BBC News with David Austin

Thousands of Israelis have been taking part in a rally to condemn the behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to enforce segregation between men and women. The Israeli President Shimon Peres said a minority in Israel was actingoutrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously. Jon Donnison was at the rally in Beit Shemesh.

By early evening, thousands of demonstrators had gathered in Beit Shemesh. There was anger at the growing influence of Israel's conservative ultra-Orthodox Jews and, in particular, their treatment of women. Local girls, some as young as eight, have been harassed supposedly for dressingimmodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly. At tonight's rally, there was something of a party atmosphere, but many Israelis believe the country's character isat stake. The Israeli government - so often critical of religious extremism in Islamic countries - has ordered a crackdown ontolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intoleranceat home.

The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, says he will allow the Taliban to open aliaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaisonoffice in Qatar to try to help the peace process. However, Mr Karzai's office said there should be restrictions preventing any foreign intervention in peace talks. From Kabul, here's Caroline Wyatt.

This is the first time that President Karzai has personally backed in public the idea of an office for the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar. It was a move heruled outonly a few weeks ago, infuriated that the US and Germany had been conducting negotiations over the location without consulting him. Early this month, Afghanistan withdrew its ambassador to Qatar in a signal of Kabul's displeasure. However, a statement from the presidential palace tonight said that if the Americans wanted to locate the office there, the Afghan government would agree in order to help the peace process.

Tens of thousands of protesters in Syria havethrong">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">thronged">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throngedthe streets of Homs as Arab League observers visited the city to monitor a peace agreement. Opposition activists have accused the Syrian government of hiding tanks outside Homs to avoid detection by the Arab League mission. Jim Muir reports.

It was baptism by fire for the Arab observers. After a meeting with the governor of Homs, they went to the city's Baba Amr district, which had been heavily pounded by security forces' tanks and artillery in recent days. There, the observers found themselves confronted by angry residents eager to show the damage and pools of blood. Even as they were talking, gunfire could be heard. The team is staying on in Homs, though its leader is returning to Damascus for meetings. Although he said it had been a good day and that both sides had responded, it's been a pretty mixed result, must have brought home to the observers how complex and deadly the situation is. Jim Muir

Human rights activists in Egypt have welcomed a court order to stop the military from making female prisoners undergovirginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginitytests. The case was brought by a woman who said the army forced her to undergo a virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity test after she was arrested during a protest in Tahrir Square in March.

World News from the BBC

The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed a bill to create an anti-corruptionombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told MPs his government was determined to combat the problem. The vote came as the popular activist Anna Hazare began a fast in Mumbai to demand much tougher legislation against official corruption.

Nigeria's top Muslim spiritual leader has sought to calm tensions after a series of deadly attacks on Christmas Day. The Sultan of Sokoto said he wanted to assure all Nigerians that there was no conflict between Muslims and Christians. He was speaking after a meeting with the country's President Goodluck Jonathan. The Islamist sect Boko Haram said it carried out the bombings, which killed around 40 people, most of them in a Roman Catholic church.

An official estimate in Portugal suggests that more than 1% of the population may have emigrated this year. In a newspaper interview, a Portuguese minister said up to 120,000 people had left the country over the past 12 months. From Lisbon, here's Alison Roberts.

Estimating emigration is notoriously hard in a European Union with free movement and with tens of thousands of Portuguese having the right to citizenship in countries such as Angola. But a host of recent indicators point to anexodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exoduson a scale last seen in the early 1970s when Portugal was still at dictatorship. The latest wave of emigration includes many qualified workers, such as engineers. Even the prime minister has suggested that teachers who fail to get placed in schools here could try their luck abroad. His comments triggered a storm of protest. Alison Roberts

With Kim Jong-il's funeral due to begin in the next few hours, North Korean media has been reporting supernatural events following the late leader's death. The communist party newspaper said owls had been weeping each day while Radio Pyongyang said an unidentified white bird was seen brushing off snow from his statue.

That's the BBC News.

第二页：中英双语听力稿

Thousands of Israelis have been taking part in a rally to condemn the behaviour of ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to enforce segregation between men and women. The Israeli President Shimon Peres said a minority in Israel was acting outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously. Jon Donnison was at the rally in Beit Shemesh.

