1、stepbystep3000第三册答案听力原文供参考STEP BY STEP 3000 第三册答案Unit 1World News: International RelationsPart I Warming upA Tapescripts:1.The former American Defense Secretary William Perry has recommended a radical change of policy towards North Korea. 2.Hundreds of thousands of mothers from across the United Sta
2、tes gathered here in Washington Sunday to push for tougher gun control laws. 3.Theres been further fighting between Macedonian forces and Ethnic Albanian guerrillas inside the Macedonian border with Kosovo. 4.A bomb dropped by the United States navy aircraft during training in Kuwait has hit a group
3、 of military observers, killing six of them. 5.NATO is taking a number of steps to allay growing disquiet about the possible health risks from ammunitions containing depleted uranium, which it used in Kosovo and Bosnia.B1. What is the summits statement expected to call on UN members?To make commitme
4、nts to eradicate poverty, promote democracy and education, and reverse the spread of AIDS.2. Which three countries are admitted by ASEAN on Saturday? Burma, Cambodia, and the Laos.3. What happened on Friday about ten miles south of Pearl Harbor?A U. S. nuclear submarine tore through a Japanese fishi
5、ng vessel, sinking it within minutes.How many people were on the vessel? And how many were missing? 35/9.4. What happened in the West Bank and Gaza?Gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen have been raiding overnight.5. What are the problems with the nuclear facilities and nuclear p
6、lants in Japan?Some nuclear facilities have breached many health and safety laws.More than half of the nuclear plants failed some basic tests, such as checking radiation measurements.Tapescripts:1. With the final declaration on its role in the 21st century, the summits statement is expected to call
7、on UN members to make commitments to eradicate poverty, promote democracy and education, and reverse the spread of AIDS. More than 150 heads of state and government attended the summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history.2. The Association of South-East Asian Nations has decided to in
8、vite Burma to join its ranks, shrugging off western denunciations of the military regime in Rangoon. ASEAN foreign ministers voted on Saturday to admit Burma, Cambodia, and the Laos.3. The missing, four of them teenagers, were among 35 people aboard a high school fishing vessel from Japan. On Friday
9、, a U.S. nuclear submarine tore through the ship, sinking it within minutes. The USS Greenville, which was not seriously damaged, was performing an emergency surfacing drill when the collision occurred about ten miles south of Pearl Harbor. Coast Guard rescue teams plucked all but nine of the victim
10、s from the rough seas.4. Gun battles between Israeli troops and Palestinian gunman have been raging overnight in the West Bank and Gaza. The upsurge in violence comes after Israeli attack helicopters targeted and killed a member of an elite Palestinian security force.5. Some nuclear facilities in Ja
11、pan have breached many health and safety laws. Government inspectors checked 17 nuclear plants. More than half of them failed some basic tests, such as checking radiation measurements. Japanese nuclear regulators have been ordered to crack down following the countrys worst nuclear accident in Septem
12、ber. Sixty-nine people were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation in the accident.Part II News reportsSummary:This news report tells us that the United Nations General Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as its new non-permanent members of the Security Council.
