Step by Step 3000 第3册 Unit1:News Report(1)

Part 2. News reports.
In this section, you're going to hear two news reports.
 

A. Keywords.

elect, non-permanent members, vote, win the majority.

Vocabulary.

haggle, maneuver, ballot, contention, lobby, allot, UN General Assembly, Mauritius, Security Council, Organization of African Unity.

Listen to the first news report, complete the news summary and the following statements.
The United Nations General Assembly has elected Columbia, Ireland, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore as the new non-permanent members of the Security Council.
The vote follows several weeks of haggling and maneuvering.
Columbia, Ireland and Singapore won the required two-thirds majority on the first round of balloting.
But it took another three rounds of voting to decide on the remaining two regional seats.
Contention marked the voting for the second seat for the African and Asian group.
United States lobbied intensely against Sudan, the candidate of the Organization of African Unity.
Mauritius, the candidate supported by Washington, won on the fourth round of voting.
Ireland easily captured one of the two seats allotted to the Western industrialized group of nations on the first ballot.
But Norway and Italy campaigned vigorously for the second spot.
King Harald of Norway came to New York last week to press the case for his nation's representation on the Security Council for the first time since 1982.
Norway also won on the fourth balloting.
The new members begin their two-year terms in January.
The Security Council is made up a total of 15 members, including 5 permanent members, China, France, Great Britain, Russia and the United States,and ten non-permanent members.5 non-permanent members are elected to two-year terms each year.