大学英语口语听力：两位超级象棋大师25年后再战

　　Background: 有史以来最大象棋对抗赛这周即将重新上演。加里基莫维奇卡斯帕罗夫将在西班牙巴伦西亚市对抗阿纳托里卡尔波夫。25年前是这两位俄罗斯象棋大师首次对战争夺世界大师头衔，那场史诗般的比赛历时5个月之久。

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　　The hair is greyer, the waistlines larger than when they first faced off in September 1984.

　　But like two heavyweight boxers coming out of retirement, the mere prospect of Kasparovversus Karpov has chess fans enthralled.

　　Exactly a quarter of a century ago the 21-year-old Gary Kasparov fought the reigning worldchampion, Anatoli Karpov, to a standstill in an epic series which, after five months and 48games, was called off - without a clear winner.

　　The organisers said the contest had put the health of both players at risk. But in a rematch thefollowing year, the young pretender triumphed, heralding a new era in world chess.

　　Now aged 46, Gary Kasparov has prepared for this rematch by training with one of todaysteenage prodigies, while the 58-year-old Mr Karpov has sparred with a computer andgrandmasters, from a base on the Spanish coast.

　　The two giants of Soviet-era chess will turn back the clock in a series of 12 games played, thistime, under strict time limits. The host city, Valencia, claims to be the birthplace of the moderngame.

　　【口语突破】

　　waistlines

　　腰围

　　faced off

　　对峙

　　retirement

　　退休

　　enthralled

　　迷惑

　　reigning

　　在位的

　　standstill

　　停顿

　　called off

　　取消

　　young pretender

　　年轻的挑战者

　　triumphed

　　取得胜利

　　heralding a new era

　　宣告一个新时代到来

　　teenage prodigies

　　少年神童

　　turn back the clock

　　让时光倒转、回复过去的情况

　　strict time limits

　　严格的时间限制

　　Soviet-era

　　苏联时代

　　大学英语口语听力：接触外部世界

　　Background: 秘鲁东南部丛林地区当局说，他们将保护当地封闭的土著部落打击那些侵犯他人土地的非法伐木者。上周巴西政府的卫星照片显示，一群来路不明佩带弓箭的亚马逊人出现在接近秘鲁边境的地区。

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　　The extraordinary images of a startled Amazon tribe, their bodies painted red and black, firingarrows at an aircraft circulated the world last week.

　　The Brazilian government organised a flight packed with photographers to prove that suchgroups of people still live in isolation in the Amazon rainforest.

　　Although anthropologists werent able to name the tribe its believed that they had travelled ashort distance from neighbouring Peru.

　　Illegal loggers have been accused of driving the tribes into Brazilian territory.

　　Now authorities in Perus Amazon state of Madre de Dios say theyll stop illegal loggers whotravel deep into the forest in search of tropical hardwoods and are often the first toencounter the tribes.

　　Apart from the possibility of violent confrontations, encounters with outsiders are often fatalbecause the isolated people lack the antibodies to protect themselves from a common cold orthe flu.

　　The Peruvian government has also sent a team to the jungle to determine whether or not thephotographed tribe had been displaced from Peru by loggers.

　　Its been reluctant to set aside new areas of land for uncontacted tribes. Some officials haveeven denied the existence of such tribes but there are signs of a changing attitude.

　　In the state oil leasing agencys latest auction of concessions earlier this year it pointedlyavoided areas set aside as indigenous reserves.

　　The impact of the latest sighting is forcing Peru to accept that some of mankinds last isolatedpeople live on its territory and it has a duty to protect them.

　　【口语突破】

　　Amazon tribe 亚马逊部落

　　isolation (与世)隔绝

　　anthropologists 人类学家

　　illegal loggers 非法伐木者

　　tropical hardwoods 热带硬木

　　violent confrontations 暴力冲突

　　fatal 致命的

　　antibodies 抗体

　　common cold 感冒

　　flu 流感

　　displaced 被迫迁移

　　set aside 划定;保留

　　latest auction of concessions 特许土地的最新拍卖

　　indigenous reserves 土著人保留地

　　大学英语口语听力：电脑摄像头大营救Webcam Rescue

　　Background: 一个被困在德国北部海岸的人，在被电脑摄像头照到后获得营救。一位远在几百公里外的女士发现了他的求救信号后，通知了当地援救组织和警察。

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　　Sankt Peter-Ording is one of the most popular seaside resorts in Germany.

　　Even in deepest winter youll find people braving the snow and the ice and the freezingtemperatures to experience the stunning beauty of the North Sea coast.

　　But its not without its dangers and its dramas.

　　German police have revealed that last week a man got lost on the ice.

　　Hed been taking photographs of the glorious sunset but, as the dark had descended, hed losthis bearings and got stranded.

　　In a desperate effort to attract assistance, the man had begun flashing a torch.

　　And he was spotted by a woman, 500 kilometres away in the Westerwald region, on the RiverRhine.

　　Luckily for him, at that moment she was at her computer, online and watching a live webcam ofSankt Peter-Ording, and in that little video box she noticed the figure in distress.

　　She alerted the local police and the marooned man was saved.

　　All thanks to an internet search and rescue.

　　【口语突破】

　　resorts

　　旅游胜地

　　braving

　　勇敢面对，不怕

　　lost his bearings

　　迷失了方向

　　flashing

　　用光发出信号

　　in distress

　　遇险，在困境中

　　alerted

　　通知

　　marooned

　　处于孤立无援的境地

　　

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