News in Detail
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
For the past few weeks, the United States and the Soviet Union have been expelling each other's diplomats almost everyday.
(2)
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of five Americans yesterday. In retaliation the United States ordered out the equal number of Soviet diplomats today.
(3)
State Department spokesman Charles Redman focused on the most positive aspects of the retaliations and said both countries should carry them on.
(4)
The withdrawal of Soviet citizens working for American Embassy in Moscow and the Consulate in Leningrad will put the American diplomats in the Soviet Union into difficult conditions.
(5)
The United States used to have two hundred fifty-one staff members in the Soviet Union, but recently the number was increased because the US government foresaw the possibility of the diplomatic expulsion war.
(6)
The United States believed that it has won in the expulsion war because the Soviets are left with a substantially smaller presence in the United States, which will make it much easier to clamp down on Soviet intelligence activities.
2. Fill in the blanks and find out what the United States and the Soviet Union have done to each other in the diplomatic expulsion war.
(1) The United States:
a. On
the United States ordered out
Soviet
.
b. It also expelled
Soviet
to equal the number of
now stationed
.
c. In September
Soviets were expelled from
.
(2) The Soviet Union:
a. Last
, the Soviet Union expelled
American
.
b. Yesterday the Soviets
all the Soviet citizens working for
and
, a total of
. These people worked as
,
,
,
and
in
.
c. Yesterday the Soviets in their last retaliation ordered the
of
more Americans.
3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) When the US called a truce today the US government would limit
given to the
of the Soviet Union.
(2) According to Redman, the most positive aspects of the retaliations was
as
of the consequences of this diplomatic expulsion.
(3) One of the consequences of this diplomatic expulsion war is some fairly
in the pattern of US personnel in the Soviet Union, as the US Embassy in Moscow and the Consulate in Leningrad need people to
performed by others.
(4) The significance of the reduction of Soviet diplomatic personnel in the United States: it is a
that eliminated
here and means
in the United States.
(5) Explanation for the recent expansion of American staff in the Soviet Union: some US officials
(denied/admitted) that the US government did this in anticipation of the expulsion war, but they said it would make
for US diplomats in the Soviet Union.
4. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
So as the dust settles, the Soviets are left with
in the United States, which administration officials say
to clamp down on
. But the administration, which has placed
, if
, with the Soviets, found this week that is
. US officials concerned with
Soviet
think
more difficult conditions for
in exchange for
for Soviet
here is worth it.
News in Detail
1. True or False Questions.
(1)
For the past few weeks, the United States and the Soviet Union have been expelling each other's diplomats almost everyday.
(2)
The Soviet Union ordered the expulsion of five Americans yesterday. In retaliation the United States ordered out the equal number of Soviet diplomats today.
(3)
State Department spokesman Charles Redman focused on the most positive aspects of the retaliations and said both countries should carry them on.
(4)
The withdrawal of Soviet citizens working for American Embassy in Moscow and the Consulate in Leningrad will put the American diplomats in the Soviet Union into difficult conditions.
(5)
The United States used to have two hundred fifty-one staff members in the Soviet Union, but recently the number was increased because the US government foresaw the possibility of the diplomatic expulsion war.
(6)
The United States believed that it has won in the expulsion war because the Soviets are left with a substantially smaller presence in the United States, which will make it much easier to clamp down on Soviet intelligence activities.
2. Fill in the blanks and find out what the United States and the Soviet Union have done to each other in the diplomatic expulsion war.
(1) The United States:
a. On
the United States ordered out
Soviet
.
b. It also expelled
Soviet
to equal the number of
now stationed
.
c. In September
Soviets were expelled from
.
(2) The Soviet Union:
a. Last
, the Soviet Union expelled
American
.
b. Yesterday the Soviets
all the Soviet citizens working for
and
, a total of
. These people worked as
,
,
,
and
in
.
c. Yesterday the Soviets in their last retaliation ordered the
of
more Americans.
3. Fill in the blanks to complete the following statements.
(1) When the US called a truce today the US government would limit
given to the
of the Soviet Union.
(2) According to Redman, the most positive aspects of the retaliations was
as
of the consequences of this diplomatic expulsion.
(3) One of the consequences of this diplomatic expulsion war is some fairly
in the pattern of US personnel in the Soviet Union, as the US Embassy in Moscow and the Consulate in Leningrad need people to
performed by others.
(4) The significance of the reduction of Soviet diplomatic personnel in the United States: it is a
that eliminated
here and means
in the United States.
(5) Explanation for the recent expansion of American staff in the Soviet Union: some US officials
(denied/admitted) that the US government did this in anticipation of the expulsion war, but they said it would make
for US diplomats in the Soviet Union.
4. Spot Dictation. Listen to the tape again and fill in the following blanks.
So as the dust settles, the Soviets are left with
in the United States, which administration officials say
to clamp down on
. But the administration, which has placed
, if
, with the Soviets, found this week that is
. US officials concerned with
Soviet
think
more difficult conditions for
in exchange for
for Soviet
here is worth it.