BBC News with Marion Marshall

The Kenyan government says a French woman who was kidnapped overnight from a beach resort has now been taken to Somalia. They said her attackers escaped after ashootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootoutwhen coast guard vessels and helicopters called up with the boat which was carrying her. Severalabductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductors">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductorswere injured in the exchange. The woman who is in her 60s and severely disabled was staying near the resort of Lame. France now warns tourists not to travel to the area. Kenya’s tourism minister Najib Balala told the BBC that the area was difficult to police.

"That border line is a long unmanned border and whatever we are going to do if we don't have the support of the international committee to address the Somali issue, then it is very challenging to manage to man the border in Somalia".

Syria's official news agency says three security personnel have been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near Damascus. And three civilians working with the police were killed by gunmen in Hama. Anti-government groups say two of their activists were also killed near Damascus. A BBC correspondent in the region says activists were questioning whether they would be able to break thestalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalematewith the government without using force.

Egyptian State Media say the ruling military council has decided to amend part of a disputed election law. Earlier this week, a coalition of political parties threatened toboycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycottthe forthcoming elections unless the law was altered. Bethony Bell reports from Cairo.

Many political parties in Egypt including the powerful Muslim Brotherhood object to an article in the election law which they fear could allow supporters of the former president Hosni Mubarak to return to power. Now state media say the military council has agreed to amend that article. But no details have been given about the changes. The council which is under pressure to deliver a fast democratic reforms also said it would study the status of Egypt's emergency law.

Campaigning has begun in Tunisia for the first election since revolutions in January which inspired the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept north Africa and the middle east. Eighty-one political parties are vying for places on a national assembly that will draft a new constitution.

The Afghan government has asked the international community for more financial aid to tackle the severedrought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">droughtin the country's northern and central provinces. Marianne Landzettel has more.

The government says after ten years of little or no rain, 14 provinces, a third of the country are experiencing severe draught conditions with the harvest in many areas failing. In some regions wells have dried out. The government says two million tonnes of grain mainly rice and wheat will have to be imported. Worst affected is the central Afghan province of Ghazni where the food orchards have withered and farmers are selling their cattle.

World news from the BBC.

The Nato-led international force in Afghanistan ISAF says it's arrested Haji Mali Khan, one of the highest-ranking members of the Haqqani network blamed for the recent attack on the American embassy in Kabul. ISAF has called his arrest a significantmilestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone. In a separate development, Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari has called for the United States to resume serious dialogue with his country.

The Sri Lanka's sports minister says he's sacked his department's entire medical team after a series of drug scandals. He says he's investigating allegations of the ministerial unit itself provided the banned substance (S.P) has the details.

The sports minister says he has received a number of complaints from sports associations and sports personnel. Among those who have admitted to taking banned substance was nationalcricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketerUpul Tharanga . At least another 5 national sports personnel have been banned. The head of the medical team, Dr x has refused to comment. The minister says there's an urgent need to strengthen the sports medical unity with, as he put it, a good administrator and specialist to prevent such incidents in future.

Denmark has become the first country in the world to introduce a fat tax, a surcharge on food that are high insaturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturatedfat which is seen as harmful to health. Butter, milk, cheese, pizza, meat, oil and process food will all be taxed if they contain more than 2.3% saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated fat. Here's fh .

In a country famous for its pastries the new fat tax is being introduced in a beat to slim down Denmark's population and cut heart desease. It's expected to raise about $220m. Consumers have been hoarding to beat the price rise and some producers complain that the tax is a bureaucratic nightmare while some scientists think that saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated fat may be the wrong target.

They say salt,sugar and refined carbohydrates are more detrimental to health.

BBC news.

第二页：中英双语

The Kenyan government says a French woman who was kidnapped overnight from a beach resort has now been taken to Somalia. They said her attackers escaped after a shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout when coast guard vessels and helicopters called up with the boat which was carrying her. Several abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductors">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductors were injured in the exchange. The woman who is in her 60s and severely disabled was staying near the resort of Lame. France now warns tourists not to travel to the area. Kenya’s tourism minister Najib Balala told the BBC that the area was difficult to police.

