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BBC Learning English The English We Speak 3rd May 2011 -gateThe English We Speak © British Broadcasting Corporation 2011Page 1 of 2William: Hello, I'm William Kremer and this is The English We Speak.Wang Fei: Hi there. I'm Wang Fei.William: So, Wang Fei, today is 3 May.Wang Fei: Yes.William: Do you know what 3 May is?Wang Fei: Hmm… a Tuesday?William: Yes, it's a Tuesday, but it's not just any Tuesday. Today is World PressFreedom Day. This is the day that the United Nations has chosen to highlight the importance of a free press around the world.Wang Fei: A free press. So, newspapers that are free to write anything they think the public need to know and TV news that can report anything?William: Yes they can report anything, including things that look bad for the government! Scandals.Wang Fei: A scandal, so something very bad that damages someone's reputation.William: Exactly. And one of the most famous scandals from American history is the Watergate scandal of the early 1970s.Wang Fei: Watergate… that was why President Nixon had to resign wasn't it?William:Exactly, yes, because he was shown to have lied to the American people and basically obstructed the course of justice. The whole thing started when five men were arrested for breaking into an office block called Watergate. This was where the Democratic Party had their headquarters. Later on, the men were linked to the campaign to re-elect President Nixon, who was in the Republican Party.Wang Fei: Well, this is very interesting but what has it got to do with The English We Speak, William?William:Well, because Watergate was such a massive scandal, Wang Fei, the word -gate is now sometimes used as a suffix to suggest that something is ascandal. So, to give you an example from last year, when Gordon Brownwas trying to get re-elected as British Prime Minister, he was overheardcalling an old lady a "bigot" – a very strong word for somebody who isintolerant and close-minded. Anyway, this was a big scandal and it cameto be known in the media as 'bigotgate'.Wang Fei:Bigotgate. That sounds almost a little bit funny.William:Yes, you're right. I think using -gate on the end of a word can make it seem a little humorous. This term -gate is used more in the USA, but another recentexample from the UK is 'Climategate' – that was when some emails and otherdocuments from a university in England led to people asking questions aboutthe way that scientists researched climate change. Climategate.Wang Fei:So, can we use –gate in normal English conversation too?William:Yes, you can – if you want to make a joke. Listen to this:Man A: Have you seen Mark recently?Man B: Mark – he hasn't spoken to me since beergate!Man A: Beergate? What do you mean?Man B: We had a big argument because I said Mark never bought a round of beer in the pub! He got very upset and went home.Wang Fei:So in that example, the speaker coined the word beergate to describe an argument about paying for beer!William:Yeah, which is obviously very silly. But of course, this suffix -gate is used in very serious situations too. And it was thanks to members of the free press,including the Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and CarlBernstein, that the public came to know about Watergate.Wang Fei:Yes. Check our website this week for more information and learning English programmes about World Press Freedom Day. Goodbye.William:Bye!The English We Speak © British Broadcasting Corporation 2011Page 2 of 2。
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HW Mar 13BBC News with David AustinThe White House says the killing of 16 Afghans by an American soldier on Sunday won't change its strategy or objectives in the country. It said the plan was still for Afghans to take over security operations by 2014. The Afghan parliament has demanded to put the suspect on trial in an Afghan court. From Kabul, here's Quentin Sommerville.Identity of the gunman still hasn't been revealed, but more is known: he's in his late 30s, and has children of his own. A staff sergeant, he's been in the army 11 years. This is his first tour of Afghanistan, but he served three tours in Iraq. The Pentagon insists he acted alone. Fully armed, he was wearing night vision goggles as he carried out the killings. He was working with special forces in the area, protecting their combat outpost – that, said one officer, would have allowed him to come and go as he pleased. But his motivation for the attacks remains a mystery.The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told United Nations Security Council foreign ministers gather to discuss Syria that the council shouldn't remain silent when governments massacre their own people. Mrs Clinton accused the Syrian forces of premeditated murder, and urged the council to stand up for the Syrian people."The Syrian people deserve the same opportunity to shape their future that the Tunisians, Egyptians, Libyans and Yemenis now enjoy. And our work here at the Security Council is just one part of what the international community must do to assist democratic transitions all across the Middle East and North Africa."Earlier, opposition activists in Syria accused the government of President Bashar al-Assad of slaughtering women and children in Homs and other cities. The opposition Syrian National Council called for urgent foreign military intervention in Syria. SNC representatives are due to meet the international envoy to Syria Kofi Annan in Turkey on Tuesday.Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to one of the world's most celebrated war correspondents, Marie Colvin. She was killed last month in the Syrian city of Homs. The funeral was held in her hometown of Oyster Bay in New York state. The eulogy paid tribute to a fearless woman who had a passion for her work. Marie Colvin was covering the uprising in Syria for the British Sunday Times newspaper when the house she and other journalists were reporting from was shelled by Syrian government forces. A French photo journalist Remi Ochlik was also killed in the attack.The authorities in South Sudan say that more than 200 people are now known to have been killed in an outbreak of ethnic violence. Hundreds more are missing after attackers from the Murle ethnic group carried out raids in Upper Nile state on Friday. Violence sparked by cattle raids and revenge attacks between the Murle and the Lou Nuer peoples have left thousands dead since South Sudan became independent last July.World News from the BBCThe head of Brazil's football federation, Ricardo Teixeira, has stepped down. He also resigned from the 2014 World Cup organizing committee amid corruption allegations which he's denied. Here's Alex Capstick.Ricardo Teixeira has been at the helm of Brazilian football, the CBF for the past 23 years. But his stint in charge of the most successful nation in World Cup history has often been contentious. Over the past few years, he's been forced to defend himself amid allegations of corruption both in his role as president of the CBF and as a senior member of FIFA's ruling executive committee. In a parting statement, Mr Teixeira said he's sacrificed his health to do his job; he said he'd been criticized in the losses and undervalued in the victories.The European Union has insisted it'll press ahead with plans to charge foreign airlines for the carbon emissions they produce during European flights. Nine of Europe's leading aviation groups have written a joint letter calling for a compromise to avert what they say would be a "damaging trade conflict".The controversial art historian Maurizio Seracini says he's on the trail of lost masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, The Battle of Anghiari. Professor Seracini says samples from a hidden wall in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence contain traces of paint that was only used by the Renaissance master. The work is hidden behind another masterpiece of the period by Giorgio Vasari. The discovery has been hailed by Terry Garcia of the US National Geographic Society which sponsored the research."I'm quite convinced that something has been found. Yes, it is a very historic day. And, you know, I mean, this is a combination of a number of factors – one as Dr Seracini pointed out, there is overwhelming historical documentation that indicates that the Leonardo was painted, that it was behind the wall and that it was an existence of the time that Vasari painted his fresco."And those are the latest stories from BBC News.。
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英语新闻稿这个是英国广播公司BBC的新闻稿子原文:Pope Benedict has been celebrating Christmas midnight Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. The service was broadcasted to more than forty countries around the world. Although it was conducted in Latin, the worldwide reach of the Roman Catholic Church wasrepresented by readings and prayers in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Arabic and Tagalog spoken in the Philippines. The Cuban authorities are reported to have flown in a leading Spanish surgeon for consultations on the health of President Fidel Castro. A Spanish newspaper reported that the head of the surgery at the Madrid hospital, Hose Luis Garcia Sabrido, had arrived in Havana several days ago. Stephen Gibbs reports from Havana. The Barcelona-based newspaper says the Doctor Garcia flew to Havana last Thursday on a jet chartered by the Cuban government. It says he came to give his professional advice on whether President Castro should undergo further surgery. There has been no confirmation from the Cuban government of any aspect of the report. Doctor Garcia is however understood to have been in Havana just last month, on that occasion to take part in an international conference on surgery. This is BBC world news. Georgia says it has agreed to buy eight hundred million cubic meters of gas from Turkey next year almost half of its needs. The price has not been disclosed, but the announcement follows Georgia agreeing last week to buy slightly larger amount from the Russian state-controlled Gazprom at double its previous price. The Iranian parliament has described the United Nation Security Council decision to impose sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear programme as unjust and illegal. The big majority of Iranian deputies have approved a bill, instructing the government to review cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency. The former Chilean military ruler General Augusto Pinochet who died earlier this month has left a posthumous letter. The letter was published by a group of his supporters who said it had been received in 2004. Simon Watts reports. General Pinochet saw himself asa warrior hero, but he was pursued to the last by investigations into alleged human rights abuses. Trying to salvage his reputation from beyond the grave, the general says he was proud of stopping a Marxist dictatorship. Referring to the estimated three thousand deaths during his rule, he says tough measures were needed but he was more flexible than generally realized. The letter reveals how unappreciated General Pinochet felt in his final days. He says there was a kind of banishment and unimagined loneliness. A contact of a former Russian agent who died in British after contracting radiation poisoning has been arrested in Naples. The man Mario Scaramella met the Russian Alexander Litvenenko on the day he became ill. Mr. Scaramella who has also been affected by radiation was arrested on his return from London. The BBC correspondent in Italy says the arrest is connected with the long-running investigation into arms trafficking and is not related to the death of Mr. Litvenenko. BBC world news.因为不知你要求的具体的范围,我只能提供这一篇咯。
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【The History of English in Ten Minutes】No.1 Anglo-Saxon The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter 1. Anglo-Saxon or whatever happen to the Jutes.The English language begins with the phrase ‘Up Yours Caesar!’ as the Romans leave Britain and a lot of Germanic tribes start flooding in, tribes such as the Angles and the Saxons – who together gave us the term Anglo-Saxon, and the Jutes – who didn’t.The Romans left some very straight roads behind, but not much of their Latin language. The Anglo-Saxon vocab was much more useful as it was mainly words for simple everyday things like ‘house’, ‘woman’, ‘loaf’ and ‘werewolf’.Four of our days of the week - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were named in honour of Anglo-Saxon gods, but they didn’t bother with Saturday, Sunday and Monday as they had all gone off for a long weekend.While they were away, Christian missionaries stole in bringing with them leaflets about jumble sales and more Latin. Christianity was a hit with the locals and made t hem much happier to take on funky new words like ‘martyr’, ‘bishop’ and ‘font’.Along came the Vikings, with their action-man words like ‘drag’, ‘ransack’, ‘thrust’ and ‘die’, and a love of pickled herring. They may have raped and pillaged but there were also into ‘give’ and ‘take’ –two of around 2000 words that they gave English, as well as the phrase ‘watch out for that man with the enormous axe.’