BBC One-minute News Unprepared Listening, Nov 14th, 2012

BBC One-minute News Unprepared Listening, Nov 14^th, 2012

1. Learn the words

1 Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari

1 the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

2 the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

3 Hamas military chief Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari

4 Israeli air and naval strikes

5 Israeli operation against militant groups

6 Gaza's interior ministry

7 further four Palestinians had died in the attacks across Gaza.

2 European workers stage austerity protests

1 Workers across the European Union

2 to stage a series of protests and strikes

3 against rising unemployment

4 austerity measures that have combined tax rises with cuts in salaries, pensions, benefits and social services.

5 halt transport and close businesses and schools.

6 Police and protesters clashed

7 Rallies

3 China set to unveil new leaders

1 China is set to unveil the new leaders who will rule for the next decade

2 to endorse the new Politburo Standing Committee

3 the highest decision-making body.

4 The committee line-up

5 to walk out in order of seniority.

6 President Hu Jintao has stepped down

7 (his) successor (is expected to be Xi Jinping),

8 (who will) take over as president (in March 2013).

9 to finalise the handover of power.

10 (Vice-Premier Li Keqiang is also) on course for a top-level post.

2. Listen to the news and grasp its main points.

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BBC Text, Nov 14^th, 2012

1 Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari

1 The head of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has been killed during a Israeli air and naval strikes in the Gaza Strip.

2 Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari and another Hamas official died when the car they were travelling in was hit in Gaza City.

3 It was part of a wider Israeli operation against militant groups in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

4 It follows a wave of rocket attacks against Israel from the territory.

5 Outside the hospital where Mr Jabari's body was taken, thousands of angry Gaza residents chanted "retaliation" and "We want you to hit Tel Aviv tonight", according to the Associated Press news agency.

Gaza's interior ministry said that further four Palestinians had died in the attacks across Gaza.

2 European workers stage austerity protests

1 Workers across the European Union have staged a series of protests and strikes against rising unemployment and austerity measures.

2 General strikes in Spain and Portugal halted transport and closed businesses and schools. Police and protesters clashed in several Spanish cities.

3 Rallies took place in 23 countries including Greece, France and Belgium, union officials told the BBC.

4 Unions in Spain and Portugal started strikes at midnight to protest against austerity measures that have combined tax rises with cuts in salaries, pensions, benefits and social services.

5 Marchers came out late on Tuesday in Spain, where 25% are unemployed, the highest rate in Europ

3 China set to unveil new leaders

1 China is set to unveil the new leaders who will rule for the next decade.

2 China's Communist Party will announce its new leadership team on Thursday. Early on Thursday, selected Communist Party delegates will endorse the new Politburo Standing Committee - the highest decision-making body.

3 The committee line-up will then be made public at 1100 (0300GMT), when leaders walk out in order of seniority.

4 President Hu Jintao has stepped down and his successor is expected to be Xi Jinping, who will take over as president in March 2013. More than 2,000 delegates met at a conference in Beijing to finalise the handover of power.

5 Vice-President Xi Jinping is set to succeed outgoing leader Hu Jintao as party chief. Vice-Premier Li Keqiang is also on course for a top-level post.

It is not yet clear who will fill the other spaces on the committee or indeed how many spaces there will be.

Fresh fighting broke out in eastern Democratic Republic Congo between UN-backed government troops and M23 rebels, forcing people to flee.

A BBC reporter at the scene said there was heavy gunfire and shelling north of the regional capital, Goma.

Nearly 500,000 people have been displaced since April when the rebels mutinied from the army.

The UN accuses Rwanda and Uganda of backing the rebels - allegations they both deny.

BBC One-minute News Unprepared Listening, Nov 14^th, 2012

1. Learn the words

1 Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari

1 the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

2 the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

3 Hamas military chief Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari

4 Israeli air and naval strikes

5 Israeli operation against militant groups

6 Gaza's interior ministry

7 further four Palestinians had died in the attacks across Gaza.

2 European workers stage austerity protests

1 Workers across the European Union

2 to stage a series of protests and strikes

3 against rising unemployment

4 austerity measures that have combined tax rises with cuts in salaries, pensions, benefits and social services.

5 halt transport and close businesses and schools.

6 Police and protesters clashed

7 Rallies

3 China set to unveil new leaders

1 China is set to unveil the new leaders who will rule for the next decade

2 to endorse the new Politburo Standing Committee

3 the highest decision-making body.

4 The committee line-up

5 to walk out in order of seniority.

6 President Hu Jintao has stepped down

7 (his) successor (is expected to be Xi Jinping),

8 (who will) take over as president (in March 2013).

9 to finalise the handover of power.

10 (Vice-Premier Li Keqiang is also) on course for a top-level post.

2. Listen to the news and grasp its main points.

#		News 1	News 2	News 3
	Who?
	Did what?
	When?
	Where?
	How? With what effect/ outcome/ consequen ces?

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