2016年6月英语四级听力改革短篇新闻练习(9)

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　　BBC news with Marion Marshal

　　The commander of American forces in AfghanistanGeneral John Allen says he's very angry about thesharp rise in attacks on his troops by their Afghancolleagues. He made his comments in an interviewfor the CBS 60 Minutes program.

　　"I'm mad as hell about them, to be honest with you. We're going to go after this. Itreverberates everywhere across the United States. We're willing to sacrifice a lot for thiscampaign, but we're not willing to be murdered for it."

　　However, General Allen went on to insist that most Afghans supported the western militarypresence in their country.

　　General Allen was speaking as international forces in Afghistan investigated the death ofanother American serviceman. Two thousand US troops have now died since fighting began 11years ago. A US civilian contractor and three Afghan soldiers were also killed in the incident inWardak province. The shooting was initially blamed on a rogue Afghan soldier. But an ISAPspokesman Lieutenant General Adrian Bradshaw said that may be wrong.

　　"What was initially reported to have been a suspected insider attack is now understoodpossibly to have involved insurgent fire."

　　An angry crowd has turned on Somalis living in the Kenyan capital Nairobi after a grenadethrown into a Christian Sunday school killed one child and critically wounded several others.Gabriel Gatehouse is in Nairobi.

　　Retaliation was swift. No group or individual has admitted carrying out the attack. But asKenyan troops battle Islamist militants in Somalia, this church bombing is blamed almostimmediately on al-Shabab. Angers built over into violence as dozens of men attacked a nearbymosque. Police said 13 people were wounded but that order has been restored. The church isnear a suburb of Nairobi called Eastleigh, also known as little Mogadishu where the majority ofresidents are Somali origin.

　　In Somalia itself, the Minister of Defense says the operation by Kenyan and Somali forces tocapture the city of Kismayo is making good progress. He told the BBC that a strategic locationhas been seized including the port and airport. And the Somali troops were dug in around thecity. He says special forces were gathering intelligence inside Kismayo .

　　A wave of car bombings and shootings across Iraq have killed at least 32 people and woundedmore than 100. One of the worst attacks was in the town of Taji where four car bombsexploded in quick succession. Rami Ruhayem reports from Baghdad.

　　Across Iraq, car bombs went off as army patrols drove by. And gunmen with silencers attackedarmy checkpoints. It started in and ROUND BAGHDAD but quickly spread outwards. Thenorthern city of Mosul and the southern city of Kut were hit in addition to Kirkuk which bordersthe Kurdish region in the north. Civilians were among those killed and injured. But the aim ofthe attackers seems to have been to kill as many security personnel as possible whereverthey could reach them.

　　World news from the BBC

　　An Islamist group in Syria has published an online video which, it says, shows five capturedYemeni officers purportedly sent to Syria to help fight the rebels. The video shows identitycards of the five men, one of whom appears to be a lieutenant colonel. A rights group in Yemensaid they were army officers who had been studying at a military academy in Aleppo andwhose families reported their missing last month.

　　Research into the effects of global warming suggests that the size of fish around the worldcould shrink dramatically over the next few decades. Warmer ocean temperatures could lead tohundreds of types of fish losing up to 1/4 of their body weight. Here's Matt McGrath.

　　Although projections of global temperature rises show relatively small changes at the bottomof the oceans, the resulting impacts on fish body size are unexpectedly large, according to thisresearch. As ocean temperature increases, so do the body temperatures and metabolic ratesof the fish. This means they use more oxygen to stay alive. And according to the researchers,they have less available for growth.

　　A third opposition activist has died in Venezuela following a shooting on Saturday one weekbefore the closest-fought presidential election in a decade. Speaking at a rally in the capitalCaracas, the opposition candidate Henrique Capriles demanded justices and called on hissupporters to defeat violence. Venezuelan authorities say they've arrested a suspect inconnection with the attack in Barinas, the home state of President Hugo Chavez.

　　The Ryder Cup golf tournament between Europe and United States is heading for a closefinish after the European team mounted a spirited fight back on the final day. The holders,Europe, drew level by winning five of the first six matches at the Medinah Country Club outsideChicago. The world No. 1 Rory McIlroy won his match after arriving at the course only tenminutes before he was due to tee off after an apparent mix-up over times zones.

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