【新闻听力教程】VOA慢速 Unit 9
Item 1. Chinese officials say (1)________ people have been killed in (2)________ at (3)________factory in (4)________ China. (5)________ News Agency reports that the explosions took place at the Jiongyan Chemical Industry Plant in Chongqing. Reports said that (6)________ caused the explosions. About (7)________ people living near the chemical center were forced to leave the area. Officials have permitted some people to return. But Xinhua News said about (8)________ people had to spend (9)________ night in temporary (10)________.
Item 2. Three (1)________ are home after being held (2)________ for one week in Iraq. Two other free Japanese are also expected home within days. Japanese police are investigating the (3)________ and plan to question the former hostages. Prime minister Junichiro Koizumi says he is pleased that the three are freed. He also said again that it is Japan's (4)________ to keep (5)________ in Iraq.
Item 3. South Korean news reports say (1)________ leader Kim Chong-il is on his way to China for talks with Chinese president HUJINTAO. The two leaders reportedly will discuss the (2)________ over North Korea’s (3)________ program. Mister Kim and about 40 other North Korean officials are expected to arrive in BEIJING (4)________. China has been trying to (5)________ North Korea to change its nuclear program. China will also ask that North Korea remain in talks with (6)________, Japan and the United States. Those talks have been (7)________. The United States (8)________ that North Korea end its nuclear program and accept outside (9)________. North Korea wants the United States to establish diplomatic relations and supply it with (10)________ and economic aid.
Item 4. China has launched two new small (1)________ into space. A rocket released the satellites about (2)________ after it was (3)________ from the southwestern province of SICHUAN. China’s Xinhua News Agency described one of the satellites as China's first small satellite that can map the earth. Xinhua says its (4)________ includes examining China's land resources. It says the other satellite will be used for (5)________.
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