中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經驗，共同進步。
本練習區的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。
英語點津會定期發布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發布兩天后公布。
Italy closed a large part of its airspace in the northern part of the country for much of the day on Sunday to counter the risk posed by volcanic ash coming from Iceland, the civil aviation authority ENAC said.
The closure did not affect the airspace in the eastern part of northern Italy, and the airports of Venice, Trieste and Rimini remained open.
Eurocontrol says it expects further flight disruptions in European airspace as a plume of volcanic ash snakes through southern France, Switzerland and northern Italy.
By Sunday evening (Europe time), the plume was forecast to cover southern parts of Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria. Separately, a finger of the main ash cloud - centered in the mid-Atlantic at altitudes of up to 35,000 feet (10,500 meters) - has reached down to Portugal and Spain, closing airports at Porto, La Coruna, Vigo and Santiago.
Eurocontrol, the Brussels-based agency that coordinates air traffic control centers throughout the continent, said trans-Atlantic flights will continue to be diverted northward over Greenland to avoid the cloud stretching from Iceland to the Azores Islands.
It warned airlines to plan taking on more fuel for the longer flight around the oceanic no-fly zone.
Several Spanish airports in northern Spain, including Barcelona, reopened on Sunday after being shut down on Saturday as a precaution against the ash cloud. The government has warned that Spanish airspace could be hit again in the coming week, depending on the trajectory of the ash cloud.
Ireland prepared to impose restrictions to traffic at western airports later on Sunday as ash from the Icelandic volcano drifts back over the country.
In Portugal, the airport in the country's second city, Porto, was shut until midday, while the French aviation authority said about 30 flights from Paris to southern Europe were cancelled.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
About the broadcaster:
Nelly Min is an editor at China Daily with more than 10 years of experience as a newspaper editor and photographer. She has worked at major newspapers in the U.S., including the Los Angeles Times and the Detroit Free Press. She is fluent in Korean and has a 2-year-old son.
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