English Listening Materials
Title : Japan
Remembers Nagasaki (65th anniversary
of atomic bombing in Japan)
Source : www.bbclearnenglish.com
©bbclearnenglish.com
1. Script:
“Words in the News” from bbclearnenglish.com
:
A choir of
survivors of the nuclear attack performed a song as the ceremony began,
called Never Again. And at two minutes past 11 a bell tolled, to mark
the moment the bomb fell on Nagasaki
65 years ago. The crowd stood in silence.
Among the survivors and the families
of the dead were the representatives of more than thirty countries. They
heard Nagasaki's
mayor call for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
Last week the United
States sent its Ambassador to Japan,
John Roos, to the ceremony at Hiroshima
for the first time. But he did not attend the memorial in Nagasaki.
The
bombing in 1945 killed more than 70,000 people in the city.
Within
a week Japan
surrendered, bringing an end to the war in the Pacific.
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Vocabulary and definitions
Choir: a group of people who sing together,
usually in church
Ceremony:
formal event to mark a
special occasion
Tolled:
rang slowly and
repeatedly
Bomb: exploding weapon (in this case, one with
the power to destroy a city)
Survivors:
people who have lived
through an event where they came close to death
Representatives:
people acting officially
for other groups
Mayor: the elected leader of a town or city
Elimination:
removal
Memorial:
event or statue to
remember the people who have died – in this case it is an event
Surrendered:
stopped fighting and
admitted defeat
2. Sample of Exercise (intended for the
Indonesian students of English)
- At what time was the bell tolled to mark the moment of bombing?
- Who was sent by the United States to the ceremony at Hiroshima?
- Did he attend the memorial in Nagasaki?
- How many people were killed in the atomic bombing in 1945?
- What did the atomic bombing imply to the pacific war?
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