【The History of English in Ten Minutes】No.2 The Norman ConquestThe History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter Two, The Norman Conquest or Excuse My English.1066. True to his name, William the Conqueror invades England, bringing new concepts from across the channel, like the French language, the Doomsday Book and the duty-free Galois's multipack.French was "de rigueur" for all official business, with words like "judge", "jury", "evidence" and "justice" coming in and giving John Grisham's career a kick-start. Latin was still used "ad nauseam" in church, but the common man spoke English, able to communicate only by speaking more slowly and loudly until the others understood him. Words like "cow", "sheep" and "swine" comefrom the English-speaking farmers. While the "a la carte" versions "beef", "mutton" and "pork" come from the French-speaking toffs, beginning a long-running trend of restaurants having completely indecipherable menus.All in all, the English absorbed about 10,000 new words from the Normans, though they still couldn't grasp the rules of cheek kissing. The "bon-ami" all ended when the English nation took their new warlike lingo of "armies", "navies" and "soldiers" and began the Hundred Years' War against France. It actually lasted 116 years but by that point, no one could count any higher in French and English took over as the language of power.【The History of English in Ten Minutes】No.3 Shakespeare The history of English in ten minutes. Chapter three, Shakespeare, or a plaque on both his houses.As the dictionary tells us about 2,000 new words and phrases were invented by William Shakespeare.He gave us handy words like eyeball, puppydog and anchovy and more show-offy words like dauntless, besmirch and lacklustre. He came up with the word alligator soon after he ran out of the things to rhyme with crocodile. And the nation of tea drinkers finally took into their hearts when he invented the hob-nob.Shakespeare knew the power of catchphrases as well as biscuits. Without him, we would never eat our flesh and blood out of house and home. We would have to say good riddance to the green-eyed monster and breaking the ice would be as dead as a doornail.If you tried to get your money's worth, you'd be given short shrift and anyone who laid it on with a trowel could be hoised with his own petard. Of course it's possible other people used these words first. But the dictionary writers like looking them up in Shakespeare because there was more cross dressing and people poking each other's eyes out.Shakespeare's poetry showed the world that English was a rich vibrant language with limitless expressive and emotional power and he still had time to open all those tea rooms in Stratford.【The History of English in Ten Minutes】No.4 The King James BibleThe History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter four. The King James Bible or light there be.I n 1611 ‘the powers that be’ ‘turned the world upside down’ with a ‘labour of love’ –a new translation of the bible. A team of scribes with the ‘wisdom of Solomon’ - ‘went the extra mile’ to make King James’s translation ‘all things to all men’, whether fr om their ‘heart’s desire’ ‘to fight the good fight’ or just for the ‘filthy lucre’.This sexy new Bible went ‘from strength to strength’, getting to ‘the root of the matter’ in a language even ‘the salt of the earth’ could understand. ‘The writing wasn’t on the wall’, it was in handy little books and with ‘fire and brimstone’ preachers reading from it in every church, its words and phrases ‘took root’ ‘to the ends of the earth’ – well at least the ends of Britain.The King James Bible is the book that taught us that ‘a leopard can’t change its spots’, that ‘a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush’, that ‘a wolf in sheep’s clothing’ is harder to spot than you would imagine, and how annoying it is to have ‘a fly in your ointment’.In fact, just as ‘Jonathan begat Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. And Micah begat Pithon’, the King James Bible begat a whole glossary of metaphor and morality that still shapes the way English is spoken today. Amen.【English in Ten Minutes】No.5 ScienceThe History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter five. The English of Science or how to speak with gravity.Before the 17th Century scientists weren’t really recognised – possibly because lab-coats had yet to catch on.But suddenly Britain was full of physicists –there was Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle –and even some people not called Robert, like Isaac Newton. The Royal Society was formed out of the Invisible College – after they put it down somewhere and couldn’t find it again.At first they worked in Latin. After sitting through Newton’s story about the‘pomum’ falling to the ‘terra’ from the ‘arbor’ for the umpteenth time, the bright sparks realised they all spoke English and could transform our understanding of the universe much quicker by talking in their own language.But science was discovering things faster than they could name them. Words like ‘acid’, ‘gravity’, ‘electricity and ‘pendulum’ had to be invented just to stop their meetings turning into an endless game of charades.Like teenage boys, the scientists suddenly became aware of the human body –coining new words like ‘cardiac’ and ‘tonsil’, ‘ovary’, and ‘sternum’ - and the invention of ‘penis’ (1693), ‘vagina’ (1682) made sex education classes a bit easier to follow. Though and ‘clitoris’ was still a source of confusion.【The History of English in Ten Minutes】No.6 English and Empire The History of English in Ten Minutes. Chapter six. English and Empire or the sun never set on the English language.With English making its name as the language of science, the Bible and Shakespeare, Britain decided to take it on tour.Asking only for land, wealth, natural resources, total obedience to the crown and a few local words in return.They went to the Caribbean looking for gold and a chance to really unwind –discovering the ‘barbeque’, the ‘canoe’ and a pretty good recipe for rum punch. They also brought back the word ‘cannibal’ to make their trip sound more exciting.In India there was something for everyone. ‘Yoga’ – to help you stay in shape, w hile pretending to be spiritual. If that didn’t work there was the ‘cummerbund’ to hide a paunch and - if you couldn’t even make it up the stairs without turning ‘crimson’ –they had the ‘bungalow’.Meanwhile in Africa they picked up words like ‘voodoo’ and ‘zombie’ – kicking off the teen horror film –and even more terrifying, they brought home the world’s two most annoying musical instruments –the ‘bongo’ and the ‘banjo’.From Australia, English took the words ‘nugget’, ‘boomerang’ and ‘walkabout’ - and in fact the whole concept of chain pubs.Between toppling Napoleon (1815) and the first World War (1914), the British Empire gobbled up around 10 millions square miles, 400 million people and nearly a hundred thousand gin and tonics, leaving new varieties of English to develop all over the globe.【English in Ten Minutes】No.7 The age of dictionary or the definition of a hopeless task.With English expanding in all directions came a new breed of man called lexicographers, who wanted to put an end to this anarchy a word they defined as what happens when people spell words slightly differently from each other.One of the greatest was doctor Johnson, whose Dictionary of English Language which took him 9 years to write. It was 18 inches tall and contained 42,773 entries meaning that even if you couldn’t read it’s still pretty useful if you want to reach a high shelf. For the first time when people were calling you a “pickle herring”, ”a jobbernowl ” or a “fopdoodle” you could understand exactly what they me ant and you’d have the standard spelling. Try as he might to stop them, words kept being invented and in 1857 a new book was started which would become the Oxford English dictionary.It took another 70 years to be finished after the first editor resigned to be an archbishop, The second died of TB and the third was so boring that half his volunteers quit and one of them ended up in an Asylum. It eventually appeared in 1928 and has continued to be revised ever since proving the whole idea that you can stop people making up word is complete snuffbumble【English in Ten Minutes】No.8 American English or not English but somewhere in the ballparkFrom the morning Brits landed in Amerian they needed names for all the plants and animals,so they borrowed words like”raccoon””squash”and “moose”from the Native Americans,as well as most of their territoty.Waves of immigrants fed American’s hunger for words.The Dutch came sharing “coleslaw”and “cookies”,probably as a result of their relaxed attitude to ter, the Germans arrived selling”pretzels”from”delicatessens”and the Italians arrived with their pizza,their “pasta”and their “mafie”just like mamma used to make.Amercian spread a new language of capitalism getting everyone worried about the “breakeven”and”he botton line “,and whether they were”bule chip ”or"white coller".The commuter needed a whole new system of “freeway”.”subway”and”parking lot”and quickly,before words like”merger”and “downsizing”could be invented.American English drafted back across the pond as Brits got the hang of their “cool movies”and their groovy “jazz”,There were even some old forgotten English words lived on in American.So they carried on using “fall’’faucets diapers and “candy’,while the Brites moved on to”autumn taps nappies”and NHS dental care.【English in Ten Minutes】No.9 Internet English Or language reverts to typeIn 1942 ,the first e-mail was sent.Soon the Internet arrived a free global space to share information,ideas,and amusing pictures of cats. Before then English changed through people speaking it but the net brought typing back into fashion and hundreds of cases of repetitive strain syndrome.Nobody had ever had to “download”anything before .let alone use a “toolbar”.And the only time someone set up a “firewall”,it ended with a massive insurance claim and a huge piles of charred wallpaper. Coversations were getting shorter than the average attention span why bother writing a sentence when an abbreviation would do and leave you more time to “blog””poke ”and”reboot”when your “hard drive”crashed?”In my humble opinion”became”IMHO”,”By the way”became “BTW”and if we’re honest that life-threatening accident was pretty hilarious simply became”fail”Some changes even passed into spoken English.For your information people frequently ask question like”how can LOL mean laugh out loud”and “lots of love”?But if you’regoing to complain about that then UG2BK.【English in Ten Minutes】No.10 Global English Or whose language is it anywayIn the1500 years since the Romans’left Britain,English had shown an unique ability to absord,evolve,invade and ,if we’re honest,steal.After foreign settlers got it started,it grew into a fully-fledged languge all of its own,before leaving home and travelling the world,first via the high seas,then via the high speed broadband connection,pilfering words from over 350 languages and establishing itself as a global institution.All this despite a written alphabet that bears no correlation to how it sounds and a system of spelling that even Dan Brown couldn’t decipher.Right now around 1.5 billion people now speak English.Of these about a quarter are native speakers,a quarter speak it as their second language,and half are able to ask for directions to a swimming pool .Modern hybrids of English have really caught on.There’s a Hinlish which is Hindi-English,Chinglish which is Chinese-Englishs and Singlish which is Singaporean English and not that bit when they speak in musicals.So in conclusion,the language has got so little to do with England these days it may well be time to stop calling it”English”.But if someone does think of a new name for it , it probably be in Chinese.。
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BBC News with Michael Powles 2010年10月27日Cholera has been confirmed as the deadly disease spreading across central parts of Haiti. It's the first outbreak there for more than a century. One hundred and forty people have died so far. James Read reports.President Rene Preval said tests had confirmed what everyone feared. The deadly illness spreading through central Haiti is cholera. The outbreak has been blamed on the Artibonite river, which is the main source of water for thousands of people. One aid worker described scenes of chaos in the town of Saint-Marc, with patients laid out in array in a hospital courtyard and people with buckets begging for clean water on the side of the road.Health experts in the United States say the number of diabetes sufferers there could double in the next 40 years, rising from the present one in ten of the population to one in five or even higher. The majority of cases are what's known as type 2 diabetes generally links to age, poor diet and lack of exercise.The French Senate has approved by a comfortable majority a hotly contested plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. However, trade unions say they'll continue their opposition to what they regard as an unfair measure. From Paris, here is Christian Fraser.The vote in the Senate was always a formality, so much so that a large number of the senators had already left for the half-term break and voted on this bill by proxy. But then well before the final vote, the most contentious parts of the bill had already been approved some weeks ago. From here the final draft text will move to committee stage for approval before being presented to both houses for a last and final vote. By the end of next week, Nicolas Sarkozy might well have the reform he so wanted, though it may take slightly longer to ascertain at what cost.The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has criticised plans by the Wikileaks website to release many sensitive military documents relating to the US-led occupation of Iraq. Speaking to reporters in Washington, she condemned the disclosure of any classified information that threatened national security."We should condemn in the most clear terms the disclosure of any classified information by individuals and organisations which puts the lives of United States and partner service members and civilians at risk."Wikileaks infuriated the US authorities in July by publishing more than 70,000 secret papers about the war in Afghanistan.Commercial space tourism has taken a step nearer reality with