BBC News with David Austin
The government and rebels in Syria have blamed each other for two bombs in the city of Aleppo that killed 28 people and wounded more than 200 others. The Syrian government said terrorist gangs targeted a military intelligence complex and a security base. The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Arif al-Hamoud, told the BBC it was operating in the area at the time but was not responsible for theblast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blasts">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blasts.
"We launched an attack on two security headquarters in Aleppo this morning. The point of this attack was to target the security forces who were heding to districts in Aleppo torepress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repressdemonstrations. Following the attack, there was a big explosion in the military building. We suspect it might have been explosives planted by the regime to prevent any storming of the building."
Syrian government tanks and artillery have continued to bombard parts of the city of Homs, where hundreds of rebel fighters are believed to beentrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenched">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenched. After a weekunder siegeand shell fire, conditions in Homs are reported to be getting desperate.
One of the sons of the late Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has threatened to lead an uprising against the transitional authorities now running Libya. Saadi Gaddafi made the threat in a television interview given from Niger, the country to which he fled after his father wasoverthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrown">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrown. Jonathan Head reports from Tripoli.
Could Muammar Gaddafi's playboy son Saadi really launch a Gaddafi comeback in Libya? That's what he's just claimed in an interview with the al-Arabiya television network. He said he had many supporters still even inside the transitional council which has governed Libya since overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowing">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowing his father. The new Libyan authorities are worried about possible actions by Gaddafi loyalists. Saadi Gaddafi probably has plenty of money and weapons, but the likelihood of him leading afull-scaleuprising seems remote given the broad support in Libya for the new regime.
Five ministers have resigned from the Greek coalition government after refusing to back fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone in return for a bailout. The leader of a junior party in the coalition described the demands as humiliating, but the Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned of uncontrolled chaos if the countrydefault">defaulted">default">defaulted.
The international agency Standard & Poor's has lowered itscredit ratingfor 34 Italian banks. The downgrade affects nearly all the Italian banks rated by the agency. Here's our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.
Standard & Poor's has lowered its general view of thesoundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundnessof the Italian banking system. The agency now puts it in the same category as Brazil and Mexico. This partly reflects the high level of Italian government debt and possible spillovers to the banks. S&P says that banks' profits and the country's economic growth are likely to be weak and banks may find it harder to borrow the money they need. Andrew Walker
World News from the BBC
The Nigerian authorities have recaptured a man suspected ofmastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">masterminding">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermindingthe deadly bombing of a church on Christmas Day. The man, Kabiru Sokoto, who's accused of being a member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, was first arrested last month. His escape the next day led to the sacking of Nigeria's national police chief. Police said Kabiru Sokoto was recaptured in the eastern state of Taraba.
The Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally declared itsallegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegianceto al-Qaeda. In an Internet video, the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, welcomed the statement, describing it as very good news. The video also features the chairman of al-Shabab, Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, promising to support al-Qaeda. The transitional government in Somalia said both groups acted against Islamic law and killed innocent Somalis.
The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has called on Britain and Argentina to avoid any further escalation in tension over the Falkland Islands. Mr Ban made the appeal as Argentinalodged a formal complaint tothe UN after Britain sent one of its most modern warships to the islands. Britain says the ship is carrying out routine operations. The two countries went to war in 1982 over the islands.
Speaking through a translator, the Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman pressed his government's case at a news conference in New York.
"Argentina urges the UK once again to comply with the UN resolutions to sit down at the negotiating table and to refrain from this military escalation that they are carrying out in the South Atlantic."
An American woman has admitted that she was guilty of kidnapping a child she raises as her own for more than two decades. Ann Pettway told a court in New York she'd taken Carlina White from a hospital in the city as a three-week-old baby in 1987. Carlina grew up under another name, but as she aged, she became suspicious about her own identity.
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第二页:中英双语听力稿
The government and rebels in Syria have blamed each other for two bombs in the city of Aleppo that killed 28 people and wounded more than 200 others. The Syrian government said terrorist gangs targeted a military intelligence complex and a security base. The head of the rebel Free Syrian Army, Arif al-Hamoud, told the BBC it was operating in the area at the time but was not responsible for the blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blasts">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blasts.
叙利亚阿勒颇市发生两起爆炸事件,导致28人丧生,200多人受伤,为此政府和叛军相互指责。叙利亚政府称,恐怖主义帮派对一个军事情报区和安全基地发动袭击,叛军“自由叙利亚军”领导人Arif al-Hamoud告诉BBC,该叛军当时确实在该地区驻扎,但并不应对爆炸负责。
"We launched an attack on two security headquarters in Aleppo this morning. The point of this attack was to target the security forces who were heding to districts in Aleppo to repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress demonstrations. Following the attack, there was a big explosion in the military building. We suspect it might have been explosives planted by the regime to prevent any storming of the building."
