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1、ortsfromtheUnitedNations.ItwastheeighthstraightyearthattheGeneralAssembly'spassedaresolutioncallingontheUnitedStatestoliftitstradesanctionsagainstCuba,andasinpastyears,itwasapprovedoverwhelmingly.Thisyear'svotewas155to2,withalwaystheUnitedStatesandIsraelvoting"No",and8nationsabst
2、aining.RicardoAlacon,PresidentoftheCubanNationalAssemblyandformerlythisnation'sambassadortotheUnitedNations,repeatedlyreferredto"genocide"inarguinginfavoroftheresolution.Mr.AlaconalsosaidCubawillfilea100-billion-dollarlawsuitagainsttheUnitedStatesbecauseoftheembargo,buthedidnotsa
3、ywheresuchalawsuitwouldbefiled.TheUnitedStatesrepresentativePeterBurlysaidtheUSembargoagainstCubaisamatterofbilateraltradepolicy,andhasnoplaceintheUNGeneralAssembly.Task3【答案】A.1)T2)F3)T4)FB.1)ShelterfortheHomeless2)asetofstamps/sixstamps3)buildinghomes4)information;theUN;governme
4、nt;institutions;worldwide【原文】Narrator:Since1946,whentheUnitedNationsGeneralAssemblyrecommendedthatinter-nationalarrangementsbesetuptopromoteandcoordinateresearchandtheex-changeofinformationonhousing,theUnitedNationshasgivenincreasingattentiontothesubjectofhumansettlements.Thisyea
5、r,theUnitedNationsobservestheInternationalYearofShelterfortheHomeless.Incommemorationoftheyear,theUNPostalAdministrationhasreleasedaspecialstampissue.IrecentlyspokewithGiselaGrunewald,ChiefofthePostalAdministration,whodescribedthesetandexplaineditssignificance.Grunewald:Weissueds
6、ixstampsinhonoroftheIntemationalYearforShelterfortheHomeless,andthesesixstampsshouldreallyshowthepositiveeffortsthatarebeingdonearoundtheworldtohelpthehomelessandtofindshelterforthem.Sowhatweareshowingonthesesixstampsaresixdifferentscenesthatareaspectsofbuildinghomes.Youhavesurve
7、yingtheterrain;youhaveputtingwindowsinahouse;youhavetheactualbuildingofthewallsandanumberofstepsinbetween,andthelaststampinthissetactuallyshowsonefamilythathappilyandproudlystandsinfrontofitsnewhome.So,asIsaidinitially,weliketoportraythepositivesideandthesolutionsthatareproposedb
8、ytheOrganizationwhenitistacklingaproblem
