VOA Special English 导学案 -2024届高考英语复习培优专题

高三英语培优材料 WORLD NEWS Here is the news in VOA Special English. I’m Christopher Cruise reporting from Washington. Pakistani police have ___1_____several suspects in the shooting of a 14-year-old school girl named Malala Yousafzai. Malala is internationally-recognized for documenting abuses by the Pakistani Taliban. Officials say the arrest _____2___ _____3___ in the Swat Valley. Malala was shot in the head and neck _____4_____ by Taliban gunmen as she left school. Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa is a spokesman for Pakistan’s military. “The latest that I spoke to doctors her condition is satisfactory, next to 30 to 40 hours is critical.” Malala Yousafzai remains unconscious ____5_____ _____6___ ____7___ people around her. A machine is helping the girl to breathe. A Taliban spokesman says the group’s leaders decided a few months ago to kill the girl. The group _____8___ her _____9______ being pro-West. The VOA’s Steve Ember will have more on the story immediately following this news cast. The governor of Afghanistan’s WardakProvince says two foreigners have been kidnapped(绑架). Abdul Majid Khan told VOA the kidnapping happened on Thursday. He said it is not known who the kidnappers are. He said the kidnapping case is under investigation and that officials are waiting for more information from ___10_______ agents. The foreigners are said to be an _____11_____ and a ____12_____. A Wardak police spokesman said it is not known where the victims were seized or for whom they were working when they were seized. One government official reportedly said the two were traveling on a road between Kabul and GhazniProvince when they were ______13_______. Syrian rebels clashed with government troops near the city of Aleppo Friday. Activists say rebels attacked an air defense base. But it is not known if the rebels hav ______14_____ ________15_____ _____16___ the base. Separately, the United Nations Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi met with Saudi King Abdullah