数千以色列人参加集会，谴责试图实施性别隔离政策的超正统派犹太人。以色列总统Shimon Peres说，有一小部分以色列人行为很过分。记者Jon Donnison参加了贝特?西蒙斯的机会。

By early evening, thousands of demonstrators had gathered in Beit Shemesh. There was anger at the growing influence of Israel's conservative ultra-Orthodox Jews and, in particular, their treatment of women. Local girls, some as young as eight, have been harassed supposedly for dressing immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly. At tonight's rally, there was something of a party atmosphere, but many Israelis believe the country's character is at stake. The Israeli government - so often critical of religious extremism in Islamic countries - has ordered a crackdown on tolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intolerance at home.

傍晚就有数千名游行者集会贝特西蒙斯，他们对以色列保守的超正统派犹太人势力日增而愤怒，尤其不满他们对待女性的态度。当地的女孩，其中有的只有八岁，就被视为着装不端而被骚扰。尽管今晚的聚会气氛有点像派对，但许多以色列人认为这个国家的性质处于危险中。以色列政府一向批评伊斯兰国家的宗教极端主义，如今已下令打击国内的偏执行为。

The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, says he will allow the Taliban to open a liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison office in Qatar to try to help the peace process. However, Mr Karzai's office said there should be restrictions preventing any foreign intervention in peace talks. From Kabul, here's Caroline Wyatt.

阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊称，将允许塔利班在卡塔尔设立联络办公室，帮助推进和平进程。然而，卡尔扎伊的办公室称，因设置限制阻止他国干涉和平对话。Caroline Wyatt在喀布尔报道。

This is the first time that President Karzai has personally backed in public the idea of an office for the Taliban in the Gulf state of Qatar. It was a move he ruled out only a few weeks ago, infuriated that the US and Germany had been conducting negotiations over the location without consulting him. Early this month, Afghanistan withdrew its ambassador to Qatar in a signal of Kabul's displeasure. However, a statement from the presidential palace tonight said that if the Americans wanted to locate the office there, the Afghan government would agree in order to help the peace process.

这是卡尔扎伊总统首次在公开场合，以个人名义表示支持在海湾国家卡塔尔为塔利班设立办公室。然而数周前他还反对这个决定，他很生气美国和德国曾就办公地点进行协商，但并没有咨询他的看法。本月早些时候，阿富汗撤回驻卡塔尔大使，表示喀布尔当局的不悦。然而，今晚总统府发表声明，称如果美国想在卡塔尔设立办公室，阿富汗政府同意帮助促进和平进程。

Tens of thousands of protesters in Syria have throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">thronged">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">thronged the streets of Homs as Arab League observers visited the city to monitor a peace agreement. Opposition activists have accused the Syrian government of hiding tanks outside Homs to avoid detection by the Arab League mission. Jim Muir reports.

当阿盟观察员来到Homs视察一项和平协议的实施情况时，叙利亚成千上万抗议者涌上街头。反对派活动家指责叙利亚政府在Homs外藏有坦克，为的是躲开阿盟使团的调查。Jim Muir报道。

It was baptism by fire for the Arab observers. After a meeting with the governor of Homs, they went to the city's Baba Amr district, which had been heavily pounded by security forces' tanks and artillery in recent days. There, the observers found themselves confronted by angry residents eager to show the damage and pools of blood. Even as they were talking, gunfire could be heard. The team is staying on in Homs, though its leader is returning to Damascus for meetings. Although he said it had been a good day and that both sides had responded, it's been a pretty mixed result, must have brought home to the observers how complex and deadly the situation is. Jim Muir

对阿盟观察员来说，这真是一场火的洗礼。在与Homs州长会谈后，他们来到该市的Baba Amr区，这里几天来遭到安全部队塔克和炮火的轰炸。在这里，观察员们发现自己面对的是愤怒的当地人，他们急于展示这里所受的破坏和血迹，甚至他们对话的时候也能听到炮火的声音。观察团将驻留Homs，尽管其领导人已返回大马士革参加会议。尽管他表示这天会谈不错，双方都有所表态，但会谈结果喜忧参半，观察员们肯定明白局势的复杂性和致命性。Jim Muir报道。

Human rights activists in Egypt have welcomed a court order to stop the military from making female prisoners undergo virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity tests. The case was brought by a woman who said the army forced her to undergo a virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity test after she was arrested during a protest in Tahrir Square in March.

