BBC News with Jerry Smit.
In what it called the largest operation of its kind in the United States, the FBI has rescued more than 100 children who’ve been forced into prostitution. The FBI assistant director described child prostitution as a persistent threat to children across America. Nick Bryant reports.
Operation Cross Country unfolded in 76 cities and targeted motels, casinos and truck stops. The largest number of children were rescued in San Francisco, Detroit, New Orleans and Milwaukee. The FBI said it had arrested 150 people, suspects they described as pimps. They had allegedly preyed on vulnerable teenagers and exploited them over a period of time. The girls were trapped in a cycle that involved drugs, physical abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse and even torture.
President Obama has welcomed the resumption of direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Mr Obama said there would be difficult work ahead, but urged good faith">faith">faith">faith on both sides. The first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in three years will be a dinner in Washington hosted by the US Secretary of State John Kerry. The two sides face the same issues that have scuppered past peace initiatives, including Israeli settlements on the West">West Bank. The head of the Israeli delegation, the Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, acknowledged the difficulties.
"There’s a lot of cynicism and scepticism and pessimism, but there is also hope. And I believe that by re-launching the negotiations we can recreate hope for Israelis and for Palestinians as well. And I truly believe that peace between Israel and the Palestinians is in the Israeli interest and Palestinian interest, the interest of the international community.”
The Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has defied calls to dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve his Islamist-led coalition government. Instead, he’s proposed that new elections take place in December. His announcement follows widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread anger in the wake of the killing in recent months of two senior politicians by suspected Islamist militants. David Bamford reports.
Speaking on national television, the prime minister said that despite demands for its dissolution because of the murders, his Islamist-led transitional government will continue to perform its duties. This was not, he said, because they were trying to cling onto power; it was their duty not to abandon the people. But Mr Larayedh also proposed that new elections be held on December 17th this year. It’s not clear whether the coalition will remain intact. One secular party has indicated it would withdraw">withdraw">withdraw">withdraw and many MPs said they would leave the assembly.
Reports from north-western Pakistan say gunmen have attacked a prison which holds hundreds of militants in the town of Dera Ismail Khan. Police say the attack began with a series of large explosions. Some reports said the attackers also used rocket-propelled grenades.
World News from the BBC
Hundreds of people have attended a memorial Mass in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela for the victims of the train crash last week in which 79 people died. This report from Guy Hedgecoe.
The archbishop of Santiago de Compostela officiated the memorial ceremony. It was held in the city’s 800-year-old cathedral. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended the service. He and Crown Prince Felipe, who was also present, offered their condolences in person to the families of those killed. Now attention will turn back to the investigation into the crash. The driver of the train has admitted he was going too fast when he derailed and investigators want to know exactly why.
Judicial authorities in the south of France say they now believe that the value">value">value">value of the jewels stolen from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on Sunday is more than $130m, one of the biggest such thefts ever recorded. The masked gunmen fled the hotel on foot reportedly dropping some of the jewels on the way. Original estimates of the whole were about $50m.
Scientists say the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the American state of Wyoming has boosted the diet of a rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival predator, the grizzly bear. Our science reporter Helen Briggs explains why.
Wolves returned to Yellowstone nearly 20 years ago, put back into the wild to prey on the growing elk population. Elk were overgrazing the grassland, causing damage to the precious eco-system. Now scientists say the wolves have had benefits for another predator, the grizzly bear. Trees and shrubs are springing back up, bearing nutritious berries, a valuable food source">source">source">source">source">source">source">source for the grizzly bear. Wild fruits are a key part of the bear’s diet as it gains weight before hibernating.
Helen Briggs
BBC News
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[00:00.10]BBC News with Jerry Smit.
[00:03.25]In what it called the largest operation of its kind in the United States, the FBI has rescued more than 100 children who’ve been forced into prostitution.
[00:12.01]The FBI assistant director described child prostitution as a persistent threat to children across America.
[00:18.58]Nick Bryant reports.
[00:20.20]Operation Cross Country unfolded in 76 cities and targeted motels, casinos and truck stops.
[00:27.84]The largest number of children were rescued in San Francisco, Detroit, New Orleans and Milwaukee.
[00:34.59]The FBI said it had arrested 150 people, suspects they described as pimps.
[00:39.75]They had allegedly preyed on vulnerable teenagers and exploited them over a period of time.
[00:44.98]The girls were trapped in a cycle that involved drugs, physical abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse and even torture.
[00:50.42]President Obama has welcomed the resumption of direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis.
[00:56.05]Mr Obama said there would be difficult work ahead, but urged good faith">faith">faith">faith on both sides.
[01:00.98]The first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in three years will be a dinner in Washington hosted by the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
[01:08.99]The two sides face the same issues that have scuppered past peace initiatives, including Israeli settlements on the West">West Bank.
