BBC双语新闻2014.12.16
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The British government has expressed its disappointment at China's decision to deny a British parliamentary committee permission to enter Hong Kong to conduct an inquiry. A British foreign office spokesman said the refusal was not in the spirit of the agreement signed 30 years ago for the transfer of Hong Kong sovereignty from Britain to China.
代表全世界的讲法语的国家的组织第一次任命一名女性成为其领导人。加拿大前总督Michell Joan在塞内加尔的首都达卡举行的峰会上被选为领导人。她出生在海地，20世纪60年代和家人作为难民一起逃往加拿大。Michell Joan已经承诺将败该组织的重点转向经济事务。
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A Colombia General kidnapped by the Farc rebel group earlier this month has been released. Gen Ruben Dario Alzate and two companions have been taken to a military base near the city of Medellin. They are due to be reunited with their families. The General's capture prompted the Colombia government to suspend long-running peace talks with the Farc in Cuba. A Farc representative in Havana Evan Marquis said a peace agreement was vital for Colombia.
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bbc一分钟英语短新闻加中文翻译BBC news with David HarperDavid Harper为您播报BBC新闻South Africa has announced a tenfold increase in the number of troops to be deployed in response to widespread violence sparked by the jailing of the former President Jacob Zuma.南非宣布将部署的军队数量增加十倍，这是对前总统雅各布·祖玛被监禁引发的广泛暴力的回应。
隐贺笑Up to 25000 soldiers are to be sent on the streets of KwaZulu-Nataland Gauteng provinces.多达25000名士兵将被派往夸祖鲁－纳塔兰省豪登省的街道。
The leader of South Africa Zulu said 6 days of looting had brought shame on the entire country.南非领导人祖鲁表示，持续6天的抢劫给整个国家带来了耻辱。
The authorities in Ethiopia's Amhara埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉当局region said they will go on the offensive against forces from neighboring Tigray,该地区表示，他们将向邻国蒂格雷的军队发起进攻potentially opening up a new phase in8 months of civil war.可能会开启长达8个月的内战的灶含新阶段。
Troops have been rallied to counter the Tigrayans who are advancing on Amhara-held territory.军队已经集结起来对抗向阿姆哈拉占领地区挺进的蒂格雷人。
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1.Blonde 金黄色头发的人[♌●⏹♎]2.motto 座右铭，箴言[ ❍♦☜◆]3.ground down 使某人受打击，折磨[♈❒♋☺⏹♎]4.recession [❒♓♦♏☞☜⏹] 经济衰退5.parade （庆祝）游行[☐☜❒♏♓♎]6.beauty contest 选美比赛[ ♌◆♦♓]7.sporting events 体育赛事[ ♦☐♦♓☠] 8.charity 慈善机构[ ♦☞✌❒♓♦♓]9.playgrounds 操场幼儿游戏组10.blamed 批评，责备[♌●♏♓❍♎]11.bad publicity 负面的宣传[♌✌♎]12.nickname 绰号[ ⏹✋⏹♏✋❍]13.dumb 笨的[♎✈❍]14.classic 经典的[ ●✌♦♓]Blonde weekendsHundreds of women are taking part in Latvia's Blonde Weekend which carries the motto "make the world a brighter place". The idea is to put a smile back on the faces of the people of Latvia who've been ground down by the recession. The head of Latvia's Blondes' Association, Marika Gederte, who is organising the event, said she got the idea from Bulgaria. The weekend's events include a parade, a beauty contest and a number of sporting events open only to blondes. It's all in the interests of fun, but Mrs Gederte says there is a serious side to the festival. "And of course we have a very serious idea in the background, and it is charity. We are going to open children's playgrounds in the parks." Mrs Gederte said blondes were anything but stupid and blamed the bad publicity they frequently got and the nickname, dumb blonde, on the character Marilyn Monroe played in the classic movie Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.1.instincts 直觉/天性/本能[♓⏹♦♦♓☠♦☞◆☜●]2.intellect 才智[ ♓⏹♦♓●♏♦]3.jungle hero 丛林英雄[ ♎✞✈☠♈●]4.swung 摇荡/大摇大摆[♦♦✈☠]5.loinclothed 系着腰布的[ ●♓☜]6.ape man 猿人[♏♓☐]7.stereotypical views 成见[ ♦♦♓☜❒♓☜♦♋♓☐♓] 8.unwittingly 无意的a♎❖.9.traces 追寻[♦❒☜♓☜]10.impact 影响/冲击[ ♓❍☐✌♦]11.Darwinism 达尔文主义[ ♎♦♓⏹♓☜❍]12.evolutionary theory 进化论[ ♓❖☜♊●✞☞☜⏹☜❒✋]13.lighter relief 轻松的娱乐[ ●♋♓♦☜]14.jungle yell 丛林呐喊[ ♎✞✈☠♈●]Tarzan arrived in ParisHe had the instincts of an animal and the intellect of a man and now Tarzan, the world's first adult jungle hero, has swung into his own exhibition at a Paris museum. The loinclothed, muscled ape man is celebrated amid all the Western stereotypical views of Africa of the early twentieth century. His creator, the American writer Edgar Rice Burroughs, had never visited Africa, and unwittingly placed Tarzan in a jungle which was populated by tigers and which stretched from the Belgian Congo to Rhodesia. The exhibition also traces the impact of Darwinism and evolutionary theory in the Tarzan story. But for anyone looking for lighter relief, there's also an opportunity to practise your Tarzan jungle yell.1.leap 飞跃[●♓☐]2.mankind 人类[❍✌⏹♋♓⏹♎]3.vital 关键的[ ❖♋♓♦●]4.crackle （无线电干扰）噼啪声[ ❒✌●]5.static 静电的[ ♦♦✌♦♓]6.analysing 分析[☜⏹✌●♓♦♓♦]7.digitally-enhanced 经过数码化处理的8.Apollo 11 mission 阿波罗11号登月使命[☜☐●☜◆] 9.linguistic 语言的[●♓☠♈♦♓♦♦♓]10.spontaneous 即兴的[♦☐⏹♦♏♓⏹☜♦ ⏹♓☜♦]11.memorised 记在脑子里了12.rhythm 韵律[ ❒♓❆☜❍ ❒♓☜❍]13.symmetry 对称的[ ♦♓❍♓♦❒♓]14.capture 抓住[ ✌☐♦☞☜]15.humanity's 人类的n.Neil Armstrong's Words"It's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind." Or should that have been, "One small step for a man"? Neil Armstrong has always said that he thought that that's what he said and maybe the vital 'a' got lost in a crackle of static. Now researchers analysing recently released digitally-enhanced recordings of the entire Apollo 11 mission have confirmed that he did not say the word 'a'. But a linguistic analysis of the way in which he spoke suggested that he intended to say 'a' and that the first words spoken on the moon were spontaneous and not memorised from a writtenscript. The researchers also argue that although the expression was not strictly correct its rhythm and symmetry poetically capture the sense and mood of one of humanity's most epic moments.1.diver 潜水员[ ♎♋♓❖☜]2.lead them to believe 使他们相信[●♓♎]3.supply 物资[♦☜☐●♋♓]4.relieve 救济[❒♓●♓❖]5.in hiding 隐藏[✋⏹]6.Jacobite Rebellion 为复辟斯图亚特王朝而发起的叛乱[ ♎✞✌☜♌♋♓♦]7.ring seal 指环印章[❒♓☠]8.board on在船上[♌♎] 9.vessel 船[ ❖♏♦●]10.proof 证明[☐❒◆♐]11.young pretender (查尔斯.爱德华，司徒亚特别称) 小僭王[ ✈☠]12.intention 意图，目的[♓⏹♦♏⏹☞☜⏹]13.crew 船员[ ❒◆]14.genuine 真实的，真正的[ ♎✞♏⏹◆♓⏹]15.recover 找回[❒♓✈❖☜]16.backer 支持者[ ♌✌☜☎❒✆]Shipwreck DiscoveredDivers have already found some items from the site which lead them to believe it was carrying supplies from the King of France to relieve Charles Edward Stuart, or Bonnie Prince Charlie, when he was in hiding after the Jacobite Rebellion. The team says that in particular, a rare ring seal of Mary Queen of Scots, may have been carried on board the vessel as proof to the young pretender that the intentions of the ship and its crew were genuine. But the name of the ship is not known, and thus far, comparatively few items have been recovered. If this really is as historically significant a find as its backers suggest, there are still many questions to be answered.1.the long and short of 简而言之，归纳起来2.vertically challenged[♊♦☞✌●✋⏹♎✞☜☎❒✆] 身体的高度3.counterparts[ ♋☺⏹♦☜♊♐☜☺♌✋] 相对的/对等的（人）4.six[♦♓♦]-foot[♐◆♦] （身高）六英尺5.windfall[ ♦✋⏹♎♐●] 横财/以外的收入6.gap[♈✌☐] 缝隙/距离7.more capable[ ♏♓☐☜♌●] 更有能力的8.discrepancy[♎♓♦❒♏☐☜⏹♦♓] 差异/矛盾9.discrimination[♎♓♦❒♓❍♓⏹♏♓☞☜⏹] 歧视10.slimmer[♊♦●✋❍☜☎❒✆] 较瘦的人11.pay[☐♏♓] n. 工资待遇12.slender[ ♦●♏⏹♎☜] 苗条的Tall People Earn MoreThe long and short of this Australian report is that tall workers earn significantly more than their vertically challenged counterparts.A six-foot man can expect a windfall of almost $750 (around 7500 yuan) a year. The researchers found there were practical reasons why the size gap translated into a pay gap. Tall people were sometimes more capable of performing certain physical tasks, like reaching high shelves. But the discrepancy is explained mainly by discrimination, the simple fact that society tends to look on tall people as more powerful and smarter, even when they're not. The study from the Australian National University also found that slimmer workers tend to get slimmer pay packets. Fat men earn five per cent more than their slender colleagues.1.courier[ ◆❒♓☜] package[ ☐✌♓♎✞] 特快专递邮包2.souvenir[ ♦◆❖☜⏹♓☜] hunters[ ♒✈⏹♦♓☠]纪念品寻觅者3.chipped off 从墙上铲下一小块（石头）4.souvenir[ ♦◆❖☜⏹♓☜]collection[ ☜●♏☞☜⏹] 纪念品收藏5.guilty[ ♈♓●♦♓] 愧疚的6.monument[ ❍⏹◆❍☜⏹♦] 纪念碑7.selfish[ ♦♏●♐♓☞] 自私的8.superficial[♦◆☐☜♐♓☞☜●] act[✌♦] 肤浅的行为9.archaeological[ ♓☜●♎✞♓☜●] 考古的10.ancient[ ♏♓⏹☞☜⏹♦] heritage[ ♒♏❒♓♦♓♎✞]古代遗产11.tempting[ ♦♏❍☐♦♓☠] 诱人的12.sneak[♦⏹♓] out 偷偷摸摸地拿走Roman TheftThe bit of stone, small enough to fit into a pocket, arrived in a courier package from the United States. The anonymous souvenir hunters sent a letter with it explaining they'd chipped off the piece on a visit to Rome 25 years ago. The notesaid, "Every time I looked at my souvenir collection and came across that piece it made me feel guilty". It went on: "Over the years I started thinking that if all the visitors to that beautiful monument took a piece away with them, nothing would be left standing". The note added "It was a selfish and superficial act". Rome's archaeological officials have accepted the apology saying the episode proved that "Rome and its monuments are the dream of all the world's tourists". The city has extended an invitation to the couple to come back to Rome. It's not the first time bits of the city’s ancient heritage have proved tempting for tourists to relocate. Last August a German visitor was caught trying to sneak out a nine kilogram rock from the Roman Forum in her backpack, whilst in 2006 another German tourist was caught at one of the city's airports with a piece of Roman column in his bag.1.cheque 支票[♦☞♏]2.account 账户[☜♋◆⏹♦]3.credited（给账户）存（钱）[☜♋◆⏹♦]4.queuing 排队5.branch 分支[♌❒⏹♦☞]6.legislatin 立法[ ●♏♎✞♓♦●♏♓☞☜⏹]7.become a reality成为现实[♌♓✈❍] 8.security 安全性[♦♓◆☜❒♓♦♓]9.image 图像[ ♓❍♓♎✞]10.substitute 替代品[ ♦✈♌♦♦♓♦◆♦]11.clearing process 清理票款过程[ ●♓☜❒♓☠]12.sort 分类[♦♦]13.widely 广泛地[ ♦♋✋♎●✋]Cheques to be paid in via phoneIt could become as simple as this: picking up your mobile phone, taking a picture of the cheque you’ve just received and your bank account is credited. In other words, no more queuing at a bank branch. The government is considering legislation which will make this become a reality. But what about security? Can an image of a cheque really be a safe substitute for the real thing? The banking industry says it does now have the right technology. It hopes the cheque imaging will speed up the clearing process. Time could be saved by not having to sort and move paperwork between banks. The technology is widely used in the United States.1.pumping大量注入、大量投入（资金）2.bonds 债券n.3.signalled已示意，发出信号n.4.unwinding推出，撤消n.5.sustained 持续的[♦☜♦♦♏♓⏹♎]6.recovery 恢复[❒♓✈❖☜❒♓]7.kicked away踢开、踢走[ ♓☜]8.monetary 金钱的[ ❍✈⏹♓♦☜❒♓]9.props支柱n. 