Unit 4 Thanksgiving Holiday

Journalistic English (4) Major Name 3. What does the word “addressing” refer to in the article? A. dealing with A. convicted

B. ignoring

C. talking to group

C. rumored

D. creating an address

D. exonerated

4. Which of these words is synonymous with “implicated”?

B. suspected

5. Why did investors take their money out of the companies discussed here? A. because of poorly performing mutual funds C. because of allegations of improper trading

B. because of criminal activity D. because of falling stock prices

Tapescripts of News Broadcast

Transcripts of Task Three News Broadcast

News Item 1 HIV abbr.人体免疫缺损病毒，艾滋病病毒 (= human immunodeficiency virus) immunodeficiency [imjun?udi'fi??nsi] 免疫缺乏,免疫缺陷,免疫缺陷状态 virus ['vair?s] n. 病毒,滤过性微生物,毒害 AIDS [eidz] abbr. 爱滋病 release [ri'li:s] 释放, 准予发表, 发射 mark [mɑ:k]vt.纪念 epidemic [epi'demik] n. 传染病,流行病 abate [?'beit] vi. 缓和,减弱,减少 infect [in'fekt] vt. 传染,侵染;使受影响 mortality [m?:'t?liti] n. 死亡数目,死亡率 impact ['imp?kt,im'p?kt] n.& v. 影响, 冲击力, 撞击 It has been more than 20 years since scientists first identified HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. According to a news report released by the United Nations and the World Health Organization to mark World AIDS Day on December 1st, an estimated 40-million people are living with HIV today, including 2.5 million children under the age of fifteen. The global AIDS epidemic shows no signs of abating. Five million more people became infected with HIV and three million died this year alone, the highest mortality rate yet. It has become impossible to ignore the economic impact of the disease worldwide, especially in Africa, and increasingly in Asia.

News Item 2 petroleum [p?'tr?uli?m] n. 石油 Vienna [vi'en?] n. 维也纳 crude [kru:d] a. 天然的,未成熟的,粗糙的,粗鲁的 delegate ['deligeit] n. 代表,委员 quota ['kw?ut?] n. 限额, 配额, 定额 speculate['spekjuleit] vi. 深思,推测,投机 barrel ['b?r?l] n. 桶,一桶的量;枪管 shortfall ['??:tf?:l] n. 不足,不足量 Venezuela [vene'zweil?] n. 委内瑞拉(南美洲北部国家) OPEC['?upek] abbr. 石油输出国家组织 (=Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) cartel [kɑ:'tel] n. 卡特尔，企业联盟（通过统一价格、防止竞争来增加共同利润） The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries holds an emergency meeting in Vienna Sunday to discuss an increase in the production of crude oil. Delegates from the 11 member nations of OPEC gather for the second time in a month at their Vienna headquarters. The cartel is expected to increase its official output quota, some officials speculate, by one million, or 1.5 million barrels per day, to make up the shortfall caused by a six-week-old strike in Venezuela, a major supplier to the United States.

News Item 3

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Journalistic English (4) Major Name

bovine ['b?uvain] a. 牛的,似牛的,迟钝的 spongiform ['sp??d?if?:m] 海绵状的 encephalopathy [ensef?'l?p?θi] n. [医]脑病 BSE abbr.牛绵状脑病, (疯牛病) European Commission n. 欧洲委员会 slaughter ['sl?:t?] v. 残杀, 屠杀 initially [i'ni??li] ad. 最初,开始 scrapie ['skreipi]n. (羊患的)痒病, 绵羊疯痒病 VCJD人类变异型克雅氏症 variant ['v??ri?nt] n. 变体 a. 不同的, 差别的 Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, CJD克雅(氏)病:皮层-基底节-脊髓变性症候群(一种致命的海绵状脑病) tainted [teint] vt. 感染, 污染 A French goat has tested positive for mad cow disease — the first animal in the world other than a cow to have bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The European Commission says further testing will be done to see if the incidence is an isolated one. The animal, which was slaughtered in 2002, was initially thought to have scrapie, a similar brain-wasting condition sometimes seen in goats. But British scientists have now confirmed the disease was in fact BSE. More than 100 people in the UK have died from VCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease), the human form of BSE, after eating tainted beef. But the EC stressed that people needn’t worry too much this time.

News Item 4 artifact ['ɑ:tif?kt] n. 人造物品 memorabilia [mem?r?'bili?] n. 值得纪念的事 auction ['?:k??n] vt. 拍卖 Titanic [tai't?nik] n. 泰坦尼克(船名) cruise [kru:z] n. 巡航, 漫游 iceberg ['aisb?:g] n. 冰山;冷冰冰的人 maiden ['meidn] a.初次的,处女的 ill-fated ['il'feitid] a. 恶运的,不幸的,不吉的 lifejacket [laifd??kit] n. 救生衣, 救生背心 a range of一套, 一系列 enthusiast [in'θju:zi?st] n. 爱好者, 狂热者, auctioneer [?:k??'ni?] n. 拍卖人 Artifacts and memorabilia are being auctioned off in New York City from the Titanic, the famous cruise ship that sank after it hit an iceberg during its maiden voyage in 1912. Sellers are hoping that fans of the ill-fated ship will pay high prices to take home a piece of history. A lifejacket, a wooden chair from the deck of Titanic, and a range of artifacts and movie memorabilia drew crowds of Titanic-enthusiasts to New York this week. Auctioneers say it is the largest Titanic collection to go on sale all at once.

News Item 5 mosque [m?sk] n. 清真寺 Iraqi [i'rɑ:ki] a. 伊拉克的,伊拉克人的 Baghdad ['b?gd?d] n. 巴格达(伊拉克首都) Shia ['?i:?] n. 什叶派(教徒) Sunni ['suni:] n.(伊斯兰)逊尼派教徒 worshipper ['w?:?ip?] n.参加礼拜者 rebel ['rebl,ri'bel] n. 反叛者, 造反者 vi. 造反, 反抗 mortar ['m?:t?] n. [军]迫击炮 storm [st?:m] vt. 猛攻 resident ['rezid?nt] n. 居民,居住者 armory ['ɑ:m?ri] n. 军械库,兵工厂 loot [lu:t] v. 洗劫,抢夺 Islamic [iz'l?mik] a.伊斯兰教的,穆斯林的 At least 26 people were killed when a mosque and a police station came under attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. A car bomb exploded outside a Shia mosque in a Sunni district, killing at least 14 worshippers and wounding 19. A short while earlier, rebels fired mortars and then stormed a police station, killing at least 12 people — mainly police officers. A resident said armed men approached the police station “from all sides”. Almost all the policemen on duty at the time were killed, the armory was looted and more than 50 prisoners were set free, the BBC was told. Friday’s violence — coming as the city began the Islamic weekend — end a period of relative calm in Baghdad

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