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1、 The castle which is located on 11,700 acres was leased to members of the royal family between 1848 and 1970, including King Edward VII and George V. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has issued more than 35 flood warnings covering several regions, as Scotland continues to clean up the afte

2、r Storm Frank hit the country last Wednesday. “This means that rivers will rise more slowly, but then stay high for much longer.” the environmental agency said.Q1. Why did John Gordon move out of Abergeldie castle?Q2. What happened in Scotland last Wednesday?Section A - 2Rescue efforts were underway

3、 Thursday morning for 17 miners who were stuck in an elevator below ground at a Cargill rock salt mine near Lansing, New York, according to Marcia Lynch.Public information officer with Tompkins Countys emergency response department, emergency workers have made contact with the miners via a radio. An

4、d they all appear to be uninjured, said Jessica Verfuss, the emergency departments assistant director.Crews have managed to provide heat packs and blankets to the miners so that they can keep warm during the rescue operation, Verfuss said. Details about what led to the workers being trapped in the e

5、levator went immediately available. The mine, along New Yorks Cayuga Lake, processes salt used for road treatment. It produces about 2 million tons of salt that is shipped to more than 1,500 places in the northeastern United States, the rock salt mine is one of three operated by Cargill with the oth

6、er two in Louisiana and Ohio.Q3. What does the news report say about the salt miners?Q4.What did the rescue team do?Section A - 3The U.S. Postal Service announced today that it is considering closing about 3,700 post offices over the next year because of falling revenues.Facing an $8.3 billion budge

7、t deficit this year, closing post officers is one of several proposals the Postal Service has put forth recently to cut costs. Last week, for example, Postmaster General Pat Donahoe announced plans to stop mail delivery on Saturdays, a move he says could save $3 billion annually.“We are losing reven

8、ue as we speak,” Donahoe said. “We do not want taxpayer money. We want to be self-sufficient. So like any other business you have to make choices.”Dean Granholm the vice president for delivery and post office operations said the first waves of closings would begin this fall. He estimated that about

9、3,000 postmasters, 500 station managers and between 500 and 1,000 postal clerks could lose their jobs.Q5.What is the U.S. Postal Service planning to do?Q6.What measure has been planned to save costs?Q7.What will happen when the proposed measure come into effect?Conversation 1A: Mrs. Hampton, weve go

10、t trouble in the press room this morning.B: Oh dear. What about? One of the press operators arrived an hour and a half late. But thats a straightforward affair. He will simply lose part of his pay. Thats why we have a clock-in system. But the point is the man was clocked-in at 8 oclock. We have John

11、 standing by the time clock, and he swears he saw nothing irregular. Is John reliable? Yes, he is. Thats why we chose him for the job. Have you spoken to the man who was late? Not yet. I thought Id have a word with you first. Hes a difficult man, and I think theres been some trouble on the shop floo

12、r. Ive got a feeling that trade union representative is behind this. The manager told me that Jack Greens been very active around the shop the last few days. Well, what do you want me to do? I was wondering if youd see Smith, the man who was late, because you are so much better at handling things li

13、ke this. Oh, alright. Ill see him. I must say I agree with you about there being bad feelings in the works. Ive had the idea for some time that Jack Greens been busy stirring things up in connection with the latest wage claim. Hes always trying to make trouble. Well, Ill get the manager to send Smit

14、h up here.Q8. What will happen to the press operator who was late for the work according to the woman?Q9. What does the man say about John who stands by the time clock?Q10. Why does the man suggest the woman see the worker who was late?Q11. What does the woman say about Jack Green?Conversation 2 Our topic today is about somethings that foreigners nearly always say when th