the inauguration of theworld's first spaceport in the desert of New Mexico. The event was marked by the flypast of SpaceShipTwo, the craft that's designed to carry fare-paying passengers to the edge of space and back. More than 300 people have already signed up for the experience. Fares start at $200,000.Y ou are listening to the World News from the BBC.A British nuclear-powered submarine that ran aground off the coast of Scotland has been towed free. A tug pulled HMS Astute off a sandbank and into deeper waters. Divers will inspect the submarine's hull for possible damage. The Ministry of Defence said the vessel was not carrying nuclear weapons, and there was no danger to the public.The run-off in Guinea's presidential election which was due to be held on Sunday has been postponed. The head of the electoral commission, General Siaka Sangare, said it was clear to everyone that holding Sunday's poll wouldn't be feasible, and General Sangare said a new date would be announced later. The announcement came amid growing violence in Guinea.The US is stepping up its military aid to Pakistan, with a $2 billion package over five years to help in the fight against al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made the announcement after three days of high-level talks with Pakistani officials in Washington. Kim Ghattas reports.Pakistan already gets over $1 billion every year from the US in military assistance, but this package of security assistance is specifically designed to help Islamabad step up its fight against militants from al-Qaeda and the Taliban. It will pay for equipment and training needed for counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.The Chinese government has unveiled an online mapping service to rival the one offered by the US company Google. The website Map World allows users to see two- and three-dimensional views from around the globe. State media said the service was still in the early stages.A scribbled message that told the world that a group of miners trapped deep underground in Chile was still alive has been registered as copyright to the man who wrote it. The note by Jose Ojeda has said "We are okay in the refuge, the 33 of us." Rescuers found it attached to a probe 17 days after a rockfall at the mine. The message gave hope to the miners' families.BBC News目前已确认,在海地中部地区传播的致命的疾病正是霍乱。
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警方击毙法国杀人男子BBC News with Jonathan IzardThe man who said he killed seven people in al-Qaeda-inspired attacks in France has been shot dead by a police marksman. Mohammed Merah was hiding in the bathroom of his apartment in Toulouse when commandos broke in after a 30-hour siege. A French prosecutor said he fired more than 30 bullets at them before being killed. Our correspondent Christian Fraser reports from Toulouse.The final acts of the most dramatic siege that had lasted over 30 hours. It was thought Mohammed Merah had taken his own life in the early hours of this morning. But as elite commandos moved in to clear the apartment, picking their way through each room with fibre-optic cameras, the gunman suddenly appeared at the bathroom door. There was an intense shoot-out. Merah advanced wearing a bullet-proof vest, firing wildly before he jumped out of the window. But outside was a police marksman who shot him dead.国际社会纷纷谴责马里军队President Sarkozy said French Muslims must not be stigmatised because of the gunman's actions.There's been international condemnation of Malian troops who've overthrown the government of President Amadou Toumani Toure. A rebel spokesman said the soldiers would return the country to democracy as soon as national unity and integrity were assured. The United States joined France and the African Union in denouncing the coup. The American position was expressed by the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland."The United States condemns the military seizure of power in Mali. We echo the statements of the African Union, of Ecowas and of other international partners in denouncing these actions. We've called for calm; we've called for restoration of the civilian government under constitutional rule without delay so that the elections can proceed as scheduled."油轮残骸中发现遇难者遗体Five more bodies have been found inside the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized in January off the coast of Italy. A spokeswoman for the Italian Civil Protection Agency said this raised the confirmed number of dead to 30. From Rome, here's Alan Johnston.It's more than two months now since the Costa Concordia sank off the island of Giglio. But still the hunt for the missing goes on. And in the course of the afternoon, those overseeing the search announced that they discovered three bodies. But first, they were said to be in a very inaccessible part of the hull. But later, it emerged that in fact the remains have been found just outside the wreck, trapped between it and the rocks of the seabed. Then, late in the evening, it was announced that a further two bodies had been discovered in the same area.叙利亚政府军被指杀害逃亡难民The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during its long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka campaigned hard against the vote, saying it would usurp its sovereignty. But the United States said Sri Lanka was not doing enough to hold those responsible for violations to account.World News from the BBCActivists say government forces in Syria have killed 10 people who were trying to escape to a refugee camp in Turkey. They say the victims, including three children, were travelling on a bus when it came under fire in Idlib province. Violence continued in many parts of Syria despite Wednesday's UN Security Council statement urging the withdrawal of troops from population centres.足球暴力引发巨大冲突Clashes resumed in the Egyptian city of Port Said after the funeral of a teenager who died in football-related violence. The first trouble began on Friday after the Port Said football club al-Masry was suspended for two years over a post-match riot last month in which more than 70 people were killed.The leader of the military coup in Mali has told the BBC he's in complete control of the country. Captain Amadou Sanogo said he had no fear of a counter coup. But a BBC correspondent in the region says it's not clear how much support the captain has among high-ranking commanders. Tuareg rebels have taken advantage of the uncertainty to seize positions in the north. Captain Sanogo said he wanted peace talks with them.土耳其15名女武装分子丧生The Turkish government says 15 Kurdish militants, all of them women, have been killed in fighting with the security forces. The clashes took place in the southeastern province of Bitlis, which is a centre of the banned PKK militants. Jonathan Head is in Istanbul.As many as one third of the PKK's fighting force are women - a legacy of the group's one-time Marxist ideology, which prioritised the raising of women's status in Kurdish society. So women casualties are not unusual, but for 15 women to be killed in a single clash certainly is. The Turkish interior ministry is giving few details of the incident. It occurred in Bitlis, a province known for strong PKK support, during a large-scale military operation against the organisation in the mountains bordering Iraq.北京空气污染清理周期长The authorities in Beijing say it'll be at least two decades before they get the Chinese capital's air pollution under control. Beijing came close to the bottom of a recent listof the world's most polluted cities. Charles Scanlon reports.The city authorities in Beijing have been stunned by a wave of criticism of the accuracy of their pollution figures. They are now trying to convince the sceptical public that they have a credible plan to tackle the problem. The vice-mayor Hong Feng said the best the city could hope for was to have air pollution under control within the next 20 years. He said that would include one of the biggest threats to health - the tiny particles in the air that until a recent controversy were not even measured by the Beijing authorities.失踪渔船神奇再现Charles Scanlon reportingA Japanese fishing boat swept away by last year's earthquake and tsunami has been spotted adrift off the west coast of Canada. No one is believed to be on board the ship, which is still intact but badly rusted. However, the Canadian transport ministry is monitoring it for pollution. The vessel was registered in Hokkaido in Japan.Those are the latest stories from BBC News.美加强对伊朗石油制裁力度The United States is preparing to increase oil sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. President Obama has issued a statement saying there was enough oil on the world market to allow a significant reduction in purchases from Iran. Paul Adams reports from Washington.After June, financial institutions that continue to buy oil through Iran's central bank, where almost all such transactions are processed, will face sanctions. White House officials say the president decided to issue his statement after careful consideration of a number of factors, including global economic trends, supply and demand for non-Iranian oil, as well as spare capacity. There are exceptions: the US has already granted waivers to 10 EU countries and Japan because they've taken steps of theirown.安南希叙利亚政府立即停火The international envoy Kofi Annan says he expects the Syrian government to implement an agreed ceasefire immediately. A spokesman for Mr Annan said he wanted the authorities to halt the use of heavy weaponry in towns and withdraw soldiers to barracks because then the opposition would respond. Correspondents say there's no sign yet that the government is in the mood to make gestures to the opposition. There was more heavy bombardment in Homs and other places during the day.The Spanish government has announced spending cuts of more than $36bn to try to reduce its deficit and strengthen the economy. The deputy prime minister called the budget proposal severely austere, but essential. Here's Tom Burridge.海地首都爆发泥石流后果严重Six people have died in Haiti after heavy rains caused a mudslide which destroyed homes in the capital Port-au-Prince. An official with Haiti's civil protection agency said the mudslide occurred in Morne Calvaire - a slum area on a hillside. There have been two weeks of heavy rain in Haiti, triggering repeated flooding and landslides after the rainy season started early.Football's world governing body Fifa has agreed new anti-corruption reforms after independent experts issued a scathing assessment of its investigations into earlier scandals. They called Fifa's handling of bribery claims "unsatisfactory" and "unconvincing". Fifa's reputation was hit by claims of bribery and vote rigging during Mr Blatter's re-election last year and during the contests to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals.The Brazilian police have detained 77 people and confiscated an arsenal of weaponsin a major operation against drugs traffickers. More than 600 police were involved in the operation. Here's Warren Bull.Police in Brazil say this is the largest operation they've ever launched in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. In a series of raids in the city of Sao Borja, they seized weapons, money, vehicles and quantities of cocaine and marijuana. The police chief heading the operation said up to 13 different drug gangs had been identified in the city, including one with 40 members. Sao Borja is on the main transit route for drugs and contraband between Brazil and the neighbouring countries - Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.塔利班向阿富汗发动袭击BBC News with Marion MarshallTaliban militants have carried out a series of attacks in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul. Nato bases, the parliament and Western embassies all came under fire. Afghan security forces are still trying to clear heavily armed insurgents from several areas. The first explosions were in the morning, and exchanges of gunfire continued after nightfall. The Afghan government said a number of gunmen had been killed, but no civilians or members of the security forces. A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, explained the motivation behind the attacks.潘基文对叙利亚表示担忧"These attacks were revenge for the brutal actions of foreigners, such as urinating on Taliban dead bodies, Koran burnings at Bagram airbase and killing of innocent civilians in Kandahar. This was one of the biggest attacks in terms of size so far this year, and it is still underway."The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned about the shelling of the Syrian city of Homs as more fighting was reported involving government forces and rebels. Earlier, a spokesman for the UN envoy Kofi Annan asked all sides to observe a ceasefire which came into force last Thursday. Ahmad Fawzi told the BBC that the truce was precarious and fragile, but it could save Syria from plunging back into the abyss as he put it.