2010年真题 News Item Two-英语听力

[00:00.86]Iraqi lawmakers are expected to vote on the security agreement by Wednesday, [00:07.17]which will keep the US troops here until the end of 2011. [00:12.22]The parliament speaker said yesterday. After hours of heated debate, [00:17.82]speaker Mahmoud al Mashhadani announced that the vote is scheduled for Wednesday, [00:23.57]and can be put forward provided parties in the parliament would reach an agreement on the pact. [00:30.08]The long delayed agreement passed the Iraqi cabinet last week and went to the parliament for reviewing. [00:37.92]The vote date was originally set for tomorrow. [00:42.09]The security agreement will replace the UN mandate to grant US Military presence in Iraq legal status from 2009. [00:52.16]The US has agreed to pull troops out of Iraqi cities and towns by mid-2009 and leave Iraq by the end of 2011. [01:03.21]The Iraqi government wants the parliament to make the decision before lawmakers would set out for a pilgrimage trip to Mecca next week.