【文章內(nèi)容簡介】
According to an EU senior official, what will EU do during the meeting?They are prepared to name the date as part of a wider deal.4. When will be the earliest possible date? If an agreement is not reached on this meeting, when will be the latest date?The earliest date will be 2010, and 2013 will be the latest date.5. What will the United States do if the date is not what it expects?The trade representative Rob Portman says he is trying to be acmodating, which means the United States will possibly accept the new date.News Item 2Ex. A: Listen to the news and plete the summary This news item is about a package of plans to tackle the recession reached by the G20 or a new consensus reached by the G20 on tackling global problems. Ex. B: Listen again and plete the outline.News ScriptThe G20 have e up with a package of plans that add up to well over a trillion dollars to tackle the recession.One key ponent is an agreement to treble to seven hundred and fifty billion dollars the resources available to the International Monetary Fund for lending to countries in trouble. They also want a tenfold increase in what are called special drawing rights which is rather like an IMF currency and which strengthen the foreign exchange reserves of its member countries. The G20 also plans closer regulation of financial firms with curbs on executive pay and new oversight of large hedge funds.The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, described the summit as marking a new consensus on tackling global problems.News Item 3Ex. A: Listen and summarize the news item This news item is about the opening of Copenhagen climate summit.Ex. B: Listen again and decide T or F.1. F 2. F 3. T 4. T 5. FNews ScriptThe conference opened to applause forty minutes late. It began with an environmental film from Danish children, a message from the next generation for those delegates whose decisions here over the next fortnight may help shape the lives they lead.34,000 people have tried to get accredited for this extraordinary meeting – an unprecedented demand.Hopes are high here tha