Unit 2 Visits and Talks Section A Warming Up Section B Micro Listening Section C Video news Section D VOA Special Section E BBC News Section F Listening strategy Section G Classic Songs Word bank in Section A warming up ? conclude v. 结束,终止? confer v. 协商,交换意见? deadlock n. 僵局? en route ad. 在途中? negotiator n. 谈判代表? ovation n. 热烈鼓掌,欢呼? prospect n. 前景,前途? session n. 会议期;一段时间? sign v. 签署? standoff n. 均势;僵持? talk n. (usu. pl.) 会谈? unannounced a. 未经宣布的? a measure of 一定程度的? joint statement 联合声明? wrap up 结束? at odds 争执;不一致 Directions: listen to the following news leads once and supply the missing information 1. Japan ’ s Foreign Minister has arrived in Baghdad for an ________________-the first to the Iraqi capital by a Japanese minister since .-led invasion in 2003. 2. President Bush is _________ back to Washington after a final _____ in Eastern Europe. unannounced visit- en route stop 3 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got a _______________ ( 起立鼓掌) with a speech against President Bush at Cooper Union in New York City last night. 4 Diplomats say ___________________ has been made at talks in London to end the border dispute between Ethiopia and Eritrea( 厄立特里亚 ). standing ovation a measure of progress 5. Diplomats say negotiators will return to their capitals for three weeks to __________ their governments after they failed to reach an agreement on a joint statement. 6. European leaders have _________ their first session of negotiations to try to break political _________ over the Union ’ s long- term budget. confer with concluded deadlock 7. The Ugandan rebel Lord ’ s Resistance Army, the LRA, says it ’ s ____________ peace talks with the government aimed at ending two decades of conflict in the north of the country. 8. Russian and American officials say they ’ ve _________________ on Russia ’ s entry into the World anization. They plan to ____ the agreement in Hanoi next week. walked out of reached agreement sign 9. US a
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