时间:2019-03-06 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


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The UN Secretary General says he is encouraged that Iran has become involved for the first time in international talks on resolving the conflict in Syria. As world powers prepared for substantive 1 negotiations 2 in Vienna, Ban Ki-moon urged them to show global leadership on a sense of flexibility 3. The US Secretary of State John Kerry has held preliminary discussions with his counterparts from Iran, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. The European Union Foreign Policy chief said it's the start of process. Let's see if the work with XX for the nation with US, with Russia, in these days, in these weeks allows us to open this political space and create the possibility for a follow-up for the beginning of a process that can lead us to a political transition in Syria.


联合国秘书长表示他对伊朗首次参加讨论叙利亚问题解决方案的国际会议感到十分欣慰。在世界各国在为这场谈判做准备时,潘基文他们展示世界性的领导力,要有灵活性。美国国务卿约翰?克里来自伊朗,俄罗斯、土耳其和沙特阿拉伯的同僚进行了初步讨论。欧盟外交部负责人说这是只是开始。让我们看看我们和美国和俄罗斯这些国家的合作会不会在这些天,这几周使我们为开始叙利亚政治过渡这一进程的后续工作提供政治条件冰川早可能。


A former US military base in Iraq housing exiled Iranian opposition 4 members has come under rocket fire. At least 15 missiles struck the base known as camp liberty closed the Bagdad airport. The Iranian opposition group, the People's Mojahedin of Iran, says more than 20 of its members have been killed. Elin Merkel has the details. The opposition group has been exiled since it fled Tehran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The descendents were originally welcomed by the government of Saddam Hussein. But their situation became more precarious 5 when the US led invasion of 2003 brought new leader's power with ties to Iran. It's not yet clear who carried out this attack on the camp which housed more than 2000 members of the group. The United Nations and the US state department have urged the Iraqi government to hold those responsible to account.


居住在美国在伊拉克的前军事基的伊朗流亡反对派成员受到火箭弹袭击。至少15被称为自由营地的导弹袭击了基地导致巴格达机场关闭。伊朗反对派(伊朗人民圣战组织)说,20多名成员被杀。艾琳默克尔进行详细报道。反对党自1979年伊朗伊斯兰革命逃跑后一直流亡。残余势力最初受到萨达姆政府的欢迎。但在2003年美国领导的入侵带带来了与伊朗关系紧张的新政权后他们的处境变得艰难起来。目前还不清楚谁主导了对居住着两千多名成员的营地的袭击。联合国和美国国务院敦促伊拉克政府追究责任


Paul Ryan has been elected as the new speaker of the US House of Representatives. The 45-year-old republican from Wisconsin succeeds John Boehner who announced his retirement 6 last month. The BBC's Antony in Washington looks at the challenges facing Mr. Ryan. He's gonna be unbelievable tough the one Mr. Boehner frankly 7 couldn't do of trying to get his party united. And he has a very very vociferous 8, vocal 9, fractious conservative wing that just do not want have anything to do with the establishment of the Republican Party. They want to be disruptive. They want to be the party of chaos 10. And he somehow got to bring them on board and say we gotta a presidential election coming up. We have to show that we can govern.


保罗·瑞安已经当选美国众议院新议长。这位今年45岁,来自威斯康辛州的议长接替了上月宣布辞职的共和党人约翰 博纳的职位。BBC驻华盛顿的安东尼关注着瑞安先生面临的挑战。他将会非常艰难,博纳不可能做到使他的政党联合起来。和他有一个非常喧闹的,不内敛的,沉不住气的保守派羽翼不希望与共和党的建立任何联系。他们想搞破坏性。他们造成该党的混乱。他不知怎么把他们带到国外并称我们即将要有总统选举。我们必须表明,我们可以掌权。


The acting 11 leader of the Central African Republic Catherine Samba-Panza has described elections as crucial to the country's future. But warned there were enemies of peace trying to prevent them happening. The polls were cancelled after clashes between Christians 12 and Muslims in the capital in September clamed more than 40 lives. Then it due to be held in December. The interim 13 president admitted the security situation was far from idea. But people work into vote.


中非共和国的代理总统凯瑟琳称选举对国家的未来至关重要。但警告有企图破坏和平的人试图阻止它们发生。9月基督徒和穆斯林在首都发生冲突造成四十多人死亡后民意调查后被取消了,被推迟到12月份。临时总统承认当前安全情况非常不理想。但人们都开始为选举活动了。


World News from the BBC.


BBC世界新闻


The Spanish Coast Guard helicopters and a search vessel 14 are looking for more than 30 African migrants, who are feared to have drowned after their inflatable dinghy fell apart off the coast of Morocco. 4 bodies have been recovered from the water. Rescuers picked up 2 women and 13 men.


西班牙海岸警卫队直升机和一个搜索船正在寻找30多个非洲移民, 充气小艇在摩洛哥海岸损坏后,他们掉入海中很可能已经淹死。在海里已发现4具尸体。救援人员捞起2名妇女和13名男性。


US media reports say that an Iranian businessman has been arrested while visiting Tehran. It's not clear whether any charges have been brought against XX, who is said to have to be detained earlier this month. Three other Americans who retain Iranian citizenship 15 have been imprisoned 16 in Iran, two are accused of espionage 17.