埃及一家法院下令禁止军队对女犯人做童贞测试，埃及的人权活动家对此表示欢迎。这起案例的原告是一名妇女，她说3月份在塔里尔广场的抗议中被捕后，军队强迫她做童贞测试。

The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed a bill to create an anti-corruption ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman. The Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told MPs his government was determined to combat the problem. The vote came as the popular activist Anna Hazare began a fast in Mumbai to demand much tougher legislation against official corruption.

印度议会下议院通过一项法案，设立一名反腐申诉专员。总理辛格告诉议员们，政府决意打击腐败。这次投票，起因于人气活动家Anna Hazare在孟买绝食，要求对官员腐败实施更严厉的法规。

Nigeria's top Muslim spiritual leader has sought to calm tensions after a series of deadly attacks on Christmas Day. The Sultan of Sokoto said he wanted to assure all Nigerians that there was no conflict between Muslims and Christians. He was speaking after a meeting with the country's President Goodluck Jonathan. The Islamist sect Boko Haram said it carried out the bombings, which killed around 40 people, most of them in a Roman Catholic church.

圣诞节一系列致命袭击发生后，尼日利亚穆斯林最高精神领袖决定平息紧张局势。索科托苏丹表示，他向每个尼日利亚人保证，穆斯林和基督徒之间没有冲突。他是在同本国总统古德勒克·乔纳森会谈后作出此番言论的，伊斯兰宗派博科圣地组织称实施了这些爆炸事件，40多人在爆炸中丧生，多数死者是在一所罗马天主教堂遇难的。

An official estimate in Portugal suggests that more than 1% of the population may have emigrated this year. In a newspaper interview, a Portuguese minister said up to 120,000 people had left the country over the past 12 months. From Lisbon, here's Alison Roberts.

葡萄牙官方估计，今年全国将有1%的人口会移民。葡萄牙一名部长在接受报纸采访时说，过去12个月间共有120，000人离开本国。Alison Roberts在里斯本报道。

Estimating emigration is notoriously hard in a European Union with free movement and with tens of thousands of Portuguese having the right to citizenship in countries such as Angola. But a host of recent indicators point to an exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus on a scale last seen in the early 1970s when Portugal was still at dictatorship. The latest wave of emigration includes many qualified workers, such as engineers. Even the prime minister has suggested that teachers who fail to get placed in schools here could try their luck abroad. His comments triggered a storm of protest. Alison Roberts

欧盟国家内的人口可以自由流动，成千上万葡萄牙人已拥有了诸如安哥拉国籍，所以审核移民是相当困难的。但最近的诸多迹象显示，葡萄牙出现大规模的出国潮，这种大规模的出境上次发生在20世纪70年代早期，当时葡萄牙还处在独裁统治下。最近一拨移民潮中很多是专业工人，比如工程师。甚至总理也建议，不能在学校觅得职位的教师可以到国外寻找机会，他的言论激起了强烈抗议。

With Kim Jong-il's funeral due to begin in the next few hours, North Korean media has been reporting supernatural events following the late leader's death. The communist party newspaper said owls had been weeping each day while Radio Pyongyang said an unidentified white bird was seen brushing off snow from his statue.

金正日的葬礼将在几小时后举行，朝鲜媒体已经报道了这位前领导人死后的超灵事件。这家共产党的报刊称有猫头鹰每天都在哭泣，而平壤广播台称，看到一只不明身份的白鸟拂落金正日塑像上的积雪。

第三页：词汇解析

outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously

英汉解释

adv. 凶残地，残暴地

同义词

r.atrociously

参考例句

1. Some of the boys were useful to him, and he flattered themoutrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously.

有些男孩对他是有用的，他对他们肆无忌惮的阿谀奉承。

2. She behavesoutrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageouslyand it is embarrassing to be in public with her.

她的行为变得很野蛮，在公众场合和她在一期也变得很尴尬。

3. Obama says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad must answer to his own people and he says Iran's leaders are behavingoutrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously">outrageously.

奥巴马说，艾哈迈迪内贾德必须回答他自己的人民，他说，伊朗领导人的行为肆无忌惮。

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immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly

英汉解释

adv. 不客气地；不谦虚地；放肆地

同义词

r.without modesty

反义词

r.modestly，with modesty

参考例句

1. overeat or eatimmodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly; make a pig of oneself.

吃得过多或没礼貌地吃；狼吞虎咽大吃大喝。

2. The announcement came shortly after a leading cleric warned that women who dressedimmodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestlydisturbed young men and the consequent agitation caused earthquakes.

