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The Metropolitan Police will no longer describe black people as black, as part of a new attempt to counter charges of racism in the force. Both black and Asian people will in future be referred to as "visible minority ethnics".
The term, which replaces the phrase "black and Asian minority ethnics" is expected to be adopted officially in January.
The decision was criticized yesterday as unnecessary and confusing by black police officers. Anna Scott, the general secretary of the National Black Police Association, said it amounted to a step too far by the "political correctness" movement.
"We have gone from saying ' black ethnic minority' to ' black minority ethnic' to ' visible minority ethnic' in a matter of years," she said. "There has been so much emphasis on the issue of terminology, that the issue has become confusing for black police officers, let alone white ones①. We are risking becoming too politically correct at the expense of being clearly understood by officers and the general public."
A senior police official told The Telegraph that some white officers were using the phrase so that they would avoid saying the words "black" or "Asian", for fear of causing offence.
The official claimed that the term would allow these communities to be distinguished for others—such as the Irish and the Greeks—whose members are, according to the new terminology, "invisible" because they tend to be light-skinned②.
In the 1960s, the phrase "colored" was officially used by some police forces. By the 1970s, this had changed to "black" to describe people whose ancestors originated from the Caribbean and Africa and "Asian'' for those who originated from the Indian subcontinent.
The phrase "ethnic minority" was also widely used as a collective term for both groups, but this was dropped in favor of "minority ethnic" five years ago, promising criticism that it was an improper use of English.
Bernard Lamb, the chairman of the London branch of the Queen's English Society, said that the new description was grammatically incorrect and over-sensitive. "I do not like this new term at all. The word ethnic' is an adjective and you cannot pluralize an adjective," he said. "They seem to have used a euphemism for black and Asian when I imagine most black and Asian people do not mind the empty words themselves at all."
The change will cost a significant sum of public money in retraining officers and rewriting manuals and a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said that some senior officers were already using the term.
The spokesman said that the new term was not a redefinition but was meant to standardize the phraseology used by the police.
"Concerns have been raised about the nature and range of terms used in papers presented to the authority when discussing ethnicity."
"To ensure that there is a uniform. approach and understanding of terminology used in future, and that offence is avoided, the January meeting of the authority's equal opportunities and diversity board will make decisions about the terminology we expect to use," he said③.
The word "promising" in Line 2, Para. 8 can be replaced by ______.
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听力原文： The French judge investigation the death of Princess Diana has once again questioned the only person who survived the crash, bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones. He arrived at the Pala’s de Justice in Paris about two hours ago and has already finished answering the judge’s questions. This is the fourth time he has traveled to Paris to speak with the judge conducting the inquiry. Rees-Jones suffered serious injuries in the crash last August and only recently began talking about it. He says he’s having flashbacks. He's quoted in a London tabloid as saying "Princess Diana was conscious and talking immediately after the crash in a Paris tunnel. "And that conflicts with French doctors who have said "She never regained consciousness."
Who was the only person having survived the crash？
听力原文： There is an art exhibition here on campus which ties well of discussions we've had about folk art. it's an exhibition of wildlife art calendars from about a hundred years ago. Like most other folk art, the calendar pictures were not considered to be art in their own days. People just thought of them as a way of decorating a practical object. In fact, the calendar pictures were originally painted as advertising for various companies that made hunting or fishing produces, like guns or fishing rods. The calendars were handed out free to customers to thank them for their business. Most people just hung the calendars on their wails where the pictures faded in the sun and then tore the pictures off the calendar as each month passed. As a result, collectors today place of a lot of value on calendars that are complete and in good condition. Even though the people who used the calendars didn't regard them as art, the original paintings the prints were made from were often of good quality. In fact, many famous wildlife painters created calendar art at some point in their lives. To them, it was way of getting a work reproduced and showed around. One aspect of the exhibit that I find very interesting is the way these pictures reflect changing attitudes toward wildlife. The pictures in the exhibit often portray the thrill and adventure of hunting rather than any particular concern for wildlife preservation. But most of today's wildlife art shows animals in their natural surroundings without any humans in the scene. This modern wildlife art appeals to large numbers of nature lovers, even those who oppose the practice of hunting.
What is the talk mainly about？
A major reason for conflict in the animal world is territory. The male animal 【C1】______ an area. The size of the area is 【C2】______ to provide food for him, his 【C3】______ and their off- spring. Migrating birds, for example, divide up the best 【C4】______ in the order of" first come, first 【C5】______ " The late arrivals may acquire 【C6】______ territories, but less food is available, or they are too close to the 【C7】______ of the enemies of the species.
When there is 【C8】______ over territory, animals will commonly use force, or a 【C9】______ of force, to decide which will stay and which will go.
It is interesting to note, however, that animals seem to use only the 【C10】______ amount of force necessary to drive away the 【C11】______ .
There is usually no killing. In the 【C12】______ of those animals which are capable of doing each other harm, there is a 【C13】______ .for the losing animal to show the winning animal that he wishes to submit. When he shows this, the 【C14】______ normally stops fighting. Animals (especially birds), which can easily escape from conflict seem to have no 【C15】______ against killing, and equally no mechanism for 【C16】______ .
The 【C17】______ bird simply flies away. However, if two doves are 【C18】______ in a cage, and they start fighting, they will continue to fight until one kills the other. We all think of the dove as a 【C19】______ of peace and, in its natural habitat, it is peaceful. But the" peace" mechanism does not 【C20】______ in a cage.
【C1】
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Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文：M: Hi, Sarah. What's up？
W: Oh, hi, I just got out a history class. I had to give a presentation.
M: How did it go？
W: Terribly. I'm sure I made a fool of myself.
M: Why？ Weren't you prepared？
W: No, it was not that. I just get so embarrassed and nervous whenever I have to speak in front of a group of people. I stand up and my face gets red and then I get even more nervous because I know everyone can see me blushing.
M: It's not so bad to blush.
W: But it happens all the time. Ii the professor asks a question and I know the answer, I blush like crazy if he calls on me. Doesn't that ever happen to you？
M: No, not really. Maybe you should just try to forget about the people. Look at something else in the room like the exit sign.
W: I guess I could try that hut I doubt it'll help.
M: You know, we talked about it in psychology class. Blushing, even thought it's involuntary, is more or less a learned behavior.
W: What do you mean？
M: Oh, children hardly ever blush at all. And among adults, supposedly, women blush more than men.
W: I wonder why？
M: I don't know, but I have a friend at high schools, Brian Smith. It was really easy to make him blush. He turned red whenever a waitress would ask him for his order.
W: I'm not that bad.. Well, I've got to get going for my next class. I'll talk to you later.
What was the woman's problem？
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