandon all nuclear weapons programs and declare all its nuclear programs and facilities by the end of 2007.国内民生油价变化 Oil Price Change油价今年主要以跌为主。这是去年发改委在上涨最高峰时的一次动作，请注意不同油品的数据。Chinas top economic planner has announced the country will raise the prices ofgasoline, diesel oil, aviation keroseneandelectricity,revealing anunprecedentedbroad plan to raise energy prices.Beginning Friday, the benchmark gasoline and diesel oil retail prices will be marked up by 1,000 Yuan (144.9 U.S. dollars) per ton, with the price of aviation kerosene up by 1,500 Yuan per ton. The prices of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas, however, would be left unchanged, according to theNational Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)(发改委).The price rises also translate into mark-ups of 0.8 yuan and 0.92 yuan per liter, the measurement used at service stations in China, for gasoline and diesel oil respectively.专四听力新闻词汇一览新闻消息类accredited journalist n. 特派记者 advance n预发消息；预写消息 affair n桃色新闻；绯闻 anecdote n趣闻轶事 assignment n采写任务 attribution n. 消息出处，消息来源back alley news n. 小道消息 backgrounding n新闻背景 Bad news travels quickly. 坏事传千里。 banner n通栏标题 beat n采写范围 body n. 新闻 正文 boil vt压缩（篇幅） box n. 花边新闻 brief n. 简讯 bulletin n新闻简报 byline n. 署名文章 caption n图片说明caricature n漫画 carry vt刊登 cartoon n漫画 censor vt. 审查（新闻稿件），新闻审查 chart n每周流行音乐排行榜clipping n剪报 column n专栏；栏目 columnist n专栏作家 continued story 连载故事；连载小说 contributing editor 特约编辑 contribution n（投给报刊的）稿件；投稿 contributor n投稿人 copy desk n新闻编辑部 copy editor n文字编辑 correction n更正（启事） correspondence column读者来信专栏 correspondent n.驻外记者；cover vt采访；采写 cover girl n. 封面女郎 covert coverage 隐性采访 crop vt剪辑（图片） crusade n宣传攻势 cut n插图 vt删减（字数） cut line n插图说明daily n日报 dateline n新闻电头 deadline n截稿时间 dig vt深入采访；追踪（新闻线索）：“挖”（新闻） digest n文摘 editorial n社论 editorial office 编辑部 editors notes 编者按 exclusive n独家新闻 expose n揭丑新闻；新闻曝光 extra n号外 eye-account n目击记；记者见闻faxed photo 传真照片 feature n特写；专稿 feedback n信息反馈 file n发送消息；发稿 filler n补白 First Amendment （美国宪法）第一修正案（内容有关新闻、出版自由等） five Ws of news 新闻五要素 flag n报头；报名 folo （=follow-up） n连续报道 Fourth Estate 第四等级（新闻界的别称） freedom of the Press 新闻自由 free-lancer n自由撰稿人 full position 醒目位置Good news comes on crutches. 好事不出门。 grapevine n小道消息 gutter n中缝 hard news 硬新闻；纯消息 headline n新闻标题；内容提要hearsay n小道消息 highlights n. 要闻 hot news 热点新闻 human interest 人情味in-depth reporting 深度报道 insert n.& vt插补段落；插稿 interpretative reporting 解释性报道 invasion of privacy 侵犯隐私（权）inverted pyramid 倒金字塔（写作结构） investigative reporting 调查性报道journalism n新闻业；新闻学 Journalism is literature in a hurry 新闻是急就文学 journalist n新闻记者 kill vt退弃（稿件）；枪毙（稿件） layout n版面编排；版面设计 lead n导语 libel n. 诽谤（罪）makeup n. 版面设计 man of the year 年度新闻人物，年度风云人物 mass communication 大众传播（学） mass media 大众传播媒介 master head n报头；报名 media n.媒介，媒体 Mere report is not enough to go upon仅是传闻不足为凭 morgue n报刊资料室news agency 通讯社 news clue 新闻线索 news peg 新闻线索，新闻电头newsprint n新闻纸 news value 新闻价值No news is good news没有消息就是好消息；不闻凶讯便是吉。 nose for news 新闻敏感obituary n讣告 objectivity n客观性 off the record 不宜公开报道 opinion poll 民意浏验periodical n期刊 pipeline n匿名消息来源 popular paper 大众化报纸；通俗报纸 press n报界；新闻界 press conference 新闻发布会；记者招待台 press law 新闻法press release 新闻公告；新闻简报 PR man 公关先生 profile n. 人物专访；人物特写 proofreader n校对员 pseudo event 假新闻 quality paper 高级报纸；严肃报纸 quarterly n季刊 readability n可读性 readers interest 读者兴越 reject vt退弃（稿件） remuneration n. 稿费；稿酬 reporter n记者 rewrite vt. 改写（稿件），改稿 round-up n综合消息scandal n丑闻 scoop vt.“抢”（新闻） n独家新闻 sensational a耸人听闻的；具有轰动效应的 sex scandal 桃色新闻sidebar n花絮新闻 slant n主观报道；片面报道 slink ink “爬格子” soft news 软新闻 source n新闻来源；消息灵通人士 spike vt退弃（稿件）：“枪毙”（稿件） stone vt拼版 story n消息；稿件；文章 stringer n特约记者；通讯员 subhead n小标题；副标题 supplement n号外；副刊；增刊 suspended interest 悬念thumbnail n“豆腐干”（文章） timeliness n时效性；时新性 tip n内幕新闻；秘密消息 trim n. 删改（稿件）update n更新（新闻内容），增强（时效性）watchdog n.&vt.舆论监督 weekly n周报 wire service n通讯社新闻听力补充2新闻听力时注意以下几点即可：1、首句。2、出现数据考点时，注意题干大写、专有、数据词汇。3、否定性题目使用排除法。4、忽略那些你听不懂的专有名词，统统不是考点。第一部分（2010年新闻更新版本） 2010-3月1日 类型：灾难智利地震The Chilean government says the death toll of the magnitude-8.8 earthquake has reached 708 and is likely to increase as rescue goes on.The president says food distribution will begin to help the affected people to stand up to the difficulties.Also 10,000 troops of the Armed Forces and of the Chilean Police will be deployed in the affected areas to guarantee the security and to collaborate on the aid delivery. 