News Item 1 Spider-Man the Movie
Broadcast： May 17, 2002
Vocabulary：
1.hide n? 獸皮，皮革 v.剝……的皮，痛打，隱藏，掩藏，隱瞞，掩飾
2.Green Goblin 綠魔
3.Vietnam n.越南
4.immigration n. 外來的移民，移居入境
5.naturalization n. 移入，移植
6.hijacker n.強盜，劫盜，劫持犯（尤指劫持飛機）
7.visa 簽證 vt.簽準維薩信用卡
8.security n. being secure 安全
9.investigation n. research, probe 調查，研究
10.missile n. 導彈，發射物
11.humanitarian n. 人道主義者
12.illegal adj. 違法的，不合規定的
13.permanent adj. everlasting 永久的，持久的
14.poetry n. 詩，作詩法，詩意，詩情
Step One Listen to the news and decide whether they are true or false.
1.Star Wars earned more money for an opening weekend than any other movie in history.
2.Spider-Man sold almost one hundred and fifteen million dollars worth of tickets.
3.In normal life the Green Goblin is the father of Peter&aposs best friend, Mary Jane Watson.
4.Last month, the I-N-S announced new rules for travel permission documents for students, called visas.
5.Earlier this month, the Clinton administration announced the creation of a new committee to investigate foreigners who want to study in American science and technology programs.
6.There also are rule changes that affect other foreign visitors. These new rules limit most business travelers to six months.
Step Two Complete the following blanks with the exact words from the news.
1. Critics said there are ____reasons for this. They said Spider-Man is not as ____as other movies and was ____many times a day.
2.For example, he can climb up walls and ____ from one tall building to another. He uses these____ to help people and defeat evil. Peter____this secret life from everyone, including his family and his friends.
3.The United States____ and Naturalization Service has changed some of its ____for foreign visitors since the ____ in September.
4.Jill Scott wrote ____ for seven years before she began ____. She took part in____ events in her home city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Notes ：
1.Spider-Man： 《蜘蛛俠》，這部影片主要講述了一位名叫彼得·帕克（Peter Parker，托貝
·馬奎爾飾，Tobey Maguire) 的學生被一隻轉基因蜘蛛叮咬了以後，具有了超人的力 量，並且像蜘蛛一樣能爬到任何物體表麵。彼得·帕克發誓要用他的超級能力與犯 罪行為作戰。《蜘蛛俠》由山姆·雷米(Sam Raimi) 執導，曾二次獲得奧斯卡獎提名的 威廉·達福（Willem Dafoe) 在片中飾演蜘蛛俠的強勁對手綠惡魔（Green Goblin),柯 爾斯滕·鄧斯特（Kirsten Dimst) 飾演瑪麗·簡·沃森（Mary Jane Watson)， 金球獎得 主詹姆斯·佛朗哥（James Franco) 飾演彼得·帕克的好友哈裏·奧斯本（Harry Osborn), 奧斯卡獲獎演員克利夫·羅伯遜（Cliff Robertson) 飾演本大叔（Uncle Ben), 曾獲奧斯卡獎提名的羅斯瑪麗·哈裏斯（Rosemary Harris) 在片中飾演梅嬸母（Aunt May) , J· K ·西蒙斯(J. K. Simmons) 飾演彼得·帕克在《軍號日報》（Daily Bugle)的 老板J·喬納·詹姆森(J. Jonah Jameson)。
2.American Mosaic:美國萬花筒是一個radio magazine (廣播雜誌）節目。該節目題材廣 泛、內容豐富，展示著美國社會文化生活中比較輕鬆愉快的生活畫麵；聽眾收聽該節 目就如同在閱讀一本圖文並茂的雜誌。它每次有3～5個小節目，涉及音樂、圖書、 技術和教育等方麵的內容。我們既可以從中欣賞到著名歌唱家的優秀歌曲，對美國 音樂有所了解，又可以獲取一些生動有趣的現代美國社會生活知識，隨著播音員那親 切悅耳的聲音步入美國風景如畫的大好河山；同時還能聽到世界各地的聽眾提出的 有關英語語言文學等方麵的問題和電台的解答。
News Item 2 Fall of a Super Star： George Harrison
Nickalus Witchell BBC News
Vocabulary：
1.mast n. a tall vertical spar, sometimes sectioned, that rises from the keel or deck of a sailing vessel to support the sails and running rigging. 船桅，桅杆
2.diverse adj. differing one from another 不同的
3.cynical adj. scornful of the motives, virtue, or integrity of others 憤世嫉俗的， 諷世的
4.unassuming adj. Exhibiting no pretensions, boastfulness, or ostentation；
modest 不裝腔作勢的，不誇耀的；不鋪張，不招搖的；謙遜
5.condolence n. sympathy with a person who has experienced pain, grief, or misfortune.哀悼
6.deranged adj. crazy 發瘋的
7.lick n. a phrase improvised by a soloist, especially on the guitar or banjo 小過門
Step One Listen to the news and decide whether they are true or false.
1.George Harrison rose to international fame at the age of 17 as a leading British film producer.
2.George Harrison was an unlucky rock star, an assuming man, cynical about celebrity, concentrating on what mattered, the music.