Review of the Year

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1、ReviewoftheYear年终回顾1ReviewoftheYear年终回顾ALookBackat2008回顾2008年Readthetextbelowanddotheactivitythatfollows.阅读下面的短文，然后完成练习:2008willberememberedbytheBritishpeopleasayearofeconomiccrisis.Thingshavesteadilyworsenedastheyearhasgoneonwithcompaniesgoingintoadministration,joblosses,fall

2、inghousepricesandthecollapseofbankinginstitutions.Britainisjustoneofthemanyvictimsofawiderglobalfinancialcrisisandsadlythepredictionsfor2009donotshowanysignofimprovementfortheBritisheconomy.2008alsosadlysawtheworstearthquakeinChinainover30years.TheGreatSichuanEarthquakeregiste

3、red8ontheRichterscaleandkilledaround70,000peopleinMay,nottomentionthetensofthousandswhowereinjuredorwentmissing.Onahappiernote,ChinaalsohosteditsfirstOlympicGamesthissummerinBeijing.ItwasaverysuccessfulGameswithanamazingopeningceremonyandastaggering43newworldrecordsand132newOl

4、ympicrecordsset.Chinatoppedthemedalstablewith51goldmedalsandGreatBritainhaditsmostsuccessfulOlympicsinoveracenturywith19goldmedalsand47medalsintotal.2008willalsoberememberedinhistoryastheyearBarackObamawaselectedasthefirstblackPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Thiswasparticularlypoig

5、nantinacountrywhereblackpeoplewereonceslavesandwheresegregationexistedaslittleashalfacenturyagobetweenblackandwhitepeople.IntheBritishworldofentertainment,MadonnaandPaulMcCartney’shigh-profiledivorceswerefinalised.RealityTVremainedaspopularasever,wherecelebritieslearningtoices

6、kate,ballroomdanceandsurviveinthejungledominatedheadlines.TVtalentshowsalsoruledtheairwaveswith8millionpeoplevotingforAlexandraBurketowintheXFactor,Britain’smostfamoustalentcontest.Herfirstsingle‘Hallelujah’hasbecomethisyear’sbiggest-sellingUKsong.2Glossary词汇表economiccrisis–经济

7、危机steadilyworsened–逐步恶化goingintoadministration–被接bankinginstitutions–金融机构管victims–受害者showanysignofimprovement–显示任何改进迹象registered–登记Richterscale–里氏staggering–大量的records–纪录set–创造（纪录）toppedthemedalstable–名列奖牌榜首poignant–强烈的，深刻的slaves–奴隶segregation–（种族）隔离halfacenturyago–半个世纪前high-p

8、rofiledivorces–瞩目的离婚finalised–终结案dominatedheadlines–垄断报端ruled