联合国对停火协议提出要求"Both parties must be willing to end the violence and come to the negotiating table. We hope both sides will realise that this is a golden opportunity for them to put down their arms and to start talking. Negotiations are the only way out of this bloody crisis that has lasted for one year."Their appeals come as UN ceasefire observers began to arrive in the country.The United Nations has confirmed that at least one person has been killed by a Sudanese bombing raid on South Sudan. The local authorities say nine were killed and 24 wounded in different air attacks, and ground clashes are also reported. James Copnall reports from Khartoum.North Korea Missile Launch Failure: New Threats?The latest on that failed missile test by North Korea and a surprise the government was supposed to make the set back on state TV. ABC's * is tracking from WashingtonMartha, and Pentagon and all of Asia on high alert for this test but it turned out to be another dud.A totally dud. It was all over so quickly, George, that rocket was air-born for 81 seconds. The missile lifted up with no sign of trouble but right after the first stage boosted rocket, which pushes the rocket higher and faster. The missile just broke apart in flight. The debris fell into waters about 100 miles west of Soul, South Korea. It was over.It sure was Martha. And there's a lot of concern now though that to make up for the embarrassment, North Korea is gonna plough and actually try to test a nuclear bomb. That is a concern. It's the first time ever that the North Korea said it acknowledged the failure of the rocket. So that was a big surprise to the administration, but there wre already fears that North Koreans would try to test another nuclear device, this time a uranium device, so everyone is bracing themselves for that development, George. They do not think this is over yet.And the administration was hoping to have a new * in North Korea now that they have a new leader, they were offering food aid if North Korea didn't test this missile now. That's completely odd.Yes. They basically completely reneged on this deal, so this is an embarrassment for the administration as well, but everyone is moving on-ward and looking to that nuclear device test which they think will come in the next few weeks.Ok. Martha . Thanks very much.This post was generated by put listening repetition system, Check the original dictation thread!U.S. Bridges, Roads Being Built by Chinese FirmsAnd as you know, ABC News is always looking for ways to bring American jobs back to America. So, this week, it was shocking to learn so many great infrastructure projects are under way in America, rebuilding bridges and roads in American cities, but they've hired Chinese firms and Chinese workers. Why?20/20" anchor Chris Cuomo is the captain of our bringing America back team and he decided to track down those people who made these decisions.Rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure is now a priority.Help us rebuild this bridge, help us rebuild America, help us put construction workers back to work.In New York, a $400 million renovation of Alexander Hamilton Bridge;In California, a whopper, a $7.2 billion new bridge to connect San Francisco and Oakland; In Alaska, a proposed $190 million bridge project.Sounds like a great opportunity for government spending to actually lead to real jobs. The problem: Much of the work is going to Chinese government-owned contracting firms.When we're subsidizing jobs in China, we're not creating any wealth in the United States.In Alaska, outraged union workers took to the airwaves with an obvious point : This is not the time to send more jobs to China, our tax dollars provide hundreds of jobs there, not at home.US law actually requires major infrastructure projects to buy America when the cost difference is reasonable. In California, US firms say they would have met those guidelines but state officials decided to turn down federal money for a major part of the bridge, allowing a Chinese company at cost of almost 3,000 American jobs, and potential $1 billion boost to the struggling California economy.It would've had a multiplying effect, because it would have not only given thousands of Californians jobs ,but also the subsequent spending would have been reinvested back in our economy.Is this the best way to bring America back?We went to Californian officials who claimed the Chinese could do the work faster and cheaper.Why can't the Americans do it as quickly as Chinese, what makes them so special? One issue that you will consistently hear, every time you go to a fabrication site this country is that they struggle at this point in time to obtain welders. That is an issue in this country.So can you say that you guys have done everything you can to keep jobs here and building this bridge?Absolutely.But would American companies have done it, Chris, for a little less money and triedto race it along.The US firms say absolutely. They say they could have done this job. And there's a bigger point here. It's not a level playing field, the Chinese firms are state-owned. They don't pay their workers as much. That's why the Buy America laws were passed, if states can get around them, Diane, we never bring America back, you have to enforce the laws to let American companies play.美国参议院共和党参议员几乎集体“否决”了总统奥巴马的“准竞选纲领”的法案——巴菲特规则议案。
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[00:04.49]Egypt’s Supreme Election Commission says the new constitution has been approved by almost 64% of voters.埃及最高选举委员会称新宪法以近64%的支持率通过。
[00:12.41]Announcing the official results of the referendum, Judge Samir Abul al-Maati said the commission had investigated all the complaints of irregularities.Bethany Bell is in Cairo.Judge Samir Abul al-Maati宣布了公投的官方结果,称委员会已调查有关违规行为的诉讼。
Bethany Bell在开罗报道。
[00:23.54]Almost two years after the fall of Egypt’s authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has a new constitution.就在埃及独裁统治者侯赛尼·穆巴拉克倒台两年后,埃及终于有了一部新宪法。
[00:30.79]It’s a victory for President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters. He says it will bring stability to the country.这对总统穆罕默德·穆尔西及其支持者来说是场胜利,他说新宪法将给埃及带来稳定,[00:38.76]It paves the way for parliamentary elections in the next two months. 并为两个月后的议会选举铺平道路。
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BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 1[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The BBC has learned that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [00:03.44]has decided that the British general election will take place on May 6th. [00:07.56]Mr. Brown will go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow Tuesday[00:11.41]to ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament,[00:13.53]and then make a formal announcement of the election date.[00:16.34]That will start the official election campaign,[00:18.96]which, a BBC correspondent says,[00:21.32]will be dominated by issues of taxation and spending[00:24.31]in the wake of the global recession.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 2[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]Less than six months before a general election in Britain,[00:04.71]the governing Labour Party is embroiled again in internal strife.[00:08.20]Two former cabinet ministers have called for secret ballot of members [00:12.11]to decide whether the Prime Minister Gordon Brown[00:14.66]should continue as party leader.[00:16.53]Mr. Brown has called a general election by June this year.[00:19.27]Our political correspondent Rob Watson reports.[00:22.44]The two former cabinet ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt [00:26.98]had stunned everyone at Westminster[00:29.22]with their last-minute efforts to challenge Gordon Brown's leadership. [00:32.64]But Downing Street and Labour Party officials[00:35.81]have moved quickly to quash any revolts.[00:38.18]Most importantly, current cabinet ministers[00:42.03]have come out and backed the prime minister,[00:44.40]orbiting some cases with little apparent enthusiasm.[00:48.19]So the latest challenge looks likely to be short lift.[00:51.86]Although many within the Labour Party doubt[00:54.60]Mr. Brown's leadership qualities,[00:56.28]they also seem to think it would only make things worse[00:59.58]to get rid of him before the general election.[ti:] BBC新闻100篇 BBC News Item 3[ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown[00:03.89]is offering to scale back Britain's nuclear deterrence[00:06.81]if an international agreement is reached[00:09.30]to cut the world's nuclear arsenals.[00:11.35]Mr. Brown is expected to tell a special[00:13.72]session of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday [00:17.14]that he'll be willing to give up one of four royal navy submarines [00:21.24]that carry Trident nuclear missiles.[00:23.23]Officials are insisting that cost isn't a factor here.[00:26.47]Here's our defence correspondent Nick Childs.[00:28.58]Gordon Brown is saying he'll be ready to[00:31.51]throw part of the trident force into the port[00:33.37]in the context of a much bigger global disarmament deal.[00:35.92]He said so in general terms before.[00:38.60]This offer though is more concrete.[00:40.59]There is a growing sense that to avoid what some fear[00:44.07]could be a sudden cascade of new nuclear states,[00:46.50]the established nuclear powers need to do more[00:48.99]in terms of disarmament[00:50.35]to keep the proliferation regime intact.[00:52.34]The Prime Minister will hope his move[00:54.40]will be seen as an important gesture.[00:56.08]But the key to the process will be the actions of the big players, [00:59.44]the United States and Russia.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 4[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to confirm [00:04.60]that he is sending hundreds more troops to Afghanistan,[00:07.09]bringing the total number of British troops there to about 9,500.[00:10.76]Britain has the second largest NATO contingent in Afghanistan[00:15.12]after the United States.[00:16.92]Our defense correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.[00:19.41]In his statement on Afghanistan,[00:21.90]it's believed Mr. Brown will say he's agreed in principle[00:24.26]to send around 500 extra British troops to Helmand.[00:27.74]The military advice says that extra forces are needed[00:30.67]to help maintain progress[00:31.97]and dominate the ground more effectively[00:34.03]to keep the Taliban out of key areas.[00:36.08]However, there will be caveats.[00:38.50]The Prime Minister will want assurances from military chiefs[00:41.37]that the extra troops will be properly equipped.[00:44.10]But he'll also expect Britain's NATO partners to follow suit[00:47.27]by offering more forces themselves.[00:49.33]NATO defense ministers are likely to discuss troop levels[00:52.69]on a meeting formally in Bratislava next week.BBC新闻100篇 BBC News Item 5[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]Stock markets in Europe and the United States have fallen sharply [00:04.11]in response to further signs that the debt crisis in Greece is intensifying [00:08.46]and could spread to other countries.[00:10.51]Share prices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris[00:13.81]fell by more than 2% after a major international credit rating agency [00:18.41]Standard & Poor's downgraded Greek debt[00:21.40]to a level known informally as junk.[00:23.33]Nils Blythe has more.[00:24.82]Standard & Poor's downgraded its assessment[00:27.56]of Greek bonds to the so-called junk status[00:30.04]because of the growing danger[00:31.97]that the bond holders will not be paid back in full.[00:34.59]Many big investment funds have rules[00:37.45]that forbid them from holding junk bonds,[00:39.13]says the move is likely to trigger a further round of selling.[00:42.17]Share markets have taken fright,[00:44.16]fearing that if Greece does default on its debts,[00:46.78]it would hit many European banks which hold Greek bonds[00:50.01]and could trigger a wider financial crisis.[00:52.75]Already pressure is mounting on Portugal[00:55.86]which has also seen its credit rating downgraded today,[00:58.84]although it remains above junk status.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 6[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The International Monetary Fund[00:02.91]has told governments across the world[00:04.46]that further action is needed[00:06.08]to help return the global financial system to stability.[00:08.75]In a fresh estimate of the scale of the problem,[00:11.37]the IMF says global losses on toxic assets[00:14.35]could total four trillion dollars. Andrew Walker reports.[00:18.02]This report does identify[00:20.26]what it calls some early signs of stabilization in financial systems,[00:23.56]but there are not many of them.[00:25.55]And the IMF says further action will be needed[00:27.79]if they're to be sustained.[00:29.41]In two key areas, it says that progress by governments[00:32.45]has been piecemeal and reactive,[00:34.44]dealing with the problem assets held by financial institutions[00:37.43]and how to handle banks that need extra capital.[00:40.67]For that problem the report says[00:42.97]temporary government ownership may sometime be necessary.英语名篇名段背诵精华 07 ShakespeareShakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. His persons act and speak by the influnce of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.Except from The Major Works by Sammuel Johnson参考译文莎士比亚的才华高于一切作家,至少高于当今的所有作家。
