BBC News, this is Mike Cooper.
Millitants have carried out a second big bomb attack in as many days against police in northwestern Pakistan. At least twenty people were killed. The Pakistani authorities say militants may betaking advantages ofthe floods tostep uptheir attacks. As Marian L. reports.
Police say a car bombdetonated at the gates of a residential police compound. The powerful explosion caused several buildings to collapse and more people are feared to be trapped under the rubble. With the run-up to Eid, the festival celebrating the end of Ramadan, many people were out in the streets about to break the fast when the bomb went off. There have been three other big bomb attacks in Pakistan in the last week alone, killing almost 120 people. On Monday, the Pakistan Taliban said they carried out the suicide bombing on a police station that killed 19 people.
There's been widespread condemnation of plans by a small church in the United States to burn copies of the Koran on Saturday.The White House said any activity that put American troops in harm's way was of concern while NATO said such actioncontradicted all the values the alliance stood for.There were protests in Afghanistan and in Indonesia. And Iran warned the public burning of the Koran couldunleashuncontrolled muslim response. The Florida church said it wanted tocounterwhat it described as the evil of Islam.
The United States army says two of its soldiers have been killed and nine wounded in northern Iraq. It said the troops were involved in an exchange of gun fire inside an Iraqi army compound near the city of Tuss. These were the first American military deaths since President Obama declared an end to combat operations in Iraq last week. Gabriel Gatehouse reports from Baghdad.
The shooting happened inside an Iraqi army base. A group of American troops was meeting counterparts from the Iraqi security forces when a man wearing an Iraqi army uniform walked in and opened fire. He wounded 11 US soldiers before he himself was shot and killed. Two of the soldiers later died of their injuries. Nine are being treated on an American base. A spokesman for the American military Major Lee told the BBC that it was not clear at this stage whether theassailantwas aninfiltratoror a soldier.
The campain group, Human Rights Watch has been promised 100 million dollars by the philanthropist, George Sorrows. The group mustmatchthis donation by raising 10 million dollars a year for ten years. The executive director of human rights watch, Can Roth, said the money would transform his organization into a truly global one. Traditionally human rights watches deployed our information in major western capitals to try to get those governments to use their influenceon behalf ofhuman rights. But in parts of the world today, there are emerging powers which are also quite significant, for example in Zimbabwe. We need the help of the South African government. So George's gift is going to allow us to move into key southern capitals.
I'm Mike Cooper in London with World News from the BBC.
Nigerian officials say that suspected members of an Islamic Sect Boca Harran have attacked a prison holding some of the group in the north of the country. Local residents heard gunfire around the central prison in Bouchi. But latest reports say the firing hasdied down. The Sect carried out a series of attacks last year which left hundreds dead.
Mozambique has reversed an increase in the price of bread thatsparked offthree days of rioting last week killing 13 people. And the government said bread would be sold at its previous price backed by governmentsubsidies. The country's Trade and Industry Minister told the BBC they'd listen to the people.
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Rwanda to try to ease tensions following a dispute over a leaked UN report. Rwanda threatened to withdraw its troops from UN peace-keeping missions because a draft report accused its army of possiblegenocideagainst Hutu refugees in the 1990s.
The authorities in Slovenia say they found a mass grave dating back to the end of the Second World War which could hold the remains of 700 people. The site is in a forest in northern Slovenia. Bethany Bell has more.
Officials in Slovenian say the grave contains the bodies of both men and women with their hands tied behind their backs.Some appeared to have been shot, others hacked to death. It's thought that they were the victims of anatrocityin immediate aftermath of the war, possibly killed by anti-fascist groups seeking revenge on Nazi collaborators. The remains were found last week in a 21-meter long pit. If prosecutors decide to launch investigation, the bodies will be exhumed.
The Australian author Peter Carey could become the first to win the prestigious Man Booker literary prize three times after making the short list for this year's award. His novel Parrot and Olivier in America is one of six books in the running for the 77,000 dollar prize.
