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[00:04.78]Part 1 [00:07.65]Warming up [00:10.53]Key words: [00:15.57]millennium celebration [00:20.24]Vocabulary: [00:25.81]chime millennium prospective [00:32.97]gala countdown fanfare [00:39.52]Kiribati Vietnam Hanoi [00:46.58]Bangkok Egypt [00:51.04]The world has entered the 21st century. [00:55.59]Here are some brief reports of Happy New Millennium celebrations. [01:01.65]Now listen and enjoy. [01:05.41]Supply the missing words. [01:09.07]1.The world is greeting the year 2000 with much celebration. [01:18.84]The first nation to celebrate was Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean. [01:25.97]2.In China,President Jiang Zemin [01:32.81]lit a fire to represent thousands of years of Chinese civilization. [01:40.86]The traditional_____begins in February. [01:47.02]3.___covering two continents will have the worlds longest New Year celebrations. [01:57.60]4.Former____President Nelson Mandela says [02:06.07]he is hoping for a safer and more caring world in the next century. [02:14.43]The former President also said [02:18.79]science has given the world new ways to meet the needs of wold population. [02:27.54]5.Welcome from London.Welcome from the BBC World Service to the 21st century. [02:38.77]The year 2000 has arrived in____when the chimes of Londons Big Ben signaled midnight. [02:45.93]Huge crowds cheered as spectacular fireworks displays [02:51.10]went along several kilometers of the Thames. [02:55.83]6.Welcome to the Pacific,welcome to Millennium Island. [03:03.98]Very shortly we and the tiny Republic of Kiribati [03:08.94]will take the words very first step into the year 2000. [03:14.82]7.____is greeting the new millennium with fire works and parties. [03:23.28]As the clock struck midnight, [03:26.94]thousands of people braved rain showers to attend midnight celebration, [03:32.58]fireworks and concerts. [03:35.95]8.____a firework display lit up the sky over Sydneys famous har