2022年12月英语四级听力真题(第一套) 新闻报道1

News Report 1

新闻报道1

Operations at one of Australia's largest gold mines had to be temporarily suspended on Friday after a partial wall collapse at one of the mines dams.

周五，澳大利亚最大的金矿之一的一座水坝部分坍塌，导致其运营暂停。

The wall collapsed at the Cadia Mine came just a few days after two earthquakes hit the area.

就在几次地震袭击该地区几天后Cadia矿的围墙倒塌了。

The damage to the damn wall was noticed in the late afternoon on Friday,

那该死的墙的损坏是在周五下午晚些时候发现的。

when workers found a section of the northern dam wall collapsed into the southern dam,

当工人们发现北部大坝的一段墙坍塌到南部大坝时，

the dams contain waste products of mining and can contain materials, which are harmful to the environment and human health.

这些水坝含有采矿废料，也含有对环境和人类健康有害的物质。

The dams are generally constructed using earth fill and are gradually raised over time.

大坝一般采用填土建造，并随着时间的推移逐渐加高。

The company was unable to confirm whether the recent earthquakes had contributed to the dams wall collapse,

该公司无法确认最近的地震是否导致了大坝墙倒塌，

but said it was conducting a thorough investigation.

但表示正在进行彻底调查。

A company spokesperson said that operations at the site had been halted while the investigation is ongoing,

该公司发言人表示，在调查进行期间，该网站的运营已经停止，

and that the break had posed no safety threat to workers.

而且，这一中断并未对工人构成安全威胁。

Questions one and two are based on the news report you have just heard.

问题一和问题二基于你刚刚听到的新闻报道。

Q1 What happened at one of Australia's largest gold mines?

Q1澳大利亚最大的金矿之一发生了什么？

Q2 What did the spokesperson say about the incident?

Q2发言人对该事件说了什么？

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