10.unemployment 失业[ ✈⏹♓❍☐●♓❍☜⏹♦]11.investor 投资者[♓⏹❖♏♦♦☜]12.respond 回应[❒♓♦☐⏹♎]13.share 股份[☞☪☜]14.relief 放松[❒♓●♓♐]15.uncertainty 不确定性[✈⏹♦☜♦⏹♦♓]16.tapering off逐渐减少[ ♦♏♓☐☜❒♓☠]17.inevitable 不可避免的[♓⏹♏❖♓♦☜♌●]Fed scales back stimulus effortThe Federal Reserve has been pumping money into the US economy by buying $85bn of bonds each month. From January, it will cut the figure to $75bn. And it has signalled that it will further reduce the scale of its bond buying if the economy continues to improve. It's a small but highly significant step towards unwinding the extraordinary measures put in place to support the economy through six years of deep crisis. The decision follows a run of data pointing to sustained if weak recovery and - the key factor - an improving jobs market. But the Fed hasn't entirely kicked away the monetary props. It plans to keep short term lending rates at near 0% until it sees at least another 0.5% drop in the unemployment rate. Investors responded by sending share prices higher. There was relief at the end to uncertainty over when the Fed, as has seemed inevitable for months, would start tapering off its monetary life support.1.minimum 最小化的[ ❍♓⏹♓❍☜❍]2.wage 工资[♦♏♓♎✞]3.accede答应，同意[♦♏♓♎✞]4.calls for呼吁，要求n.5.taxes税收n.6.minster 部长[ ❍♓⏹♦♦☜]7.signal暗示，信号[ ❍♓⏹♦♦☜]8.overall 全部的[ ☜◆❖☜❒●]9.cooperative有协作精神的，合作的[ ☜◆❖☜❒●]10.transform 使变形[♦❒✌⏹♦♐❍]11.resistance反对，抵抗[♦❒✌⏹♦♐❍]12.exports 出口Germany to have minimum wageChancellor Merkel said she would accept the minimum wage but, in return, would not accede to Social Democrat calls for higher taxes. The French finance minister welcomed the floor on German pay as a signal of what he saw as a more cooperative German attitude within overall European economic policy. It is not clear, though, that a German minimum wage would transform the European economic situation. It all depends on what level it is set at, and there is great resistance in Germany to doing anything which would make German exports less attractive.1.short term 短期[☞♦]2.sentiment 感情[ ♦♏⏹♦♓❍☜⏹♦]3.race 种族[❒♏♓♦]4.well-wishers表示良好祝愿的人[❒♏♓♦]5.critical 至关重要的严重的[ ❒♓♦♓☜●]6.choirs 合唱[♦☞☜◆]7.reminder让人们想起的人物、事物或事情[♦☞☜◆]8.unifying 统一的[ ◆⏹♓♎✞♏●]9.emotional 感情[♓❍☜◆☞☜⏹●]10.charge 充电[♦☞♎✞]11.unity 统一[ ◆⏹♓♦♓]12.coalesce 聚集[ ☜◆☜●♏♦]13.determination 决心[♎♓ ♦☜❍♓⏹♏♓☞☜⏹]14.non-racialism 无种族歧视a♎.15.eradication铲除，根除a♎.16.poverty 贫穷[ ☐❖☜♦♓]17.cherished珍爱的[ ☐❖☜♦♓]18.ambition 报复[✌❍♌♓☞☜⏹]19.election 选举[✋●♏☞☎☜✆⏹]20.unprecedented前所未有的[✋●♏☞☎☜✆⏹]21.surfacing出现[ ♦☜♐♓♦♓☠]22.apartheid 种族隔离[☜☐♦☎♒✆♏♓♦]23.legacy遗产[ ●♏♈☜♦♓]24.fend off应对[♐♏⏹♎]25.passing去世[ ☐♦♓☠]Nelson Mandela diesNelson Mandela's death may, in the short term, unite South Africa in ways that have never been seen before. The sentiments expressed by well-wishers of all races and backgrounds outside the hospital in Pretoria as he lay critically ill for nearly three months - the wall of deeply personal messages, the paintings, the choirs who came from across the country to sing for Mr Mandela - were a reminder of his unifying influence. We can clearly expect so much more in the coming days in this country where the emotional charge is so powerful. This unity may coalesce around a determination to push South Africa further down the road of non-racialism, of equality of opportunity and the eradication of poverty, all of them among Nelson Mandela's most cherished ambitions for the country. But South Africa is only months away from a general election, 20 years after the historic one of 1994. And Nelson Mandela's ANC has been facing unprecedented levels of criticism, with new parties surfacing to challenge its hold on power since the days of apartheid. Will the Mandela legacy help the ANC fend off the challenges, or will his passing - in the longer if not the shorter term - lead to significant change within the ANC itself. 2014 could point the way towards his political legacy.1.flattened 被完全摧毁夷为平地2.typoon 台风[ ♦♋♓☐☜♐♋♓●]3.struck袭击[♦♦❒✈]4.rotting 腐烂的[ ❒♦♓☠]5.corpse 尸体[ ☐♦]6.stench臭气、恶臭[ ☐♦]7.scores 大量，以二十计量的[♊♦☞♓♦]8.desperate 绝望的[ ♎♏♦☐☜❒♓♦] 9.shelter避难所[ ♎♏♦☐☜❒♓♦]10.battered被严重损坏的[ ♌✌♦☜♎]11.makeshift临时代替品[ ❍♏✋☞✋♐♦]12.debris碎片，瓦砾[ ♎♏♌❒♓ ♎♏♓♌]13.extent 程度[♓♦♦♏⏹♦]14.devastation 破坏[ ♎♏❖☜♦♦♏♓☞☜⏹]Typhoon Haiyan: Destruction in the PhilippinesTacloban has been flattened. Driving down the main high street, hardly a single building is left standing. People say this town was hit by a wall of water when the typhoon struck on Friday. There's the stench of rotting corpses. Driving in from the airport we saw scores of bodies lying by the roadside. For three days they have been there – nobody to bury them. People are desperate for food, clean water and shelter. At the badly battered airport, a makeshift hospital has been set up. We saw two young women giving birth, laid out among the debris. Aid is getting in, but slowly and this is just one town inone province. Nobody knows the full extent of the devastation elsewhere.1.works 作品2.consigned 托付给了某人3.dealer商人[ ♎♓●☜]4.vanished消失了[ ♎♓●☜]5.presumed（不肯定的）推测、认为[ ♎♓●☜]6.consist of 包括[ ☜⏹♦♓♦♦]7.deemed认为，相信[ ☜⏹♦♓♦♦]8.degenerate堕落的[♎♓♎✞♏⏹☜❒♏♓♦]9.transpires（秘密）泄露、为人所知[♎♓♎✞♏⏹☜❒♏♓♦]10.authority 权威[ ❒♓♦♓]11.priceless 无价的，极宝贵的[ ☐❒♋♓♦●♓♦] 12.darkened 昏暗的黑变罐头食品13.reclusive隐居的、独居的黑变罐头食品14.relative 亲戚[ ❒♏●☜♦♓❖]15.occasional 偶尔的[☜♏♓✞⏹☜●]16.pre-war战前的（此处指二战前的）[☜♏♓✞⏹☜●]17.expressionist 表现主义艺术家[✋♊♦☐❒♏☞☜⏹✋♦♦]18.dispute 争议[♎♓♦☐◆♦]19.mountain of litigation 大量的官司和诉讼[ ❍♋◆⏹♦♓⏹]Nazi stolen art found in GermanyThe collection of works the Nazis stole from Jews was consigned to a dealer to be sold before the war. But the paintings then vanished; presumed destroyed. The works consist of what the Nazis deemed 'degenerate art', that is, modern art. It now transpires that two years ago the authorities discovered this amazing and priceless collection in darkened rooms at the home of a reclusive relative of the pre-war dealer. It seems the relative had been selling paintings occasionally, when he needed money. One work by the German expressionist Max Beckmann was sold two years ago for more than three-quarters of a million Euros. The authorities have kept quiet, partly because ownership would be disputed. A mountain of litigation is no doubt on the way.1.smokey 烟的[♊♦❍☜☺✋]2.haze烟雾[♒♏♓]3.hits the senses（迎面而来的）感官冲击4.firefighter 消防员火灾寻视器5.helicopter 直升飞机[ ♒♏●♓☐♦☜]6.overhead 在头顶[ ☜◆❖☜♒♏♎]7.dump 倾倒[♎✈❍☐]8.merging合并起来[♎✈❍☐]9.blaze 火焰[♌●♏♓]10.spanning扩散[ ♦☐✌⏹♓☠] 11.stay put停留不动[♦♦♏♓]12.defend保护，保卫[♦♦♏♓]13.welfare福利[ ♦♏●♐☪☜]14.volunteers志愿者[ ♦♏●♐☪☜]15.exhausted 精疲力尽的[♓♈♦♦♓♎]16.unseasonably反季节的[♓♈♦♦♓♎]17.worsen 变坏[ ♦☜♦⏹]18.forecast 预告[ ♐♦♦]19.little let-up（气温）没有降低[ ●♓♦●]Australian bush firesHere amid the smokey haze of the bush, the heat hits the senses. Temperatures are back in the mid-30s making the work of firefighters increasingly difficult. Helicopters whirr overhead dumping water on the nearby fire fronts. They’re trying to stop several fires from merging into one huge blaze spanning hundreds of kilometres. In several communities, people are being warned not to try and stay put to defend their homes. With hundreds of houses already destroyed, disaster welfare centres have been set up where families can start the planning needed to rebuild their lives. Most of the firefighters are volunteers. Many look exhausted; some have even lost their own homes. The fires follow unseasonably hot weather; conditions are expected to worsen throughout the week with dangerously strong winds forecast on Wednesday and little let-up in the temperature.1.chancellor财政大臣[ ♦☞⏹♦☜●☜]2.no limits没有限制[⏹☜◆]3.stressed强调了4.investment投资[♓⏹❖♏♦♦❍☜⏹♦]5.high-profile备受关注的[♓⏹❖♏♦♦❍☜⏹♦]6. a diplomatic thaw外交关系缓和7.announcement 通知[☜⏹♋◆⏹♦❍☜⏹♦]8.to relax 放宽，放松（政策）[♦◆ ♦☜ ♦◆]9.restriction 限制[❒♓♦♦❒♓☞☜⏹]10.high-spending高消费的[❒♓♦♦❒♓☞☜⏹]Easier UK visas for Chinese proposedIn his speech at China's top university the chancellor said there should be no limits on the number of Chinese students and tourists able to visit Britain if they want to. He also stressed that there was no country in the West more open to Chinese investment than the UK. The chancellor shared the stage at Peking University with London's mayor- Boris Johnson. Their high-profile visits are a sign of a diplomatic thaw between the two countries. The chancellor's announcement to relax visa rules for Chinese nationals will be welcomed by British businesses. They've been calling on the government to ease restrictions as a way of encouraging more high-spending Chinese tourists to visit the UK.1.researcher[❒✋♦♦☞☜☎❒✆]研究者2.pests害虫3.fungi[ ♐✈⏹♎✞♋♓ ♐✈☠♈♋♓]真菌，霉菌4.devastate[ ♎♏❖☜♦♦♏♓♦]摧毁5.harvests[♊♒❖✋♦♦♦♋✋❍]收成6.surveillance[♦☜❖♏♓●☜⏹♦]监视，监控7.insect[ ♓⏹♦♏♦]昆虫8.virus[ ❖♋♓☜❒☜♦]病毒9.destructive[♎♓♦♦❒✈♦♓❖]毁灭性的10.average[ ✌❖☜❒♓♎✞]平均11.shift[☞♓♐♦]转移12.correlates[ ❒♓●♏♓☞☜⏹] with[♦♓❆]与…有关系13.temperature[ ♦♏❍☐❒✋♦☞☜☎❒✆]温度14.surveillance[♦☜❖♏♓●☜⏹♦]监视，监控Spread of crop pestsThe researchers looked at more than 600 crop pests from around the world. These included fungi, such as wheat rust, which is devastating harvests in Africa and the Middle East; insects like the mountain pine beetle that's destroying trees in the US; as well as bacteria, viruses and microscopic nematode worms. They found that over the past 50 years, these destructive species have been on the move. On average, they're spreading 3km every year, shifting north and south towards the poles. The scientists say this correlates with warming temperatures, allowing the pests to take hold in areas that were once too cold for them to live in. Currently, between 10% and 20% of the world's crops are lost to pests - and the team warns that rising global temperatures could make the problem worse. The researchers say that improved surveillance of the problem is needed.b 实验室2.livestock farming 畜牧业3.to satisfy 满足4.demand 需求5.aim 目的6.the real thing 真东西（这里指真汉堡）7. a work in progress 一项正在进展中的研发工作8.stem cells 干细胞9.tasteless 无味的10.technologists 技术专家11.flavour 味道12.juice 果汁13.mixture混合物14.initial 最初的15.development process 研发过程World's first lab-grown burgerProfessor Post is developing a way to grow meat in a lab because he believes that livestock farming is not good for the environment, not good for animals nor, he says, is it going to satisfy the growing demand for meat. His aim is to produce a burger that looks and tastes just like the real thing but from what I saw at his lab, that is still a work in progress. The flesh, grown from stem cells, is pale white and tasteless, so food technologists have had to mix in breadcrumbs, caramel and saffron to add flavour and beetroot juice to add colour. The mixture is then put together to make the burger that will be cooked then eaten by two food writers. Initial testing during the development process suggests that it won’t taste great, but according to Professor Post, it will taste good enough.1.intense浓厚的[♓⏹♦♏⏹♦]2.iconic标志性的[♋♓⏹♓]3.under the hammer被拍卖[ ✈⏹♎☜]4.potential 潜在的[☐☜♦♏⏹☞☎☜✆●]5.gather 聚集[ ♈✌❆☜]6.auction 拍卖[ ☞☜⏹]7.bidders竞拍者[ ♌♓♎☜]8.outfit 服装[ ♋◆♦♐♓♦]9.homespun家纺的[ ♒☜☺❍♦☐✈⏹]10.floral 花纹的[ ♐●❒☜●]11.lederhosen皮短裤[ ♐●❒☜●]12.identity 身份[♋♓♎♏⏹♦♓♦♓]13.revealed透露v.14.memorabilia纪念品[ ❍♏❍☜❒☜♌♓●♓☜]15.item 物品[ ♋♓♦♏❍ ♋♓♦☜❍]16.original 原来的[☜❒♓♎✞☜⏹☜●] 17.cane 藤条[ ♏♓⏹]18.scene 一场戏[♦♓⏹]19.episode 集[ ♏☐♓♦☜◆♎]Sound of Music auctionThere was intense interest in the iconic costumes as they went under the hammer. Potential buyers, gathered in a Los Angeles auction house, faced competition from bidders on the phone and the internet. The central piece was Maria's outfit, described by the auctioneers as "a heavy brown homespun Austrian-style dress with a wheat-coloured homespun blouse." The floral lederhosen worn by the Von Trapp children were also part of the collection. The identity of the successful bidder has not been revealed. The Sound of Music costumes were sold as part of a two-day auction of Hollywood memorabilia. Other items included an original cane used by Charlie Chaplin in the comedy Modern Times and, a month after his death, the clothes worn by James Gandolfini in the final scene of the final episode of The Sopranos, sold for $22,000.1.pregnancy 怀孕[ ☐❒♏♈⏹☜⏹♦♓]2.in the public eye受公众关注的[✋⏹]3.camera 相机[ ✌❍☜❒☜]4.royal 皇家的[ ❒♓☜●]5.gave little away什么都没泄露[♈♏♓❖]6.throne 宝座[ ❒☜◆⏹]7.succession继承权[♦☜♦♏☞☜⏹]8.upbringing养育，抚养[ ✈☐♌❒♓☠♓☠]9.character 性格[ ✌❒♓♦☜]10.instill 注入[♓⏹♦♦♓●]11.stage 阶段[♦♦♏♓♎✞] 12.monarch君主[ ❍⏹☜]13.formality 仪式[♐❍✌●♓♦♓]14.fierce 激烈的[♐♓☜♦]15.media 媒体[ ❍♓♎☜]16.problematic成问题的[ ❍♓♎☜]17.rural 农村的[ ❒☺☜❒☎☜✆●]18.diminished（使）减弱[ ❒☺☜❒☎☜✆●]19.bond 联系纽带[♌⏹♎]20.speculation猜测[ ♦☐♏◆●♏♓☞☜⏹]21.broke with tradition打破了传统[♌❒☜◆]22.restraint限制[❒♓♦♦❒♏♓⏹♦]Royal babyIt was a pregnancy in the public eye. There was no hiding away from the cameras. And royal duties continued for the Duchess of Cambridge until the final weeks. Wherever she went, the gifts, the questions, the chat, had been of the baby. She gave little away. With his great-grandmother in her 61st year on the throne, and his grandfather and father ahead of him in the line of succession, it will be some time before the Duke and Duchess's son is King. Suzannah Lipscomb, Historian: It is in the nature of these next few years, in his upbringing, in his childhood, in the character and values that are instilled in him at this stage, that will determine how the British public will view their monarch. In the past, there was a formality to the royal birth announcements. Much has changed. After Prince William was born at St. Mary's hospital, his father spoke to the media.Reporter: How is Lady Di?Prince Charles: She's very well, marvellous.Reporter: Was it a very painful experience?Prince Charles: Have you ever had a baby?Reporter: No I haven't.Prince Charles: I should wait and see!And from the moment the new Prince appeared on the hospital steps, it was clear his upbringing would be different, less formal. William