BEC商务英语辅导 突发新闻

　　Helen: Hello, this is Real English from BBC Learning English, I’m Helen.
　　Chen Li: And I’m Chen Li. Hello!
　　Helen: In Real English, we look at words and phrases that you might not find in your dictionary.
　　Chen Li: 英语是一种十分程式化的语言，所以了解现实生活中人们经常使用的固定表达和俚语自然就很有用了。
　　Helen: Today’s expression is ‘breaking news’. Breaking news.
　　Chen Li: Breaking news. 可以解释一下意思吗？
　　Helen: Well breaking news is a brand new news story of something that has only just happened.
　　Chen Li: 是的，在英语中，一个事件突然发生，通常会用到动词break。意思是一条突发性新闻，所以breaking news就是突发事件，最新消息。
　　Helen: And it’s quite possible that breaking news is so new that it’s the first time you will hear that news story.
　　Chen Li: Breaking news 就是从来就没有听过的新闻.
　　Helen: You might hear a news reader on the TV use the expression breaking news.
　　Chen Li: 是的，一个新闻主持人常说breaking news来谈论突发事件或者你正在新闻网页上看到的新闻。
　　Helen: Here’s some language to help you understand the clip.
　　Chen Li: Reports 报道 a crash 撞车事件 arrested 被逮捕
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　　Breaking news now….we’re getting reports of a bus crash in central London…(fade)
　　And now some breaking news…..7 men have been arrested in north of England following a….(fade)
　　Helen: Well I have some breaking news for everyone…
　　Chen Li: Really? What’s that Helen?
　　Helen: Well the breaking news just in is…well we’ve come to the end of the programme.
　　Chen Li: That’s not really breaking news is it? We always end the programme about now.
　　Helen: Well you’ve just got time to re-cap today’s expression.
　　Chen Li: 我们今天学到的是breaking news – 突发新闻,最新消息
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　　Helen: Join us for more Real English next time. Bye.