“今天早上,我们对阿勒颇的两处安全指挥部发动袭击,袭击的目标是安全部队,它们正准备向阿勒颇迈进并镇压游行者。我们发动袭击后,这座军事大楼发生严重爆炸。我们怀疑当局在这里安放了炸弹,防止我们轰击这座大楼。”
Syrian government tanks and artillery have continued to bombard parts of the city of Homs, where hundreds of rebel fighters are believed to be entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenched">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenched. After a week under siege and shell fire, conditions in Homs are reported to be getting desperate.
叙利亚政府军继续用坦克和大炮轰击胡姆斯市部分地区,据悉,已有数百名叛军武装人员在这里筑壕沟做防护。据报道,经过一周的围攻和轰击,胡姆斯的局面已经一发不可收拾。
One of the sons of the late Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has threatened to lead an uprising against the transitional authorities now running Libya. Saadi Gaddafi made the threat in a television interview given from Niger, the country to which he fled after his father was overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrown">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrown. Jonathan Head reports from Tripoli.
利比亚前领导人卡扎菲的一位儿子威胁要发动起义反对如今管理利比亚的过渡当局。萨阿迪·卡扎菲在尼日尔的电视访谈中发出威胁,卡扎菲倒台后萨阿迪就逃到尼日尔。
Could Muammar Gaddafi's playboy son Saadi really launch a Gaddafi comeback in Libya? That's what he's just claimed in an interview with the al-Arabiya television network. He said he had many supporters still even inside the transitional council which has governed Libya since overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowing">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowing his father. The new Libyan authorities are worried about possible actions by Gaddafi loyalists. Saadi Gaddafi probably has plenty of money and weapons, but the likelihood of him leading a full-scale uprising seems remote given the broad support in Libya for the new regime.
穆阿迈尔·卡扎菲的公子哥儿真的能在利比亚发起卡扎菲东山再起的起义吗?在接受阿拉伯电视网络的采访中,萨阿迪就是这么说的。他说自己有很多支持者,甚至在过渡委员会内部也有支持者,他父亲倒台后过渡委员会就开始管理利比亚。利比亚新当局有点担心卡扎菲效忠者会采取行动,萨阿迪可能确实有不少钱财和武器,但考虑到如今利比亚全国上下都支持新当局,他能领导一次大规模起义的可能性并不大。
Five ministers have resigned from the Greek coalition government after refusing to back fresh austerity measures demanded by the eurozone in return for a bailout. The leader of a junior party in the coalition described the demands as humiliating, but the Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned of uncontrolled chaos if the country default">defaulted">default">defaulted.
作为救助资金的回报,欧元区向希腊提出新的紧缩政策,希腊联盟政府的五名部长拒绝该政策并已辞职。联盟的一个少数党的领导人称这些要求是在侮辱人,但希腊总理卢卡斯·帕帕季莫斯警告说,如果希腊违约,会引发无法控制的乱局。
The international agency Standard & Poor's has lowered its credit rating for 34 Italian banks. The downgrade affects nearly all the Italian banks rated by the agency. Here's our economics correspondent Andrew Walker.
国际标准普尔调低意大利34家银行的信用级别,这次降级几乎影响了由标普评级的意大利银行。BBC经济记者Andrew Walker报道。
Standard & Poor's has lowered its general view of the soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness of the Italian banking system. The agency now puts it in the same category as Brazil and Mexico. This partly reflects the high level of Italian government debt and possible spillovers to the banks. S&P says that banks' profits and the country's economic growth are likely to be weak and banks may find it harder to borrow the money they need. Andrew Walker
标普降低了意大利的银行体系健康级别,将它与巴西和墨西哥列为一个级别。这部分反映了意大利政府的高额债务,以及对银行业可能造成的溢出效果。标普称,意大利银行的赢利水平低,该国经济发展也很弱,让银行去借债可能会很难。
The Nigerian authorities have recaptured a man suspected of mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">masterminding">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">masterminding the deadly bombing of a church on Christmas Day. The man, Kabiru Sokoto, who's accused of being a member of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, was first arrested last month. His escape the next day led to the sacking of Nigeria's national police chief. Police said Kabiru Sokoto was recaptured in the eastern state of Taraba.