will now be fiercely protective of his wife and child but controlling the level of interest from the public and the media is increasingly problematic. The Duchess of Cambridge's childhood memories are of a strong family unit in rural Berkshire. Royal life appears not to have diminished that bond. And there is speculation that after the birth the Duchess will return home to mum for a few weeks. William's childhood broke with tradition. By royal standards there was greater freedom. It was more normal, there was less restraint. He is likely to want the same for his son, a little boy who one day will be King.1. a literary mystery文学之谜2.assured有把握的，十拿九稳地3.debut处女作[ ♎♏♌◆♎♏✋♌◆]4.it turns out原来是[♓♦]5.nom de plume笔名，化名[⏹❍]6.agent 经纪人[ ♏♓♎✞☜⏹♦]7.editor 编辑[ ♏♎♓♦☜]8.phrase 词组[♐❒♏♓] 9.gender性别[ ♎✞♏⏹♎☜]10.confessed承认，供认[ ♎✞♏⏹♎☜]11.mitigation辩解[ ❍✋♦✋♊♈♏✋☞☜⏹]12.liberating令人舒畅的[ ❍✋♦✋♊♈♏✋☞☜⏹]13.solve 解决[♦●❖]Book author mysteryIt was something of a literary mystery. How was Robert Galbraith, a former military policeman, able to produce such an assured debut novel? Extract from the book:The face was crushed and swollen, one eye reduced to a pucker, the other showing as a sliver of dull white between distended lids. When the sequinned top she wore glittered in slight changes of light, it gave a disquieting impression of movement, as though she breathed again. And now it turns out that Robert Galbraith is actually the nom de plume of none other than JK Rowling. The secret was only discovered when Britain's Sunday Times newspaper realised that Galbraith and Rowling shared the same agent and editor. Computer analysis showed they used similar phrases and styles. It was also not the first time Rowling had hidden her gender, having chosen to be called JK rather than Joanne when she was first published. Rowling confessed. In mitigation, she said she wanted to know how her book would be received without her name and that she had found it a liberating experience. The book had sold fifteen hundred copies before Sunday, and now the mystery has been solved it is number one in the Amazon best seller list.1.paw熊掌2.prickly 多刺的[ ☐❒♓●♓]3.cuddle拥抱[ ✈♎●]4.trustworthy值得信赖的5.bare necessity基本必需品[♌☪☜]6.ranked highly排位很高的7.pint 品脱（单位）[☐♋♓⏹♦] 8.up there被列在前的[✈☐]9.polled投票统计的，抽样调查的[✈☐]10.overlooked忽视了[ ☜◆❖☜●◆]11.materialistic 物质性的[❍☜♦♓☜❒♓☜●♓♦♦♓]12.in favour of 赞同支持13.rest at ease心满意足[❒♏♦♦]Life's essentialsFor Baloo the bear in The Jungle Book, it was honey, ants, paw paws and prickly pears. But when it comes to the Great British public, the top four things people couldn't live without were an internet connection, a television, a cuddle and a trustworthy best friend.And while women placed cuddles as their number one 'bare necessity', men were more into television. For women, chocolate, central heating and a cup of tea all ranked highly. But for men, a cooked breakfast and a pint of beer were up there. I asked people on the streets of London what their bare necessities were:Vox pops of people in London:My girlfriend. X-box. Cigarettes. Money's the main thing – makes the world go round!Phone. My family and kids. Freedom, democracy, independence, votes, women's rights.My kids. Water. My wife I think, that's about the best. Very diplomatic!Eighty-six per cent of those polled admitted that they overlooked love and friendship in favour of materialistic things - which could explain why the iPhone helps so many British people rest at ease when it comes to the bare necessities of life.1.velvety 天鹅绒般的2.smooth 光滑的3.replace 代替4.globules 小球体5.disperses 分散6.maintain 保持7.texture 质地8.trick 窍门9.agar 琼脂10.available 可获得的11.gelling agent 胶凝剂12.blend 混合13.sponges 海绵14.soak 浸透15.alcohol 酒精16.additives 添加剂17.credentials 资格18.lower 降低。
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Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you?By David Rhodes BBC NewsIt's sometimes said that eating a lot of of bananas at once could be dangerous - it has even been suggested that eating more than six in one sitting could kill you. Can this really be true?Bananas are one of the world's most popular fruits, stuffed with vitamins and minerals. On the face of it they are good for you, so why do some people think they could be fatal?One well-known figure who has spread this idea around is Karl Pilkington, the grumpy friend of comedian Ricky Gervais."Before when you were talking about bananas... I had that fact, about if you eat more than six, it can kill you," he said in one of his conversations with Gervais and fellow (同伴; 男子) comedian (喜剧演员) Stephen Merchant."It is a fact. Potassium (钾) levels are dangerously high if you have six bananas... I saw a bowl of bananas. There's six bananas there. You know why there's only six? Seven would be dangerous."So how dangerous is potassium? Actually, it is crucial for survival and can be found "within every single cell of the body," says Catherine Collins, a dietitian at St George's Hospital in London."We use it to help generate an electrical charge which helps the cell function properly. It helps keep your heart rate steady, it helps trigger insulin release from the pancreas to help control blood sugars, and more importantly keeps blood pressure in check."On the other hand, if the level of potassium in the body is too low or too high it can result in an irregular heartbeat, stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea. Potassium chloride is even one of the chemicals used in lethal injections in the US, as extremely high doses can cause cardiac arrest.But for a healthy person, "it would be impossible to overdose on bananas," says Collins. "You would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you."Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK's National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level.There are some people who should steer clear of foods that are high in potassium though, warns Collins - those with kidney disease."These patients have a very low kidney function which can potentially see a build-up of harmful potassium levels in their blood stream because they can't get rid of the mineral when they pass urine," she says. "So in theory it is possible for someone with kidney disease to die of a high blood potassium level if they decided to consume lots of different food types rich in the mineral."She once had a patient on dialysis who had a heart attack after eating too many tomatoes - another fruit rich in potassium. His kidneys had already stopped working so he was unable to get rid of the excess.Image copyright AFPAnother thing that could cause some to worry about bananas is radiation.Like many foods, bananas naturally contain some radioactive isotopes - enough for the US-based think tank, Nuclear Threat Initiative, to warn that they can trigger sensors used at US ports to detect smuggled nuclear material.A typical banana contains 0.1 microsieverts of radiation. To put that in context, a typical CT scan in a hospital exposes humans to between 10 and 15 millisieverts - about 100,000 times more."The levels of radioactivity are negligible," says Collins. "Bananas are not as radioactive as Brazil nuts and they are safe to eat in moderation."Egyptian security forces 'kill Mexican tourists'Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.The tourists were travelling in four buses that entered a "banned area" in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, the ministry said in a statement.Ten Mexicans and Egyptians were also injured and are being treated in a local hospital.The ministry said it had formed a team to investigate the incident.It said that those killed on Sunday were "dealt with" as part of an operation to pursue "terrorist elements" in the area.The army operation came a day after militants claiming to be affiliated to the Islamic State group said they were present in the desert near the Libyan border.The region is popular with tourists, but is also believed to be a militant hideout.Migrant crisis: Germany to start temporary border controlsGermany is to introduce temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of migrants, the interior minister has said.Thomas de Maiziere said refugees could "not choose" their host countries and called on other EU states to do more.Trains between Germany and Austria have been suspended for 12 hours.Germany's vice-chancellor has said the country is "at the limit of its capabilities" as more than 13,000 migrants arrived in Munich on Saturday.Germany expects 800,000 migrants to arrive this year."The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows to Germany and to return to orderly procedures when people enter the country," Mr de Maiziere told a news conference.He gave no details. The move goes against the principle of the Schengen zone, which allows free movement between many European countries. However, the agreement does allow for temporary suspensions.Germany's rail service Deutsche Bahn said train services with Austria would be stopped until 03:00GMT on Monday.Politically this is a shrewd move by Thomas de Maiziere. His announcement comes just a day before he travels to Brussels to meet other EU interior ministers to discuss the migrant crisis. The measure will help him put pressure on other European countries to do their bit. It highlights just how much Germany is struggling to cope.The move could also serve as a useful threat; after all, Mr de Maiziere said Germany was controlling the border with Austria "first", the implication being more could follow. The possibility that Germany might suddenly decide to control its other borders could well help jolt EU partners into action.For migrants, the announcement means Germany is not pursuing an open-door policy. After weeks of confusion, Berlin is now sending out the clear message that the Dublin Regulation does still hold, meaning that people have to apply for asylum in the first EU country they arrive in. After that, if Berlin gets its way, they will then be sent elsewhere in Europe according to a strict quota system.Many migrants have been refusing to register in countries such as Greece or Hungary, fearing it will stop them being granted asylum in Germany or other EU states.The city of Munich, in the German state of Bavaria, has taken the brunt of arrivals over the weekend.Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer said the controls sent an "important signal".Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a tough line on the migrant crisis, told Germany's Bild newspaper he welcomed the new controls, saying they were "necessary to protect German and European values". On Sunday, the Czech Republic also said it would boost border controls with Austria.Europe as a whole is struggling to deal with an enormous influx of people, mostly from Syria but also Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries, fleeing violence and poverty.On Sunday, Greek coastguards said at least 34 people, including 11 children, drowned when a boat carrying about 100 migrants capsized off the island of Farmakonisi in the southern Aegean Sea.The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Greece says it is the largest loss of life in a single incident in the Aegean since the crisis began. Image copyrightEarlier on Sunday, Germany's Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who is also economy minister, warned the country was being stretched to its limits by the new arrivals."It is not just a question of the number of migrants, but also the speed at which they are arriving that makes the situation so difficult to handle," he told the Tagesspiegel newspaper.Mr Gabriel also called on European countries, Gulf states and the US to give billions of euros towards schools, accommodation and food in refugee camps in the Middle East.A steady stream of migrants is travelling from Greece, through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, to Austria and Germany.Hungary is aiming to complete a four-metre-high (13ft) fence along the border with Serbia by 15 September, when tougher measures, including arresting illegal immigrants, come into force.The European Commission announced plans last week for mandatory quotas to share out 120,000 additional asylum seekers among 25 member countries.Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania are opposed to this.。
