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[听力原文] 6-10
New York City
The United States National Weather Service says that the huge winter storm
has dumped some 68.3 centimeters of snow in Central Park, making it the worst
blizzard to hit New York City since records began in 1869. To add to the
problems facing the entire north-eastern seaboard, winds across the region have
been gusting at up to 96 kilometers an hour, causing serious localized drifting.
The road network in many places then is impassable. Most of the airports in the
region have been closed, with hundreds of flights cancelled.
Nuremberg
The soccer competition between
the world's two biggest sports apparel, Nike and Adidas, is getting increasingly
intense. Nike, a relative newcomer to soccer, is gunning for the German company,
whose name is practically synonymous with the game. For Nike, soccer has become
the Holy Grail. Nike is bigger than Adidas, but as Nike sees it, to truly be the
number one sport brand in the world, you have to be the number one in the
world's most popular sport. On the other hand, the spokesman of Adidas says that
Adidas is number one in soccer, always has been, always will be.
Manila
Rescuers in central Philippines
are working through the night, scrambling to find survivors of today's deadly
mudslides. At least 15 bodies have been found, but more than a thousand
villagers are still missing. Leyte Governor said trees were sliding down upright
with the mud. The landslide followed two weeks of non-stop rain. One survivor
told Manila Radio Station that it sounded like the mountain exploded. Southern
Leyte has been devastated by natural disasters before. In 1991, more than 5,000
people were killed by floods and landslides triggered by a tropical storm.
New York City
U. N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has asked Western nations to spend 10 to 12
billion US dollars to fight AIDS. The request came at a special session of the
U. N. General Assembly on AIDS. The first U. N. session on AIDS four years ago
led to the creation of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
Since then, the fund has helped improve the health of millions of people in
developing countries. But the Global Fund now faces questions of whether it can
ever thrive under constant pressure to prove to donors that it's working.
Washington
A company owned by
the government of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates that's set to take over some
operations at six US ports has agreed to undergo an intensive security review.
The move is aimed at defusing a fire storm on Capitol Hill. Critics from both
Parties have been discussing legislation to block the deal allowing Dubai Ports
World to buy a British company that operates terminals at ports including New
York and Miami. But DPW has issued a statement asking for a full 45-day
investigation from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States,
even though the deal had already been approved by the Federal Government. Now
some lawmakers say they are ready to hold off on voting to stymie the plan.
6. What has caused great damage in New York City?