【新闻听力教程】VOA慢速 Unit 8
Item 1. The United States military has officially extended the deployment of (1)________ in Iraq. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the soldiers would stay in Iraq for (2)________. The United States military had said soldiers could return from Iraq after (3)________. In Baghdad, an Iranian diplomat has been shot and killed by (4)________. Khalil Naimi was the embassy's cultural and press representative. A special Iranian delegation is in Iraq. It is trying to help negotiate an end to fighting between coalition forces and fighters (5)________ Shiite religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr. Also there have been reports of continued fighting in the city of Fallujah.
Item 2. Three Japanese (1)________ in Iraq have been released. They are said to be in good condition and have been taken to the Japanese (2)________ in Baghdad. Japanese officials are trying to confirm reports that 2 other Japanese (3)________ have been taken hostage. Wednesday resistance fighters in Iraq killed 1 of 4 Italian hostages who were (4)________ Monday. The kidnapers said they would continue killing hostages until Italy (5)________ its troops from Iraq. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the killers would not change Italy's work for peace.
Item 3. The United States (1)________says intelligence officials believe a new (2)________ is probably from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. 2 Arabic television stations broadcast the recording Thursday. The voice on the (3)________ offered a truce to European nations if they withdraw their troops from Muslim countries. The speaker said the offer would last for 3 months. British and other European officials immediately (4)________ the offer. They said it was an attempt to harm efforts in fighting (5)________.
Item 4. President Bush and British (1)________Tony Blair have expressed support for a strong United Nations effort in Iraq. The two men met in Washington at the (2)________ on (3)________. After the meeting Mr. Bush said the (4)________ coalition would work with the United Nations to prepare Iraq for (5)________ in January of 2005. Both men also said plans to give power to Iraq (6)________ by the end of (7)________ would move forward as planned. This week UN (8)________ Kofi Annan said he saw (9)________ of an expanded UN presence in Iraq because of the dangerous there. At the United Nations on Friday, the American Ambassador asked the (10)________ for help in creating a military protection force for UN workers in Iraq.
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