时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:中英双语新闻


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BBC News with Eileen McCue.


In a rare show of opposition 1 to the authorities, thousands of Russians have marched in Moscow and other cities to commemorate 2 the murdered opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. They are the biggest protests since those held on the first anniversary of the shooting. Demonstrators chanted and brandished 3 placards against Mr Putin and the war in Ukraine.


The United States has condemned 4 an attack on international officials who’ve been monitoring a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine. The OSCE said on Friday that pro-Russian rebels had surrounded one of its teams of monitors. The US state department called on Russia and the separatist forces it backs to immediately observe the ceasefire.


Aid has begun to reach tens of thousands of people hit by famine in South Sudan after the United Nations negotiated access to areas controlled by rebels. The famine is the first declared anywhere in the world for six years. One hundred thousand people are facing starvation in Unity 5 state. Pope Francis has said he’s considering visiting South Sudan possibly together with the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to highlight the suffering there.


Official figures show that there were more than 2,500 attacks against individual refugees in Germany last year. The figures also show there were almost 1,000 attacks on migrant shelters in the same period, a similar number to that recorded the year before.


Morocco says it will pull back from an area in the disputed territory of Western Sahara that has raised tensions with Polisario Front separatists. The foreign ministry 6 said the decision was taken by King Mohammed at the request of the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.


And the national zoo in El Salvador has been temporarily closed after an attack on the country’s only hippopotamus 7. Officials said the animal, called Gustavito, was in a serious condition after being repeatedly stabbed by intruders who broke in during the night.


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在一场罕见的反对当权者的活动中,数千名俄罗斯人在莫斯科和其他城市游行,纪念被谋杀的反对派领袖涅姆佐夫(Boris Nemtsov)。这是自枪击事件一周年以来举行的最大规模的抗议活动。示威者高呼口号,挥舞着反对普京和乌克兰战争的标语。


在乌克兰东部监督停火协议执行情况的一名国际官员遭遇袭击,美国对此提出谴责。欧安组织周五表示,亲俄叛军包围了其中一支监督员队伍。美国国务院呼吁俄罗斯和他们支持的分裂分子军队立即遵守停火协议。


联合国与叛军控制地区进行协调过后,南苏丹数万名受饥荒影响的灾民开始收到救援物资。这是全世界六年来首次宣布饥荒的地区。联合州10万人濒临饿死的边缘。教皇方济各表示,他正在考虑与坎特伯雷大主教贾斯汀·韦尔比(Justin Welby)一起探访该地区,引起人们对该地区形势的关注。


官方数据显示,去年,德国难民个体遭遇了超过2500起袭击。数据还显示,同一时期移民避难所遭遇了近1000次袭击,与前一年记录的数据大体相同。


摩洛哥表示,他们将从有争端的西撒哈拉一个地区撤出,该地区曾引起他们与波利萨里奥阵线的紧张关系。外交部表示,该决定是穆罕默德国王应联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)的要求做出的。


萨尔瓦多唯一一头河马遭遇袭击后,国家动物园暂时关闭。官员们表示,一名歹徒夜间潜入动物园,反复刺向这头名叫Gustavito的河马,目前Gustavito情况危急。



1 opposition
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。
2 commemorate
vt.纪念,庆祝
  • This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
  • We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
3 brandished
v.挥舞( brandish的过去式和过去分词 );炫耀
  • "Bang!Bang!"the small boy brandished a phoney pistol and shouted. “砰!砰!”那小男孩挥舞着一支假手枪,口中嚷嚷着。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Swords brandished and banners waved. 刀剑挥舞,旌旗飘扬。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4 condemned
n.团结,联合,统一;和睦,协调
  • When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结,并非一团和气。
  • We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前,我们必须加强团结。
5 ministry
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。
6 hippopotamus
n.河马
  • The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。
  • A hippopotamus surfs the waves off the coast of Gabon.一头河马在加蓬的海岸附近冲浪。
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