2010-2月20日 类型：灾难巴西海难A sailing ship owned by a Canadian school sank off the coast of Brazil in strong winds, but all 64 passengers have been rescued from rafts.Brazils Navy said a distress signal was picked up from the ship Thursday afternoon. It was located about 300 miles off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.The Concordia is owned by West Island College International in Nova Scotia. 2010-2月14日 类型：灾难 印度恐怖主义袭击At least eight people were killed and 53 others were injured in an apparent terrorist attack in the western Indian city of Pune.Police said the blast took place at a landmark German Bakery in a wealthy district, and that among the killed were three foreigners. 2010-1月15日 类型：灾难海地地震Haitian President Rene Preval is pleading for assistance after Tuesdays 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Haitis capital of Port-au-Prince bringing devastating catastrophe.The quake collapsed buildings including Prevals presidential residence, parliament, the tax office, and numerous schools and hospitals.The exact number of casualties is too early to be determined but the operation coordinator of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies estimates up to 100,000 people may have perished in the quake.A Chinese emergency rescue team has arrived in Port-au-Prince along with 10 tons of food, equipment and medicines.Chinas Red Cross Society has pledged to donate 1 million dollars in emergency aid, while the World Bank has pledged 100 million dollars to support recovery and reconstruction.Additional search and rescue teams from other countries, including the United States, are on their way to aid in rescue efforts.第二部分（2009年全年重点新闻）2009-3-23 类型：灾难日本货机爆炸 A FedEx cargo plane（货机）, crash-lands（迫降）, at Japans Narita International Airport（日本成田国际机场）. Red Cross officials say both pilots were killed. Television footage showed the plane explode, shortly after one of its wings, clipped the ground. Reports say the flight from Guangzhou, China, was trying to land in windy conditions. 2009-4-13 类型：国际政治美古关系改善U.S. President Barack Obama has lifted restrictions on travel and money transfers by Cuban- Americans to Cuba.A statement said supporting the Cuban peoples desire to freely determine their future and that of their country is in the national interest of the United States.Former Cuban Leader Fidel Castro says U.S. measures to ease restrictions on trips by Cuban-Americans to Cuba were positive, but minimum they could do.Castro says many other measures are missing, including the elimination of the Law of Cuban Adjustment.The 1966 law, which the U.S. exclusively applies to Cuba, grants Cubans who reach US soil automatic residency2009-5-21 类型：灾难印尼空难The death toll of Indonesias Air force Hercules （大力神运输机） plane crash in East Java （爪哇）reached 71, with 27 others wounded, the health ministry said on Wednesday.Health official reported that there were 15 fatalities in Sudono Hospital with nine people injured, and there were 57 deaths at Iswahyudi Hospital, with 19 people injured, head of crisis center of the Ministry Rustam Pakaya said.However the identification and checking on the victims was being conducting, he said.It must be avoided two pieces of one body to be counted into two persons, he told Xinhua.The final result would be announced later after the officials completed their works, said Pakaya.The Hercules was reported to have ploughed into homes on the ground as it crashed and caught fire in Magetan. The plane C-130 Hercules Alpha 1325 was on its way from Halim Perdanakusuma Airport in Jakarta for Biak in Papua when it crashed only fours kilometer from Iswahyudi Airport.A metro television footage showed the body of the plane was broken into two parts and burnt into flames.2009-5-21 类型：灾难伊拉克爆炸Iraqi police say at least 34 people have been killed and 72 injured in a car bomb explosion in northwest Baghdad.An explosive-laden vehicle exploded near a popular restaurant Wednesday evening, destroying at least 10 cars and damaging several shops nearby.2009-6-2 类型：金融危机通用破产保护In the largest industrial bankruptcy ever seen in U.S. history, General Motors has filed for bankruptcy protection.Hoping to reemerge （重新出现） from bankruptcy protection as a new company within 60 to 90 days, GM will close 11 U.S. factories and idle three others to slash its operating costs.The GM bankruptcy will also lead to the loss of hundreds of dealers and suppliers as well as hundreds of thousands