尼日利亚当局再次逮捕一名涉嫌策划圣诞节教堂致命爆炸案的男子,此人名叫Kabiru Sokoto,他被指控是穆斯林极端宗派博科圣地组织的成员,第一次被捕是在上个月,被捕的第二天就逃逸了,尼日利亚国家警察局长因此被解雇。警方称是在东部塔拉巴州再次将Kabiru Sokoto擒获的。
The Somali militant group al-Shabab has formally declared its allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance to al-Qaeda. In an Internet video, the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, welcomed the statement, describing it as very good news. The video also features the chairman of al-Shabab, Mukhtar Abu Zubeyr, promising to support al-Qaeda. The transitional government in Somalia said both groups acted against Islamic law and killed innocent Somalis.
索马里武装组织阿尔沙巴布正式宣布效忠基地组织,基地组织领导人Ayman al-Zawahiri在网络视频中对此表示欢迎,称这实在是个大好消息,视频中还有阿尔沙巴布主席宣誓支持基地组织的特写。索马里过渡政府称,这两个组织都违反伊斯兰法,杀害了无辜的索马里人。
The Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has called on Britain and Argentina to avoid any further escalation in tension over the Falkland Islands. Mr Ban made the appeal as Argentina lodged a formal complaint to the UN after Britain sent one of its most modern warships to the islands. Britain says the ship is carrying out routine operations. The two countries went to war in 1982 over the islands.
联合国秘书长潘基文呼吁英国和阿根廷,避免在福克兰岛问题上使紧张局面升级。潘基文发出这般呼吁,是因为英国派出最先进的战船驻扎该岛,阿根廷随之向联合国递交正式投诉。英国称这艘船只是履行常规任务,两国于1982年因该岛发起过战争。
Speaking through a translator, the Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman pressed his government's case at a news conference in New York.
在纽约的新闻发布会上,阿根廷外长Hector Timerman借助翻译讲述了本国的案件。
"Argentina urges the UK once again to comply with the UN resolutions to sit down at the negotiating table and to refrain from this military escalation that they are carrying out in the South Atlantic."
“阿根廷再次敦促英国遵从联合国决议,回到谈判桌上来,避免他们在南大西洋的军事行动升级。”
An American woman has admitted that she was guilty of kidnapping a child she raises as her own for more than two decades. Ann Pettway told a court in New York she'd taken Carlina White from a hospital in the city as a three-week-old baby in 1987. Carlina grew up under another name, but as she aged, she became suspicious about her own identity.
一名美国妇女承认自己20多年前绑架了一名儿童,然后视为己出将孩子抚养大。Ann Pettway在纽约一家法院上承认,1987年她在该市一家医院将Carlina White带走,当时Carlina还只有三个星期大。Carlina一直用别的名字,但她长大后,就开始怀疑自己的身份。
第三页:词汇解析
blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast
英汉解释
n. 爆炸;冲击波;一阵
vi. 猛攻
vt. 爆炸;损害;使枯萎
同义词
n.eruption,fire,good time,gust
v.blare,boom,nail,shell
参考例句
1. But a US soldier and another coalition soldier died in theblast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast.
但在爆炸造成一名美国士兵和一名联军士兵死亡。
2. Reformation of nitrogen seal ofblast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blastfurnace gas compressor is introduced.
介绍了高炉煤气压缩机采用氮气密封的改造。
3. The hole depth (charge length) is one of the factors to influence the character ofblast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blast">blastwave in rock.
炮孔深度(装药长度)是影响岩体中爆炸应力波特性的因素之一。
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repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress
英汉解释
vt. 抑制;镇压(叛乱等);约束
vi. 抑制;镇压
同义词
v.keep down,muffle,quash,suppress
参考例句
1. He could hardlyrepress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">represshis tears.
他的眼泪都忍不住快要流下来了。
2. Conclusion: The magnetic field canrepress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repress">repressthe metal corrosion.
结论磁场有抑制金属腐蚀的作用。
3. Repress the sour activity of ammonia, quickly the melanin's absorption.
抑制酪氨酸酶的活性,加快黑色素的吸收。
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entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench
英汉解释
vt. 确立,牢固;用壕沟围住;挖掘
vi. 侵犯;挖掘壕沟
同义词
v.dig in,encroach,impinge,intrench
参考例句
1. safelyentrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenched behind undeniable facts
因以无可否认的事实为后盾而安全地处于有力的地位
2. But will regulators bless the deal? Global customers of iron ore believe it willentrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenchthe miners' pricing power.
但监管机构会同意这宗交易吗?全球各地的铁矿石消费者认为,它将巩固矿商的定价权。
3. They understand the law willentrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrench">entrenchthe rights of the carpet-baggers who have looted the state as it has privatised assets.
