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1、2020;2020届高考英语听力特训3（word文本）：15American reporter Nicholas Daniloff arrived back in the United States today, and accused Soviet spy, Gennadi Zakharov, left for the Soviet Union. Administration officials insisted that there is no connection between the two as they announce plans for a meeting in Icelan
2、d, October 11th and 12th, between President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev. We have two reports on todays developments. First, NPRs Jim Angle at the White House. The preparatory meeting in Iceland was proposed by Secretary Gorbachev in a letter to President Reagan September 19. Secretary Shultz
3、said, today, the meeting will give the two leaders an opportunity to give a special push to preparations for a full-fledged summit later this year in the United States. President Reagan made clear his agreement to the meeting came after an agreement between the two nations on how to resolve the Dani
4、loff affair. The release of Daniloff made the meeting possible. I could not have accepted and held that meeting if he was still being held. But the President and others insisted that Daniloffs release without trial had no connection with Gennadi Zakharov, the accused Soviet spy who was allowed to pl
5、ead no contest to espionage charges today and ordered out of the country. Secretary Shultz tied Zakharovs departure to the Soviet agreement to release human rights activist, Yuri Orlov, and allow him and his wife to emigrate. Im Jim Angle, at the White House.The Vatican today denounced all homosexua
6、l activity as morally evil and said homosexuals should be taught that their sexual practices are unacceptable to the Catholic church. The document was relayed to Catholic bishops and restates the churchs position that homosexual tendencies are not sinful but activity is. This is NPR in Washington.Un
7、iversity of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Dresell resigned today, another victim of the cocaine-induced death of basketball star Len Bias. Paul Guggenheimer reports. Dresells resignation came as no surprise today. In recent weeks, advisors to Maryland Chancellor John Slaughter and some members of
8、the Board of Regents were pushing for Dresells removal. This morning, at Marylands Cole Field House, Dresell made it official. I want to announce that I am stepping down as the head basketball coach at Maryland. I will remain at Maryland in the position of Assistant Athletic Director. The University
9、 has agreed to honor the financial terms of my contract, which has 8 years remaining. Dresell coached basketball at Maryland for 17 years, but following Biass death, Dresell told a Grand Jury that he ordered an assistant to remove evidence of drug use from Biass room, and subsequent revelations that
10、 his players were having academic problems proved to be Dresells undoing. For National Public Radio, Im Paul Guggenheimer in Washington.American journalist, Nicholas Daniloff, returned to the United Stated today, a free man. He walked off a plane at Dulles Airport outside Washington late this aftern
11、oon after a months detention in the Soviet Union. Daniloff had these words for members of his family and journalists at the airport:There is always a silver lining in every cloud. In Russian, Nyet Kuda bisdabra. And I believe that the cloud that hung over Soviet-American affairs is dissipating. I un
12、derstand that the President is going to meet with Mr. Gorbachev shortly in Iceland, and this to me, is a wonderful thing. In my case, the investigation into the charges against me was concluded. There was no trial, and I left as an ordinary, free American citizen. In Zakharovs case, there was a tria
13、l, and he received a sentence. Im sorry I dont remember the exact terms of the sentence, and he left. I do not believe that these two things are in any way equivalent.NPRs Richard Gonzalez is at Dulles Airport now.Richard, what was the mood of Daniloff and his family when he arrived?Well, the Danilo
14、ffs enjoyed a rather emotional reunion here at Dulles Airport. Daniloff was cheerfully greeted by his daughter Miranda and his son, Caleb. They celebrated his arrival with a bottle of champagne. And they bought a dozen of yellow roses for their father. Caleb presented his father with a T-shirt that
15、had been printed to say Free Nick Daniloff and now had been amended to say Freed Nick Daniloff, which Daniloff displayed with obvious relish to the cameramen and photographers who were gathered there.What seemed most on Daniloffs mind when he spoke with reporters today?Well, as you heard him say, Da
16、niloff seemed very, very relieved that his own personal honor and integrity as a journalist had been preserved in the negotiations that had freed him. And he repeated once or twice that that he felt that he had not been traded for Zakharov as a spy.Is there any chance Daniloff who is completing a second tour as a journalist in Moscow will return to the Soviet Union?Well, Daniloff told us that he left the Soviet Union wi
