BBC新闻: 瑞典发生卡车袭击事件 4人死亡
燕山大学 刘立军 宋葳 编写
◇TRANSCRIPT
The latest headlines from BBC News. I'm Gavin Grey.
King Carl Gustaf has praised the strength and resilience of Swedish society following Friday's attack in Stockholm which killed four people. Police say they're increasingly certain the Uzbekistan man they've arrested is the one who drove a stolen lorry into a crowd and then rammed it into a department store.
Police in the Norwegian capital Oslo have carried out a controlled explosion after finding a bomb like device in the city centre. The area has been sealed off while investigations continue. A suspect has been detained. Police in Norway began carrying guns in response to the lorry attack in Sweden.
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that the US missile strike on a Syrian airbase has played into the hands of extremists. He reaffirmed Russia's stance of accusations that the Syrian regime had launched a chemical weapons attack on Tuesday did not align with reality.
◇VOCABULARY
1. resilience n. the ability of people or things to feel better quickly after sth. unpleasant, such as shock, injury, etc. 快速恢复的能力；适应力
2. increasingly adv. more and more all the time 越来越多地；不断增加地。例如：
increasingly difficult/important/popular越来越困难 / 重要 / 普及
It is becoming increasingly clear that this problem will not be easily solved. 越来越明显的是，这个问题不会轻易解决。
Increasingly, training is taking place in the office rather than outside it. 在职培训日益增加，而不是脱产进行。
3. ram into: ram into sth | ram sth into sth: to hit against sth. or to make sth. hit against sth. with force 猛烈撞击；使猛烈撞上另一物。例如：
He rammed his truck into the back of the one in front. 他把卡车蓦地撞到前一辆卡车的车尾上。
4. seal off : (of the police, army 警察、军队) to prevent people from entering a particular area 封锁；封闭
5. detain v. to keep sb. in an official place, such as a police station, a prison or a hospital, and prevent them from leaving 拘留；扣押。例如：
One man has been detained for questioning. 一个男人被拘留审问。
6. stance n. stance (on sth): the opinions that sb. has about sth. and expresses publicly （公开表明的）观点，态度，立场。例如：
What is the newspaper's stance on the war? 那家报纸对这场战争持什么立场？
7. align with: align yourself with sb. / sth.: to publicly support an organization, a set of opinions or a person that you agree with 公开支持（某组织、意见、人）
◇QUESTIONS
Fill in the blanks with the information you hear in the news.
Country | What | How |
Sweden | King Carl Gustaf has praised the strength and resilience of Swedish society following Friday’s attack in Stockholm which killed (Q1) ______ people. | Police say they’re increasingly certain the Uzbekistan man they’ve arrested is the one who drove (Q2) ______________________ into a crowd and then rammed it into (Q3) _________________________________. |
Norway | Police in the Norwegian capital Oslo have carried out a (Q4) __________________ after (Q5) _____________________ in the city centre. | The area has been sealed off while (Q6) _____________________ continue. A suspect has been detained. Police in Norway began carrying guns (Q7) _____________ the lorry attack in Sweden. |
Russia | The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that the US (Q8) _______________ on a Syrian airbase has played into the hands of extremists. | He reaffirmed Russia’s stance of (Q9) _____________________ that the Syrian regime had launched (Q10) ____________________ on Tuesday did not align with reality. |
◇KEY
(Q1) four
(Q2) a stolen lorry
(Q3) a department store
(Q4) controlled explosion
(Q5) finding a bomb like device
(Q6) investigations
(Q7) in response to
(Q8) missile strike
(Q9) accusations
(Q10) a chemical weapons attack