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Washington

All eyes are focusing in on Las Vegas as the Sporting Goods industry closes in on its first true industry gathering in years. The much anticipated spring market will make its debut June 11th to 13th in Las Vegas, and the industry's leading sporting goods companies will be on hand to display their latest gear. The exhibit floor will showcase the latest in, athletic footwear, fitness-related equipment, accessories for fitness, as well as spring teen sports products. "In today's trade show environment, the marketplace demands that we offer more than just the opportunity to promote new products", explained Tom Cove, president of Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, "we're committed to drive the exchange of cutting-edge knowledge and best practices to complement the action on the floor." Along with many of the industry's most influential brands, a number of groups, associations and media organizations within the sporting goods industry have decided to use the trade show as a business rendezvous.

San Francisco

Apple today introduced Safari 3, the world's fastest and easiest-to-use web browser for Windows PCs and Macs. Safari has always been the fastest browser on the Mac, and now it's the fastest browser on the Windows, loading and drawing web pages up to twice as fast as Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, and up to 1.6 times faster than Mozilla Firefox 2. Safari 3 features easy-to-manage bookmarks, effortless browsing with easy-to-organize tabs, and a built-in RSS reader to quickly scan the latest news and information. Other Safari features now available to Windows users includes snapback, one-click access to an initial search query, resizable text fields, and private browsing to ensure that information about an individual's browsing history isn't stored.

Afghanistan

Floods triggered by heavy rain killed 23 people and destroyed scores of houses in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan, the provincial governor said on Friday. Authorities were searching for missing people after the flooding, which hit on Thursday night in an area of impoverished and mountainous province near the border with Tajikistan, China, and Pakistan. After years of harsh drought, Afghanistan received much more snow and rain this year.

Cuba

Two Cuban soldiers tried to hijack a passenger plane to escape to a foreign country with hostages on Monday, but were arrested after killing an unarmed military officer on board, the government said. The soldiers, who had escaped from an army base where they were doing military service, hijacked a bus with passengers, took it to the domestic terminal of Havana Airport, and seized an empty passenger jet before dawn. They killed one of the hostages, an army lieutenant colonel, when he tried to stop the hijacking, but were then captured by a military unit, the government said in a statement.

Canada

The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a welcome addition to any piggy bank on Wednesday -- a monster gold coin with a face value of 1 million Canadian dollars that it says is the world's biggest, purest and highest denomination coin. The Canadian mint introduced the mega-coin, which is the size of an extra-large pizza, and weighs in at 100 kilograms alongside the one-ounce gold bullion coins it is mass producing at its Ottawa plant. Originally designed to promote the new one-ounce coins, the colossal coins will be issued in a very limited quantity. While they have a 1 million Canadian dollar face value, the coins are worth twice that amount, given the current gold price of $683.30 per ounce.

Question 6: What is happening in Las Vegas from June 11th to 13th?
Question 7: What has Apple introduced today?
Question 8: What happened in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan?
Question 9: Which of the following statements is true about the hijacking of a passenger plane in Cuba?
Question10: What is the current worth of the mega coin produced by the Royal

Canadian Mint?

Q6-Q10

權(quán)威講評：

這次考試的新聞難度較以往有所降低，新聞倒三角形的文字結(jié)構(gòu)體現(xiàn)無遺，其中對每條新聞的第一句導(dǎo)語的理解對解題起著決定性的作用，這次新聞中也不乏出現(xiàn)難詞，但在新東方出版的《詞匯》都有出現(xiàn)。 06 年 --07 年屬于蘋果公司， Apple 的任何動作都是頭條。其中涉及對手微軟的超級瀏覽器 Safari 的推出具有特殊的意義，我們在上海新東方口譯暑假班最后作為考前的熱點串講中壓中。

Washinton

拉斯維加斯舉辦的體育用品業(yè)數(shù)年來第一次真正的行業(yè)集會。

首句開始便是連讀串，但只要抓住 sporting good industry 和 first true industry gathering 兩大重要信息，結(jié)合新聞中反復(fù)出現(xiàn)的與體育運動用品相關(guān)的詞匯，確定正確答案。

San Fransisco

蘋果染指"視窗"

蘋果推出的快捷迅速的瀏覽器 safari 3 如今在 windows 運行。首句抓住及能迅速選中答案，但事先了解時尚先鋒蘋果公司的重要新聞，答案豈不是更如囊中之物。新聞做題的首句原則只是考試技巧，真正實力永遠靠日積月累。

Afghanistan

阿富"旱"，久旱逢洪水！

阿富汗西南部降大雨，造成洪水使死亡 23 人，幾十戶房屋沖毀。首句第一個詞 Flooding 非常明顯，隨后也出現(xiàn) flooding, heavy rain 等簡單詞匯，抓住即可。阿富汗，伊朗，巴格達，等十七個熱點地區(qū)一直作為高頻地名，雖然地名未必影響考試，但建議在考試前對新東方口譯課堂中總結(jié)的高頻地名多加熟悉，心中更有底氣。

Cuba

劫機事件 . 兩名古巴士兵劫持了一架民航客機試圖逃往國外，但在機上殺害了一名軍官后被捕。 高級口譯考試新聞中多次出到劫機話題，此類高頻考點的相關(guān)詞匯在串講中已有詳細總結(jié)，這段新聞首句中 Hijack ， hostage 兩個詞，加上后半句轉(zhuǎn)折 but were arrested 這一重要結(jié)果。

Canada

超級金幣?? 難點在于其面值 1 million Canadian dollar 和由于金價上漲造成當前實際價值 current value 達到面值兩倍，聽時對于 face value 印象很深，但問題卻問 current value 。考試也有幾次出過這種小的急轉(zhuǎn)彎，所以首句原則很重要，但聽好問題才是雙保險。

　　　　


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