肯尼亚政府声称，一夜间被绑架的法国妇女已被送至索马里，据说，当海岸巡逻船只和直升机追击载有这名妇女的船只时，双方发生了枪战。双方交火时，几名绑架者受伤。这名妇女年已60，严重残疾，当时停留在拉穆度假区。法国警告旅游者不要来这一区域，肯尼亚旅游部长Najib Balala告诉BBC，该地区的治安很难维持。

"That border line is a long unmanned border and whatever we are going to do if we don't have the support of the international committee to address the Somali issue, then it is very challenging to manage to man the border in Somalia".

“这是一片无人驻扎的狭长边界线，如果没有国际社会的支持，来处理索马里问题，那么无论我们如何努力，要在索马里驻扎人员，是很有挑战的事。”

Syria's official news agency says three security personnel have been killed while trying to defuse a bomb near Damascus. And three civilians working with the police were killed by gunmen in Hama. Anti-government groups say two of their activists were also killed near Damascus. A BBC correspondent in the region says activists were questioning whether they would be able to break the stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate with the government without using force.

叙利亚官方新闻机构声称，在大马士革附近，三名安全人员因试图拆除炸弹而死亡。在Hama市，三名同警察一起工作的平民被持枪者杀害。反政府组织声称，其两名成员在大马士革附近也被杀。BBC驻该地区的记者说，反对分子怀疑自己是否能够打破与政府的僵局而无需借助武力。

Egyptian State Media say the ruling military council has decided to amend part of a disputed election law. Earlier this week, a coalition of political parties threatened to boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott the forthcoming elections unless the law was altered. Bethony Bell reports from Cairo.

埃及国家媒体表示，政治的军方委员会决定修改一项有争议的选举法的部分内容。本周早些时候，一个政党联盟威胁要抵制即将到来的选举，除非法律得到修改。Bethony Bell在开罗为您报道。

Many political parties in Egypt including the powerful Muslim Brotherhood object to an article in the election law which they fear could allow supporters of the former president Hosni Mubarak to return to power. Now state media say the military council has agreed to amend that article. But no details have been given about the changes. The council which is under pressure to deliver a fast democratic reforms also said it would study the status of Egypt's emergency law.

在埃及，包括强大的伊斯兰组织穆斯林兄弟会在内的许多政党都对选举法的一项条款表示反对，因为他们担心该条款会使前总统穆巴拉克的支持者有机会重新夺权。目前，国家媒体表示，军方委员会已同意修改该条款。然而，并没有透露具体细节。该委员会正面临要求快速进行民主改革的压力，委员会表示，它将研究埃及的应急法。

Campaigning has begun in Tunisia for the first election since revolutions in January which inspired the Arab Spring, a wave of uprisings that swept north Africa and the middle east. Eighty-one political parties are vying for places on a national assembly that will draft a new constitution.

自一月份革命以来，突尼斯的首次选举已经开始。这次革命激发了“阿拉伯之春”，即一场席卷北非和中东的起义浪潮。81个政党正在为全国大会的席位竞争，该大会将起草新的宪法。

The Afghan government has asked the international community for more financial aid to tackle the severe drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought in the country's northern and central provinces. Marianne Landzettel has more.

阿富汗政府已经向国际社会请求得到更多财政支持，以解决本国北部和中部地区的严重干旱。Marianne Landzettel为您报道。

The government says after ten years of little or no rain, 14 provinces, a third of the country are experiencing severe draught conditions with the harvest in many areas failing. In some regions wells have dried out. The government says two million tonnes of grain mainly rice and wheat will have to be imported. Worst affected is the central Afghan province of Ghazni where the food orchards have withered and farmers are selling their cattle.

阿富汗政府声称，占本国三分之一领土的的14个省份严重干旱，已经10年少雨或无雨，许多地区粮食减产，一些地区的水井已经干枯。政府声称将进口200万吨谷物，主要是大米和小麦。受灾最严重的是阿富汗中部省份Ghazni，这里农田已经干枯，农民在出售牲畜。

World news from the BBC.

