BEC listen and translation exercise 21

English is used as the language of communication in the international business community.

Many victims remained trapped in the wreckage through the night before they were rescued.

At least 80 people have died in a derailment of a luxury train in eastern India, which some government officials say could have been caused by terrorist sabotage.

The report also links global warming to other changes including increased dryness in some areas and violent storm patterns.

这则报告也将全球变暖与其它变化联系起来,包括一些地区加重的干旱,以及强烈的风暴。

As you can see, the report, therefore, is a formal document composed of a series of sections in which specific information is expected to appear.

正如你看到的那样,这则报告是由一系列章节组成的正式文件,在各章节中会有具体的信息。

Next time, we will discuss how to write up the introduction section.

Specific dangers that you must watch out for here are first a lack of adequate material to put in the section.

More than 22 million people who live in the United States don't speak or understand English very well.

With modern technology, we are going to make a lot of travel unnecessary, really.

It said global warming is undeniable, and that the world can expect to feel the effects for centuries to come.

它称,全球变暖是不可否认的,世界会在接下来的几百年内感受到其影响。

My real objection to this idea of a new airport is, is that the whole thing is so wasteful.

Representatives of more than 100 governments agreed on the findings.

The New Moderates Party began forming the new Swedish government on Monday.

The new report makes no policy proposals but the aim is to press governments and industries to cut the release of carbon dioxide and other gases blamed for trapping heat.

It seems so completely short-sighted to me.

Many people think Toastmasters is open only to those individuals who wish to be professional speakers.

Airports do bring some local advantages. They bring roads. There is obviously extra employment.

This is the most detailed scientific report to date on global warming and the influence of fossil fuel burning and other human activities.

In short, you should write for someone who knows little about your area of study, taking little for granted about your reader's knowledge of your area of study.

总之,你应该写给对你研究领域几乎没有了解的人看;而不是想当然的认为你的读者会有该领域的知识。

The scientists say there is greater than a 90% chance that greenhouse gases are the main cause of rising temperatures and sea levels.

Good morning, everyone. Today's lecture is about the popularity of English.

So the imposition of English as the one language of administration helps maintain the colonizers' control and power.

政府推行英语作为唯一的语言有利于维持殖民者的管控与权力。

Dr. Flores recalls one incident in which English-speaking doctors thought a Spanish-speaking man was suffering from a drug overdose.

He acknowledges that increasing numbers of health care workers are bilingual.

He was in the hospital basically for two days being worked up for drug abuse.

Both of these assignments will allow the members to increase or enhance their listening skills.

Much of the world was watching on television when the commander of the Apollo-11 mission, Neil Armstrong, took the first steps on the moon in July, 1969.

In other parts of the former British Empire, English rapidly became a unifying or dominating means of control.

What you did and why you did it appear in the section called introduction.

你所做的以及所做的原因都出现在叫做引言的部分中。

A spokesman for Eastern Railway says rescue operations were slowed down by bad weather, but are now fully under way.

Some people are comfortable around friends, but when they appear before a group they don't know, they get tense.

I know that there is an 8-week program for young people and also an 8-week speech craft course offered for adults.

Many of the reasons are historical, but they also include economic and cultural factors that have influenced and sustained the spread of the language.

Pop music in English can be heard on many radios, thus many people who are not English speakers can sing words from their favorite English medium songs.

Last week, a United Nations report said humans are very likely the cause of most of temperature increases in the last 50 years.

上周,一份联合国的报告称人类很可能是最近50年来温度上升的罪魁祸首。

Thinking clearly in advance will help you to avoid making these mistakes.

Now, to sum up in today's lecture, we have reviewed some of the reasons or factors that lie behind the popular use of English as the No. 1 world language.

The Social Democratic Party has controlled Sweden for all but 9 years since 1932, building up the country's generous welfare state.

自1932年来至今,除了其中只有九年的未执政外,社会民主党一直掌管着瑞典,并建立了这个国家慷慨的福利系统。

The UN panel released its last climate change report 6 years ago.

My task today is to help you understand some of the important features of experimental reports.

Toastmasters is an international organization, designed to develop effective speaking and listening skills.

A highly structured and disciplined report is written in sections, and these sections, by and large, follow an established sequence.

This means more jobs for the locals and it is good for local economy.

The third factor related to the popular use of English is the booming international travel.

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