英语听力文摘 English Digest 99、BBC 美国爆炸嫌犯被捕

　　Hi there - I'm Sonali from the BBC World News for Children.
Coming up:
Man arrested over planned U.S bombing.
The ash is back.
And elephants on the loose!
First - police in America have arrested a man on suspicion of driving a car bomb into one of the busiest and most famous areas of New York at the weekend. The car was left in Times Square on Saturday, packed with explosives. The bomb didn't go off and no-one was hurt. Police later arrested the man as he tried to get on a flight out of the country. The government's top legal advisor¹ - Eric Holder² - says they are still trying to find out whether anyone else was involved....
CLIP: "The American people should know that we are deploying³ every resource available, and we will not rest until we have brought everyone responsible to justice."
Next - the ash is back. A fresh cloud of volcanic⁴ ash from Iceland has forced airports in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to close. Restrictions⁵ are also in place again at several Scottish airports. But officials say the ban should only last a few hours.
Back in the US now where some oil from the spill off the coast of Louisiana has reached the shore. The bulk of the slick still remains⁶ a few miles from the coast but it is getting closer. To try and prevent an enormous environmental disaster workers must stop the oil from leaking - but so far they haven't been able to.
And staying in America - officials say at least twenty-three people have been killed after severe thunderstorms caused flash floods in Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky. People were told to leave downtown Nashville after more than thirty-three centimetres of rain fell in two days. There's also a shortage of safe water - that's because one of the towns sewage treatment plants was flooded. This official called on locals to limit the amount of water they use...
CLIP: "I need everyone to use one half of the water they would normally use. If everyone does that we will be able to go through this crisis satisfactorily - if we don't do that we will have a problem."
Now to Cameroon in west Africa where wildlife officials are looking for lots of elephants, who escaped from a nature reserve. People in nearby villages are panicking that the elephants might wander into their areas. The elephants fled the reserve, trampling⁷ over houses and fields - on their way. A wildlife official told the BBC that the elephants had set off after they were attacked by hunters.
Finally to footie, and Blackburn came from behind to beat Arsenal⁸ 2-1. Arsenal needed just one point to secure third place in the English Premier⁹ League, but this goal from Blackburn's Chris Samba left them with their ninth league defeat of the season.
CLIP: "He's allowed for the corner to be taken and it's headed in by Chris Samba and Blackburn Rovers have the lead."
And that's all from the World News for Children Team. We're back with more top stories tomorrow. In the mean time get in touch and let us know where in the world you're listening.

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 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。

3 deploying   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
• Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。

4 volcanic   

adj.火山的；象火山的；由火山引起的

参考例句：

• There have been several volcanic eruptions this year.今年火山爆发了好几次。
• Volcanic activity has created thermal springs and boiling mud pools.火山活动产生了温泉和沸腾的泥浆池。

5 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

6 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

7 trampling   

踩( trample的现在分词 )； 践踏； 无视； 侵犯

参考例句：

• Diplomats denounced the leaders for trampling their citizens' civil rights. 外交官谴责这些领导人践踏其公民的公民权。
• They don't want people trampling the grass, pitching tents or building fires. 他们不希望人们踩踏草坪、支帐篷或生火。

8 arsenal   

n.兵工厂，军械库

参考例句：

• Even the workers at the arsenal have got a secret organization.兵工厂工人暗中也有组织。
• We must be the great arsenal of democracy.我们必须成为民主的大军火库。

9 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。