而此前伊朗神职人员认为，衣着不端庄的女人引诱了年轻男子，从而导致地震频发。

3. But dressingimmodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestly">immodestlyhinders the possibilities for true love to develop, for it draws attention to her sexual values to such an extent that it overshadows her value as a person.

但不得体的衣着会阻碍这种真爱的产生，因为它将男性的眼光都吸引到她的“性价值”那里，而她作为一个人的价值却被遮蔽。

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tolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intolerance

英汉解释

n. （尤指对别人的意见）不宽容；偏狭

反义词

n.tolerance

参考例句

1. All my life I have fought against prejudice andtolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intolerance.

我的整个一生都是为了反对偏见和偏狭。

2. The only thing a tolerant society cannot tolerate istolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intolerance.

宽容社会唯一不能容忍之事便是不宽容；

3. But of course there is also a long history of extremetolerance">intolerance">tolerance">intoleranceand nastiness.

但是，当然，还有很长的一段历史，是极端不宽容，极端丑恶的。

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liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison

英汉解释

n. 联络；（语言）连音

同义词

n.contact，inter-group communication，intimacy，involvement

参考例句

1. We'reliaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaisoning with the department concerned so as to solve the problem as soon as possible.

我们正在与有关单位联系，以便尽快解决问题。

2. On the international market understanding, on the information, andliaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison.

对国际市场了解，在资讯、联络上更加便利。

3. These resident offices can only take up tourism consulting,liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison">liaison, and promotion work. They shall not engage in tourism businesses.

外国旅行社常驻机构只能从事旅游咨询、联络、宣传活动，不得经营旅游业务。

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throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng

英汉解释

n. 人群；众多

vt. 群集；挤满

vi. 蜂拥而至；群集

adj. 拥挤的

同义词

n.concourse，multitude

v.jam，mob，pack，pile

参考例句

1. Fansthrong">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">thronged to the entrance of the theatre to see the famous actress.

影迷们拥向剧院的入口争睹著名女影星。

2. Crowdthrong">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throngthe street during the fiesta.

宗教节日期间街道上挤满了人群。

3. Of course thethrong">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throng">throngof children in mittens should have tipped me off.

噢，当然，那群戴着棒球手套的孩子应该可以告诉我。

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virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity

英汉解释

n. 童贞；处女；纯洁

参考例句

1. I lest myvirginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginityat sixteen.

我十六岁时失去童贞。

2. Yourvirginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginitycan only be given once to one person –and you want to give to the right one assigned by God.

童贞只能给一个人，也只能给一次------你们肯定希望把它交给那位上帝为你们指定的人儿。

3. A fabled creature symbolic ofvirginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginity">virginityand usually represented as a horse with a single straight spiraled horn projecting from its forehead.

独角兽，麒麟：一种虚构的代表童贞的动物，通常表示为一匹马，有直螺旋状的独角从它的额部突出。

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ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman

英汉解释

n. 监察专员（专门负责调查人民对政府各部门控告案件的官员）；视察官

参考例句

1. Our company now has anombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman">ombudsman?

我们公司现在有调查官了？

2. I consent to The Ombudsman making any necessary enquiries for purposes relating to recruitment by and employment with The Ombudsman and for the verification of the information given above.

本人同意申诉专员可就与申诉专员公署的招聘工作及雇用有关的事宜，以及为核实上述数据，进行必要的查询。

3. Last year, the Department was granted the Ombudsman Award in recognition of its outstanding performance in improving the quality of services and promoting fairness in public administration.

去年，入境处更荣获申诉专员嘉许奖，以表扬入境处在致力改善服务质素及促进公共行政公平方面有出色的表现。

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exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus

英汉解释

n. 大批的离去

同义词

n.book of exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus，hegira，hejira

参考例句

1. The population of the children of Israel during the Exodus.

以色列的孩子的人口在成群外出期间。

2. What is it that sets up the story of theexodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodusand conquest of the promised land?

使《出埃及记》的故事以及后来征服应许之地得以成立的，究竟是什么？

3. Oxford, which had long been the site for various schools, became a university as a result of anexodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodus">exodusof English scholars from Paris in 1167.

牛津这个城市长期以来为各类学校的所在地，由于1167年成群的英国学者离开巴黎来到这里而成为一所大学。