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BBC新闻听力100篇News Item 1The Japanese government has played down concern about a possible nuclear meltdown, followinga big explosion at a nuclear power station in the north of the country. The blast occurred a day after thearea was hit by a powerful earthquake and tsunami. A top government of cial, Yukio Edano, said a steelcontainer encasing the nuclear reactor had not been ruptured by the blast.News Item 2Fifty thousand Japanese military personnel had been ordered to join the huge rescue and reliefoperation following the earthquake and tsunami. More than 1,000 people are feared dead. About 400 bodieswere found in the town of Rikuzentakata, and Japanese media reports say 10,000 people are unaccountedfor in Minamisanriku. Damian Grammaticas in the port of Sendai says the scenes of devastation there areastonishing.News Item 3International disaster relief teams have been sent to Japan. The United Nations said a nine strong UNteam of experts would include several Japanese speakers. Britain said it was sending expert assistance afterreceiving a request from Japan. Singapore is also deploying an urban search and rescue team. Americanforces stationed in Japan have already been involved in rescue operations, and more than 50 territories andcountries have offered assistance.News Item 4As ofcials in Japan struggle to assess the extent of the damage following the tsunami caused by amassive earthquake, its been announced that some 300 people are known to have been killed and morethan 500 are unaccounted for in the area around the northern coastal city of Sendai. The 8.9-magnitudequake, the biggest ever recorded in Japan, sent a wave of water several meters high sweeping far inland.Its epicenter was about 130km off Japans east coast. In the capital Tokyo, several hundred kilometersaway, buildings swayed violently during the quake, which was followed by a series of powerfulaftershocks.News Item 5Slowly but relentlessly, Colonel Gaddafis forces seem to be winning the battle for Ras Lanuf.Oppositionghters are still in the town, but they are under intense pressure. The bombing from governmentwarplanes continued today, and theres a big plume of smoke from the oil installation which was hit acouple of days ago. Theres no sign of either the rebel ghters or the local population beginning to ee thearea. If Ras Lanuf falls, it brings the frontline closer to the main opposition-held city of Benghazi. BBC听力材料：London Life Anna: Hello, I”m Anna Jones and this is London Life.Now have you ever wondered where those characters you seeinfilms like Toy Story and The Incredibles come from? Wellnows yourchance to find out. The Pixar exhibitioncelebrating 20 years ofanimation recently opened at theScience Museum here in London.An animated film is one inwhich drawings of people and animals seemto move suchas the characters like Buzz Lightyear in Toy StoryorElastagirl in The Incredibles. In its exhibiton, theanimationcompany Pixar decided it wanted to take peoplebehind the scenes toreveal theprocess of how these animated characters appear onourcinema screens. Rob Warren is the curator of the exhibitionandhe explains one of the ways in which Pixar aimed toshow the linkbetween its artwork andthe finished animated film. What does Robsay happens tothe artworks?Theyve actually taken the art works on display in allthegalleries, the rough un- finished artworks, put them inthecomputer,choppedthemupinthecomputerandactuallymadealoopof film with them and using the sound effects fromeach particular movie. And the way they tell the story ofthese art pieces is bypretendingitsagallerywallsoeachpictureisonagallerywall,and the camera dips inand out of each one, and as the camera dipsin, the imagecomes to life and they tell a little story within it.Anna: Rob says that Pixar has taken the rough or theunfinishedartworks and put them in the computer, choppedor cut them and madethem into a loop of film with soundeffects from the film. Soundeffects are usually, but notalways, sounds that are madeartificially they are notreal but sound very realistic. Forexample heres a soundeffect of water which may or may not havebeen made at thesea:Anna: Now heres Rob again - this time try to listen outforhow these art pieces tell a story.Theyve actually taken the art works on display in allthegalleries, the rough un- finished artworks, put them inthecomputer,choppedthemupinthecomputerandactuallymadealoopof film with them and using the soundeffects from each particularmovie. And the way they tellthe story of these art pieces is bypretendingitsagallerywallsoeachpictureisonagallerywall,and thecamera dips in and out of each one, and as the camera dipsin, the image comes to life and they tell a little storywithin it.Anna: Rob tell us that each picture is placed on agallery walland the camera “dips in and out” of eachone. As the camera doesthis, theimagecomes to lifeandit tells astory.The verbto “dipinto” something meansto have a quick look at something. You candip into a filmor a book which means that you only read small partsof itShe meant to read the whole book but only managed to dip inandout of it when she found the time.I have only had time to dip into the reportAnna: Rob goes onto talk about the visitors to the Pixarexhibition. As you listentry to answer this question.Does he think the exhibition allow children to interact orworkwith the exhibits? Usually at museums there are someareas which arevery interactive children can pressbuttons or work withexhibits to learn more about them? Isthe Pixar exhibitioninteractive?Because of the nature of the material being flat art workor 3-Dsculptures I really felt it didnt lend itself towhizz banginteractives. So its a little bit lessinteractive than someexhibitions. But what weve alsodone were entertaining the children butwerealsobringinginanewaudienceandImquitepleased aboutthat were bringing in a lot of art and designstudentsas well as older adult groups.Anna: Well Rob says that the material or exhibits intheexhibition are flat art work or 3 dimensional sculptures ifsomething is 3 dimensional then it appears to havelength, width anddepth. Because they are flat art work or3-D then he felt theexhibition wasnotappropriateforlotsofinteractivity hesaysthe exhibition “did notlend itself to to whizzbang interactives.If something is described as “whizzbang” then it means that itis very exciting and fun towork with. But even though theexhibition is not veryinteractive Rob is pleased with it for adifferent reason.What is he pleased about? Listen again .Because of the nature of the material being flat art workor 3-Dsculptures I really felt it didnt lend itself towhizz banginteractives. So its a little bit lessinteractive than someexhibitions. But what weve alsodone were entertaining thechildren butwerealsobringinginanewaudienceandImquitepleased aboutthat were bringing in a lot of art and design studentsas well as older adult groups.Anna: Well Rob is pleased because the exhibition hasbrought inor attracted a new audience including studentsof art and design.Well, thats all for today - join usnext time.