[15:49.22]Section C NEWS BROADCAST
[15:51.96]In this section,
[15:53.49]you will hear everything ONCE ONLY.
[15:55.79]Listen carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
[15:59.51]Question 6 is based on the following news.
[16:03.55]At the end of the news item,
[16:05.52]you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[16:09.02]Now listen to the news.
[16:11.10]Up to yesterday, China had raised an estimated US $ 65.3 million
[16:19.41]in government, charitable and public donations.
[16:22.47]The number will rise as more organizations report figures.
[16:27.18]Premier Wen Jiabao flew to Indonesia to attend a summit
[16:32.34]organized by the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
[16:37.26]More than 20 heads of state or government
[16:40.77]and representatives of international organizations
[16:44.37]will also be in attendance to discuss the aid efforts
[16:47.87]to help Asia’s quake-tsunami-hit countries.
[17:02.32]Question 7 is based on the following news.
[17:05.38]At the end of the news item,
[17:06.92]you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[17:10.20]Now listen to the news.
[17:12.61]A fire broke out in a Buenos Aires nightclub,
[17:17.31]which packed with young revelers celebrating the New Year holidays.
[17:21.35]It killed at least 175 people when a crowd was trapped by locked doors,
[17:28.46]officials said on Friday.
[17:30.21]At least 619 people were injured in the blaze,
[17:34.48]after a flare fired into the club’s ceiling during a rock concert.
[17:38.64]The blaze may have claimed more victims
[17:41.59]because four of the club’s six doors were inexplicably tied shut with wire.
[17:59.21]Questions 8 and 9 are based on the following news.
[18:03.36]At the end of the news item,
[18:05.44]you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[18:08.39]Now listen to the news.
[18:10.47]An official from the Philippines’ Presidential palace says
[18:16.59]the government is still functional
[18:18.46]after the resignations of 10 cabinet ministers.
[18:21.51]The official told reporters Saturday that President Gloria Arroyo
[18:25.89]has not been found guilty of any wrongdoing
[18:28.95]and will continue to run the government according to the constitution.
[18:33.00]He said forcing her to step down before she is declared innocent or guilty
[18:38.36]would be more damaging for the country than the current uncertainty.
[18:42.62]The Philippines’ Army on Saturday lowered the high state of alert
[18:47.55]to normal level in the capital Manila.
[18:50.39]On Friday, ten out of 24 cabinet members resigned
[18:54.99]from the government including the Finance Secretary,
[18:58.16]asking Arroyo to step down.
[19:00.34]The same day, the President reiterated that she wouldn’t resign,
[19:04.83]adding that she would unveil a new cabinet in a couple of days.
[19:08.44]Arroyo has been plunged into a political crisis by allegations
[19:13.79]that she conspired with election officials
[19:16.64]to fix last year’s presidential elections.
[19:39.83]Question 10 is based on the following news.
[19:42.89]At the end of the news item,
[19:44.86]you will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
[19:49.13]Now listen to the news.
[19:51.12]Luxembourg goes to the polls on Sunday in last referendum
[19:57.21]on the draft of EU constitution of 2005.
[20:01.04]Luxembourg’s Prime Minster Jean Claude Juncker vows to resign
[20:06.18]if the country says “no” to the treaty,
[20:08.92]which is aimed at streamlining decision-making in Europe
[20:12.64]after the trading bloc enlarged from 15 to 25 member states.
[20:17.78]French and Dutch voters have already sent
[20:21.45]a resounding “no” to European leaders
[20:24.52]that they do not want the 448-article treaty.
[20:28.67]Opinion polls taken in July last month indicate
[20:32.83]that the poll could go either way.
[20:35.13]Opinion polls are banned during the month prior to the election.
[20:39.17]Luxembourg’s parliament ratified the treaty
[20:42.99]in its first reading on June 28th,
[20:45.95]but a second reading will be axed if the voters say no.
