2008年真题 New Item Two-英语听力

[00:00.65]U.S. President George W. Bush will layout his new policy for Iraq Wednesday night in a TV speech. [00:08.59]However, some details of the policy have been leaked to the media. [00:13.51]National oil law: a date is to be announced for the release of a national oil law in Iraq. [00:21.42]The law will give the Iraqi central government the power to distribute current [00:26.48]and future oil revenues to provinces and regions, based on their population size. [00:32.60]The achievement of a fair distribution of oil revenue is seen as a corner stone of Iraqi security. [00:40.14]More troops: the U.S. now has 132,000 troops in Iraq. [00:47.14]The number will temporarily be increased by 20,000. [00:51.51]A renewed construction package costing up to 1 billion U.S. dollars is also to be announced. [00:58.87]The money is to help create jobs and boost the Iraqi economy. [01:04.56]Young Iraqis are to be encouraged to participate in the country's reconstruction by cleaning the streets and repairing schools.