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好战分子在巴基斯坦西北部对警察实施了连日来第二次大规模炸弹袭击。至少20人遇难。巴基斯坦当局表示,好战分子利用洪水灾情的机会加剧了袭击。Marian L.报道。
警方表示,一枚汽车炸弹在警察宿舍楼门口爆炸。强力的爆炸造成几栋建筑坍塌,更多人可能被困在废墟下。由于庆祝斋月节即将结束的Eid节的临近,许多人走向街头准备打破斋戒,炸弹就在那时爆炸。仅在上周,巴基斯坦还发生了三次大的炸弹袭击,造成接近120人死亡。周一,巴基斯坦塔利班分子声称他们实施了造成19人死亡的对警察局的袭击。
美国一个小教堂计划在周六焚烧可兰经,引起广泛的谴责。白宫表示,任何可能使美国军队置于危险境地的行动都令人担忧。北约表示,这样的行动与北约联盟所代表的所有价值观相矛盾。阿富汗和印度尼西亚也举行了抗议活动。伊朗警告称,公开焚烧可兰经将使难以控制的穆斯林情绪爆发。该佛罗里达教堂表示,他们想要反对“伊斯兰恶魔”。
美国军方表示,在伊拉克北部,2名士兵遇难,9人受伤。他们表示,军队在Tuss城附近一座伊拉克军事设施内与伊拉克军队交火。这是自上周奥巴马总统宣布驻伊拉克作战任务结束以来的首次美国军队伤亡事件。Gabriel Gatehouse在巴格达报道。
枪战发生在伊拉克一座军事基地内。一些美国军队正在会见伊拉克安全力量,一名身穿伊拉克军装的男子走进去开枪。他打伤了11名美国士兵,随后自己被击毙。两名士兵后来由于伤势严重身亡。另外9人正在美国一座军事基地接受治疗。美国军队一名发言人,陆军上校Lee告诉BBC,目前还不清楚袭击者是渗透者还是士兵。
人权观察组织收到慈善家乔治·索罗斯(George Soros) 1亿美元的捐款承诺。该组织在十年之内每年将获得1000万美元的捐款。人权观察执行董事Can Roth表示,这笔资金将使人权观察成为真正的全球性组织。传统来讲,人权观察只是在主要的西方国家首都传达信息,努力使那些政
府通过他们的影响力来倡导人权。但是今天,在世界的一些地区新崛起了一些非常重要的力量,例如在津巴布韦。我们也需要南非政府的帮助。所以,乔治的捐赠将使我们向关键的南半球首都进军。
我是Mike Cooper,这里是从伦敦发布的BBC世界新闻。
尼日利亚官员表示,一名伊斯兰宗派Boca Harran可疑分子袭击了该国北部一座监狱。这座监狱监禁着该组织几名成员。当地居民在Bouchi中心监狱附近听到了枪声。但是最新报道称枪声已经平息。该宗派去年实施了一系列袭击,造成数百人死亡。
上周为期三天的暴乱造成13人死亡,同时也导致面包价格上涨。莫桑比克现在扭转了这种形势。政府表示,面包将接受政府的补贴,按照先前的价格出售。该国贸易和工业部长告诉BBC他们聆听了群众的呼声。
联合国秘书长潘基文抵达卢旺达,试图平息因一份联合国报道泄漏引发的争议。由于一份报告草案指控卢旺达军队在90年代可能对胡图难民实施种族大屠杀,卢旺达威胁退出联合国维和任务。
斯洛文尼亚当局称他们发现了追溯至二战时期的一座集体坟墓,可能埋葬了700人的遗体。该坟墓位于斯洛文尼亚北部一座森林。Bethany Bell报道更详细内容。
斯洛文尼亚官员表示,这座坟墓葬有众多男女的尸骨,所有人的双手都被捆绑在后面。一些人似乎是被枪杀,其他人则是被砍死。据称,他们是在战后暴行的受害者,可能是反法西斯组织向纳粹同谋寻求报复。这些尸骨于上周在一个长达21米的尸骨坑中发现。如果检察官决定进行调查,这些尸骨将被挖掘出来。
在今年的最终获奖人名单提交之后,澳大利亚作家彼得·凯里将成为第一个三次获得布克国际文学奖的人。他的小说《帕罗特和奥利维尔在美国》是竞选这个77,000美元大奖的6本书之一。
1.detonate vt.vi.(使)爆炸, 引爆
例句:The workmen detonated the dynamite.
工人们把炸药引爆了。
2.contradict vt.与…发生矛盾, 与…抵触
例句:They contradict each other all the time.
他们总是相互抵触。
3.unleash vt.把(感情、力量等)释放出来, 发泄
例句:The full force of his rage was unleashed against me.
他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。
4.counter vt.vi.对抗, 反驳
例句:Our theory countered his.
我们的理论和他的相反。
She countered that her advice had not been heeded.
