现代大学英语听力3原文及答案unit8

1 Unit 8

Task 1

【原文】

1) Now that we're making every effort to keep criminals from getting guns through

the front door of a gun shop, we're turning our attention to locking the back door,

too. We have started to crack the code of the black market in illegal weapons. We

are tracing the guns, targeting the traffickers, taking more of our children out of

harm's way. (Bill Clinton)

2) We will be marching today for common sense gun laws, but we will not stop with

just marching. We will keep walking; we will keep running; we will keep marching;

we will keep fighting and we will keep organizing until we are successful in our

fight to keep our children safe. (Hillary Clinton)

3) Police officers of course, are not the only people who die. Ten thousand other

Americans are dead because of the misuse of our right to bear arms. People who

argue for guns are fond of saying that guns don't kill; people do. But guns do kill.

(Robert di Grazia)

4) Registration of cars has nothing to do with the incidence of car accidents which, of

course, is the greatest killer of people in the United States, including children. And

you don't see anyone turning around and say, "Let's outlaw automobile." (Victoria

Bingham)

Task 2

【答案】

News Item 1

A.1) F 2) F 3) T 4) T 5) F 6) F

News Item 2

B.

WHO: more than one hundred thousand mothers across the United States

WHAT: gathered to push for tougher gun control laws

WHERE: Washington

WHEN: Sunday

C.

1) b) 2) a) 3) c) 4) b)

D.

1) Gun control, Now

2) shed, river of votes, raging, out of, stricter gun control

【原文】

News Item 1

British police say thousands of gun owners have surrendered their small calibre

weapons as part of legislation banning some types of handgun. The deadline to hand

in the weapons which has just passed is the final stage in the clampdown on gun

ownership following the massacre of 16 school children and a teacher at Dunblane in

Scotland in 1996. The police estimate that 40,000 weapons have been surrendered,

meaning that the vast majority of legally held guns have been given up. But as

Inspector Paul Brightwell, a policeman from southern England, points out, many

owners are still angry about the bans. Although Britain now has some of the strictest

firearms laws in the world, correspondents say the government may still look to

introduce further restrictions.

2 News Item 2

More than one hundred thousand mothers across the United States gathered here

in Washington Sunday to push for tougher gun control laws. Organizers of the

so-called Million Mom March are hoping to harness growing outrage at the number of

children killed by handguns here in the United States.

"What do we want? Gun control! When do we want? Now! What do we want?

Gun control! When do we want? Now! What do we want? Gun control! When do we

want? Now! What do we want? Gun control!..."

The protesters—mothers, victims of gun violence and families—came from

across the United States to hear heartbreaking stories of children who had been

gunned down. One mother described the pain she felt after her young son received a

crippling gunshot wound to the chest. In an emotional appeal, she urged the crowd to

vote for members of Congress who support gun control.

"Mothers, we have shed tears for our children. Let's make our tears the river of

votes. Let's make our tears become a raging river of votes, and we need to get our

legislators out of office if they do not want stricter gun control."

Organizers of the Washington rally and others held in cities across the United

States say at least 12 children a day are killed by guns. They want Congress to enact

laws that will require registration of handguns and some type of licensing system. US

gun control laws vary from state to state. Ant nationwide registration is strongly

opposed by the National Rifle Association, a wealthy and powerful nationwide group

of firearms owners who reject any type of gun control.

Task 3

【答案】

A.

1) a) 2) a) 3) b) 4) b) 5) c)

B.

Column 1 Column 2

Soccer Roland Garros

Equestrian events Longchamp racetrack

Tennis Stade de France

C.

1) The dossier will show locations of sporting events, media centers, and an Olympic

village.

2) The tried and tested quality of Paris’ famous sporting infrastructure is a big

advantage. Moreover, it’s been many years since France hosted the Olympic Games

in 1924.

【原文】

The last time Paris had the honor of hosting the Olympic Games was way back

in 1924. Having lost out to Beijing for the right to stage the Games in 2008, the

French capital is now optimistic it can win the bid for the 2012 Olympics. The nine

cities in contention have until mid-January to give details of their proposed venues.

And the organizers in Paris can point to the fact that most of their facilities are already