他们明白此法将会保护那些外来议员的利益,这些人在中国私有化资产的过程中,大捞国家的“油水”。
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overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow
英汉解释
n. 推翻;倾覆;瓦解
vt. 推翻;打倒;倾覆
同义词
n.derangement,upset
v.bring down,override,overrule,overturn
词汇辨析
conquer,overcome,overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow,defeat,beat,subdue
这些动词均含“征服,战胜”之意。 conquer 侧重战胜和控制。书面用词。
overcome 多指战胜或克服非物质的东西,如困难和不良习惯等。语气较弱也可指在斗争或竞争中战胜或压倒对方。
overthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrow 指彻底击败对手,使其丧失力量和地位。
defeat 普通用词,多指在战争、比赛、竞选或辩论中战胜对手,侧重胜利的暂时性。
beat 口笔语均可用,可与defeat换用。
subdue 正式用词,与conquer同义,但强调失败后的臣服状态;也可用作借喻,表克制、压抑感情、欲望等。
参考例句
1. Her charms overthrew everyone.
她的美貌令所有人倾倒。
2. They conspired tooverthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowthe Government.
他们共同密谋颠覆政府。
3. The revolution caused theoverthrow">overthrow">overthrow">overthrowof the autocracy.
这场革命导致了独裁政体的结束。
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full-scale
英汉解释
adj. 全面的;完全的;照原尺寸的
同义词
a.all-out
参考例句
1. Conductfull-scaletest on new product, routine test on existing products.
对新产品进行全面测试,对现有产品进行常规测试;
2. When started out as a short story eventually developed into afull-scalenovel.
最初打算写篇短篇小说,最后却写成了完整地长篇小说。
3. Have good observing, learning and reaction capability, nicer service conscience for customer and make effort to achieve correct andfull-scalecommunication transfer.
具备良好的观察、学习和反应能力,以及良好的以顾客为主的服务意识,努力实现正确而全面的信息传递。
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default">default
英汉解释
vi. 拖欠;不履行;不到场
n. 违约;缺席;缺乏;[计]系统默认值
vt. 不履行;不参加(比赛等);对…处以缺席裁判
同义词
n.default">default option,nonpayment,nonremittal
v.default">default on
反义词
n.payment
v.ante up,pay,pay up
参考例句
1. todefault">defaulton(或in)an engagement,claim or obligation
不履行约言、主张或义务
2. Under Default Location, view where the news item will display in the portal site.
在“默认位置”下,查看此新闻项目将在门户网站中显示的位置。
3. The Default Escape Character, Default Wrap Character and Default Pad Character properties must be unique.
默认转义符、默认换行符和默认填充字符的属性均必须唯一。
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soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness
英汉解释
n. 健康;稳固;完整;公正
同义词
n.firmness,wisdom,wiseness
反义词
n.unsoundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness
参考例句
1. The smiling faces of the innocent children, let me touch thesoundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundnessof the imagined.
孩子们天真无邪的笑脸,让我触摸到了想象之外的美善。
2. In its ranking of the "soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness" of banks, America fell to 108th position, behind Tanzania.
在银行稳固性的排名中,美国位列坦桑尼亚之后,排名第108位。
3. Description of the waste disposal method and itssoundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundness">soundnessfrom environmental point of view.
描述所使用的处理废物方法及其环境效能上的理据。
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mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind
英汉解释
vt. 策划
n. 优秀策划者;才子
同义词
n.conceiver,einstein,genius,originator
v.direct,engineer,orchestrate,organise
参考例句
1. Themastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermindof the expedition was a Frenchman.
这次探险的策划者是一个法国人。
2. Gathering many senior elites in the industry, we are able tomastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermindand produce many excellent works.
公司聚集了一批资深的行业精英,有策划、创作大量优秀稿件的能力。
3. You can overcome almost any obstacle you face, no matter what your own education or talents, if you use themastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermind">mastermindprinciple effectively.
假如你能有效地应用智囊团,则无论你自己的教育程度或才智如何,几乎都能克服所有的障碍。
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allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance
英汉解释
n. 效忠,忠诚;忠贞
同义词
n.commitment,dedication,fealty,loyalty
参考例句
1. FBI demands its employees absoluteallegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegianceto this bureau.
联邦调查局要求其雇员对该局绝对忠诚。
2. You have seen duty andallegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiancein the determined faces of our soldiers.
你们在我们战士们坚定的脸上看到了责任和忠诚。
3. It is a small matter to control the mind of the weak… for I bearallegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegiance">allegianceto powers untouched by time, unmoved by fate.
控制这些弱者的心智真是小菜一碟……因为我忠贞于那不被时间企及的力量,不被命运撼动的力量。