1、The WeekFeb 19th-25th,20221.Queen Tests Positive for Covid-19 but Symptoms Mild英国女王新冠检测阳性！The Queen meets R Adm James Macleod,right,and Maj Gen Eldon Millar at Windsor last week.（卫报2022年2月21号 1&4页）语篇填空 The Queen has tested positive for Covid-19,ahead of the _(expect)ending of all coronavirus restric
2、tions in England in the coming days.Buckingham Palace said the monarch,95,was experiencing“mild cold-like symptoms”but expected _(continue)carrying out light duties this week.It _(confirm)that she had been in direct contact _ her eldest son and heir,the Prince of Wales,the week he had the virus,whil
3、e a number of _(case)have also been reported at her Windsor Castle home.The _(announce)yesterday was made only a few weeks after the Queen,_ will be 96 in April,reached her platinum jubilee of 70 years on the throne on 6 February.The prime minister,Boris Johnson,had been speaking _(early)in the day
4、about moves to lift Covid-19 restrictions,_(say):“Now is the moment for everybody to get their confidence back.”He later tweeted:“Im sure I speak for everyone in wishing Her Majesty the Queen a swift recovery _ Covid and a rapid return to vibrant good health.”expected to continuewas confirmedwith ca
5、ses who earlier sayingfrom announcement 1.restriction:a rule or law that limits or controls what people can do 限制规定 The government has agreed to lift restrictions on press freedom.政府已经同意撤销对新闻自由的限制。2.vibrant:full of life and energy 充满生机的；生气勃勃的；精力充沛的 Tom felt himself being drawn toward her vibrant per
6、sonality.汤姆感到自己正被她充满活力的个性所吸引。翻译句子The law imposed new financial restrictions on companies.翻译句子She was sixteen,young and vibrant.该法律对公司施加了新的金融限制。词汇讲解她十六岁，年轻而充满活力。The prime minister,Boris Johnson,had been speaking earlier in the day about moves to lift Covid-19 restrictions,saying:“Now is the moment fo
7、r everybody to get their confidence back.”翻译英国首相鲍里斯约翰逊当天早些时候曾谈到取消对新冠疫情限制的举措，他说:“现在是每个人恢复信心的时候了。”句子翻译It was confirmed that she had been in direct contact with her eldest son and heir,the Prince of Wales,the week he had the virus,while a number of cases have also been reported at her Windsor Castle ho
8、me.翻译据证实，在她的长子、继承人威尔士亲王感染新冠病毒的那一周，她曾与他有过直接接触，而她在温莎城堡的家中也出现了一些病例。DfE:Department for Education（英）教育部GCSE:General Certificate of Secondary Education（英国）普通中等教育证书普通中等教育证书(GCSE)GCSE是英国学生完成第一阶段中等或中学教育后重要的考试证书。完成该课程后，学生可以继续升读A Level课程、大学预科课程或其他同等课程。语篇填空 Pupils who fail GCSE English and math _(ban)from takin
9、g student loans under government plans to be announced this week.The new entry thresholds(门槛门槛)for university are widely seen as _ means of reining in student loan debt,with outstanding loans _(reach)140 billion in 2020.The government plans come after the Office for Students regulator threatened uni
10、versities and colleges in England with fines and _(restrict)on their access to student loan funding in a move to eliminate“low-quality”courses.Under the proposals,_(report)by The Daily Telegraph,students _ fail to achieve a Grade 4 in math and English GCSEs will be barred from accessing student loan
11、s.According to the DfE,less than half of students at 25 British universities who begin a degree can expect to finish _ and find professional employment or further study _ 15 months of graduation.A spokesman said:“Higher education is an investment and we need _(ensure)that graduates are being rewarde
12、d.with an _(educate)experience and jobs that match their skills and help contribute to the economy.”（泰晤士报2022年2月23日 4页)will be banned a reachingrestrictionsreportedwithinto ensure educationalitwho选词(组)填空 用以下词用以下词或词组或词组的适当形式完成句的适当形式完成句子。子。1.The three sons also _ the family business.2.He had a terribl
13、e temper,and once _ to kill another child.3.Statistical analysis is _ arriving at a fairly reliable forecast.4.Stores should _ selling alcoholic drinks to teenagers.5.Are you for or against the _?6.Youve illegally _ and misused confidential security files.be banned from threaten access contribute to
