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听力文本
India and Pakistan are rivals in many things. Perhaps their biggest rivalry is over the game of cricket. Over 300 million Indians and Pakistanis can watch an important game between the two countries on television. They now have a new source of competition to break the world record for the most people to sing a national anthem together. India was the world record holder earlier in 2012, when 15,243 people gathered in Maharashtra state to sing India's anthem, 'Jan Gan Man'. Pakistan took the record in October after 44,200 people sang the Pakistani anthem, Qaumi Tarana in Lahore. India tried to reclaim the record on Sunday with up to 125,000 singers at Kanpur's Green Park stadium.
The new world record is still not official. The team from the Guinness World Records needs to study the event before it awards India the title of world record holder. One of the organisers, Sumit Makhija, said so many people came to sing that he was worried about safety. He told the BBC News agency: "We'd set a target of 100,000 people to break Pakistan's world record. However, when over 125,000 people gathered, we were forced to end the programme early to avoid a stampede." Rajesh Chandra, one of the singers at the event, also spoke to the BBC to explain his pride at being a record breaker. He said: "It was a proud moment for me to participate, beat Pakistan, and set a world record".
中文翻译
印巴之间相互竞争。板球或是两国之间的最大竞争。印巴板球比赛的电视观众超过了3亿人。如今，另一项竞争开始了，打破最多人唱国歌的世界纪录。印度曾是世界纪录保持者，2012年年初，1万5243人聚集在了马哈拉施特拉邦歌唱国歌“人民的意志”。10月，巴基斯坦打破了记录，4万4200人聚集在拉合尔演唱国歌“Qaumi Tarana”。印度试图重新夺回这一荣誉，周日，12万5000人聚集在了坎普尔的绿色公园体育场。
新世界记录并未得到认证。来自吉尼斯世界纪录的团队需要在授予证书之前对这一活动进行考察。组织者
苏米特认为，由于人数众多，他担心安全问题。他对BBC通讯社称：“我们的目标是10万人打破巴国记录。然而，当聚集人数超过12万5000人时，为了防止踩踏事件发生，我们不得不提前结束。”演唱者拉杰什·钱德拉对BBC称能够打破记录他感到非常自豪。他称：“我感到非常自豪，打败巴基斯坦，创造新的世界纪录。”
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重点讲解
1.Guinness World Records 吉尼斯世界记录
例句：This feline's purr is so loud that Guinness World Records may soon declare her purr to be the loudest in the world.
这只猫的咕噜声如此之大，以至吉尼斯世界纪录很快宣布她的咕噜声是世界上最大的。
2.record holder 纪录保持者
例句：I only measured him this weekend and that was when I realised he was much bigger than Alice, who is the current record holder.
我这周末才给他量了一下，当时我意识到他比目前的纪录保持者爱丽丝要大得多。
3.force to 被迫
例句：But some of its operations could be taken over by another automaker or it could even be forced to liquidate.
但它的一些业务可能由另一个汽车制造商来接手，也可能被迫进行清算。
4.set records 创记录
例句：But hospitals'aggregate margins set records in the middle years of the decade.
即便如此，医院的总利润在过去的十年仍然创下了记录。
听力题目
1.What is the biggest rivalry between India and Pakistan?
a) games
b) many things
c) singing
d) cricket
2.What can over 300 million Indians and Pakistanis watch on TV?
a) the Olympics
b) an important cricket match
c) a singing competition
d) the latest Bollywood movie
3.How many people sang when India broke the record earlier in 2012?
a) 152, 243
b) 52, 243
c) 15,243
d) 50, 243
4.When did Pakistan take the record from India?
a) October
b) September
c) August
d) July
5.How many singers tried to break the latest record?
a) exactly 125,000
b) 152,000
c) up to 125,000
d) over 125,000
6.Who needs to study the event before deciding it is a record?
a) the United Nations
b) Guinness World Records
c) the Indian and Pakistan governments
d) the World National Anthem Association
7.What was an event organiser worried about?
a) not enough people
b) rain
c) crowd trouble
d) safety
8.Why was the number 100,000 mentioned?
a) it was the target of the organisers
b) that's how many dollars the winner gets
c) it's the number of Facebook Likes for the event
d) that's how many words are in the national anthem
9.Why did the event finish early?
a) they knew they couldn't break the record
b) the electricity got cut off
c) to avoid a stampede
d) because there was a storm
10.How did one of the singers feel at singing in the event?
a) he never wants to do it again
b) proud
c) nervous
d) he had mixed feelings
听力答案
1.d
2.b
3.c
4.a
5.c
6.b
7.d
8.a
9.c
10.b
