2017年冲刺高考CRI英语听力素材练习（word）：Fighting Continues in Mali
<p> <span word="Fighting">Fighting</span> <span word="raged">raged</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Mali">Mali</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Thursday">Thursday</span>, <span word="air">air</span> <span word="strikes">strikes</span> <span word="hit">hit</span> <span word="another">another</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="army">army</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="raced">raced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="third">third</span>, <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="seventh">seventh</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="French">French</span>-<span word="led">led</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="intervention">intervention</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="wrest">wrest</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="Mali">Mali</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="north">north</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="al">al</span> <span word="Qaida">Qaida</span>-<span word="linked">linked</span> <span word="groups">groups</span>.</p><p> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="arriving">arriving</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Malian">Malian</span> <span word="capital">capital</span>, <span word="Bamako">Bamako</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="fight">fight</span> <span word="Islamists">Islamists</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="north">north</span>.</p><p> <span word="Colonel">Colonel</span> <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="Mounkaila">Mounkaila</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ECOWAS">ECOWAS</span> <span word="official">official</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Niger">Niger</span>.</p><p> "<span word="We">We</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="happy">happy</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="soldiers">soldiers</span> <span word="disembarking">disembarking</span> <span word="onto">onto</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soil">soil</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Mali">Mali</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="promise">promise</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="here">here</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> 18<span word="th">th</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="January">January</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="kept">kept</span>."</p><p> <span word="Meanwhile">Meanwhile</span>, <span word="Malian">Malian</span> <span word="Foreign">Foreign</span> <span word="Minister">Minister</span> <span word="Tieman">Tieman</span> <span word="Coulibaly">Coulibaly</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="resources">resources</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="insufficient">insufficient</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="repel">repel</span> <span word="Islamic">Islamic</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="West">West</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p> <span word="European">European</span> <span word="Union">Union</span> <span word="members">members</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="train">train</span> <span word="Malian">Malian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="forces">forces</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="fighting">fighting</span> <span word="Islamist">Islamist</span> <span word="rebels">rebels</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="war">war</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mali">Mali</span> <span word="spilled">spilled</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="borders">borders</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="mission">mission</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="comprise">comprise</span> <span word="about">about</span> 200 <span word="military">military</span> <span word="trainers">trainers</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="security">security</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span>.</p><p> <span word="At">At</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="China">China</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="asked">asked</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Malian">Malian</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="nationals">nationals</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="embassies">embassies</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Mali">Mali</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="neighboring">neighboring</span> <span word="Algeria">Algeria</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="keeping">keeping</span> <span word="close">close</span> <span word="contact">contact</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="concerned">concerned</span> <span word="personnel">personnel</span>, <span word="enterprises">enterprises</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="organizations">organizations</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="necessary">necessary</span> <span word="consular">consular</span> <span word="assistance">assistance</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protection">protection</span>.</p>
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