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BBC News with Jonathan Izard.The United States says the Congolese war crime suspect Bosco Ntaganda has handed himself in at the US embassy in Rwanda and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, the ICC, in The Hague. Our East Africa correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse reports.Bosco Ntaganda walked into the US embassy in Kigali on Monday morning unsolicited according to an official statement from Washington. Neither the United States nor Rwanda is a signatory to the ICC, but a spokeswoman for the state department said the US supported the work of the court and would aim to facilitate his transferal to The Hague. The charges against Gen Ntaganda, who’s nicknamed The Terminator, include rape, murder and the recruitment of child soldiers. They relate not to the current rebellion in the eastern Congo, but to an earlier conflict in the same region.A legal case has begun in New York that challenges the way the city’s po lice conduct a policy of detaining and sometimes searching those they consider suspicious. Critics say the operations known as “stop and frisk” disproportionately target black and Hispanic men. But the policy’s supporters say it’s contributed to a sharp drop in violent crime. Here’s our North America correspondent Jonny Dymond.More than half a million people were stopped on the streets of New York City last year by police. The policy is legal. But now opponents want the way that it’s put into action exam ined and reformed. More than half of those stopped are black, only a quarter of the city’s residents are. A lawyer for the organisation that started the case, the Center for Constitutional Rights, described the stops as a frightening and degrading experience that were arbitrary, unnecessary and unconstitutional.The jailed Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan says he’s to make a historic statement on Thursday, raising hopes that he might call a ceasefire after decades of conflict with the Turkish government. James Reynolds sent this report from Istanbul.A delegation of Kurdish MPs was allowed to go and see Abdullah Ocalan in prison. The politicians took back with them to Istanbul a statement from the PKK’s leader. Abdullah Ocalan said that he would make a call, or announcement, during traditional Kurdish New Year celebrations on Thursday. This call will feature satisfactory information on the political and military aspects of the solution, he wrote. Most here take this to mean that Mr Ocalan will call a ceasefire and may also announce the withdrawal of armed PKK fighters from Turkey to their main base across the border in northern Iraq.Finance ministers from the eurozone have asked Cyprus to protect small investors from a proposed levy on savings. Plans for a one-off tax of nearly seven per cent on savings up to 100,000 euros have outraged Cypriots. Banks in Cyprus are to remain closed until Thursday as efforts to revise an international bailout package continue. A parliamentary vote on the package has been repeatedly postponed. It’s now expected on Tuesday.World News from the BBC.The British Prime Minister David Cameron has presented the plan to regulate the press in the wake of a series of scandals over phone hacking by journalists. Mr Cameron told parliament that the plan agreed overnight by Britain’s main political parties would set up a watchdog that could impose heavy fines on newspapers and force them to publish corrections. The leader of the opposition Labour party Ed Miliband said the agreement satisfied the demands of protection for victims and freedom of the press."I don’t want to live in a country where sections of the press can abuse their power to wreak havoc on the lives of innocent people. And equally I want to live in a country that upholds the right of a fearless, angry, controversial press that holds the powerful to account, including in this House. Today’s agreement protects the victims and upholds a free press.”The Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made a direct appeal to Pope Francis to intervene on the dispute between her country and Britain over the Falkland Islands. At an audience with the Pope at the Vatican, the Argentine leader said she wanted him to get involved. She accused Britain of militarising the islands. It’s not known how the Pope, who is from Argentina, responded to the appeal. Argentina claims sovereignty over the islands.The Supreme Court in Colombia has revoked a presidential decree which allowed abortions in cases of rape, malformation or risk to the mother’s health. The judge said the decree issued in 2006 was illegal because it meddled in areas for which no law had ever been passed. But a separate constitutional court ruling holds that clinics cannot refuse abortions in such cases.The Bangladesh Cricket Board has banned an international umpire Nadir Shah from the sport for 10 years after finding him guilty of corruption. The board launched an inquiry after a report by an Indian television station alleged that Mr Shah and others were willing to help fix matches in return for bribes. Nadir Shah denies the charges and says he will appeal.BBC News.Jonathan Izard为您报道BBC新闻。
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BBC英语新闻2010-10-12BBC News with David LeggeThe commander of United States and Nato forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, has ordered an investigation into the death of a kidnapped British aid worker killed during a rescue attempt on Friday. His announcement comes after the US military revealed that the aid worker Linda Norgrove may have been killed by a grenade thrown by American troops trying to rescue her. From Kabul, Nicholas Witchell has this report.For 48 hours over the weekend, officials here had spoken about an explosion initiated by one of the extremists, possibly from a suicide bomb vest. Quite why it took the Americans so long to verify the accuracy of the picture they were giving isn't clear, but this morning they suddenly disclosed that surveillance footage together with discussions with members of the team meant that they could not now conclusively determine the cause of Ms Norgrove's death. There will now be a joint investigation by the American and British military, which is likely to take several days.In Chile, the first test has been carried out of the narrow steel capsule that will be used to try to rescue 33 miners who have been trapped underground for the past two months. Caroline Hawley is at the mine in San Jose.Preparations are now moving ahead swiftly for the operation to winch the miners out of what they described as their underground hell. Not only is the escape shaft ready, but the special capsule that was sent down to rescue the men has beentested to a depth of 610 metres, and the Mining Minister Laurence Golborne says all went well. The miners will be taken off solid food ready for their ascent and given only specially-enriched drinks. This extraordinary rescue mission is now due to begin by early Wednesday morning.Palestinian officials have rejected an offer by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt Jewish settlement activity if the Palestinians were to recognise Israel as a Jewish state. A Palestinian official said the offer was beside the point. Wyre Davies reports from Jerusalem.The Palestinian response was swift and unequivocal, dismissing Mr Netanyahu's suggestion out of hand. A senior negotiator said the Palestinians had long ago recognised the state of Israel, and the real issue threatening the talks was illegal Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. The demand that Israel should be recognised explicitly as a Jewish state has long been rejected by the Palestinians, who say it discriminates against 20% of the Israeli population which is not Jewish. The world's first official trial using human embryonic stem cells for clinical treatment has begun in the United States. Doctors at a hospital in the city of Atlanta say they have their first patient for the study which will involve the use of stem cells to treat severe spinal injuries. Opponents of the method which involves taking stem cells from human embryos argue that human embryos are destined for destruction as a result. The US government is currently fighting a legal battle to allow federal funding for stem cell research.This is the latest World News from the BBC.Eight policemen have been killed in an attack on a police checkpoint in Mexico. At least one other officer was injured. The killings took place in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, home to one of Mexico's powerful drugs cartels.Medical workers in the city of Aden (say southern Yemen) say two explosions of there have killed at least one person and injured eight others. The blasts within minutes of each other struck a residential area of Aden, near the grounds of a local football team.Police in Hungary have arrested the managing director of the aluminium plant at the centre of a massive chemical spillage which has devastated several towns and villages in the west of the country. The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the arrest and said that the company would be temporarily nationalised, and those responsible should bear the financial consequences. A government spokesman, Anna Nagy, explained why such tough action was being taken."This is a human fault; this is a human mistake. It was not a natural catastrophe, and the people who operated the plant need to be responsible for what happened." Rescuers have found the body of the last person still missing, taking the total number killed to eight.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has intervened in a long-running battle for control of Iran's biggest university, paving the way for it to be taken over by the government. Ayatollah Khamenei ruled that the endowment of Azad University in Tehran, which has 1.5 million students and tens of millions of dollars in assets, was religiously illegitimate. Until now, the university has been a centre of support forthe former President Ali Akbar Rafsanjani, one of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main rivals.One of the greatest opera singers of the modern era, Joan Sutherland, has died. She was 83. Her family said her death at her home near Geneva followed a long illness. She was made a Dame in 1979, but to opera enthusiasts she was known simply as La Stupenda.。
