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SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
News Item 1 (For Questions 21 and 22)
The family of Sarai Sierra, an American womanwho went missing in Istanbul nearly two weeks ago,is in mourning after learning that Turkish police found her body Saturday.Turkish police found the woman's body near ancient stone walls in Istanbul's Sarayburnu district.Police suspected she had been killed at another location.Police told CNN's sister network CNN Turkthat the body of the 33-year-old mother of two showed signs of stab wounds.However, the police chief of Istanbul,Huseyin Capkin,said Sierra died from a blow to her head.Nine suspects had been detained in connection with the woman's disappearance and death.Sierra's family and friends first sounded the alarm last weekafter she did not arrive on a return flight from Istanbul on January 22.

News Item 2 (For Questions 23 and 24)
French forces say they have entered Kidal in the north of Mali,the last major town they have yet to secure in their drive against Islamist militants.French forces now control Kidal airport after a number of aircraft,including helicopters,landed there last night.Islamist militants were reported to have already left the townand it was unclear who was in charge.France --- the former colonial power in Mali--- launched a military operation this month after Islamist militantsappeared to be threatening the south.French army spokesman confirms that "French troops were deployed overnight in Kidal".One regional security source told the Press that French aircraft had landed at Kidaland that protection helicopters are in the sky.Kidal, 930 miles north-east of the capital Bamako,was until recently under the control of the Islamist militants.

News Item 3 (For Questions 25 and 26)
US President Barack Obama has said the time has comefor a review on the US immigration system.He made his case at a high school in Las Vegas,Nevada, a day after a group of senators outlined a framework for reform.The White House and senators envisage a path to citizenshipfor many of an estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the US.He noted that the current system was "out of date and badly broken".Mr Obama's case for an immigration reform reflects a blueprint he rolled out in 2011,though that did not go far.Mr Obama now backs the Senate plan including making illegal immigrants pay taxes and fines,and sending them to the back of the queue before they can become American citizens.His 2011 blueprint also focused on a path to permanent residency and eventual citizenship.After eight years,individuals would be allowed to become legal permanent residentsand would eventually become citizens five years later,according to his 2011 blueprint.

News Item 4 (For Questions 27 and 28)
In a suburb in northern Johannesburg South Africa, Lorraine Melvillis running around trying to organize hospital visits for her clients staying in her guest house.She started her business,"Surgeon and Safari,"back in 2000 and since then she has had people from all over the worldcome to her to facilitate their cosmetic procedures,and perhaps go on safari too."For most people in the first-world economies like the UK,and especially in America,their biggest desire is to go on African safari," she explains,"and yet their greatest want in their life was to have plastic surgery,so why not put the two together?" Like most companies,however, Surgeon and Safari was hit by the global financial crisis,particularly as a number of Melvill's clients were borrowing money to afford their procedures.However, whilst the United States and eurozone economies may have languished,Melvill says that she has benefited from the growth of some African countries' economies."There is a huge emergence of local Africansthat chose to come to South Africa for elective surgery,whether it be breast reduction,tummy tucks," she says.


News Item 5 (For Question 29)
The bloodshed at In Amenas has left the oil and gas industrystruggling to come to terms with what it might mean for investment in risky countries.Bob Dudley,BP's chief executivesays the company is "reviewing security" at its other facilities in the region and around the world.The attack is the worst tragedy of its kind in living memorydespite the energy industry's presence in many unstable regions.BP has "never experienced an attack on this scale before",Mr Dudley says.Security remains a top priority in countries such as Iraq,where there have been instances of workers being kidnapped.The perception of risk for foreign oil workers and their families in North Africa,has soared.


News Item 6 (For Question 30)
Shopping is a serious business in London whatever the season--- but it doesn't get much more serious than this time of year.The UK's capital January sales sees throngs of dedicated shopaholicscram its countless department stores,quirky boutiques and market stalls,keen to get their hands on the latest fashion trends and product offers.But it's not just domestic spending that's keeping the tills ringing in London.While the vibrant city's high-end stores are no strangers to overseas visitors,with those from the Middle East typically spending the most,a surprising new contender has emerged in recent times as a big spenderin the international market --- Nigeria.Nigeria's economic growth has averaged about 7.4% annually over the past decade,creating a wealthier Nigerian elite with a large spending power.At the same time,however, robust economic growth has not reduced poverty in the country,with about two thirds of its population living on less than $1 per day.

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decade ['dekeid]

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n. 十年

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reasonable ['ri:znəbl]

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adj. 合理的,适度的,通情达理的

 
dedicated ['dedi.keitid]

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adj. 专注的,献身的,专用的

 
relocate ['ri:ləu'keit]

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v. 重新装置,再配置,放在新地方

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emergence [i'mə:dʒəns]

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n. 出现,浮现,露出

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curtain ['kə:tən]

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n. 窗帘,门帘,幕(布)
vt. (用帘)装

 
control [kən'trəul]

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n. 克制,控制,管制,操作装置
vt. 控制

 
shadow ['ʃædəu]

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n. 阴影,影子,荫,阴暗,暗处
vt. 投阴

 
poverty ['pɔvəti]

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n. 贫困,贫乏

 
equivalent [i'kwivələnt]

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adj. 等价的,相等的
n. 相等物

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