[01:16.30]The head of the Israeli delegation, the Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, acknowledged the difficulties.
[01:22.60]"There’s a lot of cynicism and scepticism and pessimism, but there is also hope.
[01:29.08]And I believe that by re-launching the negotiations we can recreate hope for Israelis and for Palestinians as well.
[01:37.10]And I truly believe that peace between Israel and the Palestinians is in the Israeli interest and Palestinian interest, the interest of the international community.”
[01:46.80]The Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has defied calls to dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve his Islamist-led coalition government.
[01:54.16]Instead, he’s proposed that new elections take place in December.
[01:57.71]His announcement follows widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread anger in the wake of the killing in recent months of two senior politicians by suspected Islamist militants.
[02:05.39]David Bamford reports.
[02:07.16]Speaking on national television, the prime minister said that despite demands for its dissolution because of the murders,
[02:15.60]his Islamist-led transitional government will continue to perform its duties.
[02:19.34]This was not, he said, because they were trying to cling onto power; it was their duty not to abandon the people.
[02:26.33]But Mr Larayedh also proposed that new elections be held on December 17th this year.
[02:32.66]It’s not clear whether the coalition will remain intact.
[02:35.91]One secular party has indicated it would withdraw">withdraw">withdraw">withdraw and many MPs said they would leave the assembly.
[02:42.04]Reports from north-western Pakistan say gunmen have attacked a prison which holds hundreds of militants in the town of Dera Ismail Khan.
[02:50.31]Police say the attack began with a series of large explosions.
[02:53.59]Some reports said the attackers also used rocket-propelled grenades.
[02:57.49]World News from the BBC
[02:59.85]Hundreds of people have attended a memorial Mass in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela for the victims of the train crash last week in which 79 people died.
[03:10.62]This report from Guy Hedgecoe.
[03:12.95]The archbishop of Santiago de Compostela officiated the memorial ceremony.
[03:23.17]It was held in the city’s 800-year-old cathedral.
[03:27.00]Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended the service.
[03:30.42]He and Crown Prince Felipe, who was also present, offered their condolences in person to the families of those killed.
[03:37.50]Now attention will turn back to the investigation into the crash.
[03:41.87]The driver of the train has admitted he was going too fast when he derailed and investigators want to know exactly why.
[03:49.03]Judicial authorities in the south of France say they now believe that the value">value">value">value of the jewels stolen from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on Sunday is more than $130m,
[04:00.37]one of the biggest such thefts ever recorded.
[04:03.16]The masked gunmen fled the hotel on foot reportedly dropping some of the jewels on the way.
[04:08.75]Original estimates of the whole were about $50m.
[04:12.15]Scientists say the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the American state of Wyoming has boosted the diet of a rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival predator, the grizzly bear.
[04:22.37]Our science reporter Helen Briggs explains why.
[04:25.80]Wolves returned to Yellowstone nearly 20 years ago, put back into the wild to prey on the growing elk population.
[04:33.81]Elk were overgrazing the grassland, causing damage to the precious eco-system.
[04:39.21]Now scientists say the wolves have had benefits for another predator, the grizzly bear.
[04:44.21]Trees and shrubs are springing back up, bearing nutritious berries, a valuable food source">source">source">source">source">source">source">source for the grizzly bear.
[04:51.60]Wild fruits are a key part of the bear’s diet as it gains weight before hibernating.
[04:57.20]Helen Briggs
[04:58.47]BBC News
第三页:词汇解析
abuse">abuse
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.滥用;恶习
vt.滥用;辱骂;虐待
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
The government has set up a working party to look into the problem of drugabuse">abuse.
政府已成立工作组调查滥用毒品问题。
用作及物动词 (vt.)
I don't consider it good for a person to be afraid of beingabuse">abused.
一个人怕挨骂,我看不好。
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faith">faith
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.信仰;信念;信任
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
Christians profess theirfaith">faithwhen they say the Creed.
基督教徒在念信经时就表明了他们的宗教信仰。
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dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
vt.使溶解;解散;消除;解决(问题);使沮丧
vi.溶解;液化;消散;变得模糊
n.叠化画面
参考例句
用作及物动词 (vt.)
Its object is, and its result must be, todissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolvewrath by the study of antagonisms.
它的目标,它应有的效果,是从研究敌对的动机中消除愤怒。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
Today, the Crab Nebula is still expanding and it will eventuallydissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolvein the interstellar gas cloud nearby.
蟹状星云仍然在膨胀最终会溶入星际物质而消散。
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widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
adj.分布(或散布)广的;普遍的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The Government acted quickly to relieve thewidespread">widespread">widespread">widespreaddistress caused by the earthquake.
地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。
English is morewidespread">widespread">widespread">widespreadand more used in international intercourse than German.