14、 a means of proposalcontribute to threateneda means of be banned from proposal accessed4.Elephant poaching drops to 20-year low非洲大象偷猎率降至20年来的最低水平 An African savannah elephant visits a waterhole at night.Rates of elephant poaching in Africa have fallen to their _(low)rate in two decades and have decr
15、eased to almost one fifth of _ they were in 2012,according to data _(release)by the worlds wildlife trade body.The figures dont represent absolute poaching levels,but they do show trends.In 2003,CITES received reports of 287 carcasses(动物尸体动物尸体)_)_(legal)killed at 69 sites across Africa.By 2012,this
16、_(rise)nearly four-fold to 1048,and last year it dropped back down to 228.Mark Jones,head of policy at animal charity the Born Free Foundation says the news of the decline was welcome and reflected increased _(effort)to protect elephants.“But elephants continue _(suffer)and die in large numbers at t
17、he hands of poachers,which puts _(press)on populations,”he warns.“There is no room for complacency.”In particular,Jones points out that there has been much less of a reduction in poaching of elephants in Central and West Africa,many of _ are forest elephants,now officially recognised as separate to
18、the savannah(稀树草原稀树草原)species.Elephants are also _ risk from human-wildlife conflict and loss of habitat,he adds.（BBC野生生物2022年1-2月刊 12-13页）语篇填空lowestwhat released illegally had risenefforts to sufferpressure which at 长难句分析In particular,Jones points out that there has been much less of a reduction in
19、 poaching of elephants in Central and West Africa,many of which are forest elephants,now officially recognised as separate to the savannah species.翻译琼斯特别指出，在中非和西非偷猎大象的减少幅度要小得多，其中许多是森林象，现在被官方认定为与草原象不同的物种。分析：本句是一个复合句，Jones points out后that引导的是一个_ 从句；该宾语从句中又包含一个_从句，先行词 _，从句部分为many of which.savannah spec
20、ies，其中now officially recognised as.savannah species为过去分词作_。定语宾语elephants后置定语每临大事有静气2022.03.115.BBC一分钟新闻听写填空一分钟新闻听写填空 One-minute World 02/28/221.hunker down:to prepare yourself to stay somewhere,keep an opinion,etc.for a long time 准备长期待在某处（或坚持某观点等）Their strategy for the moment is to hunker down and l
21、et the fuss die down.他们目前的策略是保持低调，让事态慢慢平息。2.flee-fled-fled:to leave a person or place very quicky,especially because you are afraid of possible danger 迅速离开；（尤指害怕有危险而）逃避，逃跑 She burst into tears and fled.她突然哭了起来，跑开了。词汇讲解翻译句子翻译句子He fled to London after an argument with his family.在避难之前，我们确保了有足够撑三周的食物、水
22、和急救用品。Before hunkering down,we made sure we had enough food,water and first-aid supplies to last at least three weeks.他与家人争吵以后离家去了伦敦。听写 This is BBC news,the headlines.There have been several _ near Kiev,as _ of the Ukrainian capital have hunkered down for another night.Multiple reports say one explo
23、sion was caused by a missile _ on an oil depot southwest of the city.The fire can be seen _ in the night sky.The U.N.refugee agency says the Russian _ has driven more than 150,000 people to flee Ukraine to _ further west.The vast majority have gone to Poland.Many to _,others have gone to countries,i
24、ncluding Hungary,Moldova,Romania and Slovakia.A western coalition including the U.S.,the European Union,Canada and the U.K.is to _ some Russian banks from the SWIFT interbank payment system.The EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen said the _ was to cripple President Vladimir Putins ability to _
25、his war machine.residents glowing cut offinvasion join friends and familyaim neighboring countriespowerful explosionsattack finance Multiple reports say one explosion was caused by a missile attack on an oil depot southwest of the city.The fire can be seen glowing in the night sky.翻译多份报道称，其中一起爆炸是由导弹
26、袭击该市西南的一个油库引起的。可以看到火光在夜空中发光。句子翻译There have been several powerful explosions near Kiev,as residents of the Ukrainian capital have hunkered down for another night.翻译当乌克兰首都居民准备再过一夜时，基辅附近发生了几起剧烈的爆炸。The U.N.refugee agency says the Russian invasion has driven more than 150,000 people to flee Ukraine to neighboring countries further west.翻译联合国难民署表示，俄罗斯的入侵已经迫使超过15万人逃离乌克兰，去往西边的邻国。