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BBC news 2014-09-10---------BBC News with Julie Candler.President Obama has said he'll present a much anticipated strategy next Wednesday to defeat the Islamic State group. In an interview on US television Mr Obama said it would be a political, economic and military strategy."More than that, I just want the American people to understand the nature of the threat and how we are going to deal with it, and to have confidence that we'll be able to deal with it. We have not seen any immediate intelligence about threats to the homeland from ISIL. That's not what this is about. What it's about is an organisation that, if allowed to control significant amounts of territory, to amass more resources, more arms to attract more foreign fighters, including from areas like Europe, who have visas and then can travel to the United States unimpeded, that over time that can be a serious threat to the homeland."More details have emerged about US air strikes in western Iraq targeting Islamic State militants. The US military says a mix of attack, bomber and fighter aircraft carried out five raids in support of Iraqi security forces and Sunni tribes protecting the Haditha Dam, a major source of power in Iraq. It said a number of armoured vehicles, some carrying anti-aircraft artillery, were destroyed. The US said all the aircraft involved left the area safely.Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo have agreed to take all necessary measures to confront Islamic State and cooperate with international, regional and national efforts to combat the militants. Our Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher has this report.The message from the Arab League meeting in Cairo is one that will hearten President Obama as he prepares to set out his strategy to counter Islamic State to the American people. The Arab ministers' endorsement of the UN Security Council resolution urging member states to stem the flows of support to the extremists will also be welcome. Funds from private Gulf citizens have helped fuel the group. But this kind of rhetoric has already been heard from Arab states along with strong new measures to tackle the threat. The question is whether they'll now fully act on them and act in unison.President Obama has said the US could deploy its military assets to help combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. He said a short-term investment was necessary to prevent Ebola spreading throughout and beyond Africa, potentially threatening America.Medical experts in the region have warned the outbreak, the worst to date, was spiraling out of control and could take months to contain. This report from Thomas Fessy in Dakar in Senegal.President Obama didn't give any more details or time frame for a potential deployment, but there is no doubt that it would be welcomed with relief if such a plan came to pass. He said the US would have to use the military to set up equipment and isolation units. These assets would also be used to provide security for public health workers coming in from around the world.World News from the BBC.European observers from the OSCE in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine say Sunday's exchanges of mortar fire between government forces and pro-Russia rebels are violations of the ceasefire agreement, but not serious enough to make the deal collapse. The head of the OSCE mission on the Russian side of the border said that more people have been crossing back into Ukraine since the ceasefire was signed on Friday. Paul Picard said that the traffic into Ukraine increased significantly on Saturday.Lesotho's army commander said efforts to negotiate with the renegade general have failed. A military action against him is the only operation. General TlaliKamoli is accused of masterminding a failed coup in the kingdom last week. He is now believed to have fled to the mountains with a few loyal elite special forces armed with weapons stolen from the barracks.Seven men have been sentenced to death after the gang rape of four women outside the Afghan capital Kabul last month. The women were taken from their husbands, robbed and assaulted as they returned from a wedding party. There have been protests insisting that the men be publicly hanged. This woman expressed the protesters' mood."We want the perpetrators to be punished because if this act goes unpunished like a number of other acts, then it will only keep continuing. And as a result the women of Afghanistan in particular will continue to be the victims. Here in Afghanistan,it is an Islamic society; and if a woman committed this kind of crime, then she would be stoned. So what we want, without any further delay of their cases, there should be their public execution."The crew of an Italian frigate which rescued a heavily pregnant would-be migrant from the Mediterranean Sea have delivered her baby girl on board the ship. The woman from Gambia was among a group of more than 600 people who were picked up over the weekend off the coast of Sicily when theover-crowded boat got into difficulty.BBC News.词汇解释1.present vt.提出2.amass vt.积累，积聚Mr. Smith's business was very successful, and he was able to amass a fortune.史密斯先生的事业极为成功，所以他积聚了一大笔财富。
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国内部分应塞尔维亚共和国总理武契奇邀请，国务院总理李克强于当地时间12月15日晚乘专机抵达贝尔格莱德尼古拉·泰斯拉机场，出席第三次中国—中东欧国家领导人会晤并对塞尔维亚进行正式访问。
国务院第三次全国经济普查领导小组副组长、国家统计局局长马建堂12月16日在国新办新闻发布会上宣布，历时两年多的第三次全国经济普查基本结束。
此次普查全过程公开透明，摸清了我国第二、三产业家底，真实反映我国经济社会发展状况，达到预期目标。
经国务院关税税则委员会审议并报请国务院批准，自2015年1月1日起，我国将对进出口关税进行部分调整。
2015年我国将对部分进口商品实施低于最惠国税率的进口暂定税率。
近日，辽宁省政府下发《辽宁省网上审批平台建设工作方案》。
辽宁将利用2015、2016两年时间，建成省市县三级统一的网上审批平台。
根据该方案，平台将具有网上审批和电子监察系统两大功能。
网上审批系统可实现全方位、全天候、跨地域、全透明服务。
平台采用统一技术标准和信息数据，将各部门审批事项整合到同一平台，为行政相对人提供办事指南、网上审批等服务，办理流程的每个环节及结果均予公开。
为贯彻落实《国务院关于深化考试招生制度改革的实施意见》，教育部12月16日发布了《关于普通高中学业水平考试的实施意见》《关于加强和改进普通高中学生综合素质评价的意见》。
两个配套文件在多年实践的基础上完善高中学业水平考试，提高其权威性和公信力;规范高中学生综合素质评价，做到程序透明公开，内容真实可信。
国际部分据巴基斯坦《黎明报》12月16日报道，针对白沙瓦军人子弟学校遇袭事件的救援行动已基本结束，袭击造成至少141人死亡，其中儿童为132人，均为该学校1至10年级的学生，年龄多为12至16岁。
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Cuba has re-established direct telephone links with the United States for the first time in 15 years. It is the first agreement signed between Cuban and American companies since the announcement last December that both states will renew diplomatic ties after more than 50 years of hostility. Will Grant reports from Havana."A key part of the decision by the Obama administration to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba was to help boost telecommunications on the island. In the long term it is hopped in Washington that would mean greater internet access. But for now it has at least brought a direct telephone connection between the two countries. Previously calls were rated by a third countries driving out of the cost of a call to the US from Cuba and making it prohibitively expensive for ordinary Cubans." Key Phrases/Words1. re-establish v. 重建，重新建⽴，恢复2. hostility n. 敌意，敌对状态3. prohibitively expensive 价格⾼昂（使⼈却步）。
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BBC news 2014-05-05--------- BBC News with Julie CandlerThe United States says the release of international observers abducted by pro-Russian militants in Ukraine is a step in the right direction, but that the Kremlin needs to do much more to deescalate the situation. Secretary of State John Kerry said Moscow should now withdraw its support for the militants and help remove them from the official buildings they occupy. The observers who've now arrived safely in Berlin were freed less than a day after a Russian envoy Vladimir Lukin arrived in Slaviansk where they have been detained more than a week. After their release, Mr. Lukin said he expected reciprocal actions.They were not in exchange for anyone else. This is a voluntary act and I would very much like to believe that this voluntary and noble act will be followed by reciprocal voluntary, noble actions from those of the other side of this confrontation. I would very much like military actions to end.Fighting has been intensifying in eastern Ukraine, there have been more clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian militants in and around the town of Kramatorsk, where at least two people are said to have been killed. The Ukrainian Interior Minister, Arsen Avakov, said troops had recaptured a security services building and a television tower. Elsewhere, pro-Russian militants have reported to attack an army recruitment center in Luhansk wounding two Ukrainian soldiers.Security officials in Kenya say at least three people have been killed in two explosions in the city of Mombasa. There are reports a third device left in a cinema which failed to explode. Mohamud Ali from the BBC’s Somali Service reports.According to the police boss in Mombasa Robert Kitur, one person tried to get access to a bus in the evening, the explosives exploded killing three people in a busy market in the coastal town of Mombasa. There was also a simultaneous attack on a resort hotel that frequented at by tourists in N* beach, nobody was inside are killed in that blast and the police at the scene.Hundreds of illegal migrants have arrived in the northern Sudanese town of Dongola after being rescued from the dessert by the Sudanese army. Most are said to be Ethiopian and Eritrean while others are South Asian. Mary Harper reports.Six army trucks drove the migrants hundreds of kilometer through the Sahara desert to the town of Dongola. They were found earlier this week near the border with Libya, where they have been abandoned by traffickers. They lacked food and water and at least nine of them died. Every year, tens of thousands of migrants cross the Sahara trying to make their way to Europe. Many of them pay significant amounts to traffickers. Last year, dozens of migrants from Niger died from thirst in the desert after their vehicle broke down.World news from the BBC Afghan officials has said they've ended the search for more victims of a landslide in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, and the area will now stand a mass grave yard. One of the Afghanistan Vice Presidents visited the scene and said it was not possible to bring out any more bodies. David Loyn sent this report from valley.The ridden area desolated feel at the bottom of the valley where thousands of people are now buried under mud that is about 17 meters deep, the landscape has been altered a stream is rapidly threatening to flood remaining houses since this course have been dug up. Several government ministers came with Vice President to look at the devastation. Food and basic shelter including tents have arrived. International agencies drawing on stock stored in the northeast of Afghanistan, but there are not many survivors, not many people left alive from the house at the bottom of the valley.A panel advising Pope Francis has called for Roman Catholic bishops to be held accountable if they failed to report suspected sexual abuse or failed to protect children from pedophile priests. After holding its first meeting, the new Vatican advisory border said current Church laws were out of the date and it would develop clear and effective rules to deal with the problem.An Indian regional politician in the state of Uttar Pradesh has died of his injuries after been seized by a man who'd set himself blaze. The local leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party, Kamruzzama Fauji suffered the injures during a television debate early in the week, when a member of the audience doused himself in petrol, set himself alight and grabbed Mr. Fauji.Brazil's Football Association has banned matches in a stadium in the northeastern city of Recife after a man was killed by a toilet bowl hurled by rival fans. The clashes on a second division match on Friday night, led the authorities to closed down the Arruda stadium. Recife is hosting five World Cup matches but they will be played at the newly built Arena Pernambuco.BBC news 2014-05-07--------- Police in the Philippines have arrested 58 people involved in an Internet extortion network. They are accused of posting fake profiles to social network sites, luring mostly elderly men into exposing themselves in video chats which then filmed and used to blackmail them for money.Basically what's been going on here is that criminals have now taken advantage of technology and in particularly, social networking site where they are creating multiple fake profiles to befriend as many people as possible. And the aim was of this is to encourage the person that befriended into having sex over the Internet in front of the webcam and unknown to the person this is filmed and recorded it. And then she used a blackmail further on. Many of these firms are so well-organized like a traditional business with the staff that they have got. So they really are very well-organized. And it enables them to commit crime all over the world rather than traditionally where they may have been confined to their own country.And these are mostly men, it seems, to think they are striking up kind of interval relationship over the Internet with a woman. It turns out that they are not. What kind of money is extorted from them?It varies anything from a few hundred pounds through to few thousand dollars. And it'swhatever they think that they can afford. It's very similar and very specialized to some of the other form we've seen in particular countries, some countries where teams have got together and they are specialized in skimming cards. Others have specialized in other types of fraud. I guess it's possibly also the fact that Philippines does well in tourist from westernized countries to the Philippines.The US Secretary of States John Kerry says the South Sudan President Salva Kiir has agreed to peace talks aimed at ending the conflict there. Mr. Kerry was speaking after the talks with the president in the capital Juba.I've told President Kiir that the choices that both he and the opposition face are stark and clear and that the unspeakable human costs that we have seen over the course of last month and which could even grow if they fail to sit down are unacceptable to the global community.BBC news 2014-05-11--------- BBC News with Marion Marshall.Pro-Russian activists in eastern Ukraine have decided to go ahead with a referendum on self-determination on Sunday, ignoring a call from President Putin to postpone it. Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.“His proposal yesterday to postpone the referendum in eastern Ukraine appeared an admission that just wasn't practical to organize the plebiscite in the short time remaining, and that the Kremlin may be prepared now to come to terms with Kiev. Most analysts had expected the pro-Russia separatists to heed the president's call, they haven't. But Vladimir Putin could turn that to his advantage, citing it as a proof that Russia is not orchestrating events across the border as the West has claimed.Ukrainian government says the proposed vote is illegal and what it calls anti-terrorist operations in eastern Ukraine will continue. Ukrainian border agency says armed men in eastern Ukraine have attempted to seize control of a border post at Esvarino. The agency said about 40 armed men arrived in minivans at a crossing point in the Lugansk region onThursday evening, surrounding the post and calling on Ukrainian guards to lay down their weapons. A statement said the gunmen threw petrol bombs, but fled when the border guards opened fire. There has been no independent confirmation of the incident.The American Secretary of State, John Kerry has announced that an American specialist team is joining the hunt in Nigeria to locate and free more than 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamist militants. Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan has acknowledged that the greatest threat facing his country is terrorism, but he insisted it could be neutralized with international help. Earlier, Mr. Kerry's predecessor, Hillary Clinton joined growing criticism of the Nigerian authorities, saying they had to perform better. The government of Nigeria needs to get serious about protecting all of its citizens, and insuring that every child has the right and opportunity to go to school in security and safety. That is a fundamental responsibility of any government. And Nigerians should hold their leaders accountable.The United States has for the first time imposed sanctions on a Russian bank active in Syria as part of efforts to step up economic pressure on the Syrian government. The move was announced as Syrian opposition leaders are on a visit to Washington to meet senior administration officials. Barbara Plett Usher reports.This is the first time America has sanctioned a Russian bank for its dealings with Damascus. The US Treasury Department said this build on existing efforts to choke off the Syrian government's access to the international financial system. New sanctions were also imposed on two Syrian state refineries and six senior officials. The announcement was made shortly before the head of the Syrian opposition Ahmad Al-Jarba met the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, he is on his first official visit to Washington during which he is also expected to see President Barack Obama.The Syrian government has retaken control of the old city of Homs, once known as the capital of the revolution after the evacuation of rebel troops. Hundreds of fighters and trapped civilians boarded buses to be taken to a rebel-held town north of the city to joinnearly 1,000 people who left on Wednesday.South Africa's governing ANC has won an emphatic victory in the country's general election, extending its 20 years in power. With most votes counted, the party has about 64%. Its closest rival, the Democratic Alliance has more than 22%, a marked improvement on its previous showing. Andrew Harding reports from Johannesburg.This election has proved to be about consolidation. The governing ANC has shaken off corruption scandals and an economic slump to hold on to almost 2/3 of all votes. It's likely to use that impressive mandate to try to drive through its national development plan, rejecting nationalization and emphasizing investment and infrastructure. The business friendly plan has alarmedSouth Africa's powerful unions, some of which may soon break away to form their own party.China has warned Vietnam to withdraw its ships from disputed waters after vessels from the two sides collided during a tense confrontation. A Foreign Ministry official in Beijing said Vietnam had deployed six vessels and accused it of intentionally ramming them into Chinese ships. The Chinese statement came after Vietnam itself accused China of amassing some 80 vessels, including warships in disputed waters. United States has appealed for calm.The Brazilian authorities say a worker has been killed in an electrical accident at one of the three football stadiums yet to be completed for the World Cup, which starts inJune. The 32-year-old man, who suffered a heart attack after an electric shock, was installing a telecommunications network at the stadium in Cuiaba. He is the eighth worker to die on World Cup building sites in Brazil.BBC news 2014-05-13--------- BBC News with Marion Marshall.The President of South Sudan Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Riek Machar have signed a deal in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to cease hostilities within 24 hours. The talkswere the first time the 2 men had met since fighting broke out in South Sudan in December. Emmanuel Igunza has the details.This is a really huge step in such aim finding a solution to the political crisis and the bloody conflict that has engulfed South Sudan for the past 5 months. And this has been so important because they say there would be a next talk, both teams have been agreed to a ceasefire. They have also undertaken to issue orders to the military commanders on the ground in South Sudan to stop all combat and to allow humanitarian aid to get to those people, 3 million people in need of emergency food aid in South Sudan. So allowing that, food should get to them.The United States has sharply criticized President Putin's visit to Crimea, his first since Russia annexed the territory from Ukraine. The US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki, said the trip would worsen the situation in Ukraine.Our view is that this trip is provocative and unnecessary. Crimea belongs to Ukraine, and we don't recognize, of course, the illegal and illegitimate steps by Russia in that regard.The European Union and Nato have also condemned Mr. Putin's visit. Ukraine's foreign ministry said Russia was deliberately escalating the crisis in the region.Ukrainian security forces have clashed with pro-Russian protesters in the eastern city of Mariupol. Local officials say 7 people were killed and 39 injured, although Ukraine's interior minister earlier said more than 20 people had died. The government said a gun battle began when pro-Russian activists tried to storm a police station. Local witnesses have accused the security forces of opening fire on unarmed protesters.Amnesty International says it has damning evidence that the Nigerian military failed to act on advanced warnings of the raid in which more than 200 school girls were kidnapped 25 days ago. Here is our security correspondent Frank Gardner.Amnesty International has had a team on the ground in Nigerian for some time, gatheringtestimony from both government officials and members of the public. Their researcher, Makmid Camara says the military were warned of an impending attack by Boko Haram on the town of Chibok at 7 o'clock in the evening over 4 hours before it took place.A special request was made for reinforcements when it was becoming evidently clear that the attackers were indeed on the way, but no reinforcement was then sent when the attack took place at 11:45.The Nigerian information minister Labaran Maku told the BBC he doubted the Amnesty report, but would investigate it. Meanwhile, British, US and other international teams of experts have arrived in Nigeria to help in the hunt for the missing girls.World News from the BBC. More than 20 years after it was destroyed during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Sarajevo's city hall housing the national library has reopened. The iconic building which was first inaugurated in 1896 was hit by a mortar and burned down during the Bosnian-Serb siege of city in 1992, it's been restored to mark the centenary of the World War I.Yemeni security forces have fought a gun battle with militants outside the President Palace in the capital Sanaa. Sebastian Usher has this report.Heavy gunfire resounded through Sanaa for around an hour as presidential security guards battled with militants. A security source said the gunmen had tried to force their way through the main gate of presidential palace as fighting raged there. An explosion was heard in another district of the capital near a building used by the security services. Officials quickly blamed al-Qaeda linked militants for the attacks. The day to night, earlier reports for the defence minister had survived an assassination attempt in the south where the army is mounting a new offensive against al-Qaeda, the group has lost towns it held and personnel but vowed retaliation.Eleven former employees of Spain's state railway company have been made formal suspects in an investigation into last year's train crash in the city of Santiago that killed 79people. They include a former director general of the company and a former head of safety. The train was traveling at more than twice the speed limit when it derailed on a bend.Roman Catholic bishops in Argentina say the country is sick with violence and corruption comparing it to a cancer, causing injustice and deaths. In a statement released at their annual conference in Buenos Aires, the bishops also said violence in society was getting more ferocious than ever. The government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner responded by saying this was a deliberate attempt to blame it for rising levels of insecurity.BBC news 2014-05-15--------- BBC News with Jerry SmitThe families of the Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in Southern Borno state four weeks ago have reacted to the video released by the Islamist group Boko Haram. Some told the BBC that seeing the girls alive has given them hope, although they were shocked at seeing the mostly Christian girls in Islamic dress. In the video, the Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau offers to trade girls for jailed Boko Haram members. The interior Ministry has rejected such a deal. Senator Ali Ndume, who represents the region from where the girls were abducted, encourages all possible ways to secure their release.What is most important one is that a channel for communication has been established, that is one, two, they are talking and our people and I, myself, have encouraged the government to continue talking because that way you will reach somewhere, because in this type of situation it is only negotiation that's helped to bring solution to the problem.The results of the first exit polls in Indian's general election indicated a victory for the coalition led by the opposition candidate Narendra Modi. The surveys also suggest the worst ever performance by the governing Congress Party. Election figures showedthere was a record voted turnout of 66%. Andrew North reports from the city of Varanasi.Exit Polls published by the Indian media say Mr. Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP are on course to form the next government. Polls have a bad record here though, they gotthe last two elections wrong and the results will not be counted until Friday. But record turnouts usually signal big change. And if Mr. Modi has been victorious, it will mean an end to 10 years of rule by the Congress party with the Gandhi family as its head.Pro-Russian militants in eastern Ukraine have said they want to become part of the Russian Federation following Sunday's referendums on self-rule. The government in Kiev has denounced the polls as illegal. Richard Galpin reports from Donetsk.It’s a packed news conference here, one of the top separatist leaders, Denis Pushilin, said they had declared independence, but soon hope the Donetsk region will be ought to join Russia. And Pushilin said there’d be no need to have a second referendum. So far Moscow has not commented on this specifically, but earlier the Kremlin did say the will of the people who'd voted on Sunday through referendum in eastern Ukraine should be respected and the results implemented peacefully.Both the United States and the Europe Union had dismissed the referendums as illegal.A senior politician with Spain's governing People's Party has been shot and killed in the northern city of Leon. Isabel Carrasco was the party's head in Leon province. Police have arrested two women in connection with the killing, which they say is being treated as a possible revenge attack.World News from the BBC Three crew members who died on the South Korean ferry that sank last month have been recognized as martyrs for helping others on the boat. Two of sailors and an engaged couple could have escaped, but stayed on board to help trapped passengers. Another gave away her life jacket as she thought to guide others to safety.The Italian Navy says at least 17 people have drowned off the coast of Libya when a boat packed with migrants sank. More than 200 survivors have been pulled from the sea and the search for others has continued into the night. The migrants were trying to reach the Italian Island of Lampedusa. The Italian government has again accused the European Union of doing too little to address the issue.The chief prosecutor of the murder trial of the South African Oscar Pistorius has said the athlete should undergo mental evaluations after a psychiatrist called by the defense told the court that Mr. Pistorius suffered from an anxiety disorder. Andrew Harding sends this report.Psychiatrist Merryll V orster said Oscar Pistorius suffered from a lifelong anxiety disorder because of his amputated legs, his parents' behavior and his mother's early death. She said the athlete was the result, both controlling and vulnerable with heightened fear of crime. Dr. V orster said, because of the athlete's disability, he was more likely to fight than to flee when confronted with a perceived threat. With the prosecutor is now arguing that if his mental condition is being used to as a defense, then Mr. Pistorius should be evaluated by court-appointed experts.Health officials in the United States have confirmed a second case of a virus that has killed more than 100 people in Saudi Arabia. A person in Florida has been found to have Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. Earlier this month, a healthcare worker who traveled to Indiana from Saudi Arabia was diagnosed with the disease. Most cases have been found in Saudi Arabia.BBC news 2014-05-17--------- BBC News with Julie Candler.Police in the Turkish city of Ankara and Istanbul have fired tear gas and water canon at thousands of demonstrators protesting over a deadly mine explosion in which more than 270 people have died. The demonstrators called for the government to resign over what is the country's worst mining disaster. There were also scuffles in the town of Soma close to the coal mine during a visit there by the prime minister. Gerry reports.The mood is very grim and the anxious waiters has left this place to frustration and anger as we saw in Soma today, the prime minister made a visit here and he was protested by the angry crowd asking for the resignation of the government.Soldiers in northeastern Nigeria deployed to deal with Islamist militants are reported tohave shot at their own army commander major general Ahu Mohammed. Eye-witnesses told the BBC that the soldiers fired at his convoy at a tented barracks in the city of Dubri. M. Limon in Abuja has more.They were trying to express their own dissatisfaction in the way they are being handled. They specifically gave an example of the killings of some of their colleagues overnight because there are police arrested an area which is suspected to be infiltrated with Boko Haram members. They wanted to spend the night without travelling but then I think the senior military officers insisted that they should come back to the barracks in the night. And they complain that they do not have night vision goggles to see. They were ambushed on the way as some of them were killed, so the soldiers today at the barracks were expressing their dissatisfaction the way thing are being handled in the barracks.Reports from northeastern Nigeria say local people have killed dozens of suspected Boko haram militants in a series of ambushes. The clashes occurred on Tuesday in a district called Kala Balage in Borno State. An eyewitness told the BBC the president who'd formed the vigilante group repelled an attack by hundreds of militants. He said he saw 50 dead bodies in one village and over one hundred in another. He believed all of those killed were militants.Political and civic leaders from across Ukraine have held a first round of internationally-brokered national unity talks to try to ease the crisis in the country. Pro-Russian activists are battling for control of parts of eastern Ukraine when not invited. David Stern is in Kiev.The talks called a round table were times heated. Some leaders called on officials to listen to the concerns of citizens in the east who are suspicious of the newly installed government in Kiev. But there was a general consensus among participants that Ukraine must remain united. However some people questioned how effective the talks could be without the Pro-Russian militant participation. After a referendum on Sunday, theseparatists have declared two eastern regions independent.World News from the BBC The United State military says it is temporarily positioned nearly 200 marines in the Italian island of Sicily in case of further unrest in North Africa. A Pentagon spokesman said the contingency measure was to prepare for potential security threats but declined to give further details. Last October a similar number was stationed in Italy following the capture of a senior Al-Qaeda figure in Libya.A baby in the American city of Minneapolis has survived an 11-storey fall from a high-rise apartment. Doctor says it's a miracle. As Barbara reports.The accident happened when the father of little Rusaday has stepped out of the room and his sister opened the balcony door. The infant apparently slipped through the balcony reelings and fell 11 stories. He's in hospital with a punctured lung, concussion and multiple fractures. Doctors say his condition is critical but stable and are calling his survival a miracle. One surgeon said a fall from any height more than 7 stories would usually kill an adult but Luses's flexible young skeleton and the fact that he landed on a soft pile of wood chips saved his life.The Cannes film festival has opened in the south of France with 18 films competing for the prestigious main prize the Palme d'Or. The Cannes is widely deemed as the world's most important film festival, but this year's opening film, a biography of Princess Grace of Monaco, has received very bad reviews. From Cannes Wincint reports.The organizers of the Cannes film festival like their opening film to bring controversy. The biopic Grace of Monaco stars Nicole Kidman has already been criticized by the royal family of Monaco on questions both of taste and accuracy. But just an hour along the coast from Monaco the film world premiere will bring glamour to the Cannes red carpet this evening. After that attention will rapidly turn to the films competing for the main prize the Palme d'Or.。
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BBC新闻讲解附字幕:加拿大公司开始在索马里开采石油BBC News with Marion MarshallAudio recordings from the capsized Italian cruise ship,the Costa Concordia, suggest the captain left the vessel while passengers were still being rescued.A coast guard officer orders the captain,Francesco Schettino,to return to the ship. Mr Schettino could be charged with manslaughter.His lawyer says a judge has ordered that the captain be held under house arrest.Eleven people are now known to have died in the disaster.Matthew Price reports from Giglio island.Five more bodies were brought out of the Costa Concordia today,four men and a woman,the coast guard said.More than20people,though,remain unaccounted for,among them a five-year-old girl taken on the cruise as a Rescue workers blew holes into the side of the ship today,trying to improve access for the divers who are venturing inside.Specialists,cavers were brought in to get into the deepest parts of the wreck.Officially this is still a rescue operation,but the sense here is that no one else will be brought out alive.The Syrian government has rejected a call from the Gulf state of Qatar for Arab soldiers to be sent to end the violence in Syria.The foreign ministry in Damascus said the Syrian people rejected any foreign intervention or attempt to infringe their sovereignty.Here's Paul Harper.Qatar has been an outspoken critic of Syria's violent repression of anti-government protests,but the Qatari emir's suggestion on Friday that Arab troops should intervene to end the killing took that criticism to a new level.意大利遇难游轮“协和号”上的音频资料显示，船长在乘客尚未救出时就弃船而去。
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BBC新闻讲解附字幕:澳洲遭遇半世纪最严重洪水(2011-01-4)BBC News with Nick KellyA bomb has exploded in a market close to a military barrack s in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing a number of people. Our correspondent Tomi Oladipo has the latest details.It's in an area which is a market, which has a bar, an open-air bar, where people come to drink. And I've spoken to witnesses who were at the scene, and they say they've seen bodies being carried out. So far, the sources within the ministry are telling me 11 people have been killed in the attack, but I still can't confirm that because the place has been cordon ed off by police and the ambulance services which are there.The man who's refusing to step down as president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has said the country could face greater violence if he were removed from office. The international communityis demanding that he hand over power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, who's believed to have won the election. Speaking to the Euronews television channel, Mr Gbagbo indicated he might consider resigning if the regional group Ecowas were to intervene militarily to try to remove him."I will see, but it's not on the agenda for the moment. What's on the agenda is to negotiate, so we are negotiating. I ask myself why those who pretend to have beaten me oppose a recount of votes.That's what I want to know. I ask those people to support a recount."The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says she has warned senior Ivorian officials including Mr Gbagbo that they could be held criminally accountable for human rights violations in Ivory Coast. The UN has accused security forces loyal to Mr Gbagbo of killing and abducting people associated with the opposition. It says officials have been unable toinvestigate allegations of atrocities including at least two mass graves.In Australia, thousands more people are getting ready to evacuate their homes in the northeastern state of Queensland, where some of the worst flooding in half a century has affected more than a million square metres of territory. In the town of Rockhampton, the Mayor Brad Carter described what the