Unit 9Part IA1. 60,000 / 8.752. 452 / 8.33. 100,000 / 8.64. 8.9 / 2,9905. 1,5306. 12, 000 / 5.87. 7.1 / 12,2308. 7.5 / 22,7789. 6.8 / 25,00010.6.7 / 50,00011.9.0 / 300,00012.69,197 / 18,341B:1. Ice, snow, earth, rock / the side of a mountain2. a slow-moving mudflow3. the sudden release / waves of shaking4. system of winds / about 30 to 50 kilometers an hour5. 64 knows or 74 miles per hour / in the western Atlantic Ocean10. A violent destructive whirling wind / of short duration11. 74 mph / in the Pacific Ocean12. A period of dryness / prevents their successful growth13. A body of water / normally dry land14. a wildfire or an uncontrolled fireSuicide bomberC10.6.8 a bomb explosion in Algiers / in a market area10.6.9 ocean storm / the Pacific coast of Mexico10.6.10 the cause of a crash of a passenger p lane / All 143 people /Wednesday10.6.11 Austrians / the 38 people / at ski area10.6.12 the hijacker / released his remaining hostages and surrendered topolice10.6.13 Japanese / the nuclear reaction / has stopped10.6.14 victims of a train accident / 189 / Thursday / 25015.Russian and Norwegian divers / the sunken Russian nuclearsubmarine16.12 / heavy rains / homes and bridges / some road became rivers offlood waters.17.deadly storm / Europe / transportation delays / airports to close /more than 115 people18.Sunday’s earthquake / Turkey / more than 1,200 / 50 villages19.fires / Sydney / under control / new flare-upsPart IIAA fire from an oil pipeline explosionThursdayMore than 50 people deadNear LagosA fuel-loading area / Nigeria’sStealing fuel from leaking pipes / vandal20.NIGERIA –more than 50 people have died in a fire from an oilpipeline explosion near Lagos. The explosion and fire happened near a fuel-loading area owned by Nigeria’s National Petroleum Corporation. This is the latest in a series of pipeline fires in Nigeria this year. The fires have killed hundreds of people. The government says people who steal fuel from leaking pipes caused some of the fires. It also blames people who cause damage on purpose.21.More than 50 people are dead in Nigeria after a leaking oilpipeline burst into flames outside the commercial capital Lagos.The blast and resulting fire Thursday ripped through an area neara fuel-loading depot owned by the state-run Nigerian NationalPetroleum Corporation. Witnesses report seeing burned bodies littering the charred grounds while many other victims are being treated for injuries sustained in the blaze. A spokesmanfor the petroleum company says the fire was caused by a vandal.Ski resort wire aboard operator unhurt crewB10.6.15 a cable car accident at a ski resort in northern Italy10.6.16 a. American military plane / cut the wires / low-level flightb. 20c. 60 kilometers awayd. started investigation / suspended low-level missionsAn accident at a ski resort in northern Italy in which an American military plane cut the wires of a cable during a low-level training flight has killed 20 people. One car plunged about 100 meters into the snow, killing everyone aboard. An operator was rescued unhurt from a second car left dangling in the air after the accident.The plane returned to its base 60 kilometers away, the crew unaware of the accident. Commanders of the base have since started an investigation and suspendedall low-level missionsin Italy until further notice.Questions:a. What is the cause of the disaster?b. How many people have been killed?c. How far away is the military base?d. What have the commanders of the base done since theaccident?C22.floods and landslideVenezuelaHomes of 140,000–150,000 people destroyed30,000 people killedpoor city planning15 billion dollars23. a. to give quick and generous aid toeVnezuelab. to build new housing for those homeless peoplec. in stadiums, car parks, airports and military barracksd. plain areas away from the coast10.6.17Venezuela --- tens of thousandsof people affected by recentfloods and landslides are preparing to spend the Christmasand New Y ear holidays in shelters. Officials estimate that thehomes of as many as 140,000 people were destroyede.nVezuelaofficials say the floods and landslides may have caused thedeath of as many as 30,000 people. Experts say poor cityplanning was a major cause f the damage. Many houses werebuilt on weak ground of on the side of mountains along thenorthern coast. The Venezuela Defense Minister says survivorsneed to cooperate with government efforts to move them awayform the coastal area.10.6.18The United Nations has urged the international community togive quick and generousaid to Venezuela to help it recoverfrom last week’s devastating floods and mudslides. A***resolution passed i n the general assembly