新闻英语第七套.pptxVIP

新闻英语听力第七套;Questions 1 and 2 will be based on the following news item.;;Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.;Questions 5 to 7 will be based on the following news item.;More than one hundred teenage musicians recently attended a summer camp in Los Angeles to learn about the music business. Some of the advice they received came from the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers, eighteen-year-old Nick. “Social media was incredibly important for my brothers and I at the beginning of our career and still is today. It’s a big part of everything I’m doing. I feel like with Twitter and YouTube and Facebook, there are so many instant ways to connect with your fans.” Nick Jonas appeared in Broadway musicals before he became a pop star with his brothers. Other music professionals also shared their knowledge at the week-long camp. The annual event is part of “Grammy in the Schools,” a project from the organizers of the music industry’s Grammy Awards. The camps gives students a chance to perform or to learn music production skills.(156 words) (材料选自《VOA慢速英语拿起就会》 P. 250) 1. What is the news report mainly about? 2. Which one is NOT TRUE about the summer camp? ;An international group of scientists has established the complete genetic blueprint of gorilla, one of mankinds closest relatives. The researchers found that 15% of the human genome is closer to that of gorillas than it is to chimpanzees --- our closest relative of all. Our science correspondent Pallab Ghosh has more. Initial studies of the gorilla genome have shown that our species separated from gorillas 10 million years ago, much earlier than some scientists thought. Another discovery is that something in their genes prevents gorillas from suffering from dementia --- a finding that researchers could study further to help them find a cure for senility. But the ultimate prize for the research community is to discover just what it is that makes us uniquely human. (125 words) (材料选自《VOA/BBC/CNN英语新闻精听精练》 P.15