时间:2019-03-04 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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The first match of the Football World Cup is being played at the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo, with the host nation and Croatia are leveled half time with one goal each. The Brazilian star Neymar equalized 29 minutes into the game after an early own goal put the Croatians ahead as silence to hit into enthusiastic crowd. Tens of thousands of fans in yellow and green had earlier watched the opening ceremony. Matthew Kenyon is in Sao Paulo.


“The opening ceremony without the usual speeches from either politicians or football officials after the country’s president was booed at the opening of the Confederation’s Cup 12 months ago. With the usual colorful affair reflecting Brasil, its people and the 31 visiting nations, and it was watched by a gathering 1 crowd, some of whom chanted against FIFA in particular at the end of the event. The stadium area was heavily secured and protests met by tear gas and strong police tactics continued elsewhere in Sao Paulo. But the Wold Cup 2014 is now officially underway and the eyes of Brasil and the world are on the football.”


President Obama says his national security team is looking at all options including military ones to help the Iraqi government counter the Islamist insurgency 2 as its overrun much of north Iraq this week. Mr. Obama said Iraq needed the help of the United States if it was to overcome the territorial 3 gains made by the al Qaeda offshoot ISIS.


“What we’ve seen over last couple days indicates the degree to which Iraq’s gonna need more help, so my team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them. I don’t rule out anything, because we do have a stake in making sure that these jihadists are not getting a permanent foothold in either Iraq or Syria.” Reports say the Iraqi government has mounted airstrikes against the ISIS militants 4 who seized the cities of Tikrit and Mosul.


The Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine have used tanks for the first time since the start of the conflict in the region two months ago. Steve Rosenberg reports.


“According to his spokesman, Petro Poroshenko told President Putin it was unacceptable that tanks had got into Ukraine from Russia. Earlier, Ukraine Interior Minister claimed that separatist rebels have managed to bring three tanks and other military equipments across the border to fight Ukrainian forces. An official at the Russian Foreign Ministry 5 told the BBC the minister was being inventive and the information was fake. But President Poroshenko has held a meeting with his defense 6 chiefs about the situation. Meanwhile, violence continues.”


An explosion has been heard in the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk. One witness said he saw a van in flames in front of one of the city administration building has been taken over by Pro-Russian separatists.


World News from the BBC


The International Criminal Court says the former President of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo is to be put on trial for crimes against humanity. Mr. Gbagbo, who denies the charges, has been in custody 7 at the ICC since 2011. Mary Harper reports.


“The court said that it had analyzed 8 mountain of material including a hundred witness statements and 22,000 pages of documentary evidence. There was, it said, sufficient evidence against Mr. Gbagbo for him to stand trial. He faces four charges of crimes against humanity, including murder and rape 9. The offenses 10 were allegedly committed during a conflict which broke out in Ivory Coast after a disputed election in 2010. Prosecutors 11 say Mr. Gbagbo masterminded a plan to stay in power, through what they describe as carefully planned and deadly attacks.”


US defense officials say the American soldier freed last month in a controversial prisoners swap 12 with the Afghan Taliban will be flown home on Friday from Germany where he has been receiving medical treatment. No details were given about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s return. The Obama administration was criticized over its decision to swap five Taliban detainees held at Guantanamo for the release of Sgt. Bergdahl. As news just in, Bowe Bergdahl is now en route to the United States, the Pentagon confirmed he boarded a US military aircraft in Germany earlier today.


The American actress and civil rights campaigner Ruby 13 Dee has died in New York. She was 91. Ruby Dee was one of the most prominent black actresses in Hollywood in 1950s and 1960s and the first black woman to play lead roles in the American Shakespeare Festival.


Shark fin 14 will be in future off the menu at a major resort in Singapore. The American owned Marina Bay Sands is the latest Singapore based company to boycott 15 consumption of the traditional delicacy 16 following years of lobbying by animal rights activists 17.



n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
n.起义;暴动;叛变
  • And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国,动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
  • Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网
adj.领土的,领地的
  • The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
  • They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
  • The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
  • Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
n.(政府的)部;牧师
  • They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
  • We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩
  • The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
  • The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析
  • The doctors analyzed the blood sample for anemia. 医生们分析了贫血的血样。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The young man did not analyze the process of his captivation and enrapturement, for love to him was a mystery and could not be analyzed. 这年轻人没有分析自己蛊惑著迷的过程,因为对他来说,爱是个不可分析的迷。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.抢夺,掠夺,强奸;vt.掠夺,抢夺,强奸
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
n.进攻( offense的名词复数 );(球队的)前锋;进攻方法;攻势
  • It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此,除非有可弹劾的行为,否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 ); 告发人; 起诉人; 公诉人
  • In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方,检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
  • You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易
  • I will swap you my bicycle for your radio.我想拿我的自行车换你的收音机。
  • This comic was a swap that I got from Nick.这本漫画书是我从尼克那里换来的。
n.红宝石,红宝石色
  • She is wearing a small ruby earring.她戴着一枚红宝石小耳环。
  • On the handle of his sword sat the biggest ruby in the world.他的剑柄上镶有一颗世上最大的红宝石。
n.鳍;(飞机的)安定翼
  • They swim using a small fin on their back.它们用背上的小鳍游动。
  • The aircraft has a long tail fin.那架飞机有一个长长的尾翼。
n./v.(联合)抵制,拒绝参与
  • We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
  • The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴
  • We admired the delicacy of the craftsmanship.我们佩服工艺师精巧的手艺。
  • He sensed the delicacy of the situation.他感觉到了形势的微妙。
n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 )
  • His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
  • Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
abdominal center
achirus
adenophorous
age transformer
air-exhaust opening
Alag Erdeni
Atretometry
autoharpist
bailpieces
bartee
basic insurance
Bernhardt's disease
body-odours
brittlety
bugger alls
carbonate plant
CASIA
cholangiocellular carcinoma
Cissus lanyuensis
clinical neurologies
commercial considerations
cylinder end
data carrier failure detector test
disseminable
dust press
ebtekar
ECOA
electric steam gauge
emulsion-polymerized polybutadiene
ethiopathogenesis
evidenced-based
FGM (fission-gas monitor)
file coexistence
fin of minimum weight
finkelhors
flat topped wave
flow-and-plunge structure
footscrays
gets your hands on
gold clause agreement
graphics insertion
gut stripper
have a true realization of something
heat effect
hold ... head high
hypopigmenter
information group separator
Internet Telephony Service Provider
J-psi 3100 resonance
jet area
jug
loess-like loam
lowest acceptable rate of return
macdermot
marimbaphone
missed pulse
North Carolinians
nurse cell
orthogonal thickness
outworn
pathogenesis of concurrent Zang-Fu disease
PDBH
pelletiser
perianal infection
phenol fabric washer
phono-semantic
Phytolacca decandra
Pinkman
planetary rolling
platinoid deposit
Pollutant charge
polyesthesia
polyethylene hooding machine
popular song contest
position doubtful
precision industry
Processus coracoideus
proctolin
put someone off his stroke
reading glass
reshares
resistance bridge circuit
rules of the road
saklatvala
schmuck
sepedet
shadchen
soil physical maturity
spinning rods
standard resistance thermistor
stratum basales
subhalide
sukari
supercooled state
tangle with someone
threshold of ventricular fibrillation current
thrust vectoring
Timken steel
unm
veblen goods
Wilful waste makes woeful want.
Written all over your face