-
Standard English
广播的特点与难点
1.
词汇量大
Next
Thursday
, an estimated 16 million
smokers will try not to light up during the
annual
Great
American
Smoke
Out
sponsored
by
the
American
Cancer
Society
…
and
approximately one million smokers will quit for
good.
Negotiators are still
wrestling with some technical problems.
United
States
baseball
team
pounded
the
Spanish
team
at
the
World
Baseball
Championships
in Italy. The score was 28 to nothing.
In another
game, defending
champion
（卫冕冠军）
Cuba
beat
Italy
11
to
1.
Japan
shut
out
Nicaragua
7
to
nothing. South Korea
crushed Netherlands 12 to nothing.
South Korea police have arrested
thousands of workers who staged a sit-in during
Thursday
morning
rush
hour.
The
strike
paralyzed
Seoul
subway
system
and
stranded hundreds of thousands of
commuters.
专有名词随着新闻热点出现
e.g.,
HAMAS
哈马斯（伊斯
兰抵抗组织）
，
West
Bank
（约旦河）西岸，
Gaza
Strip
加沙地带
约定俗成地用地名或建筑物表示某国政府或机构
:Moscow
、
the Kreml
in
代表
俄国政府，
Washingt
on
、
the White
House
代表美国政府，
the Pentagon
（五角
大楼）代表美国国防部，
Capital
Hill
（国会大厦）代表美国国会
提到某某人时，其格式通常是：国籍
+
职位或身份
+
姓名
缩略词
:
CSCE
后立即说
Conference on
Security and Co-operation in Europe
（
欧
洲安全和合作会议）
2.
语速快
135 words/minute
a.
不适应连读、吃音、弱读
We
have no any sort of artificial timetable to launch
a ground attack.
Two weeks
ago,
Baghdad cut
gas sales
to the public and then restarted with
strict rationing.
The president has been working hard and
needs a rest.
b.
多个词误听为一个
A
miracle medicine: American medicine
An act of self-defense: an active self-
defense
c.
难以分辨相近的音
They
were killed by soldiers assigned to guard them:
garden
Shops and stores
have been raided: Shops and stores have operated.
3.
句子结构复杂
The
government
of
Sudan
resorted
to
flogging
protesters
Tuesday
as
new
bread
riots
shocked
the
capital
Khartoum.
The
court
ordered
35
people,
most
of
them
students,
flogged for allegedly instigating violent protests
over bread shortages. At
least
two people have died
in
demonstration. Bakeshops refused to bake bread on
the
ground
of
the
new
government
regulations
on
the
weight
of
loaf
that
made
bread unprofitable.
插入成分多
,
句子松散
: for what
he (they) called, be quoted
as saying, as what
he
(they)
said, as what he (they) termed (named)
Pentagon officials say US
troops
may be sent to check
a
site
in east Afghanistan
where US missile hit a convoy that may
have included senior leader
…
The verbal
battle began last month when the President called
Iran a part of as what
he called an
4.
题材范围广
Sports,
features,
science,
medicine,
environment,
business
and
economic
news,
politics
…
5.
新闻导语突出重点
新闻导语（
lead
）指的是每条新闻的第一句话
导语通常只突出六个要素中的几项
An
Argentine
congressional
committee
has
taken
the
first
step
toward
impeachment
proceedings
against
the
nine
members
of
the
Supreme
Court
facing
accusations
of
colonialism and
corruption.
6.
播音方式活泼
7.
语音南强北调
制约听力的因素
1.
语言知识（词汇量与语音、语法知识）
2.
理解速度慢
3.
背景知识
新闻英语的命题规律
1.
考察对新闻细节的捕捉：数字、人物、时间、行为及事务等
2.
考察对新闻内容的理解：新闻尾句常考——针对时间顺序结构
3.
考察对新闻大意的理解：新闻首句常考——针对倒金字塔结构
Model Test 6
Section C News Broadcast
21.
How did the attack in London affect the global
financial markets?
A. It led to steep falls on
global exchanges.
B. It brought a little rise
on European exchange.
C. It had no affects at
all.
D. It didn
’
t
cause any sustained falls.
22. How did
Tokyo
’
s Nikkei average
change?
A. It was up 0.3%
B. It was down 0.3%
C.
It was up 0.5%
D.
It was down 0.5%
23. Which
of the following details is INCORRECT?
A. The film,
Mr
. and Mrs.
Smith
, will definitely be a hit.
B.
There
’
s a
lot of anticipation
this
weekend
for
the release of a
new
film
called
Mr
. and Mrs. Smith.
C.
The
movie stars Brad Pitt and Angelina
Jolie
have been getting
an
awful
lot of
press
lately
.
D. Historically, movies
that mix on and off-screen romance have a spotty
record at
the box office.
24. Who will be imposed sanction
according to the agreement of the conference?
A.
Other eastern African countries.
B.
Islamic militia in Somalia.
C. Clan
warlords in Somalia.
D.
The Kenya Foreign Minister.
25. Why did
Kenya refuse some people to enter the country?
A.
Because they set bank accounts in foreign
countries.
B. Because they should take
responsibility for miseries in their
hometown.
C. Because they enjoyed the
facilities in Kenya
’
s five-
star hotels.
D. Because they would create hell in
other countries.
26. What
is NOT the effect produced by climate change to
the Inuit?
A. Their livelihood is threatened.
B. Their
culture is being destroyed.
C. Their hunt
is affected.
D. Their
population is decreasing.
27. What is the possible result of
dismantling Unified Energy Systems?
A. Another
power companies will be reformed.
B. The state-
controlled electricity sector will be intensified.
C.
It will be divided into a lot of small companies.
D.
Unified Energy Systems will sell plant and
equipment.
28. What is
Russian
’
s attitude towards
this reform?
A. concerned
B. optimistic
C. pessimistic
D. indifferent
29. Who approved the proposal to
legalize gay marriage?
A. Conservative group
B. Catanlan
Christian Democrat Party
C. Socialist group
D. nuns and
bishops