英语与新闻ppt演讲.doc

1、Hello, everyone, I am glad to be able to stand here today to share with you the latest news.I am not good at English, if the play is not good please bear with me.First, let us look at a foreign news.Have you seen a movie in 1997 called the Titanic?Do you know this year is the Titanic shipwreck 100th anniversary?Lets look at news. ****Titanics dead mourned 100 years later in poignant ceremony at sinking site At the shrill sound of a ships whistle in the North Atlantic, relatives of some of the more than 1,500 people who died when the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg remembered their ancestors in a poignant ceremony a century later. On a still, starry night and with little glare from the moon, the memorial cruise ship MS Balmoral floated above the wreckage of the famous unsinkable luxury liner precisely 100 years to the day it foundered. The ship, the biggest in the world at the time, foundered in frigid Atlantic waters off Newfoundland on April 15, 1912. On Saturday, Balmorals ships whistle pierced the air at 11.40 pm, the exact time the Titanic hit the iceberg, followed by a two-minute silence. Most of Balmorals 1,300 passengers then squeezed onto the deck for a service and hymns, and to watch three wreaths be thrown into the calm waters at 2.20am Sunday morning, the moment she sank. Next let us have a vidio see （视频） 2、Well, let us now to look concerned about the national news.First is that the recent economic situation in China. ****China loosens currency controls on the yuan From Monday, the yuan can fluctuate up to 1% in trading against the US dollar from a fixed price set by the central bank, the Peoples Bank of China said. That is up from the previous limit of 0.5%. The increase of the trading band was announced in English, a rare statement that suggests it was targeted at foreign audiences. China has been under pressure to let the yuan appreciate. Nations like the US believe that China keeps the yuan artificially low to boost its exports, giving i