她反驳说她的建议未被重视。
5.assailant n.攻击者
例句:The victim put up a heroic struggle against his assailant.
那位受害者与攻击者展开了英勇的搏斗。
6.infiltrator n.渗透者
7.match v.相配,相称,结婚;与…匹敌,同…较量,比得上
8.reverse vt.vi.(使)反转; (使)颠倒; (使)翻转
例句:Please reverse the positions of two pictures.
请把两张图片的位置倒转过来。
Their positions are now reversed.
他们现在的位置颠倒了。
推翻, 取消
例句:The appeal court reversed the original verdict and set the prisoner free.
上诉法庭撤销了原判, 把那个犯人释放了。
9.subsidies n.补贴, 津贴, 补助金
例句:Food subsidies are necessary for keeping down the price of dairy products and bread.
食品补贴对控制乳制品和面包的价格是必要的。
10.genocide n.种族灭绝
例句:They’ve launched a campaign of genocide against the immigrants.
他们对移民进行了种族灭绝。
11.atrocity n.邪恶, 暴行
例句:These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.
这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
1.The Pakistani authorities say militants may be taking advantages of the floods to step up their attacks.
take advantage of利用,趁机利用,占…的便宜
例句:Take advantage of all educational opportunities.
利用一切教育机会
step up(使)增加, (使)加快速度
例句:The girl stepped up to school.
女孩子加快步伐去上学。
He has stepped up into the management of the firm.
他已升入公司的管理部门。
2. Traditionally human rights watches deployed our information in major western capitals to try to get those governments to use their influence on behalf of human rights.
on behalf of为了…的利益
例句:He spoke on behalf of the plan.
他为这项计划辩护。
代表…
例句:At the airport he read an address of welcome on behalf of the association.
在机场上他代表该协会致了欢迎词。
I'm writing on behalf of my mother to express her thanks for your gift.
我代表我母亲写信, 对你的礼物表示感谢。
3.But latest reports say the firing has died down.
die down变得越来越弱直到消失
例句:The wind died down quite a lot.
这风变得小多了。
The fire is dying down. Put some more wood on!
火快熄灭了, 再加点木柴!
4.Mozambique has reversed an increase in the price of bread that sparked off three days of rioting last week killing 13 people.
spark off导致, 为…的直接原因
例句:His speech seems to have sparked off a real argument.
他的发言看来引起了一场严重的争论。
The trouble was sparked off by an apparently harmless phrase.
这场麻烦是由一句明显无恶意的话引起的。
1.The White House said any activity that put American troops in harm's way was of concern while NATO said such action contradicted all the values the alliance stood for.
be of的详细用法
“of+抽象名词”的用法与形容词用法相同,在句中可作表语、定语、补语。在抽象名词(如use, value, help, importance, difference等)
前面可用little, some, any, no, great, not much 等修饰;有的可用同根形容词代替,如:
The work I am doing is not of much value. 我做的工作没有多大价值。
His speech is of little significance. 他的讲话毫不重要。
It is of greatest consequence. 它极为重要。
It’s an invention of great importance. 这是一项非常重要的发明。
Don’t follow the way of least resistance. 不要走最省力气的路。
I regard this as of great importance. 我认为这个具有重要意义。
The work I am doing is not of much value. 我做的工作没有什么价值。
The experience gained will be of great value to us. 取得的经验对我们将很有价值。
The economics of national growth are of the greatest importance to all modern governments. 国民经济增长的情况对所有现代政府至关重要。
In recent years it has hardly been the source of much national pride. 在最近几年,这几乎未成为激发极大民族自豪感的源泉。
2.Officials in Slovenian say the grave contains the bodies of both men and women with their hands tied behind their backs.
with 宾语 宾语补足语,构成with复合结构,宾语可以是名词或是代词,宾语补足语可以是介词短语、过去分词、现在分词、形容词、动词不定式、副词。且with后面的宾语与其后的宾语补足语有逻辑上的主谓关系。
1)With 宾语 介词短语
He was asleep with his head on his arms.
2)with 宾语 过去分词(宾语与宾补之间是被动关系)
All the afternoon he worked with the door locked.
He lay in bed with his head covered.
3)with 宾语 现在分词(宾语与宾补之间是主动关系)
With winter coming on,it's time to buy warm clothes.
4)with 宾语 todo(不定式做宾补有“将来”的含义)
I can't go out with all these dishes to wash.
5)with 宾语 形容词/副词
With John away,we've got more room.
Anderson was lying on the bed with all his clothes on.