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听力练习

1.

A.‘Reiwa’waschosenasnameforruleofnewJapaneseemperor.

B.JapaneseEmperorAkihitoleavestheposition.

C.CrownPrinceNaruhitowillbecomeemperor.

D.JapaneseeranameshavecomefromChineseclassicliterature.

2.

A.OnMonday.

B.OnMay1.

C.OnApril30.

D.OnMay2.

听力原文

JapaneseofficialshavechosenanamefortheperiodofruleofJapan'sincomingemperor.ChiefCabinetSecretaryYoshihideSugaannouncedthenameonMondayinTokyo.CrownPrinceNaruhitowillbecomeemperoronMay1,onedayafterJapaneseEmperorAkihitoleavestheposition.Thiswillbeonlythesecondtimeinnearly100yearsthatJapanhaswelcomedanewera.AlthoughuseoftheeraisnotrequiredbyJapaneselaw,itiswidelyusedongovernmentandbusinesspapers,calendarsandotherdocuments.Thecurrentera,knownas"Heisei"underEmperorAkihito,haslasted30years.Thetermisoftendefinedasmeaning"peaceprevailseverywhere."Duringthatperiod,Japanhasnotbeeninvolvedinawar,buthasexperiencednaturaldisastersandeconomictroubles.Theneweraistobecalled"Reiwa."Itwaschosenbyagroupappointedbythegovernmentfromnamessuggestedbyscholars.RulesrequirethatthenamehavetwoJapanesecharacters,knownasKanji,whichareeasilyreadandwrittenbutareunusualorliteraryinnature.Thefirstcharactercanbedefinedtomean"order"andthesecondas"harmony"or"peace."Overmorethanonethousandyears,JapaneseeranameshavecomefromChineseclassicliterature.

Question1:What’sthemainideaofthisnewsreport?

Question2:Accordingtothenewsreport,whenwillJapaneseEmperorAkihitoleavetheposition?

重点词汇

1.emperor:amalerulerofanempire皇帝

2.cabinet:asmallgroupofthemostimportantpeopleingovernment,whoadvisethePresidentorPrimeMinisterandmakeimportantdecisions内阁

3.era:aperiodoftimeofwhichparticulareventsorstagesofdevelopmentaretypical时代；年代

4.prevail:tobecommonamongagroupofpeopleorareaataparticulartime流行，盛行

5.Kanji:aJapanesewritingsystemthatusesChinesesymbols（日语中使用的）汉字体系

6.

背景知识

令和，日本新年号。出自《万叶集·梅之花之歌·序文·32首》中的于时初春令月，气淑风和"。2019年4月1日，日本官房长官菅义伟宣布，令和"被选为日本新年号。2019年5月1日零时，日本将开始启用令和"为年号。2019年4月30日，日本明仁将退位，2019年5月1日，皇太子德仁将即位新，日本将开始正式启用新年号令和"。令和"的出处虽然是日本古籍《万叶集》第五卷《梅花歌卅二首并序》中的于时初春令月，气淑风和"，但这句诗也是化用了东汉张衡的《归田赋》于是仲春令月，时和气清。

参考答案

Question1:A

Question2:C