13、Statements:1. Columbia, Ireland, and Singapore won their seats as nonpermanent members of the Security Council on the first round of balloting while Mauritius and Norway won their seats on the fourth ballot.2. Sudan and Mauritius are two candidates for the second seat for the African and Asian group
14、.3. There were three countries contending for the two seats allotted to the western industrialized group of nations.4. The Security Council is made up of 15 members, including five permanent members - China, France, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States-and 10 non-permanent members.Tapescript
15、:The United Nations General Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council. The vote follows several weeks of haggling and maneuvering.Columbia, Ireland, and Singapore won the required two thirds majority on the first
16、round of balloting. But it took another three rounds of voting to decide on the remaining two regional seats.Contention marked the voting for the second seat for the African and Asian group. The United States lobbied intensely against Sudan, the candidate of the Organization of African Unity. Maurit
17、ius, the candidate supported by Washington, won on the fourth round of voting.Ireland easily captured one of the two seats allotted to the western industrialized group of nations on the first ballot. But Norway and Italy campaigned vigorously for the second spot. King Harald of Norway came to New Yo
18、rk last week to press the case for his nations representation on the Security Council for the first time since 1982. Norway also won on the fourth ballot. The new members begin their two-year terms in January. The Security Council is made up of a total of 15 members, including five permanent members
19、 - China, France, Great Britain, Russia, and the United States - and 10 non-permanent members. Five non-permanent members are elected to two-year terms each year.BSummaryThis news report tells us that the United Nations Human Rights Commission was going to hold an emergency meeting to deal with the
20、crisis situation between Israelis and Palestinians. Answers to the questions: 1. 53 2.48 3.34. The United 18th7.No more than three days8. To get the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table9. 4 / Bosnian war / genocide in Rwanda / violence in East TimorTapescript:Forty-eight of the (
21、United Nations Human Rights Commissions) 53 member nations voted to hold the emergency meeting. The United States cast the sole dissenting vote and Canada abstained. Three other countries did not vote.The special meeting will begin October 18th and will last for no more than three days.UN spokeswoma
22、n Marie Heuze says one purpose of the meeting is to try to learn how the cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians can be stopped.When you have such a high-profile for a crisis which is so dangerous, not only for the people in Palestine and in Israel, but in the region, there is a fear - a
23、nd this is probably why there was a large consensus on this meeting to discuss the issue - because the situation in this part of the world is so volatile, so dangerous, so important to control that everybody thinks that they have something to contribute.MsHeuze says she thinks the United Nations and
24、 the international community as a whole can play a constructive role in the present situation and in trying to get the Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table. Officials from the UN Human Rights Commission will discuss the agenda toward the meeting on Wednesday.This is only the fifth
25、 time the commission has gone into emergency meeting to deal with a crisis situation. Previous sessions dealt with the Bosnian war, the genocide in Rwanda, and the violence in East Timor.Questions:1. How many members are there in the UN Human Rights Commission?2. How many of them voted to hold the e
26、mergency meeting?3. How many of them didnt vote?4. Which country cast the dissenting vote?5. Which country abstained?6. When will the meeting begin?7. How long will it last?8. Whats the purpose of this meeting?9. How many emergency meetings have been held before this one? What were the three crisis
27、situations that they dealt with?Part III Anti-piracy missionA EUs Naval OperationThe massive problem: Piracy off Somalias waters100 ships16 ships more than 350 crew members.EUs mission:6 warships3 surveillance planes Aim: To deter, to prevent, to protect Headquarters: Near London Duration: At least
28、a yearB Chinese Navys Escort Mission against PiracyPrimary mission: vessels, personnel and cargo,hit piracyTarget: To protect the ship and personnel passing through the area, transporting humanitarian materialsNumber of crew members: 800 incl. 70 soldiers from the Navys special forcesDuration of the
29、 first phase: Three monthsTime ready to receive protection appeals: Jan. 6Part IV SpeechesExtract 1 (expressing an opinion): I believe that. I believe we should.Extract 2 (paying a tribute): He said to those he touched and who sought to touch him .Extract 3 (expressing an opinion) - I have a dream.E
30、xtract 4 (expressing an opinion). America needs a full-time President and a full-time Congress.Extract 5 (accepting a post): I am profoundly grateful . for giving me the chance to serve you.(making a promise):I will do everything I can to be worthy of . I promise you . that I will .Tapescript:1. I b
31、elieve that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. No single space project in this period will be more impressive to mankind, or more important for the long-range exploration of space; and
32、 none will be so difficult, or expensive to accomplish. But, in a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon. If we make this judgment affirmatively, it will be an entire nation . I believe we should go to the moon. (John F. Kennedy 25/05/1961)2. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him: Some men see things as they are and say Why? I dream things that never were and say Why not? (Edward