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World Bank says Population Growth,Climate Change Demand Better Water Management“As every high school child knows, water runs through absolutely every we do,” says World Bank Water Sector Manager Julia Bucknall. “We can’t grow any food without water. We can’t live without water. We can’t run our cities without managing our water properly.”The floods in Pakistan, she says, show the importance of having a good water management policy in place."Both from the resource point of view, in the sense of the floods, but also from the basic management of water supply and sanitation. That's what is going to be killing a lot of people now after the immediate impact of the floods," she says.Strategy planIn 2003, the World Bank issued a strategic plan for water projects. In a new report, called Sustaining Water for All in a Changing Climate, the bank reviewed that strategy."The strategy itself," says Bucknall," was quite a path-breaking strategy, which really put infrastructure to the front and center of the development agenda and anticipated many of the issues...population growth, climate change and the need to manage water for food."She says the strategy has resulted in "enormous success."World Bank"We have been able to triple our lending in the water sector. And we've been able to be much more integrated so that we look at building irrigation systems, for example, at the same time as looking at the water resources that those systems depend on," she says, adding, "We are very pleased with the results."Making water a priorityAt recent climate change conferences, advocates for water management tried to put the issue high on the agenda but were not always successful.Bucknall says, "Everybody knows it's a priority in some very generic sense. I think what people don't always do is take the very hard choices that have to be made in order to manage water properly."In making those tough choices, the World Bank official says some people will face "disruptions.""Many governments are just not willing to take that decision now and sort of put it off until it becomes a crisis later. They don't actively put it off until it becomes a crisis later, but that's what ends up happening."What next?The review makes a number of recommendations. "One is to continue efforts to integrate water resources with water services. So, this is something we've done quite well over the past five or six years, but we want to do it more and more consistently," she says. Other recommendations include putting water management higher on the climate change agenda and increase efforts to improve sanitation."One third of the world's population does not have access to a toilet, which has huge social and health implications," she says, "You know more people die of diarrhea than of AIDS, malaria and TB combined."The review also calls for support for hydro power, calling it "the largest source of renewable and low carbon energy, including high-risk, high-reward infrastructure projects." But Bucknall admits it's a complicated issue.Dams, for instance, have been criticized by some as harmful to the environment and the livelihoods of those living near lakes and resources.Bucknall says hydropower could mean building damns but also could mean making better use of existing dams or rehabilitating them."Sometimes making better use out of them so that you can use them for adaptation to climate change,' she says, "And also to give more space for the environment. One of the things we're looking at actively is reengineering existing dams to make them have more multiple uses for people, for energy and for the environment."Inger Andersen, vice-president for sustainable development at the World Bank, says, "Only 23 percent of hydropower potential located in developing countries has been exploited. The gains for the poor can be enormous."BBC News with Jonathan WheatleyThe man who led Britain into war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Tony Blair, has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world. In a BBC World Service interview, the former British prime minister said radical Islamists - whether in Chechnya, Kashmir, the Palestinian territories, Iraq or Afghanistan - believed that anything done in the name of their cause was justified."After September 11th, rightly or wrongly, I felt the calculus of risk had changed, and I feel it's still changed. I still think there is the most enormous threat from the combination of this radical extreme movement and the fact that if they could, they would use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. I think they would if they could, and I think you can't take a risk with that happening."Mr Blair said Iran needs to understand it couldn't have nuclear weapons; otherwise it would be stopped. Mr Blair denied that his own policies when in power had fuelled support for radical Islamists.Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomb at a Shia Muslim procession in the city of Quetta has killed at least 50 people. The procession is an annual event in support of the Palestinian people, and the bomber struck as he passed through a crowded market area. The Pakistani Taliban said they carried out the bombing.The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has unveiled plans to sell more than $64 billion of new stock in what some analysts are describing as the world's biggest ever share offering. The money will fund new developments aimed at turning Brazil into a major oil exporter. Here is our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.Petrobras has a very ambitious plan to spend over $200 billion on expanding production from Brazil's vast deep-sea oil and gas fields over the next four years. The plan to go to the capital market will raise an important part of the funds for that programme. Over $40 billion worth of the new shares will go to the government to pay for the right to exploit Brazil's offshore reserves. The company is retaining the right to expand further the offer of new shares if there is sufficient demand. The total could end up as high as $75 billion.A court in Portugal has found six people guilty of sexually abusing children in a state-run orphanage in Casa Pia. They have been given prison sentences of between 5 and 18 years. Among these convicted were a prominent television presenter, a former ambassador, a lawyer and a doctor. From Lisbon, here is Alison Roberts.Six of the 32 former Casa Pia pupils whose testimony triggered the investigation eight years ago were in court to hear the judges hand down custodial sentences to the six men accused of abusing them. Before that, the court heard a lengthy catalogue of hundreds of crimes ranging from attempted abuse to violent rape. Most were found to have been committed by Carlos Silvino, a driver at the institution, not only abusing children but passing them onto other abusers over three years.World News from the BBCThe security forces in Colombia say they have killed at least 11 left-wing rebels in a clash in the northeast of the country, close to the Venezuelan border. The army said troops captured a camp belonging to the ELN - the smaller of Colombia's two guerrilla groups. The fighting came a day after the authorities confirmed that 14 policemen had been killed by suspected fighters of the larger rebel group, the Farc.Figures for employment in the United States reveal a better-than-expected rise in private sector jobs, but the jobs market overall remains weak. A report for the US Labor Department shows that 67,000 new private sector jobs were created last month. President Obama said the figures were positive but not good enough. Mark Mardell reports from Washington.With important elections for Congress, the Senate and state governors two months away, the state of America's economy is deeply political. And President Obama challenged his Republican opponents to support plans for tax cuts and loans for small businesses which they have so far blocked. Speaking outside the White House, he announced there would be more action soon."The key point I'm making right now is that the economy is moving in a positive direction. Jobs are being created; they are just not being created as fast as they need to, given the big hole that we experienced."The European Union's trade commissioner, the Belgian Karel De Gucht, has apologized for remarks in which he spoke of a Jewish lobby in the United States, preventing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Mr De Gucht said he hadn't meant to cause offence, and anti-Semitism had no place in today's world.An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude has struck the South Island of New Zealand. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck some 30 kilometres from the country's third largest city of Christchurch. Initial reports say some roads and buildings there have been damaged.BBC News。
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The two former cabinet minister Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt had stunned everyone at westminster with their last-minute efforts to challenge Gordon Brown's leadership. But downing street and labour party officials have moved quickly to quash any revolts . Most importantly,current cabinet minister have come out and backed the prime minister,orbiting some cases with little apparent enthusiasm . So the latest challenge looks likely to be short lift . Although many within the labour party doubt Mr. Brown's leadership qualities ,they also seen to think it would only make things worse to get rid of him before the general election.
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bbc英语新闻报道短篇篇一:英语新闻报道短篇英语新闻报道短篇60词BBC News with Julie Candler.Hillary Clinton is to launch her bid to e the first female President of the United States on Sunday. The former Secretary of State is expected to use a video posted on the Internet to announce that she"s seeking the Democratic Party"s nomination for next year"s election. Nick Bryant reports from Washington.“Ordinarily, presidential candidates launch their campaigns in front of adoring crowds in a blaze of red, white and blue. But Hillary Clinton will offer a less rather montage, a video posted online and promoted on social media. Then it"s believed she"ll head to Iowa and New Hampshire to meet individual voters in fairly intimate settings, rather than the usual rallies. It"s a deliberately low-key, even humble start, choreographed to avoid the sense of e ntitlements that bedaubed her campaign in 2008.”篇二:英语新闻报道短篇求一篇英文报道或短文求一篇英语短文,300词左右,最好粘贴过来因为着急用,英语课要背着给大家讲,新闻报道.等.或者短文比如介绍中国食物啊茶文化啊Chinese TeaOf the three major beverages of the world__ tea,coffee and cocoa__ tea is consumed by the largest number of people.China is the homeland of tea.It is believed that China has tea-shrubs as early as five to six thousand years ago,and human cultivation of teaplants dates back two thousand years.Tea from China,along with her silk and porcelain,began to be known the world over more than a thousand years ago and has since always been an important Chinese export.At present more than forty countries in the world grow tea with Asian countries producing 90% of the world"s total output.All tea trees in other countries have their origin directly or indirectly in China.The word for tea leaves or tea as a drink in many countries are derivatives from the Chinese character "cha." The Russians call it "cha"i",which sounds like "chaye" (tea leaves) as it is pronounced in northern China,and the English word "tea" sounds similar to the pronunciation of its counterpart in Xiamen (Amoy).The Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese,though pronounced with a slight difference.The habit of tea drinking spread to Japanin the 6th century,but it was not introduced to Europe and America till the 17th and 18th centuries.Now the number of tea drinkers in the world is legion and is still on the increase.篇三:英语新闻报道短篇30个词的英语新闻短篇【英语新闻报道短篇】Cool down in housing market continues 2014-12-14A fresh batch of mixed economic data ing from the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday.Chinas industrial output rose by a less-than-expected 7.2 percent in November from a year earlier,which means that housing market will continue downward 篇四:英语新闻报道短篇我想要一篇英文的新闻报道帮个忙啊CNS June 25 __ Roundup, Korean Foreign Ministry confirmed on the 25th Macao has received the banks thawing of the Korean capital, and said that these funds will be used for humanitarian purposes. Macao was frozen in the banking industry (BDA) transfer of funds to the North Korea problem has been resolved. Earlier earlier, the Russian Far East mercial banks in its website issued a statement saying, The Bank of Korea the same day in Macao banks of the thawing of the Korean capital into a bank. According to reports, a North Korean foreign ministry spokesmantold reporters accept KCNA said, frozen Department of the Macao banking industry funds have been remitted to North Korea demands North Korea account, the issue was finally resolved. He also disclosed that the funds will be unfrozen plans for the enhancement of the people"s living standards and humanitarian purposes. In addition, North Korea and the United States will in the near future to discuss the highly enriched uranium (HEU) program, initiated bilateral consultations. Both sides have the possibility of resolving the banks use the process of bilateral negotiations in the framework of issues touched upon. In other words, North Korea and the United States may have on the North Korea nuclear issue mainly through direct negotiations. And this will serve the si__party talks, the focus of public attention. It is familiar with the si__party talks one on the 25th source said : "North Korea and the United States may be as BDA negotiations, North Korea and the United States using bilateral channels to discuss issues touched upon. Both sides may normalization of relations between North Korea and the United States in the working group meetings or non-nuclear work Group meeting on "nuclear program list consultations" discussion. "September 2005. U.S. Treasury Department accused the North Korean governmentuse of the banks in Macao accounts to engage in money laundering and counterfeiting U.S. dollars, demanded that the United States stop financial institutions and the firm business dealings. Macao banks to the subsequent freezing of the North Korean government in U.S. dollars, the bank deposits. North Korea denied U.S. allegations. May of this year, the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that once the funds have been frozen issue is resolved, North Korea under the si__party talks on the agreement to suspend operation of nuclear facilities, invite the International Atomic Energy Agency delegation visits North Korea, and in-depth discussions with the United States to suspend operation of its nuclear facilities after the next phase measures. The Russian Foreign Ministry on June 23 confirmed Macao Department of the Korean banking industry funds have been diverted to North Korea in a Russian banks to open accounts.朝鲜问题资金已冻结【英语新闻报道短篇】篇五:英语新闻报道短篇英语新闻或短文求最近的英语新闻或者精美短小的英语短文大概初中水平就好我刚进高一上课要用求亲们给点·······1.