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News Report 1
There's a new fitness trend in Australia called "crunning"(爬行和跑步结合的一项运动). It's a new sport that combines crawling and running that involves using your hands and feet on the ground. The idea was started by Melbourne resident Shaun McCarthy, and he hopes it will spread to other countries.
McCarthy can't prove that crunning is more beneficial than traditional running. However, he believes that it is a better way to exercise because it involves using your upper body as well as your lower body. Therefore it provides a complete body workout. He also said that crunning burns more calories than running.
Experts aren't sure if crunning is actually a safe exercise for people. Unlike animals, humans are not built to move on all four limbs. People's wrists are not as strong as their ankles, and crunning can place a large amount of pressure on the wristsas well as their elbows and shoulders. It could result in an injury to the lower back, shoulders, elbows or wrists.
Q1: What do we learn about the newsport?
Q2: What do experts think about thenew sport?
Passage 1
Matt ：Now it’s time for Critic’s Choice, with news and reviews about the latest films. Good
evening, Jack, seen anything good at the cinema this week?
Jack ：Good evening Matt, yes, I’ve seen one of the best sports films of recent years.
Matt ：Sports films? That’s not usually a type of film which appeals to you.
Jack ：You’re right, but this time it’s different. I’ve been to see a film about mountain climbing, it’s not really your typical sports film. It’s more man against the mountain.
Matt ：Tell us more.
Jack ：I’ve been to see Touching the Void, which is the story of a pair of mountainclimbers in the Peruvian Andes.
Matt ：Is it a true story?
Jack ：Yes, it is. In 1985, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates set out to climb the 7,000-metre Siula
Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes. Simpson and Yates were young, fit and confident
they would succeed.
Matt ：So what happens?
Jack ：Simpson and Yates’ style of climbing involved moving quickly up a mountainwith very few | supplies and no base camps, which is risky. You can’t make any mistakes.
Matt ：I think I can guess what happens next.
Jack ：And sure enough after climbing well for three and a half days, disaster strikes. Simpson
falls and breaks his right leg.With no food or water, the climbers know they have to get
off the mountain – fast. Yates is determined to find a way to get his friend home, and he
has to lower Simpson down the mountain. Simpson is in agony（愤怒，）, but Yates has no
choice except to ignore hispartner’s cries of pain because otherwise he’ll die. Well, for a while,things go well. But suddenly Simpson, at the end of the rope, fails to respond to Yates’signal. Yates is unable to move any further and has no idea why Simpson is not responding.So Yates holds on with all of his strength, all too aware that eventually his strength would give out and both would fall. Butwhat Yates doesn’t know is that he has lowered Simpson over the edge of a crevasse.Simpson is hanging in mid-air from the vertical face of the mountain. He’s unable to climb back up the rope and he’s got frostbitten fingers and can’t communicate with Yates above him.
Matt ：So what happens?
Jack ：Well, I don’t want to spoil the ending for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet.
Matt ：But …
Jack ：But Yates hangs onto the rope for an hour, getting weaker. For any climber,cutting
the rope that binds him to his partner is unthinkable.
Matt ：Sounds very exciting. So what about the direction and the filming?
Jack ：The director is Kevin Macdonald, and he tells the story by cutting from interviews to shots of the climb itself. But it’s the message of the film which interests me. You see, in the end, the impression left by the film is astonishment that a human being could do what Joe did, which is to survive.
Matt ：Thanks Jack, this week’s Critic’s Choice is Touching the Void, on general release in all cinemas from next week.
Passage 2
Speaker 1: And David Seaman is in goal for the England team down to our right ... It's difficult to get used to the change of team colours here ... I'm looking at the white shorts and thinking they're English players, but they're not. For this match it's the Germans who are wearing white. I hope the English players don't have the same problem. We don't want them to pass the ball to the Germans. Now Gascoigne for England passes to McManaman for the first time ... McManaman is immediately surrounded by three German defenders ... He brings the ball to the near side of the pitch (球场近端)...still McManaman for England, crosses the ball to Pearce ... Pearce takes a shot! ... saved by the German Ziegler, and picked up by Ince only 25 yards away from the German goal ... good effort by Ince, aims at the goal! ... and Kopke,the German goalkeeper pushes the ball over the top of the goal. So a corner kick(角球) for England.
Speaker 2: A great shot by Ince, I'm sure he knows that Pearce set that up for him, but Kopke put the shot out of danger.
Speaker 1: He does like to punch the ball, that Kopke in the German goal ... England's first corner of this semi-final ... Gascoigne will take it ... Here comes the corner kick from Gascoigne ... and Shearer's there and Alan Shearer scores for England... England have scored after only two minutes' play ... with a corner kick by Gascoigne ... aimed at the near post(近端球门柱), and Alan Shearer heads the ball into the German goal ... It's an absolute dream start for the semi-final ... Shearer has got his fifth goal of the tournament ... Would you believe it? It's England one, Germany nil!
Answers
News report
1 Listen to a news report and choose the bestanswer to the questions you hear.
1 (b) 2 (c)
Passage 1
3 Listen toPassage 1 and complete the table.
| name of film | Touching the Void |
| type of film | a sports film |
| true story /fiction | a true story |
| location | the Siula Grande mountain in the Peruvian Andes |
| main characters | Joe Simpson and Simon Yates |
| dramatic turning point | Joe Simpson falls and breaks his leg |
| narrative style | cutting from interviews to shots of the climb itself |
4 Listen toPassage 1 again and choose the best way to complete the sentences.
answers
1 (c) 2 (d) 3(d) 4 (d)
Passage 2
7 Listen to Passage 2 and check (√) what type of listening it is.
Answer
a radio commentary during the match
8 Listen toPassage 2 again and answer the questions
Answers
1 They are wearing white.
2 They usually wear white.
3 They may pass the ball to the Germans, who are wearing white. (Note: This is a joke by the commentator)
4 England is attacking.
5 It is Kopke, the German goalkeeper.
6 Alan Shearer scores the goal.
7 He scores it after only two minutes' play.
