资源描述:
《高级英语听力 listen_to_this3 文本》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、英语高级听力教程Listen01FreedAmericanhostage,DavidJacobsen,appealedtodayforthereleaseoftheremainingcaptivesinLebanon,saying,"Thoseguysareinhellandwe'vegottogetthemhome."JacobsenmadehisremarksashearrivedatWiesbaden,WestGermany,accompaniedbyAnglicanChurchenvoy,TerryWaite,whoworkedtogainhisrelease.AndWaitesa
2、yshiseffortswillcontinue.JacobsenhadacheckupattheairforcehospitalinWiesbaden.Andhospitaldirector,ColonelCharlesMoffittsaysheisdoingwell."AlthoughMr.Jacobsenistired,ourinitialimpressionisthatheisphysicallyinverygoodcondition.Italsoseemsthathehasdealtwiththestressesofhiscaptivityextremelywell."Altho
3、ughJacobsencriticizedtheUSgovernment'shandlingofthehostagesituationinavideotapemadeduringhiscaptivity,todayhethankedtheReaganAdministrationandsaidhewasdarnproudtobeanAmerican.TheReaganAdministrationhadlittletosaytodayaboutthereleaseofJacobsenorthelikelihoodthatotherhostagesmaybefreed.BoardingAirFo
4、rceOneinLasVegas,thePresidentsaid,"There'snowaytotellrightnow.We'vebeenworkingonthat.We'vehadheart-breakingdisappointments."Mr.ReaganwasinLasVegascampaigningforRepublicancandidate,JimSantini,whoisrunningbehindDemocrat,HarryReed.InMozambiquetodayanewpresidentwaschosentoreplaceSamoraMachelwhodiedina
5、planecrashtwoweeksago.NPR'sJohnMadisonreports:"Thechoiceofthe130-memberCentralCommitteeoftherulingFRELIMOPartywasannouncedonMozambiqueradiothisevening.HeisJoaquimChissano,Mozambique'sForeignMinister,No.3intheParty.Chissano,whoisforty-seven,wasPrimeMinisterofthenine-monthtransitionalgovernmentthatp
6、recededindependencefromPortugalin1975.HenegotiatedthetransferofpowerwithPortugal.Thismuchiscleartonight:anAmericanheldinLebanonforalmostayearandahalfisfree.DavidJacobsenisrecuperatinginahospitalinWiesbaden,WestGermany.Twenty-fourhoursearlier,JacobsenwasreleasedinBeirutbyIslamicJihad.Butthisremains
7、amystery:whatpreciselyledtohisfreedom?JacobsenwillspendthenextseveraldaysintheUSairforcefacilityinWiesbadenforamedicalexamination.DiedreBarberreports.Afterpreliminarymedicalcheckupstoday,DavidJacobsen'sdoctorsaid