BBC世界新闻

The Nato-led international force in Afghanistan ISAF says it's arrested Haji Mali Khan, one of the highest-ranking members of the Haqqani network blamed for the recent attack on the American embassy in Kabul. ISAF has called his arrest a significant milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone. In a separate development, Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari has called for the United States to resume serious dialogue with his country.

北约领导的阿富汗国际安全援助部队（ISAF）声称，已逮捕最近涉嫌袭击美国驻喀布尔使馆的哈卡尼网络高级成员哈吉马里汗。ISAF称哈吉马里汗被捕一事是重要的里程碑，巴基斯坦总统扎里达尔要求美国同巴基斯坦重回严肃的对话中来。

The Sri Lanka's sports minister says he's sacked his department's entire medical team after a series of drug scandals. He says he's investigating allegations of the ministerial unit itself provided the banned substance (S.P) has the details.

斯里兰卡体育部长表示，在接连传出兴奋剂丑闻后，他已解雇体育部的全部医官。他说，如果被禁的一种药物被查出，他将调查对本部的指控。

The sports minister says he has received a number of complaints from sports associations and sports personnel. Among those who have admitted to taking banned substance was national cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer Upul Tharanga . At least another 5 national sports personnel have been banned. The head of the medical team, Dr x has refused to comment. The minister says there's an urgent need to strengthen the sports medical unity with, as he put it, a good administrator and specialist to prevent such incidents in future.

体育部长表示，他已收到来自体育协会和运动员的很多投诉，其中已承认服用禁药的是国家板球运动员Upul Tharanga。另外还有至少5名国家运动员被禁，医药小组的负责人Dr x对此拒绝发表看法。体育部长表示，很有必要给体育医药部配备一名好的管理者和专家，以预防此类事件再次发生。

Denmark has become the first country in the world to introduce a fat tax, a surcharge on food that are high in saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated fat which is seen as harmful to health. Butter, milk, cheese, pizza, meat, oil and process food will all be taxed if they contain more than 2.3% saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated fat. Here's fh .

丹麦成为世界上首个开征“脂肪税”的国家，征税对象为含饱和脂肪超过2.3%的产品，包括黄油、牛奶、奶酪、比萨饼、肉类、油类和加工食品。

In a country famous for its pastries the new fat tax is being introduced in a beat to slim down Denmark's population and cut heart desease. It's expected to raise about $220m. Consumers have been hoarding to beat the price rise and some producers complain that the tax is a bureaucratic nightmare while some scientists think that saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated fat may be the wrong target. They say salt,sugar and refined carbohydrates are more detrimental to health.

丹麦以面点闻名，新开征的脂肪税，意在让国民变得苗条，减少心脏病发病几率。估计将征收2.2亿美元的税收。消费者担忧价格上涨，已经在囤积食物，一些生产者抱怨税收是官僚主义的噩梦。然而一些科学家认为，矛头对准饱和脂肪酸或许有所偏颇，糖和精炼的碳水化合物对健康的危害更大。

BBC news.

BBC新闻

第三页：词汇解析

shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout

英汉解释

n. 枪战；射门；起弧

同义词

n.gunfight，gunplay

参考例句

1. An inmate has died in Georgia after ashootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootoutin the Jackson County Courthouse.

乔治亚州一名囚犯在杰克逊郡法院的枪击事件中死亡。

2. An inmate has died in Georgia after ashootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootoutin the Jackson County Courthouse .

乔治亚州一名囚犯在杰克逊县法院的枪击事件中死亡。

3. Terry was left in tears when Manchester United secured the biggest prize in European football after a dramatic penaltyshootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout">shootout.

在一场戏剧性的点球决战之后，曼联捧得了欧洲最高荣誉。而特里为此流下了眼泪。

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abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor

英汉解释

n. 诱拐者

同义词

n.abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor muscle，kidnaper，kidnapper，snatcher

参考例句

1. Law will protect the girl taken in and sold by theabductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor.

法律将保护那位被人贩子欺骗和拐卖的姑娘。

2. It is related to cup position, wear or deficientabductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductormechanism.