of jobs.However, an overnight statement from GM said the impact of its U.S. parents bankruptcy will be minimal to its China business.President Barack Obama has promised an additional 30 billion dollars to the carmaker.2009-6-2 类型：灾难法航失事French President Nicolas Sarkozy says chances of finding any survivors are very small as an Air France airliner with more than 200 people on board vanished over the Atlantic Ocean.Air France said earlier the plane was probably hit by lightning and suffered an electrical failure while flying through a storm. The Airbus A330 left Rio de Janeiro on Sunday night for Paris.The 228 people aboard were from 32 countries, most of whom are French and Brazilians. 8 Chinese nationals were also on board.The French and Brazilian militaries have been searching around the area where the plane disappeared.2009-6-10 类型：灾难巴基斯坦爆炸At least 11 people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast at a five-star hotel in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar.A United Nations worker was among the dead. Dozens of others were inured.The huge explosion at the Pearl Continental Hotel also destroyed some 40 vehicles.Witnesses said attackers first started firing at the guards when their vehicle was stopped at the hotel entrance.2009-6-10 类型：国际政治制裁朝鲜的决议The five permanent members of the UN Security Council, along with Japan and South Korea, have reached agreement on a draft resolution（决议） in response to North Koreas recent nuclear test. The resolution includes a range of punitive measures that would severely curtail loans and money transfers to North Korea, as well as an arms embargo.Diplomats say the earliest date for a vote at the Security Council is likely on Thursday.2009-8-16 类型：恐怖主义NATO喀布尔总部爆炸A powerful suicide car bomb went off outside NATO headquarters Saturday, killing 7 Afghan civilians and wounded over 90 people.Taliban militants who have vowed to derail the second presidential election in the post-Taliban country, claimed responsibility for the attack.UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon has condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the car bomb attack in Kabul , voicing his concerns at this indiscriminate violence just five days before the presidential elections.2009-9-25 类型：国际会议G20开幕The third G20 Summit has kicked off in Pittsburgh.The two-day meeting will see leaders, including Chinese president Hu Jintao, coordinate their positions on global economic recovery, financial regulatory reform and world trade issues.G20 Leaders will also coordinate on their macro economic policies to ensure the world economy will grow in a sustainable and more balanced pattern.2009-9-30 类型：国际政治美国和北约改善和俄罗斯关系U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States and NATO want to improve relations with Russia, defending its new missile defense system could lead to further collaboration with Russia.Obama spoke to reporters after a meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in the White House.Obama reiterated the necessity of missile defense deployment in Europe, unveiling a phased, adaptive approach for missile defense in the continent.2009-10-2 类型：灾难印尼地震A Indonesian official says the death toll from Wednesdays earthquake could reach thousands as many victims are still trapped under the rubble.The head of the United Nations Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes has put the death toll from the 7.6-magnitude quake in West Sumatra at 1,100.Rescue efforts have been disrupted by the damaged roads and telecommunication system and power supply which are still paralyzed.And heavy rain was pouring down in the hardest-hit area of Padang.A second 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked western Indonesia Thursday while rescuers struggled to reach survivors of the previous days quake.2009-10-8 类型：旅游国内黄金周数据Chinas railways will embrace a new round of travel peak as millions of travelers start returning home after the eight-day National Day holiday.Short-distance trips became popular, making the high-speed bullet trains packed with travelers.The China Tourism Academy forecasted before the holiday that the number of tourists on Chinas mainland could surpass 200 million. Tourist income was expected to be more than 100 billion yuan, roughly 15 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 25 percent over the same per