2008年真题 New Item One-英语听力

[00:00.36]The New Year celebrations in Thailand were shattered by violence, [00:05.66]when 9 bombs exploded across Bangkok around midnight. [00:11.87]Three Thai citizens were killed and more than 30 injured. [00:17.37]No terrorist group claimed responsibility for the bombings by Tuesday. [00:24.28]Some believe the explosions were the work of Muslim separatists. [00:29.91]Bombings and shootings occur almost daily in Thailand's three southernmost provinces: [00:37.99]Yala, Narathiwat and Purtonia have a dominant Muslim population [00:44.85]and have long complained of neglect and discrimination in the largely Buddhist nation. [00:51.54]They have asked for an independence and separate Islamic state. [00:57.02]Since 2004, the insurgences have carried out numerous attacks in the south, [01:04.07]and more than 1,900 people have been killed. [01:08.96]The Thai government has been unable to curb the violence, though thousands of troops have been sent to the south.