英语听力文摘 English Digest 87、BBC 印度板球丑闻

　　Hi there, I'm Hayley from the BBC World News for Children.
Scandal in Indian cricket.
World leading scientist says aliens probably exist.
And canine¹ courage in the States!
The head of the world's richest cricket league - the Indian Premier² League - has been forced to leave his job. Lalit Modi has been asked to stand down after he was accused of behaving dishonestly and breaking rules. The Indian cricket board says that Mr Modi had given the league a bad name - but the scandal hasn't put this local cricket fan off
CLIP: " This game is more popular than these kinds of scandals. So we will have this kind of tournament becoming more and more popular with the years to come."
Next - there are fears of an environmental disaster off the coast of America after efforts to clean up an oil slick have been slowed down by bad weather. Around 1,000 barrels of oil a day are leaking into the sea from an oil rig that exploded last week. But even though bad weather makes it harder to clean up the oil - Greenpeace's Paul Horseman says it can also help break the oil up......
CLIP: "Choppy waves actually do help to break up the oil, and that aids in the eventual³ degradation⁴ of the oil once it's in the environment. But there's no doubt about it, that if oil does continue to keep leaking, it presents an ongoing⁵ and increasing threat."
Now one of the world's top scientists - Stephen Hawking⁶ - says aliens almost certainly exist. But he's not keen on making contact with them - the world famous astrophysicist reckons that aliens are likely to take what they want from earth, then move on. His advice - to do everything possible to avoid contact with any potential extra terrestrial neighbours.
Footy now - In the English Premier League Chelsea are back on top. It follows their 7-0 win over Stoke, including a hatrick from Salomon Kalou ......
CLIP: "Kalou going forward, could score a hatrick, saved by the goalkeeper, but then it's put in second time round."
But it's a close race - the blues⁷ are just one point ahead of Manchester United now - with two matches left to play. And In Scotland, Rangers⁸ retained their Scottish Premier League title, with a victory over Hibernian.
In other sports news - Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede snatched a London marathon win from the title holder⁹ - Kenyan Emmanuel Mutai. Here he is crossing the finish line.........
CLIP: "Today it all belongs to him - It's a super fast time - he's going to be just outside the course record. Kebede of Ethiopia, striding through to the finish, to win this year's London marathon - a superb run."
And finally to the story of a German Shepherd that's been hailed as a hero after he saved his owner from a fire. Ben Heinrichs was doing some work on his truck when a spark hit some gasoline and ignited, setting his clothes on fire. He ran outside to put out the flames by rolling in the snow. But in the mean time - his dog ran off to look for help. The pooch found the police at a cross roads and guided them to his owners workshop. They helped put the fire out and Ben escaped with just minor¹⁰ burns.

1 canine   

adj.犬的，犬科的

参考例句：

• The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
• Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。

2 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

3 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

4 degradation   

n.降级；低落；退化；陵削；降解；衰变

参考例句：

• There are serious problems of land degradation in some arid zones.在一些干旱地带存在严重的土地退化问题。
• Gambling is always coupled with degradation.赌博总是与堕落相联系。

5 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

6 hawking   

利用鹰行猎

参考例句：

• He is hawking his goods everywhere. 他在到处兜售他的货物。
• We obtain the event horizon and the Hawking spectrumformula. 得到了黑洞的局部事件视界位置和Hawking温度以及Klein—Gordon粒子的Hawking辐射谱。

7 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

8 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

9 holder   

n.持有者，占有者；(台，架等)支持物

参考例句：

• The holder of the office of chairman is reponsible for arranging meetings.担任主席职位的人负责安排会议。
• That runner is the holder of the world record for the hundred-yard dash.那位运动员是一百码赛跑世界纪录的保持者。

10 minor   

adj.较小(少)的，较次要的；n.辅修学科；vi.辅修

参考例句：

• The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
• I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。