英语在国际交往中比德语使用得更为广泛。
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desperate">desperate">desperate">desperate
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
adj.绝望的;不顾一切的;极其想要的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
The man lost in the desert wasdesperate">desperate">desperate">desperatefor water.
在沙漠中迷失方向的人极度渴望得到水。
He isdesperate">desperate">desperate">desperateto get a job.
他非常渴求得一职。
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withdraw">withdraw
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
vt.撤回;取回;撤退;提款
vi.撤退;退缩;走开
参考例句
用作及物动词 (vt.)
In view of members reservation and request for further information, the Administration agreed towithdraw">withdrawthe item.
鉴于委员有所保留,并要求取得进一步资料,政府当局同意撤回该项目。
用作不及物动词 (vi.)
He talked to us for an hour and thenwithdrew.
他跟我们谈了一小时的话就走了。
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value">value
难度:5星基本词汇,属常用1000词
英汉解释
n.价值;价格;重要性;(pl)价值观;数值
v.估价;重视;评价
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
As his novelvalue">valuesseem to lose appeal, what surprise might the party bring to win the election?
当他独特的价值观逐渐失去吸引力后,那么他所在的党派要准备什么惊喜来赢得大选呢?
用作动词 (v.)
How do youvalue">valuethe function of marketing in the management process?
你如何评价营销在管理过程中的作用?
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rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.竞争者;对手;同伴
adj.竞争的
v.竞争;与 ... 相匹敌
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
He is hound out of his job by jealousrival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival.
他受到忌妒他的竞争者的算计而被迫离职。
用作形容词 (adj.)
He was utterly unscrupulous in his competition withrival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rivalfirms.
他与对立公司竞争完全不讲道德。
用作动词 (v.)
Ships can'trival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rivalaircraft for speed.
轮船在速度方面无法与飞机匹敌。
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source">source">source">source
难度:5星基本词汇,属常用1000词
英汉解释
n.来源;发源地;原始资料
v.从...获得
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
My wages are the principalsource">source">source">sourceof my income.
薪金是我收入的主要来源。
They gathered up from varioussource">source">source">sourcesa great amount of firsthand data.
他们从各种来源搜集了大量的第一手资料。
用作动词 (v.)
Wesource">source">source">sourceall the meat sold in our stores from British farms.
我们商店里卖的肉均从英国农场购进。
第四页:中英双语听力稿
BBC News with Jerry Smit.
Jerry Smit为你播报BBC新闻。
In what it called the largest operation of its kind in the United States, the FBI has rescued more than 100 children who've been forced into prostitution. The FBI assistant director described child prostitution as a persistent threat to children across America. Nick Bryant reports.
联邦调查局救出100多名被迫卖淫的儿童,这是美国同类活动中规模最大的一次。联邦调查局副局长称童妓一直是全美儿童的威胁。Nick Bryant报道。
Operation Cross Country unfolded in 76 cities and targeted motels, casinos and truck stops. The largest number of children were rescued in San Francisco, Detroit, New Orleans and Milwaukee. The FBI said it had arrested 150 people, suspects they described as pimps. They had allegedly preyed on vulnerable teenagers and exploited them over a period of time. The girls were trapped in a cycle that involved drugs, physical abuse">abuse">abuse">abuse and even torture.
“全美行动”在76个城市的已定旅馆、赌场和汽车停靠站展开。在旧金山、底特律、新奥尔良和密尔沃基市救出的儿童最多,调查局称逮捕了150名可疑皮条客,据说是他们定期伤害并利用这些脆弱少女。女孩们困在毒品、身体伤害甚至是虐待的循环里。
President Obama has welcomed the resumption of direct talks between Palestinians and Israelis. Mr Obama said there would be difficult work ahead, but urged good faith">faith">faith">faith on both sides. The first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators in three years will be a dinner in Washington hosted by the US Secretary of State John Kerry. The two sides face the same issues that have scuppered past peace initiatives, including Israeli settlements on the West">West Bank. The head of the Israeli delegation, the Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, acknowledged the difficulties.
奥巴马总统对巴勒斯坦、以色列重启直接和谈表示欢迎。奥巴马称,前进的道路虽艰难,仍愿双方坚持信念。三年来巴以谈判者的首次会议将在美国国务卿John Kerry主持的晚宴中进行,双方面临破坏过去和平提议的同一争议,包括以色列在约旦河西岸的定居问题。以色列代表团团长兼司法部长Tzipi Livni承认谈判会有困难。
"There's a lot of cynicism and scepticism and pessimism, but there is also hope. And I believe that by re-launching the negotiations we can recreate hope for Israelis and for Palestinians as well. And I truly believe that peace between Israel and the Palestinians is in the Israeli interest and Palestinian interest, the interest of the international community.”
