大学生英语四级听力日常训练材料

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大学生英语四级听力日常训练材料

　　part 1

　　This is What's Trending Today:

　　When China's president visited Britain last year, newspapers were filled with predictions of a "golden era" for relations between the two countries.

　　Leaders from both sides talked of a bright future as President Xi Jinping and British Prime Minister David Cameron had drinks at a pub.

　　The Chinese delegation visited science, engineering and pop culture sites around London. Everyone had a happy face.

　　While they enjoyed a beer at a pub, Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping may not be so friendly anymore.

　　But something else apparently happened during the visit.

　　Video recorded on Tuesday during a party at Buckingham Palace tells a different story. The video shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth calling Chinese officials "very rude to the ambassador."

　　A video crew records all of Queen Elizabeth's official events. The recordings are then shared with news agencies.

　　When people looked at the video, they heard an exchange between the Queen and Lucy D'Orsi, a police commander.

　　D'Orsi planned security during the Chinese president's state visit.

　　D'Orsi is presented to the Queen by The Lord Chamberlain, who is the top officer responsible for Britain's royal family. He tells the Queen D'Orsi was the commander during the Chinese visit.

　　The Queen responded, "Oh, bad luck."

　　The Lord Chamberlain said the police commander "was seriously, seriously undermined by the Chinese, but she managed to hold her own and remain in command."

　　D'Orsi called her experience during the state visit, "quite a testing time for me." She said the delegation "walked out" on both her, and Ambassador Barbara Woodward.

　　The Queen called the behavior both "rude" and "extraordinary."

　　Queen Elizabeth's comments were repeated on social media. They were unusual because the 90-year-old ruler almost never comments publicly on political issues.

　　When asked for clarification about what happened last year, both British and Chinese officials said the visit had been successful.

　　And that's What's Trending Today.

　　I'm Ashley Thompson.

　　Dan Friedell wrote this story for Learning English. George Grow was the editor.

　　part 2

　　Hundreds of Christians gathered recently in front of the United States Capitol building on a cold and rainy day.

　　They began a public reading of their holy book, the Bible.

　　They kept reading for 90 hours.

　　The event is called the U.S. Capitol Bible Reading Marathon. It marks the National Day of Prayer and has been taking place for 27 years.

　　Woman reads Bible at the 27th U.S Capitol Bible Marathon, Washington, D.C., May 4, 2016. (Y. Chen/VOA)

　　Pastor Jeffrey Light of NOVUM Baptist Church in Reva, Virginia spoke to VOA about the event. He said its goal is to show the importance of religion in American life.

　　"It's foundational for who we are as human beings to know our purpose, and our purpose comes from our creator," Light said.

　　Few know the part of religion in America better than Alan Cooperman. He leads study of the subject for the Washington-based Pew Research Center.

　　The center did two major studies on religion in the U.S. in 2007 and 2014. The research found that the American public is growing less religious.

　　"The percentage of Americans who say they believe in God has dropped a little," Cooperman told VOA. He explained that the percentage of Americans who say they pray daily has dropped, along with the percentage who say they go to religious services at least once a month.

　　Cooperman said the share of Americans who do not identify with any religion has been rising very quickly.

　　In his words, "It's gone from 7 percent in 2000, 16 percent in 2007, to 23 percent overall today."

　　Cooperman believes the drop in religious involvement reflects a generational change. Young Americans are growing into adulthood with looser ties to religion. The children of today are also less involved in religious activities than the children of past generations.

　　Religion and politics

　　But lawmakers and government officials are more likely to be religious than the general public. Organized faith appears to still play an important part in U.S. politics.

　　More than 90 percent of the United States Congress is Christian compared to 70 percent of the general public. At a recent Senate discussion, members of Congress talked about how they balance faith and politics.

　　Senator James Lankford is a Republican from Oklahoma. He told VOA that faith is "the lens" he looks through.

　　He added, "If it's a faith, it affects everything."

　　Many religions are represented in Congress. Along with Christian legislators are Muslims, Hindus and Jews. There are also some atheist lawmakers.

　　‘Overwhelmingly religious'

　　For Cooperman, even the increasing number non-religious Americans may not be enough to change the role of faith in American life and politics.

　　"...the American public remains overwhelmingly religious," he said. In his words, "It's a very religious country. Three quarters of Americans, about 77 percent of the population, still identify with a religious group."

　　Pastor Jeffrey Light agrees. He said the role of religion will continue to play an important part in this year's presidential election.

　　"For me and those that are seekers of the word of God," he said, "we will certainly seek a leader who honors God."

　　I'm Caty Weaver.

　　Yang Chen and Adrianna Zhang wrote this story for VOANews. Jim Dresbach adapted it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.

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