UNIT 4 Statements and Comments
Section A
1. expressed concern            2. apologized, remarks
3. denied charges, warned    4.condemned
5.called for                    6.threatened, accused, of
7.deeply troubled                8.allegations, baseless
9. reiterated                    10.stressed the importance
Section B
1. The Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper has announced the construction of two military facilities in the Arctic and a move to assert his country’s sovereignty over the contested region, which is estimated to contain billions of dollars of oil and gas deposits.
2. A speaker purporting to be al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is accusing the US and the European Union of backing a war against Islam.
3. The former president of Iran Mohammad Khatami says American attempts to impose western-style democracy on the Middle East are flawed because democracy is not something that can be exported.
4. The Pentagon has issued a memo to rebut the criticism from several retired generals who called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign.
5. British Prime Minister Tony Blair says his country is taking tough new measures to fight extremism following last month’s deadly terrorist attacks in London.
Answer： 1.B  2.D  3A  4D  5C
Section C
Item 1 Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country is prepared to help Kyrgyzstan’s n
ew leaders establish stability in the wake of a political upheaval. Mr. Putin made these comments today following a telephone discussion with Kyrgyzstan’s opposition leader Kurmanbek Bakiyev who was appointed by parliament to lead an interim government. Kyrgyzstan’s new leaders are trying to restore order after two days of massive looting and street violence that left at least three people dead and injured many more.
Answer：1-(B, D)  2-(A, D)      3-(G)      4-(E)
Item 2 British officials in Iran have denied allegations of any British involvement in violence in the southwestern province of Khuzestan where at least four people were killed in two bomb attacks on Saturday. The British embassy in Tehran condemned the attacks and said Britain rejected allegations linking it to terrorist outrages. Several Iranian officials have made statements implicating British troops stationed across the border inside southern Iraq in the bombings and in previous attacks earlier this year which killed 10 people.
Answer：
Task1：1F  2F  3F  4T  5F
Task2: 1.embassy  rejected  linking to  2.Iranian officials  implicating  bombings      previous attacks
Item 3 For the first time, President Bush has said it could be accurate to compare the recent escalation of violence in Iraq to the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive marked a strong downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bush spoke in an ABC TV interview in which he addressed increased violence in Iraq. The comparison of the insurgency in Iraq to the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was made in a column by Tom Friedman in the New York Times.
Answer：
1. The 1968 Tet Offensive (during the Vietnam War.) 
2. Downturn in public support for both the Vietnam War and then-President 
3. Increased violence in Iraq.
4. The New York Times. 
5. A column writer /a columnist
Section D
Item 1 Iran’s president is denying reports he gave an interview to an Arab newspaper in which he threatened to halt oil sales if Tehran was referred to the United Nations Security Council. I ran’s Presidential Media Department made that denial in a statement issued today in a reaction to an article published in the Khaleej Times. Earlier today the United Arab Emirates-based newspaper reported that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened in an interview to stope oil sales if Iran is sent to the council for its nuclear activities.The reports from a French news agency say the repoter is astonished by the denial, but the news agency say also says,the publisher of the newspaper says the c0nfusion may be due to the reporter not adequately identifying herself as a journalist.
Answerreaction to a book or an article：
1.denying  2.halt oil sales  3.refered to 4.nuclear activities  5.Media  6.made that denial  7.reaction  8. French news agency  9. astonished
Item 2 South Korea and Japan say they have not detected any radioactivity to confirm North Korea’s claim that it conducted an underground nuclear test on Monday. Late Friday unnamed U.S. official said U.S.aircraft have detected traces of radiation in the airsamples collected near the suspected North Korea test site ,but they stressed no final determination had been made .World of the latest findings comes as the UN Security Council members continue to hammer out details of a draft resolution was expected Saturday .The UN draft resolution includes economic and weapons sanctions against North Korea, including a travel ban and financial restriction .

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