“这期间有很多嘲讽、怀疑和悲观,但也有希望。我认为重启协商可以为巴以重创希望。我相信巴以的和平真正符合两国利益,也符合国际社会的利益。”
The Tunisian Prime Minister Ali Larayedh has defied calls to dissolve">dissolve">dissolve">dissolve his Islamist-led coalition government. Instead, he's proposed that new elections take place in December. His announcement follows widespread">widespread">widespread">widespread anger in the wake of the killing in recent months of two senior politicians by suspected Islamist militants. David Bamford reports.
突尼斯总理Ali Larayedh驳回对于解散伊斯兰主导政府的呼声。他还提议12月举行新选举,此前,两名高级政客被疑似伊斯兰武装分子杀害,数月以来激起了众怒。David Bamford报道。
Speaking on national television, the prime minister said that despite demands for its dissolution because of the murders, his Islamist-led transitional government will continue to perform its duties. This was not, he said, because they were trying to cling onto power; it was their duty not to abandon the people. But Mr Larayedh also proposed that new elections be held on December 17th this year. It's not clear whether the coalition will remain intact. One secular party has indicated it would withdraw">withdraw and many MPs said they would leave the assembly.
总理在国家电视台发表演讲说,尽管人们因谋杀事件要求解散政府,伊斯兰主导的过渡政府仍将继续履行职责,这不是为了保住政府权力,而是因为他们对人民有责任。Larayedh还表示,新选举将于今年12月17日举行,而联盟是否继续保持完整还不清楚。一个世俗政党表明退出,很多议员将离开议会。
Reports from north-western Pakistan say gunmen have attacked a prison which holds hundreds of militants in the town of Dera Ismail Khan. Police say the attack began with a series of large explosions. Some reports said the attackers also used rocket-propelled grenades.
巴基斯坦西北部地区的报道称,武装分子袭击了德拉伊斯梅尔汗镇一所关押数百名战士的监狱。警方称袭击以一连串的大型爆炸开始。一些报道称袭击者还用了火箭推进榴弹。
World News from the BBC
BBC国际新闻报道。
Hundreds of people have attended a memorial Mass in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela for the victims of the train crash last week in which 79 people died. This report from Guy Hedgecoe.
数百人参加了西班牙圣地亚哥市为上周火车出轨事故丧生的79人举行的纪念仪式。Guy Hedgecoe报道。
The archbishop of Santiago de Compostela officiated the memorial ceremony. It was held in the city's 800-year-old cathedral. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy attended the service. He and Crown Prince Felipe, who was also present, offered their condolences in person to the families of those killed. Now attention will turn back to the investigation into the crash. The driver of the train has admitted he was going too fast when he derailed and investigators want to know exactly why.
圣地亚哥市大主教在该市800年历史的大教堂主持了这场纪念仪式。总理Mariano Rajoy参加了纪念仪式,他与出席葬礼的西班牙王储费利佩向遇难者家属表示慰问。目前民众的注意力将回到事故调查,列车司机承认火车出轨时速度太快,调查员希望知道确切原因。
Judicial authorities in the south of France say they now believe that the value">value">value">value of the jewels stolen from the Carlton Hotel in Cannes on Sunday is more than $130m, one of the biggest such thefts ever recorded. The masked gunmen fled the hotel on foot reportedly dropping some of the jewels on the way. Original estimates of the whole were about $50m.
法国南部司法当局称,周日戛纳卡尔顿酒店失窃的珠宝价值据估超过1.3亿美元,这是记录以来规模最大的盗窃案之一。据报道蒙面武装歹徒步行逃离酒店,在路上掉了一些珠宝。最初估计全部损失为5000万美元。
Scientists say the return of wolves to Yellowstone National Park in the American state of Wyoming has boosted the diet of a rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival">rival predator, the grizzly bear. Our science reporter Helen Briggs explains why.
科学家称,狼群回到美国怀俄明州黄石国家公园使得捕食者灰熊的食物大增。科学记者Helen Briggs解释了原因。
Wolves returned to Yellowstone nearly 20 years ago, put back into the wild to prey on the growing elk population. Elk were overgrazing the grassland, causing damage to the precious eco-system. Now scientists say the wolves have had benefits for another predator, the grizzly bear. Trees and shrubs are springing back up, bearing nutritious berries, a valuable food source">source">source">source for the grizzly bear. Wild fruits are a key part of the bear's diet as it gains weight before hibernating.
狼群20年前回到了黄石公园逐渐增长的野外猎食者麋鹿群中。麋鹿在草原过度猎食破坏了珍贵的生态系统。目前科学家称狼群受益了另一猎食者灰熊。树木和灌木丛再度繁荣,长出营养丰富的浆果,这是灰熊宝贵的食物。野果是灰熊饮食的关键部分,可帮助灰熊冬眠前增加体重。
Helen Briggs
BBC News
Helen Briggs报道。
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