emergency services were facing."We are going to have a very tough situation whereby we may have to use only indisaster,processes of forced evacuations, and this is a very difficult issue. As you can appreciate, you can have, for example, some very elderly people that are very reluctant to leave their home, and for their own safety and goodwill, we will have to look at ways and means of relocating them, and we hope that that these are isolated and extreme cases."Rescue workers in southern Egypt say they've recovered the bodies of 11 children who were on board a bus swept away by floods on Wednesday. The bus was carrying 75 children and teachers returning home after dark from a school outing when it was dragged into a sand-filled trench by the water. More than 60 managed to escape with minor injuries, but an ambulance driver who'd helped rescue some of the girls was killed. World News from the BBCOn his last full day in office, the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided not to extradite a former left-wing militant to Italy. Cesare Battisti escaped from an Italian jail nearly 30 years ago while awaiting trial and eventually fled to Brazil. In his absence, he was convicted of four murders. Italy has recalled its ambassador to Brazil in protest at President Lula's decision. The former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared for further questioning by prosecutors investigating allegations of abuse of power. In a BBC interview, she again accusedPresident Viktor Yanukovych of being behind the charges so as to destroy political opponents. The army in Bolivia has begun selling bread in response to a strike by bakers angry at the government's decision to scrap fuel subsidies. Loaves baked in military ovens are being sold by troops from 12 locations in the city of La Paz and El Alto. The Bolivian government says the aim is to prevent shortages and counter a threat by bakers to raise bread prices. Mass protests against the fuel price hike, suspended for the New Year's weekend, are expected to resume on Monday. And the 19th century Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid has been denied a pardon 130 years after his death. The possibility was first suggested when historical documents appeared to show that Billy the Kid had been promised a pardon in return for testifying in a murder case. Ann Busby reports. Billy the Kid, whose real name was William Bonney, was only 21 when he was shot dead, but his brief life inspired dozens of books and films. It's not clear how many people he killed; some say more than 20. But his undoubted skill with a gun and his personal charm made him more of a folk hero than a notorious criminal. Supporters campaigned for a pardon, but the Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson has refused one after extensive research. "The romanticism appealed tome," he said, "but the evidence didn't support the idea." BBC News第二部分：参考翻译尼日利亚首都阿布贾一座军营附近的市场内一枚炸弹爆炸，造成多人死亡。
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China Ends One–Child PolicyBy VOA29 October, 2015The government in China plans to end its one-child per family policy and instead let families have two children.The plan was announced Thursday after high-level political meetings in Beijing. The official Xinhua news agency says the country's top legislature must approve the proposal before it becomes law.A Chinese Communist Party statement gave a number of reasons for the change in policy. The statement said the change is meant to balance population development. It said the move also attempts to stop a declining birth rate and strengthen the country's work force.FILE - A Chinese woman cuddles her child in Beijing. China announced Thursday it was ending its long-standing one-child policy and will now allow all couples to have two children. (2014 AP PHOTO)FILE - A Chinese woman cuddles her child in Beijing. China announced Thursday it was ending its long-standing one-child policy and will now allow all couples to have two children. (2014 AP PHOTO)China - the world's most populous country - launched the one-child policy in 1980. But the government permitted only a small number of couples to have two children. For example, some rural families were given approval to have two children.A total of 19 rural provinces have a partial two-child policy. That policy states if the first-born is a girl, a second child is permitted.In 2013, the Chinese government gave other couples a chance to have two children. Families could have two if one parent was an only child.A teacher and population expert, Jiang Quanbao, explained how Chinese families will react to the policy."Too many young people in the cities are probably no longer interested in having a second child," he said. "People in rural farming villages may be more interested. But again, some of them are already allowed to have two children."At the end of 2014, China had a population of 1.37 billion people. A total of 800 million of them are employed. But that job market population is expected to drop by 2050. With the two-child policy, an increase in births will ease the labor shortage, starting in 20 years.I'm Anna Matteo.Joyce Huang reported on this story for . Jim Dresbach adapted this story forLearning English. George Grow was the editor.______________________________________________________________Words in This Storyboost – v. to increase the force, power or amount of somethingpopulous – adj. having a large populationprovince – n. any one of the large parts that some countries are divided into。
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bbc新闻BBC新闻是英国广播公司的新闻报道平台，致力于全球新闻的报道和传播。
该媒体自1922年创立以来，一直以客观、公正、权威的报道著称，深受读者和观众的信赖。
BBC新闻在全球范围内拥有广泛的覆盖网络，每天发布大量的新闻报道，涵盖政治、经济、社会、文化、科技等各个领域。
BBC新闻的报道非常全面，既关注国内新闻，也报道国际新闻。
在国内新闻方面，BBC新闻对英国国内的政治、经济、社会等各个方面发展动态有着详实的报道。
无论是大选、脱欧、国内外重大事件，都能在BBC新闻上找到相关报道。
此外，BBC新闻还经常对英国文化、体育、娱乐等各个领域的热点事件进行报道。
在国际新闻方面，BBC新闻的报道涉及全球范围内的重要事件。
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BBC新闻的国际报道具有广泛的视野和深入的分析，能够为读者和观众提供多方面的信息和观点，帮助他们全面了解和认识世界的发展动态。
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无论读者想要了解哪个国家的天气情况，还是想要追踪体育比赛的最新进展，都可以在BBC新闻的网站或者移动应用上找到相关信息。
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总之，BBC新闻是一家具有世界影响力的新闻机构，致力于报道和传播全球的新闻和信息。
BBC新闻以其客观、公正、权威的报道著称，拥有广泛的覆盖网络，为读者和观众提供了全方位的新闻和资讯服务。
无论是国内新闻还是国际新闻，BBC新闻都能为大家提供及时、准确、多样化的新闻报道，帮助人们了解和认识世界的发展动态。
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BBC新闻听力BBC 10.30 :犯错后如何改正错误Scotland awoke yesterday a broken-hearted and bewildered nation.苏格兰整个国家都陷入心碎和迷茫。
given a cat’s chance by anybody, were leading the mighty Australia with a minute to go.原本没有任何悬念，离比赛结束一分钟的时候还领先于强大的澳大利亚。
A borderline penalty was given against them, which wasn’t referred to the television referee for a second opinion, and they lost by a single point.他们被判边界发球，并没有向电视裁判征求意见，他们以一分之差落败。
The after-game is half the fun. The chat often settles on blaming the referee.比赛后的讨论也有一半的乐趣。
聊天的焦点通常是谴责裁判。
We just need the same rules for everybody.’我们只是想要所有人遵守同样的规则。
”follow the letter of the law?遵守法律条文？You should let the game flow and not blow the whistle all the time.’你应该让比赛顺畅地进行下去，而不是总是吹哨。
”they’re expressing the two rival schools of ethics.他们表达的是两种敌对的伦理学派。
setting aside anxiety about right and wrong, and instead evaluating which course of action is likely to produce the most positive consequences.另外一个学派是关于结果的——抛开关于对错多的焦虑，而是评估哪种行为可能产生最积极的影响。
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BBC双语新闻2014.12.16In Japan, the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has retained a two-thirds majority in the lower house of parliament after a snap election. But the turnout of about 52% was the lowest since the WWII, partly because of heavy snowfall. Mr. Abe has sought a renewed mandate for his radical economic policies, known as Abenomics, two years after coming to power. Mr. Abe told reporters he was determined to continue his efforts to turn around the Japanese economy.在日本，首相安倍晋三领导的执政联盟在提前选举中保持了在下议院中的三分之二多数支持，但投票率只有52%，是自二战以来最低的，这部分是因为大雪。
安倍希望能在两年执政后实现连任来实施他激进的经济政策，即安倍经济学，安倍告诉记者，他决定继续扭转日本经济的局面。
“My Abenomics policies are still only half-way done, but I believe we’ve moved away from those dark times two or three years ago. I’m aware th at there are still a lot of people who are still not feeling the benefits. But it’s my duty to bring these benefits to those very people, and I believe this election made that clear.”“我的安倍经济学政策只进行了一半，但我相信我们已经从两三年前的黑暗时候走出来了。
我意识到仍有很多人未能从中受益，但我的职责就是将福利带给这些人，我相信这次选举就能做到这一点。
”Senior European Union officials have warned Turkey, a candidate for membership, that police action against opposition media outlets went against European values. More than 20 employees of a TV network and newspaper, close to the US-based opposition cleric Fethullah Gulen, were arrested. Mark Lowen in Istanbul reports.欧盟高级官员警告申请成为成员国的土耳其，该国针对反对派媒体机构的警察行动违反了欧盟的价值观。
与在美国的反对派牧师法士拉·葛兰关系近的电视网络和报纸的20多名雇员都已被捕，马克·罗文在伊斯坦布尔报道。
“After a recent visit here by EU commissioners and Turkey-stated goal of reviving stalled membership talks, the criticism from Brussels will sting. Federica Mogherini, the EU’s Foreign Policy Chief, said today’s media raids were against European standards and values, and that further steps towards membership depend on respect for the rule of law and fundamental rights. The arrests are part of the government’s campaign against, what it calls, a parallel state planning a coup. But they will further deepen divisions here, critics saying Turkey is sliding towards authoritarianism.”“在欧盟委员最近访问后，以及土耳其声明其希望继续已经暂停的成员国资格会谈后，布鲁塞尔就对土耳其进行了批评。
欧盟外交政策首席代表莫盖里尼今天对媒体的突袭违反了欧洲标准和价值观，对成员国资格的下一步骤取决于该国对法律和基本权利的遵守。
土耳其政府称逮捕行动是在对策划政变的反应，但这将进一步加深其中的分歧，批评者称土耳其正在一步步滑向独裁主义。
”There has been a mixed reaction to a new deal on climate change agreed after two weeks of negotiations in the Peruvian capital Lima. The European Union said the draft text was a step towards a global agreement next year, while India said it was happy that rich countries wouldcontinue to bear the lion's share of cuts in global emissions. However, environmental groups said the plan was half-baked and would do little to tackle emissions of greenhouse gases.在秘鲁首都利马进行的两周会谈达成了气候变化新协议，人们对此反应不一。
欧盟称该草案是朝着明年全球协议的一步，而印度称很快行看到发达国家将继续承担全球排量减少的最大份额。
不过，环保组织称该计划考虑不周，对解决温室气体排放贡献不大。
In the Egyptian city of Luxor, a colossal statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III has been put back on its feet more than 3,000 years after it was toppled by an earthquake. Alan Johnston reports.“The earthquake brought the towering statue crashing down and for more than 30 centuries it laid broken in many places. But now the Pharaoh has risen again. The statue unveiled at the gate of a temple on the banks of the Nile's stands 30 meters high. Nearby, like a mirror image, is another figure of the Pharaoh stalled earlier this year. Both statues wear the symbolic white crown of upper Egypt, a fitting tribute to a man who ruled at the time when Egyptian civilization was at its height.”在埃及城市卢克索，阿蒙霍特普三世巨大的雕塑被放回他的双脚上，3000多年前雕塑在地震中倒塌。
艾伦·约翰斯顿报道。
“那次地震摧毁了这尊巨大的塑像，在后来的30多个世纪中，塑像的碎片散落在多个地方。
但如今这位法老再次站立起来，这尊塑像在尼罗河畔一座神庙的大门前揭幕，有30米高。
附近如同镜面形象一样竖立的，是今年早些时候竖起的法老的另一尊塑像。
两个塑像都穿着埃及上层象征性的白色长袍，这是对这位埃及文化全盛时期统治者的恰当致敬。
”The American Secretary of State John Kerry is meeting the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Rome. The two men are expected to discuss the Ukraine crisis, Syria and a Palestinian bid for statehood. The talks, which observers expect to be tense, come after the US Senate passed a bill authorizing further sanctions on Moscow and a possibility of Washington supplying military aid to Kiev. Russia says it will respond if the White House signs the bill into law.美国国务卿约翰·克里在罗马会见了俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫，两人有望商谈乌克兰危机、叙利亚和巴勒斯坦建国提议。
观察家称这次会议谈可能会比较紧张，因为美国参议院刚通过授权对莫斯科实施进一步制裁的提案，而且华盛顿还有可能对基辅提供军事援助。
俄罗斯称如果白宫将该法案签署为法律，就会做出应对。
There have been reports of fighting in Libya for control of the main border crossing into Tunisia. Libya’s inte rnationally recognized government says its forces have taken control of the Ras Jidr frontier post, but that has been denied by officials there who back a rival Islamist-led government in Tripoli.有报道称为控制通往突尼斯的主要边境通道，利比亚境内出现战斗。