英语新闻:CPC Central Committee to hold 6th plenum in OctoberThe Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee decided Friday that the Sixth Plenary Session of the 17th CPC Central Committee will convene in Beijing in October this year.The decision was made at a Political Bureau meeting,presided by President Hu Jintao,also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.2.英语新闻:China announces enforcement regulations for amended personal e tax lawThe State Council,or China"s cabinet,on Wednesday announced new regulations designed to facilitate the enforcement of the country"s new individual e tax law,which features an increased monthly tax exemption threshold.Premier Wen Jiabao signed a State Council order to approve the creation of the regulations,which are set to take effect on Sept.1,2011.The National People"s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee,or China"s legislative body,adopted an amendment to the individual e tax law during a bimonthly session lastmonth.The amendment raised the monthly tax exemption threshold from 2,000 yuan (307.7 U.S.dollars) to 3,500 yuan.The new law reduces the previous nine-bracket system to a smaller seven-bracket system,eliminating brackets corresponding to tax rates of 15 and 40 percent.It also reduces the minimum tax rate from 5 percent to 3 percent for people whose monthly es are between 3,500 and 4,500 yuan.选一个吧,长的短的都有,不够再和我说篇六:英语新闻报道短篇求一篇英文的新闻报告最好是最近的新闻字数200左右吧山西襄汾9月12日从山西省襄汾县新塔矿业公司“9·8”特大尾矿库溃坝事故抢险指挥部获悉,截至12日17时,搜救人员累计发现遇难者178名,搜救工作仍在紧张进行.搜救人员对所有重点区域、重点部位全部进行了搜寻,90%的过泥面积已经进行了彻底搜寻,目前2200多名搜救人员和110多台大型机械仍在现场实施搜救.翻译Shanxi Xiangfen September 12 from the Xiangfen County, Shanxi Province tower mining panies, "9 8" large tailings dambreak the accident rescue headquarters was informed that as at 17:00 on the 12th, search and rescue personnel found the victims total 178, search and rescue Is still a tension. Search and rescue staff on all key areas, focusing on all parts of the search conducted, 90 percent of the dump area has conducted a thorough search, more than 2,200 search and rescue personnel and more than 110 Taiwan implementation of large-scale search and rescue machinery is still at the scene.篇七:英语新闻报道短篇求纯正英国新闻报道视频或者报道词本人希望能模仿写一篇英文报道,求纯正英语新闻报道视频或者报道词VOABBC篇八:英语新闻报道短篇求英语的新闻报道,最好大概2分钟的,附上有文字稿的有的发我,给很多赏金At least 119 people were killed on Monday morning in a poultry processing plant fire in Northeast China"s Jilin province,rescue headquarters confirmed.本周一早晨,中国东北吉林省一禽业公司发生火灾,据救援指挥部确认,火灾造成至少119人死亡.The fire broke out at around 6:06 am at a slaughterhouse owned by the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry Company in Mishazi township of Dehui city,according to firefighters.据消防员称,火灾发生于早上6点06分左右,事故地点为一屠宰场,所属于吉林德惠米沙子镇宝源丰禽业公司.Over 300 workers were in the plant when the accident happened,survivors told Xinhua,adding they heard a sudden bang and then witnessed dark smoke at around 6 am.About one hundred workers have managed to escape from the plant whose gate was locked when the fire occurred,said survivors.事发时工厂共有300多名工人,幸存者告诉新华社记者,他们突然听到一声巨响,早上6左右就看到滚滚浓烟.据幸存者透露,火灾发生时大门是锁着的,大约有一百名工人成功逃出工厂.The plicated interior structure of the prefabricated house in which the fire broke out and the narrow exits have added difficulties to the rescue work,sources with rescue forces said.救援队称复杂的室内结构,狭窄的安全出口都给救援增加了困难.As of 12 am on Monday,the fire has not been put out and rescue work is ongoing.The exact number of those trapped in theplant has not yet been confirmed and further investigation into the cause in under way.直到周一中午12点,大火还未被扑灭,救援工作仍在继续.被困于工厂的确切人数仍未能确定,火灾原因也还在进一步调查中.篇九:英语新闻报道短篇求一篇有关环境的英语新闻报道,其中有对话采访!Britain Enters Final Day of Campaigning Before ElectionsBritain"s top party leaders are taking full advantage of their last day of campaigning before Britons go to the polls.Late Wednesday night,Labor leader Gordon Brown visited steel workers on an overnight shift."I don"t need to tell you that this election is about the future," said Brown."It"s about the future of our industry,the future of our jobs,the future of our young people."Mr.Brown is facing a tight election.The Conservative Party,led by David Cameron,has topped the latest opinion polls.And,the Liberal Democrats __ traditionally a marginalized party in what has largely been a two-party system __ are scoring high in opinion polls.Rodney Barker is a political academic and professor at the London School of Economics."The three candidates have been up to making themselves as busy as possible," explained Barker."David Cameron,the Conservative leader,so visible that he"s even worked through the night __ he hasn"t slept."Barker says this last day of campaigning is crucial,because so many Britons still have not made up their mind.A survey published by the research group ComRes Tuesday said 2.5 million people who say they are certain to vote say they are still undecided who to vote for and more than a third of voters said it was "quite possible" they would change their mind on who to vote for by the time the polls open Thursday morning.Rodney Barker says it is all up in the air."The one thing which one can say about this election __ and we haven"t been able to say this for any election within living memory __ is that the only certain thing is that we cannot predict the e,even on the day before the poll," added Barker.The ComRes poll shows the Conservatives winning 37 percent of votes,Labor on 29 percent and the Liberal Democrats on 26 percent.With the votes split this way,no single party would win a majority of seats in parliament.In that case,the shape of Britain"sfuture government will depend on coalitions.The balance is likely to be tipped by the Liberal Democrats,but so far their leader,Nick Clegg,has refused to say whether his party would side with the Conservatives or Labor.Barker says what this means is that it could be weeks before the position of Britain"s future government es clear."Even when we know the result of the election,we may not know what the result is in terms of government __ who will successfully make a deal with who to make what sort of government," noted Barker.If no single party is able to win a majority of parliament seats,current Prime Minister Gordon Brown would have the right to stay in office until a new government can be formed.篇十:英语新闻报道短篇求一则英语短篇新闻(100词内。
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bbc新闻报道短篇材料BBC News Report:Title: 'Global Efforts to Combat Climate Change Reach New Heights'In recent years, global efforts to combat climate change have reached unprecedented heights, as countries around the world are coming together to address the urgent need for action. The devastating impacts of climate change, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and the loss of biodiversity, have forced governments, businesses, and individuals to prioritize sustainability and take concrete steps towards a greener future.One of the key milestones in this global effort was the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015. This historic agreement brought together nearly 200 countries, all committed to limiting global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Since then, nations have been working tirelessly to implement their climate action plans, relying on renewable energy sources, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and investing in sustainable infrastructure.Among the countries at the forefront of this movement is Germany, which has been a leader in renewable energydevelopment for years. In 2020, Germany announced its plan to phase out coal power plants by 2038, marking a significant step towards a carbon-neutral energy sector. The country has also invested heavily in wind and solar energy, leading to a sharp decline in carbon emissions and a rise in renewable energy generation.China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has also made remarkable progress in recent years. The country has set ambitious targets for carbon neutrality, aiming to achieve peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060. China has been rapidly expanding its renewable energy capacity, investing heavily in wind, solar, and hydropower projects. Additionally, the country has implemented strict policies to reduce air pollution and has become a global leader in electric vehicle adoption.Furthermore, private sector companies are increasingly recognizing the importance of sustainability. Many corporations have pledged to reduce their carbon footprint, adopt renewable energy, and implement circular economy practices. Major technology companies, such as Google and Microsoft, have made commitments to operate on 100% renewable energy, while multinational corporations like Unilever andCoca-Cola have set targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.While progress has been made, challenges still remain. The urgency to act on climate change has been highlighted by the increasing frequency of extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, hurricanes, and wildfires. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic has further emphasized the need for a resilient and sustainable future.In conclusion, the global efforts to combat climate change have reached new heights as countries, businesses, and individuals recognize the pressing need for action. The signing of the Paris Agreement and the subsequent commitments and actions taken by various nations and corporations demonstrate a collective determination to tackle this global challenge. However, continued collaboration and innovation are essential to accelerate the transition to a sustainable andcarbon-neutral future.。
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bbc新闻文本(BBC News Text)BBC UN special envoy for Syria says he can not set date for peace talksOne of the major sticking points in any peace talks is President Assad. Some opposition leaders say he must step down at some point in the political transition. Others insist he must go before talks can even start. But the president's advisor Doctor Bouthaina Shaaban was clear this issue was not on the table. In a rare interview, she emphasized the president's role would be decided by the Syrian people at the ballot box, in elections or in a referendum. Doctor Shaaban was also scathing about the opposition describing rebel groups as creations of powerful backers like Saudi Arabia.Ballot: vote!Scathe: severe criticismThe main crux of all peace talks from President Assad, the opposition said that he must step down at a time of political transition, and other opposition even insists that he should leave in peace talks before the start. But the president's adviser, Dr. Busina Shaaban, made it clear that the departure of the president was not in negotiations. In a rare interview, Dr. Shaaban stressed that the president's fate should be decided by the people of Syria in either an election vote or a referendum. Dr. Shaaban also severely criticized the opposition,Describe rebel groups as a product of powerful supporters suchas Saudi ArabiaBBC UN special envoy for Syria says he can not set date for peace talksBBC, News, with, Julie, CandlerA day of an intense diplomacy has failed to set a date for a long-awaited Peace Conference on Syria after the talks in Geneva involving officials from the US, Russia and other members of the UN Security Council. The international envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said he'd been hoping to be in a position to announce a date today, but unfortunately was unable to do so. Lyse Doucet reports from Damascus.Julie Candler reports the BBC news for youA day of strained diplomacy failed to set the date for Syria's long-awaited peace talks, after talks between officials from the United States, Russia and other members of the UN Security Council in Geneva. Ambassador Lakhdar Brahimi of Syria said he had hoped to announce the date today, but unfortunately he failed to do so. Les Duce reports from Damascus.BBC Zidane, the statue of Materazzi on top of the head was removedWine, lovers, are, facing, the, of, a, global, shortage, threat, of, the, drink,, according, to, new, research.去年产量下降到40年来的最低水平,根据分析师留下的需求缺口约3亿例。
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bbc原文带翻译BBC News: Australia's bushfires: A visual guide to the deadly crisis。
澳大利亚森林大火,致命危机的视觉指南。
Australia is currently experiencing one of its worst bushfire seasons in history, with fires burning across the country since September 2019. The fires have claimed the lives of at least 25 people, destroyed over 2,000 homes, and killed an estimated one billion animals.自2019年9月以来,澳大利亚全国都在遭受着史上最严重的森林大火季节之一。
这些大火已经夺去了至少25人的生命,摧毁了超过2000座房屋,并造成了约10亿只动物的死亡。
The causes of the fires are complex, but are largely attributed to a combination of drought, high temperatures, and strong winds. Climate change has also been identified as a contributing factor, with Australia experiencing itshottest and driest year on record in 2019.这些大火的原因复杂,但主要归因于干旱、高温和强风的组合。
气候变化也被认为是一个促成因素,因为澳大利亚在2019年经历了有记录以来最热和最干燥的一年。
The fires have had a devastating impact on Australia's wildlife, with many species facing extinction as a resultof habitat loss and the destruction of their food sources. The koala population has been particularly hard hit, withan estimated 30% of their habitat destroyed in the fires.这些大火对澳大利亚的野生动物产生了毁灭性的影响,许多物种因失去栖息地和食物来源而面临灭绝。