美国媒体报道说,伊朗商人在访问德黑兰时被逮捕。目前还不清楚是否已经对本月早些时候被拘留的XX进行了指控。其他三个收留伊朗公民的美国人被囚禁在伊朗,其中两人被指控进行间谍活动


A provincial 18 court in Argentina has ordered a judge to reopen a criminal investigation 19 into other producers of the BBC program TOP Gear falsified a car registration 20 plate. The Top Gear team fled Argentina last year after they were targeted by protesters angry that they had used a car with the registration number, H9A2FKL, an apparent reference to Argentina's defeat to Britain in the Falklands War of 1982. Jeremy Clarkson on the TOP Gear team were built it with stones and had to flea 21 the country in 2014 because of the ... number plate on a Porsche car. A judge closed the investigation earlier this year. But a local court in the province of XX has just ordered the case to be reopened, following an appeal by a group of war veterans. They claim that Top Gear changed the number plates, knowing it was illegal. At the time, Top Gear's producer said the number plate had not been deliberately 22 chosen.


阿根廷某省法院已下令法官重新开始对BBC的TOP Gear节目制作商伪造汽车车牌进行犯罪调查。Top Gear团队在去年使用注册的汽车号码牌H9A2FKL遭到抗议者攻击后离开了阿根廷。该号码牌显然指的是1982年阿根廷击败英国的马岛战争。TOP Gear团队的杰里米·克拉克森用石头建成, 因为保时捷汽车车牌不得不在2014年离开该国。一名法官在今年早些时候结束了调查。但在一群老兵上诉后,当地法院下令重新开始调查,。他们声称Top Gear改变了车牌号码,知道这是非法的。当时,Top Gear的制片人说,没有故意选择车牌。


And the authorities in Chile have charged two forestry 23 companies with fixing the price of toilet paper for more than a decade. Investigators 24 said it was one of the largest case of collusion they have uncovered in the country. The companies allegedly organized secret high level meetings at golf courses.


和智利当局指控两个林业公司操控卫生纸的价格超过十年。调查人员说,这是该国发现的一个最大的官商勾结的案件。据说公司在高尔夫球场组织秘密高级会议。



adj.表示实在的;本质的、实质性的;独立的;n.实词,实名词;独立存在的实体
  • They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
  • A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议,但也需要感情上的支持。
协商( negotiation的名词复数 ); 谈判; 完成(难事); 通过
  • negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
  • Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
n.柔韧性,弹性,(光的)折射性,灵活性
  • Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
  • The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。
n.反对,敌对
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
  • Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
  • He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
n.退休,退职
  • She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
  • I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
adv.坦白地,直率地;坦率地说
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说,我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说,我不反对改革。
adj.喧哗的,大叫大嚷的
  • They are holding a vociferous debate.他们在吵吵嚷嚷地辩论。
  • He was a vociferous opponent of Conservatism.他高声反对保守主义。
adj.直言不讳的;嗓音的;n.[pl.]声乐节目
  • The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
  • Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。
n.混乱,无秩序
  • After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
  • The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
n.演戏,行为,假装;adj.代理的,临时的,演出用的
  • Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她,她只是假装的。
  • During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代,她的表演生涯黯然失色。
n.基督教徒( Christian的名词复数 )
  • Christians of all denominations attended the conference. 基督教所有教派的人都出席了这次会议。
  • His novel about Jesus caused a furore among Christians. 他关于耶稣的小说激起了基督教徒的公愤。
adj.暂时的,临时的;n.间歇,过渡期间
  • The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
  • It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。
n.船舶;容器,器皿;管,导管,血管
  • The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
  • You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。
n.市民权,公民权,国民的义务(身份)
  • He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生,但没有瑞典公民身分。
  • Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后,她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
  • He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁,合并执行。
  • They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
n.间谍行为,谍报活动
  • The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
  • Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。
adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
n.登记,注册,挂号
  • Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
  • What's your registration number?你挂的是几号?
n.跳蚤
  • I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话,我就要对他不客气了。
  • Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。
adv.审慎地;蓄意地;故意地
  • The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
  • They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。
n.森林学;林业
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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A. L. I.
Abou Moûssa, Nahr
acrylic abutment
air cleaner and silencer
alkali resisting cellulose
aluminum soap-carbon black thickened grease
Anoeta
auto theft
availability of equipment
Bacillury
balls
barothropic
base-load generator
beet sampler
biostearin
bobbared
bonk-happy
bryums
cadders
chain-let
communication utility
conduit bend
conus praecellens
convey belt
cowardy
darkness adaptation
DMGG
double-cotton covered
dry specific gravity separation
dynamically-typed
electrolizer
essentialia
fernambuck
Florida horse conch
going-out-of-business
gossett
hebble
helper virus
high mountain
ion scattering analysis
ipoto
joelle
lithium lactate
magnetic vortex in a superconductor
major histocompatibility complex (mhc)
managed switch
mashhad (meshed)
megaflop (mflop)
messes me up
methylene blue test
mnemo-
momentary power
moral education
nonphysical asset
Novoberezovo
obaze
operational variable
overall breeding rate
overpressure protection device
phase locking
Piltdown
point to-point communication
polyp of sinus
positional macrocommand
positive displacement air compressor
powder aerated goods
primary marketing
principles of equivalence
pronostic
quaternary illuviated ore deposit
ranasinghe
real subfield
rear jig
relightny
resident trip survey
romanopex
safeguarding duties
saw in
scripturalness
sealing hold
sequential index access command
space-time yield
split saw
stoller
Sulfachloropyridazine
supervisory staff
supervolcanos
São Bento do Sul
tabermontanain
time-coincidence circuit
tip over into sth
tonic seventh
touret
trade-diversion
true internal friction
unheeded
vitamin-c
wallet-friendly
wide varieties
withaferins
Wynona Ryder
Zeidler