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Relations between the USA and Cuba took a step towards becoming more normal on Friday when the leaders of the two countries, Raul Castro and Barack Obama, shook hands. They met briefly at the Summit of the Americas in Panama. This is a meeting for countries in North, Central and South America to discuss a better future for their continents. The historic handshake will help the USA and Cuba end their bitterness towards each other. The two countries have barely spoken for more than 50 years. America banned its citizens from visiting Cuba and banned most Cuban goods from being exported to the USA. Over a decade ago, the USA declared Cuba was a sponsor of international terrorism.

Castro and Obama are expected to have a sit-down meeting. They will discuss how to make sure their countries can have a better future together. The meeting will be the highest-level talks between the USA and Cubasince Richard Nixon and Fidel Castro met in 1959. A US security advisor said: "The reason we're here is that the President strongly believes that an approach that was focused…totally on seeking to cut off the Cuban people from the USA had failed." President Obama said: "I think the Cuban people are extraordinary andhave huge potential.And what's encouraging is the overwhelming majority of Cubans are interested in…moving forward." The two countries are only 151 km apart.

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重点讲解

1.be expected to 有望做某事

例句：Any gains from having more than one offspring at a time might be expected to be like higher infant and maternal mortality rates.

每次从多于一个孩子那里获得的比期望的更多，通常会伴随着较高的婴儿死亡率和母亲死亡率GLR#lOLIXrul。

2.be interested in 对……感兴趣

例句：And why should anyone be interested in listening to our cough?

凭什么会有人感兴趣来听我们的咳嗽呢？

3.move forward 向前发展

例句：In the past, the work in the factory could not move forward for lack of necessary rules and regulations.

过去由于规章制度不健全， 这个厂的工作老是上不去]FnkztQSDfw.DW。

4.cut off 切断

例句：The village was cut off by the snow for more than a month.

这个村庄被大雪封闭了一个多月v3yks[~Ecjut+qJYn!7S。

听力题目

1.For how long did the two leaders meet?
a) about an hour
b) 22 seconds
c) 22 minutes
d) briefly
2.In which country did the meeting take place?
a) Ecuador
b) Panama
c) Belize
d) Canada
3.What will the historic handshake help end between Cuba and the USA?
a) tastelessness
b) sweetness
c) sourness
d) bitterness
4.What was banned from being exported to the USA?
a) sunshine
b) cigars
c) Cuban goods
d) cars
5.When did the USA say Cuba sponsored international terrorism?
a) three months ago
b) 1989
c) 5 years ago
d) more than 10 years ago
6.What will Obama and Castro talk about next?
a) nuclear weapons
b) trade
c) a better future
d) the weather
7.When did Richard Nixon and Fidel Castro meet?
a) 1959
b) 1958
c) 1957
d) 1956
8.What did Obama say about cutting Cubans off from the USA?
a) nothing
b) it should continue
c) it failed
d) it was a great idea
9.What did Obama say most Cubans were interested in?
a) America
b) moving forward
c) sunshine
d) cars
10.What is the distance between Cuba and the USA?
a) 151 km
b) 153 km
c) 155 km
d) 157 km

听力答案

1.d
2.b
3.d
4.c
5.d
6.c
7.a
8.c
9.b
10.a