SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST In this section you
问题详情
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
In this section, you will hear several news items. Listen to them. care fully and then.
answer the questions that follow.
Question 21 is based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you will be given 5 seconds to answer the questions.
Now, listen to the news.
The multinational commodity trading company admitted that
[A] the dumped chemicals accounted to the residents" illness.
[B] the waste dumping caused distress to the local people.
[C] it should offer more compensation to the victims than it had.
[D] it"s illegal to dump toxic waste.请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
参考答案
正确答案:B
SECTIONCNEWSBROADCASTNewsItem1【听前预测】根据题干和选项关键词可推测,本新闻与某跨国公司倾倒垃圾有关。其中可能涉及到了垃圾带来的危害及对受害者的赔偿问题。Amultinationalcommoditytradingcompany,Trafigura,[21B]hasagreedtopaycompensationtotensofthousandsofpeoplewhosaytheyweremadeillbychemicalsdumpedinIvoryCoastthreeyearsago.Thecompanysaiditdidnotacceptliability,butregrettedanydistresscausedtothelocalpopulationbythewastedumping.ThousandsofresidentsinIvoryCoast'smaincity,Abidjan,reportedarangeofhealthproblemsafterchemicalwastewasdumpedthere.Now31,0000fthemhavebeenofferedcompensationbyTrafigurainamultimilliondollarsettlement.Thecompanyacceptedthatafirmthey'dhireddumpedchemicalwastethereillegallythreeyearsago,buttheydeniedthewastewastoxic.【解析】选[B]。新闻中提到,该公司同意赔偿受害者(…hasagreedtopaycompensationto...),并对垃圾倾倒事件为当地人民带来的苦恼表示愧疚(…regrettedanydistresscausedtothelocalpopulation...);但并不承认自己对此事负有责任(Thecompanysaiditdidnotacceptliability...)。言外之意就是,该公司承认倾倒垃圾给当地居民的确带去了distress,但并不承认这些垃圾导致了疾病。故[B]正确;同时排除[A]。[C]中的offermorecompensation原文未提及。新闻结尾谈到,该公司承认,他们雇佣的一个公司三年前曾非法倾倒化学废物,但是他们拒绝承认这些废物有毒;故[D]是对该处信息的错误理解。