unit4 STATEMENTS AND COMMENTS

STATEMENTS AND COMMENTSSection AWarming Up1.expressed concern2.apologized、remarks3.denied charges、warned4.condemned5.called for6.threatened、accused、of7.deeply troubled8.allegations、baseless9.reiterated10.stressed the importanceSection BMicro Listening1.The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military facilities in theArctic and a move to assert his countrys sovereignty over the contested region which is estimated to contain billions of dollars oil and gas deposits.2.A speaker purporting to be al-Qaede leader Osama bin Laden is accusing theU.S. and European Union of backing a war against Islam.3.The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on theMiddle East are flawed because democracy is not something that can be exported.4.The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.5.British Prime Minister Tony Blair says hid country is taking tough new measures to fight extremism following last months deadly terrorist attacks inLondon.Key:1.B.Canada stated its right to a contested region.2.D.TheU.S. and the EU were accused of being anti-Islam.3.A.TheU.S. imposition of western democracy is being criticized.4.D.The U.S. Defense Department stood up for Mr. Rumsfeld.5.C.Tony Blair demonstrated his countrys determination to combatterrorism.Section CMacro ListeningItem 1Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to helpKyrgyzstans new leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion withKyrgyzstans opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government.Kyrgyzstans new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.Key: 1-(B、D)2-(A、D)3-(G)4-(E)Item 2British officials inIran have denied allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwesternprovince ofKhuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy inTehran condemned the attacks and saidBritain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian Officials have made statements implicating British troops stations across the border inside southernIraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.Key:Task1F、F、F、T、FTask 21). Embassy rejected linking it to2). Iranian official、implicating、bombings、previous attackItem 3For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence inIraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and the President Lyndon Johnson Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC interview in which he addressed increased violence inIraq. The comparison of the insurgency inIraq to the Tet Offensive inVietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in theNew YorkTime.Key:1.The 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War.2.Downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and the President.3.Increased violence inIraq.4.TheNew YorkTime.5.A column writer.Section DAdditional ListeningItem 1Irans president is denying reports he gave an interview to an Arab newspaper in which he threaten to halt oil sales ifTehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council.Irans President Media Department made that denial in a statement in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times. Eelier today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported the President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stop oil sales ifIran is sent to the council for its unclear activities. The report from a French news agency say the reporter is astonished by the denial, but the news agency also says, the publisher of the newspaper says the confusion may be due to reporter not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.Key:1). denying2). halt oil sales3). referred to4). nuclear activities5). Media6). made that denial7). reaction8). French news agency9). astonishedItem 2.South KoreaandJapan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirmNorth Koreas claim that it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday. Late Friday unnamed U.S. officials said U.S. aircraft have detected trace in the air samples collected near the suspected North Korea test site, but they stressed no final determination had been made. Word of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution was excepted Saturday. The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions againstNorth Korea, including a travel ban and financial restriction.Key:Task 11).D.Monday2).B.detected radioactivityTask 2T、F、F、F、T、F、TItem 3Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will not allow foreign powers to dictateRussias energy policy or interfere in any of its internal affairs. In an interview broadcast from Saint Peterburg today, Mr. putin told BBC News that recent Western criticism ofRussia is a mix of cold war and colonialist thinking. Mr. Putin singled out U.S. President Dick Cheneys recent criticism of Russian energy policy in which Cheney accusedRussia of using its vast oil and gas resources as tools of intimidation. Putin compared those comments to an errant gunshot by Cheney that wounded a companion on a hunting trip earlier this year. The Russian leader host President Bush and other world leaders later this week in a summit of the G-8 industrialized nations. M