s aid it was deeply concerned over the tremendous loss of life and severe destruction of the country. As many as 30,000 people are thought to have been killed. Officials have estimated the relief and reconstruction efforts as costing some 15 billion do.llar Officials here say that reconstruction efforts could take several years to complete. They say the priority is to build new housing for the 150,000 people who’v e been made homeless. These people are now sleeping in emergency shelters set up in stadium, car parks, airports and military barracks. President Hugo Chavez says that he is looking at several different places across the country in which to build new houses, all in plain areas away from the coast. M.rChavez says that the government will not rebuild houses in the parts of the northern coastal region destroyed by floods and landslides. Relief efforts are continuing in damaged coastal regions Questions:a. What has the United Nations urged the internationalcommunity to do?b. According to Venezuela officials, what is the priority now?c. Where are the emergency shelters set up?d. According to President Hugo Chavez, where will the newhouses to built?Part III24.heavy rains / the spread of25.people’s hopes of a good season26.one of the best monthswhole life / not a season like this / not rains like thiscrops flooded / difficult / meet requirements / consumers /crops destroyedstruggling / not supply 100% / somethinghello! For the last two weeks, w’e ve reported how heavy rains have contributed to the spread of Rift V alley Fever in Kenya. This week, we hear how the continuing torrential storms in that region are washing away Kenya horticulture’s hopes a good season.Sarah Rannoe is just back form Nairobi.Now there’s never a good time for heavy rainfall such as this. But for the horticulture industry, Sarah, this must be a particularly bad time for heavy beating rain.Well, January should be one of the best months for growers of fruit,vegetables and flowers in Kenya. Hot, dry, sunny days and peak production destined for consumers shivering in the European winter and longing for a taste African sunshine. But in Kenya, as elsewhere, the weather is not behaving as it should. Months of rain, often torrential, is washing away hopes of a good harvest. Flowers are reluctant to flower. And perhaps worst hit are growers of peas and French beans.“I n the whole of my life and I ’m talking about somebody who is over 60 years old. I ’v e not experienced a season like thisT. he whole of that period, I ’v e not seen rains like this in January in Kenya”.James Masengi, chairman of the Fresh Produce Exporters’Association of Kenya, who speaks not only for his members but out of personal and bitter experience.“C rops are flooded. We are finding it even difficult to meet the requirement of our consumers becauscerops have been destroye”d.Are you going to be able to keep your business orders up to date? Are you going to complete your export orders?Yes we are struggling very much to keep the export orders. In some places, we are not able to supply them 100 percent, but we are supplying something.James Masengi.BVery little happiness disease p ressure / slows down growth / production down 30%Some / deficiencyIf sunshine in the next month / catch up a lotNo / sales on contract priceMaizeThreat of diseasePick & transport / nightmare / roads / impossible conditions听力原文：And for growers of roses, the flower associatedwith love and romance, there’s very little happiness in the air. Ian Maroe is managing director of CN Roses Limited, one of Kenya’s leading rose exporters.“C old, cloudy, wet weather increase disease p ressure and slows down growth. So our production is probably down a six-month figure, is down 30%.”Are you disappointing your customers?***“S ome. W e try to keep the more important ones contented, but some are definitely disappointed. Definitely. Y e a h.”Do you think you’l l be able to pick up over the course of the season?“The bad weather as such will continue for a depressinglylong time according to the forecast. But if we get sunshine i n the next month or so, we’l l be able to catch up quite a lo”t.Are you making up the short fall in production by an increase in price?“U h, no, because a lot of our sales are on the contract pri”c e.Ian Morae.And I should add that even more of Kenya ’s crops are in trouble. Maize has suffered badly. Coffee isunder constant threat of disease. And although tea is growing well,getting it picked and transported is a nightmare on roads that become all but impossible in these conditions. But the greatest fear is that the rain could be followed by the opposite: drought.****** ***。