2016年英语四级听力慢速VOA练习

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2016年英语四级听力慢速VOA练习

　　练习一

　　The first black rhino in more than 25 years was born in northern Kenya this month.

　　It was born at the Sera Community Rhino Sanctuary.

　　The birth comes when poaching has put the black rhino on a list of animals that face extinction. Only about 5,000 black rhinos remain.

　　FILE - Rangers stand next to a black rhino about to be released out of a capture crate at the Sera Community Rhino Sanctuary in Samburu county, some 350 km north of the capital, Nairobi, May 20, 2015. A female black rhino also was transferred in May of 2015. A baby black rhino was born in Kenya in March.

　　Female black rhinos usually have one baby at a time. At birth, baby rhinos, called calves, weigh between 40 to 64 kilograms, according to the San Diego Zoo.

　　Conservationists in Kenya say they are pleased with the birth. But protecting the black rhinos is expensive. A sanctuary in east Africa estimates it costs between $10,000 and $15,000 to protect one rhino.

　　The Sera sanctuary is becoming a popular home for rhinos. The first rhinos were moved to Sera in 2015. The baby rhino's birth brought the population at the sanctuary to 11. Officials hope to bring 10 more rhinos to Sera this year.

　　White rhinos and black rhinos live in the grasslands and floodplains of eastern and southern Africa, according to the National Geographic Society.

　　I'm Jim Dresbach.

　　Jill Craig wrote this story for VOA News. Jim Dresbach adapted it for Learning English and VOANews.com. Kathleen Struck was the editor.

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　　Belgian security forces are continuing to search for a man seen with two suicide bombers in the airport and metro attacks in Brussels, Belgium.

　　At least 31 people were killed and 271 wounded. The Islamic State terrorist group is claiming responsibility for the attacks. A U.S. official told VOA there is no reason to doubt the claim.

　　Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw confirmed that two of the attackers were brothers -- Khalid and Ibrahim el-Bakraoui.

　　A woman and children sit and mourn for the victims of the bombings at the Place de la Bourse in the center of Brussels, Wednesday, March 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

　　On Tuesday, Belgian police released a photograph of three men taken from closed-circuit television at the airport. Van Leeuw said Ibrahim and an unidentified man, both wearing dark clothing, died in the airport attacks.

　　Security forces are now looking for the third person in the photo. The man was wearing a white jacket with a black hat.

　　Earlier, Belgian media reported the man was 25-year-old Najim Laachraoui and that he had been arrested. The report was later withdrawn, and Van Leeuw confirmed no one has been arrested in connection with the attacks.

　　Van Leew said Ibrahim also left a will in a trash can at the airport. And Khalid, the other brother, was the suicide bomber on a metro train at the Maelbeek station

　　Belgian broadcaster RTBF says the el-Bakraoui brothers were known to police and had criminal records, but no history of terrorist activity. It said Khalid el-Bakraoui used a false name to rent an apartment in Brussels that police raided last week.

　　They also found weapons and a fingerprint for Salah Abdeslam, the main suspect in the deadly bombings in Paris November 13. He was arrested Friday.

　　Moment of silence

　　On Wednesday, people in Brussels honored the victims of the bombings with a minute of silence. Then, they began clapping in a defiant show of solidarity. One person yelled "Long live the Belgians!" which caused more clapping.

　　Officials said there would be no flights into or out of the airport at least through Thursday. In a statement, they said "until we can assess the damage, we are unable to confirm when operations at the airport can be resumed."

　　I'm Christopher Jones-Cruise.

　　Lisa Bryant and William Gallo reported this story. Christopher Jones-Cruise adapted it for VOA Learning English. Hai Do was the editor.

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