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新闻稿范文300字 BBC新闻稿导读:就爱阅读网友为您分享以下“BBC新闻稿”资讯,希望对您有所帮助,感谢您对的支持!World Bank says Population Growth,Climate Change Demand Better Water Management“As every high school child knows, water runs through absolutely every we do,” says World Bank Water Sector Manager Julia Bucknall. “We can’t grow any food without water. We can’t live without water. We can’t run our cities without managing our water properly.”The floods in Pakistan, she says, show the importance of having a good water management policy in place.“Both from the resource point of view, in the sense of the floods, but also from the basic management of water supply and sanitation. That’s what is going to be killing a lot of people now after the immediate impact of the floods,” she says. Strategy planIn 2003, the World Bank issued a strategic plan for water projects. In a new report, called Sustaining Water for All in a Changing Climate, the bank reviewed that strategy. “The strategy itself,” says Bucknall,” was quite a path-breaking strategy, which really put infrastructure to the front and center of the development agenda and anticipated many of the issues...population growth, climate change and the need to manage water for food.”She says the strategy has resulted in “enormous success.”World Bank“We have been able to triple our lending in the water sector. And we’ve been able to be much more integrated so that we look at building irrigation systems, for example, at the same time as looking at the water resources that those systems depend on,” she says, adding, “We are very pleased with the results.”Making water a priorityAt recent climate change conferences, advocates for water management tried to put the issue high on the agenda but were not always successful.Bucknall says, “Everybody knows it’s a priority in some very generic sense. I think what people don’t always do istake the very hard choices that have to be made in order to manage water properly.”In making those tough choices, the World Bank official says some people will face “disruptions.”“Many governments are just not willing to take that decision now and sort of put it off until it becomes a crisis later. They don’t actively put it off until it becomes a crisis later, but that’s what ends up happening.”What next?The review makes a number of recommendations. “One is to continue efforts to integrate water resources with water services. So, this is something we’ve done quite well over the past five or six years, but we want to do it more and more consiste ntly,” she says. Other recommendations include putting water management higher on the climate change agenda and increase efforts to improve sanitation.“One third of the world’s population does not have access to a toilet, which has huge social and health implications,” she says, “You know more people die of diarrhea than of AIDS, malaria and TB combined.”The review also calls for support for hydro power, calling it “the largest source of renewable and low carbon energy,including high-risk, high-reward infrastructure projects.” But Bucknall admits it’s a complicated issue.Dams, for instance, have been criticized by some as harmful to the environment and the livelihoods of those living near lakes and resources.Bucknall says hydropower could mean building damns but also could mean making better use of existing dams or rehabilitating them.“Sometimes making better use out of them so that you can use them for adaptation to climate change,’ she says, “And also to give more space for the environment. One of the things we’re looking at actively is reengineering existing dams to make them have more multiple uses for people, for energy and for the environment.”Inger Andersen, vice-president for sustainable development at the World Bank, says, “Only 23 percen t of hydropower potential located in developing countries has been exploited. The gains for the poor can be enormous.”BBC News with Jonathan WheatleyThe man who led Britain into war in Afghanistan and Iraq, T ony Blair, has described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world. In a BBC World Service interview, theformer British prime minister said radical Islamists - whether in Chechnya, Kashmir, the Palestinian territories, Iraq or Afghanistan - believed that anything done in the name of their cause was justified.“After September 11th, rightly or wrongly, I felt the calculus of risk had changed, and I feel it’s still changed. I still think there is the most enormous threat from the combination of this radical extreme movement and the fact that if they could, they would use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons. I think they would if they could, and I think you can’t take a risk with that happening.”Mr Blair said Iran needs to understand it couldn’t have nuclear weapons; otherwise it would be stopped. Mr Blair denied that his own policies when in power had fuelled support for radical Islamists.Police in Pakistan say a suicide bomb at a Shia Muslim procession in the city of Quetta has killed at least 50 people. The procession is an annual event in support of the Palestinian people, and the bomber struck as he passed through a crowded market area. The Pakistani T aliban said they carried out the bombing.The Brazilian oil company Petrobras has unveiled plans tosell more than $64 billion of new stock in what some analysts are describing as the world’s biggest ever share offering. The money will fund new developments aimed at turning Brazil into a major oil exporter. Here is our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.Petrobras has a very ambitious plan to spend over $200 billion on expanding production from Brazil’s vast deep-sea oil and gas fields over the next four years. The plan to go to the capital market will raise an important part of the funds for that programme. Over $40 billion worth of the new shares will go to the government to pay for the right to exploit Brazil’s offshore reserves. The company is retaining the right to expand further the offer of new shares if there is sufficient demand. The total could end up as high as $75 billion.A court in Portugal has found six people guilty of sexually abusing children in a state-run orphanage in Casa Pia. They have been given prison sentences of between 5 and 18 years. Among these convicted were a prominent television presenter, a former ambassador, a lawyer and a doctor. From Lisbon, here is Alison Roberts.Six of the 32 former Casa Pia pupils whose testimonytriggered the investigation eight years ago were in court to hear the judges hand down custodial sentences to the six men accused of abusing them. Before that, the court heard a lengthy catalogue of hundreds of crimes ranging from attempted abuse to violent rape. Most were found to have been committed by Carlos Silvino, a driver at the institution, not only abusing children but passing them onto other abusers over three years.World News from the BBCThe security forces in Colombia say they have killed at least 11 left-wing rebels in a clash in the northeast of the country, close to the Venezuelan border. The army said troops captured a camp belonging to the ELN - the smaller of Colombia’s two guerrilla groups. The fighting came a day after the authorities confirmed that 14 policemen had been killed by suspected fighters of the larger rebel group, the Farc.Figures for employment in the United States reveal a better-than-expected rise in private sector jobs, but the jobs market overall remains weak. A report for the US Labor Department shows that 67,000 new private sector jobs were created last month. President Obama said the figures werepositive but not good enough. Mark Mardell reports from Washington.With important elections for Congress, the Senate and state governors two months away, the state of America’s economy is deeply political. And President Obama challenged his Republican opponents to support plans for tax cuts and loans for small businesses which they have so far blocked. Speaking outside the White House, he announced there would be more action soon.“The key point I’m making right now is that the economy is moving in a positive direction. Jobs are being created; they are just not being created as fast as they need to, given the big hole that we experienced.”The European Union’s trade commissioner, the Belgian Karel De Gucht, has apologized for remarks in which he spoke of a Jewish lobby in the United States, preventing peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Mr De Gucht said he hadn’t meant to cause offence, and anti-Semitism had no place in today’s world.An earthquake of 7.2 magnitude has struck the South Island of New Zealand. The United States Geological Survey said the quake struck some 30 kilometres from the country’sthird largest city of Christchurch. Initial reports say some roads and buildings there have been damaged.BBC News百度搜索“就爱阅读”,专业资料,生活学习,尽在就爱阅读网,您的在线图书馆。
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bbc一分钟英语新闻原文英文回答:The BBC Minute is a one-minute news bulletin producedby the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It providesa concise summary of the latest news from around the world. The news topics covered in the BBC Minute range frompolitics and economics to entertainment and sports. The format of the news bulletin allows listeners to quickly catch up on the most important stories of the day.The BBC Minute is broadcast in various languages, including English, Arabic, Hausa, and Swahili, among others. This allows the news to reach a wider audience and cater to the needs of different regions. The news bulletin istypically presented by a news anchor who delivers the newsin a clear and concise manner.The BBC Minute aims to provide a quick and easily digestible overview of the news. It is designed for peoplewho are short on time but still want to stay informed. The concise format of the news bulletin ensures that listeners can get the main points of each story within a minute.中文回答:BBC一分钟英语新闻是由英国广播公司(BBC)制作的一分钟新闻简报。
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Reality TV makes stars out of ordinary peopleThe latest fashion on British TV is Reality TV. Reality TV means that shows follow and film ordinary people in an artificial situation. This could be at work, or in some kind of competition.One of the first and most popular Reality TV shows is Big Brother. In this show, 15 complete strangers have to live together in a house for 11 weeks. They are filmed 24 hours a day, and shown on television. Each week, the viewers vote to evict one of the housemates . Finally, only one is left, and they win the prize money – 50 000 pounds!Thes how was an instant hit , and runs in several countries. The housemates often become stars as a result of the show, and appear in national newspapers and on other shows.Anothervery popular show is I’m a Celebrity – Get Me Out Of Here! In this show, 10 celebrities are taken to the Australian jungle. They have to complete tasks each week, such as eating insects. The show is very expensive to make. The show cost 10 million pounds to make, but over 12 million people in Britain watched the finale . Reality TV is also big business in the United States. American Idol, which is similar to the Chinese Super Girl, is one example. In this show, thousands of would-be singers audition in front of a panel of three judges.Part of the attraction is that many of the singers are not very good – in fact, some are awful ! The judges do not have to be polite, and are in fact usually very rude to some of the contestants.As the show progresses, viewers vote for their favourite singers and the number of singers goes down until only one is left. As a prize, they receive a recording contract with a major record company.Reality TV is coming to China, too. The hit US show, The Apprentice, featured the tycoon and multi-millionaire Donald Trump. In the new Chinese version, Wise Man Takes All, 16 would-be businessmen will present their ideas to the judges, and the best one will win 1 million Yuan to make their dream come true. Whatever happens, it seems Reality TV is here to stay.词汇注释reality 现实;真实strangers 陌生人viewers 观众evict 驱逐;逐出housemates 同居一屋的人hit 成功;轰动一时celebrities 名人jungle 丛林finale 最后一场;结局would-be 将要成为…的audition 试唱;试演awful 非常糟糕的;极坏的tycoon 名人multi-millionaire 亿万富翁。
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警方击毙法国杀人男子BBC News with Jonathan IzardThe man who said he killed seven people in al-Qaeda-inspired attacks in France has been shot dead by a police marksman. Mohammed Merah was hiding in the bathroom of his apartment in Toulouse when commandos broke in after a 30-hour siege. A French prosecutor said he fired more than 30 bullets at them before being killed. Our correspondent Christian Fraser reports from Toulouse.The final acts of the most dramatic siege that had lasted over 30 hours. It was thought Mohammed Merah had taken his own life in the early hours of this morning. But as elite commandos moved in to clear the apartment, picking their way through each room with fibre-optic cameras, the gunman suddenly appeared at the bathroom door. There was an intense shoot-out. Merah advanced wearing a bullet-proof vest, firing wildly before he jumped out of the window. But outside was a police marksman who shot him dead.国际社会纷纷谴责马里军队President Sarkozy said French Muslims must not be stigmatised because of the gunman's actions.There's been international condemnation of Malian troops who've overthrown the government of President Amadou Toumani Toure. A rebel spokesman said the soldiers would return the country to democracy as soon as national unity and integrity were assured. The United States joined France and the African Union in denouncing the coup. The American position was expressed by the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland."The United States condemns the military seizure of power in Mali. We echo the statements of the African Union, of Ecowas and of other international partners in denouncing these actions. We've called for calm; we've called for restoration of the civilian government under constitutional rule without delay so that the elections can proceed as scheduled."