脱位和髋臼位置、颗粒和不足的外展肌力有关。

3. One of the main problems is dislocation due to the lack ofabductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductor">abductorfunction and soft tissue attachment.

主要问题之一是由于外展肌功能和软组织附着的缺陷而导致脱位。

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stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate

英汉解释

n. 僵局；陷于困境

vt. 使僵持；使陷入困境

vi. 僵持；陷入僵局

同义词

n.dead end，deadlock，impasse，standstill

参考例句

1. The war situation has beenstalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemated.

战争局势陷入了僵持阶段。

2. The second stage may be termed one of strategicstalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate.

'三七'。''）第二阶段，可以名之曰战略的相持阶段。

3. Basically, an informal dispute resolution mechanism is a system that works to resolve warranty problems that are at astalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate">stalemate.

基本上，一个非正式的纠纷解决机制是一个在保证问题处于僵局时发挥作用解决问题的系统。

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boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott

英汉解释

vt. 联合抵制；拒绝参加

n. 联合抵制

反义词

v.buy at，frequent，patronise，patronize

参考例句

1. We are determined toboycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycottthem.

我们决定拒绝跟他们来往。

2. Weboycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycottsome country because it hurts our feeling.

我们抵制某国货，因为他伤了我们的感情。

3. So far, the business impact of the protests andboycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycott">boycottcalls appears limited.

到目前为止，抗议和抵制活动产生的商业影响显得有限。

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drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought

英汉解释

n. 干旱；缺乏

同义词

n.drouth

参考例句

1. The plants are as dry as tinder after this longdrought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought.

植物经过长期干旱之后干枯得如同火绒一般。

2. One study found that conifers with the fungus are twice as likely to survive adrought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">droughtas those without.

一个研究发现有有真菌的针叶树比没有真菌的针叶树有两倍可能在干旱中幸存。

3. Even underdrought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">drought">droughtconditions, trees can often provide food and a way to earn money until the next growing season.

即使在干旱情况下，树木也常常能提供食物和挣钱的途径，直到下一个生长季到来。

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milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone

英汉解释

n. 里程碑，划时代的事件

同义词

n.milepost

参考例句

1. tomilestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestonethe road towards the next city

用里程碑在路边标出通向下一个城市

2. Today marks amilestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestonefor Mary and me—the end of our last Presidential Celebration.

今天是玛丽和我的里程碑—我们最后一场社长庆祝会议的结束。

3. Brush painting, the invention of the painting is an importantmilestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestone">milestonein the history.

内画毛笔的发明，是内画艺术史上一个重要的里程碑。

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cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer

英汉解释

n. 板球队员；玩板球者

参考例句

1. W. G Grace stood alone as the bestcricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketerof his time. W. G.

格雷斯是他那个时代最好的板球运动员。

2. Whichcricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketerhas scored the most first class centuries in history?

哪一位板球运动员是本世纪历史得分最多的？

3. In my school, you were denominated by whichcricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketer">cricketeror Bollywood star you worshiped, not which prophet.

在我的学校里，你是因为崇拜的板球或宝莱坞明星而命名，而不是根据哪个先知。

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saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated

英汉解释

adj. 饱和的；渗透的；深颜色的

v. 使渗透，使饱和（saturate的过去式）

同义词

a.concentrated，drenched，pure，soaked

反义词

a.unsaturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated

参考例句

1. In overcast weather dusk light is a deep,saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturatedblue.

在阴暗天气黄昏光内是深，饱和的蓝色是。

2. Saturated fats increase blood cholesterol levels, which can increase one's risk of heart disease.

饱和脂肪会增加血液胆固醇含量，能增加人体患心脏病的风险。

3. We minimize the use ofsaturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturated">saturatedfats found in foods such as butter, ghee, suet, lard, coconut oil and dairy products.

比如黄油，奶油，牛羊脂，猪脂，椰子油，乳制品等含有饱和脂肪的食物应尽可能减少使用量。