本集內容

Sinai plane crash  西奈墜機黑匣子線索

Germany Fifa crisis 德國國際足聯危機四伏

Famous fountain flows again 古羅馬噴泉修復竣工

文字稿

The black boxes of the Russian flight which crashed on Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 on board, are now being investigated for clues to what might have brought down the plane. In the US there are reports that satellite imagery detected heat infrared flashes around the passenger jet just before it went down.

周六在西奈半島墜毀的俄羅斯飛機上的224人全部遇難。現在專家正在對飛機黑匣子數據進行分析尋找事故原因。在美國有報道稱，衛星圖像探測到飛機下降之前客機周圍呈現出的熱紅外線閃光。

Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association – all part of an investigation into the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup. There are allegations that money was paid to Fifa to secure votes to host the tournament.

法蘭克福警方突襲了德國足協的總部。這是2006年世界杯舉辦前一系列調查的一部分。有指控說， 有人向國際足聯出了錢賄賂以便把這次世界杯的主辦權投票弄到手。

These crowds have come to see something that nobody here in Rome's been able to see for almost two years: the Trevi fountain, one of the city's biggest attractions. For a long time artisans worked behind scaffolding to restore the fountain that was begun back in the 18th Century. Rome's city hall worked out that it didn't have the money to renovate all this itself so it asked for donations and in the end a major fashion house decided that it would spend around two million euros to restore this site.

人們蜂擁而至來觀看羅馬最大之一的景觀：特萊維泉。羅馬城里人們已經有近兩年都未見這一景觀了。過去很長一段時間里工匠們一直在腳手架背后修復這座18世紀的噴泉。最初羅馬市政廳估算單靠自身財力無法完成整個修復工程，于是發出捐款呼吁。最后一家時裝公司決定拿出約二百萬歐元來資助這項修復工程。

詞匯

investigated      調查

to secure          弄到手

artisans            工匠，手藝人

donations         捐款，捐獻

練習

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

investigated / to secure / artisans / donations

1. The bread baked by the _______ bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.

2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many _______ for the charity that cared for him.

3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being _______ by the police.

4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed _______ the signing of one of the world's best strikers.

答案

1. The bread baked by the artisan bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.

2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many donations for the charity that cared for him.

3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being investigated by the police.

4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed to secure the signing of one of the world's best strikers.