油轮残骸中发现遇难者遗体Five more bodies have been found inside the wreck of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which capsized in January off the coast of Italy. A spokeswoman for the Italian Civil Protection Agency said this raised the confirmed number of dead to 30. From Rome, here's Alan Johnston.It's more than two months now since the Costa Concordia sank off the island of Giglio. But still the hunt for the missing goes on. And in the course of the afternoon, those overseeing the search announced that they discovered three bodies. But first, they were said to be in a very inaccessible part of the hull. But later, it emerged that in fact the remains have been found just outside the wreck, trapped between it and the rocks of the seabed. Then, late in the evening, it was announced that a further two bodies had been discovered in the same area.叙利亚政府军被指杀害逃亡难民The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed a resolution calling on Sri Lanka to investigate war crimes allegedly committed during its long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels. Sri Lanka campaigned hard against the vote, saying it would usurp its sovereignty. But the United States said Sri Lanka was not doing enough to hold those responsible for violations to account.World News from the BBCActivists say government forces in Syria have killed 10 people who were trying to escape to a refugee camp in Turkey. They say the victims, including three children, were travelling on a bus when it came under fire in Idlib province. Violence continued in many parts of Syria despite Wednesday's UN Security Council statement urging the withdrawal of troops from population centres.足球暴力引发巨大冲突Clashes resumed in the Egyptian city of Port Said after the funeral of a teenager who died in football-related violence. The first trouble began on Friday after the Port Said football club al-Masry was suspended for two years over a post-match riot last month in which more than 70 people were killed.The leader of the military coup in Mali has told the BBC he's in complete control of the country. Captain Amadou Sanogo said he had no fear of a counter coup. But a BBC correspondent in the region says it's not clear how much support the captain has among high-ranking commanders. Tuareg rebels have taken advantage of the uncertainty to seize positions in the north. Captain Sanogo said he wanted peace talks with them.土耳其15名女武装分子丧生The Turkish government says 15 Kurdish militants, all of them women, have been killed in fighting with the security forces. The clashes took place in the southeastern province of Bitlis, which is a centre of the banned PKK militants. Jonathan Head is in Istanbul.As many as one third of the PKK's fighting force are women - a legacy of the group's one-time Marxist ideology, which prioritised the raising of women's status in Kurdish society. So women casualties are not unusual, but for 15 women to be killed in a single clash certainly is. The Turkish interior ministry is giving few details of the incident. It occurred in Bitlis, a province known for strong PKK support, during a large-scale military operation against the organisation in the mountains bordering Iraq.北京空气污染清理周期长The authorities in Beijing say it'll be at least two decades before they get the Chinese capital's air pollution under control. Beijing came close to the bottom of a recent listof the world's most polluted cities. Charles Scanlon reports.The city authorities in Beijing have been stunned by a wave of criticism of the accuracy of their pollution figures. They are now trying to convince the sceptical public that they have a credible plan to tackle the problem. The vice-mayor Hong Feng said the best the city could hope for was to have air pollution under control within the next 20 years. He said that would include one of the biggest threats to health - the tiny particles in the air that until a recent controversy were not even measured by the Beijing authorities.失踪渔船神奇再现Charles Scanlon reportingA Japanese fishing boat swept away by last year's earthquake and tsunami has been spotted adrift off the west coast of Canada. No one is believed to be on board the ship, which is still intact but badly rusted. However, the Canadian transport ministry is monitoring it for pollution. The vessel was registered in Hokkaido in Japan.Those are the latest stories from BBC News.美加强对伊朗石油制裁力度The United States is preparing to increase oil sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. President Obama has issued a statement saying there was enough oil on the world market to allow a significant reduction in purchases from Iran. Paul Adams reports from Washington.After June, financial institutions that continue to buy oil through Iran's central bank, where almost all such transactions are processed, will face sanctions. White House officials say the president decided to issue his statement after careful consideration of a number of factors, including global economic trends, supply and demand for non-Iranian oil, as well as spare capacity. There are exceptions: the US has already granted waivers to 10 EU countries and Japan because they've taken steps of theirown.安南希叙利亚政府立即停火The international envoy Kofi Annan says he expects the Syrian government to implement an agreed ceasefire immediately. A spokesman for Mr Annan said he wanted the authorities to halt the use of heavy weaponry in towns and withdraw soldiers to barracks because then the opposition would respond. Correspondents say there's no sign yet that the government is in the mood to make gestures to the opposition. There was more heavy bombardment in Homs and other places during the day.The Spanish government has announced spending cuts of more than $36bn to try to reduce its deficit and strengthen the economy. The deputy prime minister called the budget proposal severely austere, but essential. Here's Tom Burridge.海地首都爆发泥石流后果严重Six people have died in Haiti after heavy rains caused a mudslide which destroyed homes in the capital Port-au-Prince. An official with Haiti's civil protection agency said the mudslide occurred in Morne Calvaire - a slum area on a hillside. There have been two weeks of heavy rain in Haiti, triggering repeated flooding and landslides after the rainy season started early.Football's world governing body Fifa has agreed new anti-corruption reforms after independent experts issued a scathing assessment of its investigations into earlier scandals. They called Fifa's handling of bribery claims "unsatisfactory" and "unconvincing". Fifa's reputation was hit by claims of bribery and vote rigging during Mr Blatter's re-election last year and during the contests to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals.The Brazilian police have detained 77 people and confiscated an arsenal of weaponsin a major operation against drugs traffickers. More than 600 police were involved in the operation. Here's Warren Bull.Police in Brazil say this is the largest operation they've ever launched in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. In a series of raids in the city of Sao Borja, they seized weapons, money, vehicles and quantities of cocaine and marijuana. The police chief heading the operation said up to 13 different drug gangs had been identified in the city, including one with 40 members. Sao Borja is on the main transit route for drugs and contraband between Brazil and the neighbouring countries - Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay.塔利班向阿富汗发动袭击BBC News with Marion MarshallTaliban militants have carried out a series of attacks in the centre of the Afghan capital Kabul. Nato bases, the parliament and Western embassies all came under fire. Afghan security forces are still trying to clear heavily armed insurgents from several areas. The first explosions were in the morning, and exchanges of gunfire continued after nightfall. The Afghan government said a number of gunmen had been killed, but no civilians or members of the security forces. A Taliban spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, explained the motivation behind the attacks.潘基文对叙利亚表示担忧"These attacks were revenge for the brutal actions of foreigners, such as urinating on Taliban dead bodies, Koran burnings at Bagram airbase and killing of innocent civilians in Kandahar. This was one of the biggest attacks in terms of size so far this year, and it is still underway."The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he's concerned about the shelling of the Syrian city of Homs as more fighting was reported involving government forces and rebels. Earlier, a spokesman for the UN envoy Kofi Annan asked all sides to observe a ceasefire which came into force last Thursday. Ahmad Fawzi told the BBC that the truce was precarious and fragile, but it could save Syria from plunging back into the abyss as he put it.联合国对停火协议提出要求"Both parties must be willing to end the violence and come to the negotiating table. We hope both sides will realise that this is a golden opportunity for them to put down their arms and to start talking. Negotiations are the only way out of this bloody crisis that has lasted for one year."Their appeals come as UN ceasefire observers began to arrive in the country.The United Nations has confirmed that at least one person has been killed by a Sudanese bombing raid on South Sudan. The local authorities say nine were killed and 24 wounded in different air attacks, and ground clashes are also reported. James Copnall reports from Khartoum.North Korea Missile Launch Failure: New Threats?The latest on that failed missile test by North Korea and a surprise the government was supposed to make the set back on state TV. ABC's * is tracking from WashingtonMartha, and Pentagon and all of Asia on high alert for this test but it turned out to be another dud.A totally dud. It was all over so quickly, George, that rocket was air-born for 81 seconds. The missile lifted up with no sign of trouble but right after the first stage boosted rocket, which pushes the rocket higher and faster. The missile just broke apart in flight. The debris fell into waters about 100 miles west of Soul, South Korea. It was over.It sure was Martha. And there's a lot of concern now though that to make up for the embarrassment, North Korea is gonna plough and actually try to test a nuclear bomb. That is a concern. It's the first time ever that the North Korea said it acknowledged the failure of the rocket. So that was a big surprise to the administration, but there wre already fears that North Koreans would try to test another nuclear device, this time a uranium device, so everyone is bracing themselves for that development, George. They do not think this is over yet.And the administration was hoping to have a new * in North Korea now that they have a new leader, they were offering food aid if North Korea didn't test this missile now. That's completely odd.Yes. They basically completely reneged on this deal, so this is an embarrassment for the administration as well, but everyone is moving on-ward and looking to that nuclear device test which they think will come in the next few weeks.Ok. Martha . Thanks very much.This post was generated by put listening repetition system, Check the original dictation thread!U.S. Bridges, Roads Being Built by Chinese FirmsAnd as you know, ABC News is always looking for ways to bring American jobs back to America. So, this week, it was shocking to learn so many great infrastructure projects are under way in America, rebuilding bridges and roads in American cities, but they've hired Chinese firms and Chinese workers. Why?20/20" anchor Chris Cuomo is the captain of our bringing America back team and he decided to track down those people who made these decisions.Rebuilding America's crumbling infrastructure is now a priority.Help us rebuild this bridge, help us rebuild America, help us put construction workers back to work.In New York, a $400 million renovation of Alexander Hamilton Bridge;In California, a whopper, a $7.2 billion new bridge to connect San Francisco and Oakland; In Alaska, a proposed $190 million bridge project.Sounds like a great opportunity for government spending to actually lead to real jobs. The problem: Much of the work is going to Chinese government-owned contracting firms.When we're subsidizing jobs in China, we're not creating any wealth in the United States.In Alaska, outraged union workers took to the airwaves with an obvious point : This is not the time to send more jobs to China, our tax dollars provide hundreds of jobs there, not at home.US law actually requires major infrastructure projects to buy America when the cost difference is reasonable. In California, US firms say they would have met those guidelines but state officials decided to turn down federal money for a major part of the bridge, allowing a Chinese company at cost of almost 3,000 American jobs, and potential $1 billion boost to the struggling California economy.It would've had a multiplying effect, because it would have not only given thousands of Californians jobs ,but also the subsequent spending would have been reinvested back in our economy.Is this the best way to bring America back?We went to Californian officials who claimed the Chinese could do the work faster and cheaper.Why can't the Americans do it as quickly as Chinese, what makes them so special? One issue that you will consistently hear, every time you go to a fabrication site this country is that they struggle at this point in time to obtain welders. That is an issue in this country.So can you say that you guys have done everything you can to keep jobs here and building this bridge?Absolutely.But would American companies have done it, Chris, for a little less money and triedto race it along.The US firms say absolutely. They say they could have done this job. And there's a bigger point here. It's not a level playing field, the Chinese firms are state-owned. They don't pay their workers as much. That's why the Buy America laws were passed, if states can get around them, Diane, we never bring America back, you have to enforce the laws to let American companies play.美国参议院共和党参议员几乎集体“否决”了总统奥巴马的“准竞选纲领”的法案——巴菲特规则议案。