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1、2013届高考英语听力特训3（word文本）：03IBM,followingtheleadofGeneralMotors,announcedtodayit'spullingoutofSouthAfrica.LikeGeneralMotors,IBMsaysit'ssellingitsSouthAfricanholdingsbecauseofthepoliticalandeconomicsituationthere.Anti-apartheidgroupshavepraisedthedecision,buttheStateDepa
2、rtmentsaysbusinesspulloutsareregrettable.SpokesmanCharlesRedmondsaidtodaytheReaganAdministrationbelievesUScorporateinvolvementinSouthAfricahasbeenaprogressiveforceagainstapartheid."WeregretanydecisiontoreduceUSprivatesectorinvolvementinSouthAfrica.Suchreductionscould
3、haveharmfuleffectsonblackworkers,injuretheSouthAfricaneconomywhichhas,onthewhole,weakenedthepremisesofapartheidandprovidedameansofimprovingthelivingstandardsandskillsofmanypeopleotherwisedisadvantagedbyapartheid,anditmightlimittheextentofUSinfluenceinSouthAfrica."Sta
4、teDepartmentspokesmanCharlesRedmond.IBMemployssome1,500peopleinSouthAfrica.MorethanfiftyblackyouthswerearrestedtodayinHarare,Zimbabwe,whenpolicebrokeupdemonstrationsatSouthAfricanofficesandtheUSembassy.JulieFredricksreports."Agroupofmorethanathousandstudentsandyouths
5、causedthousandsofdollarsofdamagebyburningandstoningtheofficesoftheSouthAfricantrademission,SouthAfricanAirways,AirMalawi,andtheMalawianHighCommission.ThedemonstratorssuspectedSouthAfricancomplicityintheplanecrashthatkilledMozambiquanPresidentMachelinSouthAfricaandbla
6、medMalawiforsupportingthePretoria-backedinsurgentsthatareattackingMozambique.Zimbabweangovernmentofficialsappealedforcalm,andastatementfromPrimeMinisterMugabejustbackfromatriptoLondonisexpectedtomorrow.ForNationalPublicRadio,thisisJulieFredricksinHarare.PresidentReag
7、anmetforaboutanhourtodaywithWestGermanChancellorHelmutKohlattheWhiteHouse.KohlisthefirstEuropeanLeadertovisitthePresidentsincetheReykjaviksummit.USofficialssayKohlexpressedsupportforthePresident'sSDIprogram.WestGermanChancellorHelmutKohlisinWashingtonD.C.forfourdayso
8、fmeetings.AmongtheissuesonhisagendaareeconomicrelationswiththeUSandGermany'spolicytowardssouthernAfrica.Buttoday,Kohl'stalkwithPres
