(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Saudi Arabian women have been registering to vote for the first time in their history. Women will be able to vote in the city council elections later this year. They now have a 21-day period to register. The Saudi Gazette newspaper said the first woman to register was Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat. She said she wanted to be, "the first woman to arrive at the centre" and the first woman to register. She also said it was a national duty to take part in elections. Another woman to register early was Jamal Al-Saadi. She told reporters that: "The participation of Saudi women in the municipal elections as voters and candidates was a dream for us. We are just at the beginning of the road."
Letting women vote was one of the plans of King Abdullah, who died earlier this year. The Saudi government said giving women the vote was an important step. It added that it was, "a significant milestone in progress". As well as being able to vote, many women also want to run for office and take up government positions. At least 70 women want to run for office, and more than 80 have registered as campaign managers. One of the women who wants to be a candidate in the December elections is 36-year-old Haifa al-Hababi. She said she would campaign with a message for change. She said that: "Change is life. The government has given us this tool and I intend to use it."
中文翻译
沙特阿拉伯女性历史上首次参加投票
今年年初,沙特阿卜杜拉国王去世,而让女性参与选票也是他的计划之一
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重点讲解
1.take part in 参加
例句:When you take part in any performance, you get out as much as you put in.
你参加任何活动,你投入多少力量就会得到多少收获
。2.intend to 打算做
例句:They intend to be an army of light against the onslaught of darkness.
他们打算成为一支光明之师对抗黑暗军团的猛烈进攻
。3.city council 市议会
例句:The City Council allotted money for a housing project.
市议会为一项建房计划拨了款
。4.want to 想要
例句:I want to insure my house.
我要为自己的住宅保险
。听力题目
1.What have women in Saudi Arabia been registering to do?
a) register
b) vote
c) do a course
d) go to a city
2.How long do women have to sign up to vote?
a) no time limit
b) until the end of the year
c) 4 weeks
d) 21 days
3.Where did Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat want to be first to arrive at?
a) the voting centre
b) the city
c) home
d) her company
4.What kind of duty did Safinaz Abu Al-Shamat say voting was?
a) a notional one
b) a natural one
c) a national one
d) a nurturing one
5.What part of the road did a woman say all women were at?
a) the middle
b) the beginning
c) the end
d) a curve
6.Whose plan was the idea of women voting in Saudi Arabia?
a) King Abdullah
b) Haifa al-Hababi
c) the Saudi Gazette
d) Jamal Al-Saadi
7.What kind of milestone did the government say women voting was?
a) one made from rock
b) one that was 1.6km long
c) a significant one
d) a hard one
8.How many women want to run for office?
a) 70 or more
b) over 80
c) up to 70
d) exactly 70
9.How many women have registered to be campaign managers?
a) at least 80
b) just under 80
c) around 80
d) exactly 80
10.What did Haifa al-Hababi say change was?
a) boring
b) important
c) hard
d) life
听力答案
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.c
5.b
6.a
7.c
8.a
9.a
10.d