墨尔本PTE素材库——Leigh Creek Closure

墨尔本PTE素材库——Leigh Creek Closure

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这段报道主要讲述了南澳一个名为Leigh Creek的煤矿关闭，导致其附近的小镇居民也只能全部搬走，小镇也即将消失的事件。Leigh Creek是一个大型煤矿，拥有几千雇员，附近的小镇居民基本全是煤矿的员工及家人，以及小镇的配套设施如学校的工作人员。随着该煤矿资源的枯竭，其利润已经不够支持煤矿的运作了。所以Leigh Creek煤矿被关闭了，而随之而来的就是几千雇员的失业，以及很多失业员工选择搬迁离开此地。

澳大利亚语言学院，定期会整理、发布一些非常具有参考意义的PTE Academic素材。由于这些视频/音频的话题种类符合PTE官方所给出的Question Criteria，所以能给各位PTE的考生提供大量的练习素材，同时也能帮助大家提升英语能力！如果能够合理的运用这些素材，摘录学习vocabulary和一些native的表达，那么对于听力阅读写作口语这四项的提升帮助都非常大！

对于这篇Leigh Creek Closure而言，是一篇很好的听力练习材料，大家可以尝试定位一些关键信息。

例如：

• Why did Leigh Creek coal mine shut down?
•  How many kids in the school will have to move?
• Where are they moving to?

怎么样，都能流利的回答吗？试着像PTE考试那样，用口语，直接流利的回答问题吧！如果觉得有点难，可以借助Full Transcript来完善你的答案哦！当然啦，第一遍回答问题的时候，不建议参考transcript哦~ 这样就无法真正的练习啦！

【Key Vocabulary】

be forced to 被迫，被强迫于

mine n. 矿，矿藏，矿山，矿井

local n. 当地人，本地人

outback n. 内陆

coal n. 煤

shut down 关闭，停止

for good 永久的

Full Transcript

Now imagine being told that nearly everyone you know will soon be forced to move away. That’s what’s just happened to the kids of Leigh Creek in South Australia. The mine that employs most of the people in the town has just closed down meaning the community will soon disappear too. Here’s Amelia with more.

o these kids, this country town is the only home they’ve ever known!

KIDS: It’s in the outback.

KIDS: It takes six hours to get there.

It’s called Leigh Creek and it’s here in South Australia. Locals say it’s a pretty nice place to live!

KIDS: My house is right near the outback, we have a gate and we can see the sun rising every morning.

Most people in Leigh Creek live here because of this – a big coal mine a few kays out of the town. For more than 70 years it’s employed thousands of mine workers who came here from all over Australia; even across the world. Over the years, the coal mine has helped create power for the whole state and as more people moved to Leigh Creek for work, a school was built for all the new kids.

But now the kids of Leigh Creek are about to face some big changes. The mine is getting old and it isn’t making enough money to stay open, so last week it shut down for good. For many kids in the town that means their parents won’t have jobs here anymore.

BOYS: For people that’ve been working there for 50 years; I reckon they’d be pretty sad it’s their last shift.

And it means they’ll have to move away.

BOYS: Since the mine’s shut down, they need to move so their parents can make money and have a decent life.

KIDS: Sad, sad, sad that I’m losing all my friends and we’ll have to move. Same.

Out of 100 kids at the Leigh Creek area school, more than half will have to move to a new city or town.

KIDS: Some people are moving to Western Australia and I’m also moving to Queensland.

For them, it’ll mean a new school, new friends and a new life away from Leigh Creek.

KIDS: I’ll miss riding with my friends, just us two friends and going out to creeks.

That’s why they’ve made this video.

VIDEO: To some people it might just be a town but to me it’s a home.

It’s giving them a chance to talk about how they feel and tell other kids about what’s going on too.

VIDEO: I’ve lived here all my life and I can’t imagine living somewhere else.

BOYS: It’s gonna be pretty sad, but if we make a movie, people will remember Leigh Creek and remember all the good times.

SCHOOLKIDS: We went to the pool last week and we did some filming and we’re just looking at some of the videos that we made.

VIDEO: When Leigh Creek shuts down I think I’ll miss my friends the most.

Even though it’s a big change, the kids of Leigh Creek are all doing what they can to help each other through.

KIDS: I’m scared that I’m going to be making new friends and all that, but one door closes and another one opens.

And no matter where they end up, they’ll never forget their special home in the outback.

(Source: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4355251.htm)