BBC News with Jonathan Izard.
Police say at least two people have been killed and 23 injured in two powerful explosions right by the finishing line of the Boston Marathon. Theblast">blast">blast">blasts took place within seconds with each other as hundreds of runners were ending the race in the US city cheered on by a large crowd. Paul Adams reports from Washington.
The explosions occurred within seconds of each other close to the finish line on Boylston’s street in the center of Boston. Four hours into the race there were still plenty runners on the street, and the crowds were dense. Television picture showed smoke billowing up from among the flags lining the route. One runner collapsed apparently struck by an object seconds later as terrified onlookers tried to get away. Picture showed another plume of smoke rising from the second blast">blast">blast">blast down the road. Emergency workers immediately began tearing at the pavement barriers and flag poles to get the wounded behind. There were clearly many injured people. Injured spectators were carried to the nearby medical tents set up to look after exhausted runners.
Some news just in. Boston police said the explosions at the finishing line of the city's marathon were almost simultaneous. They say no further explosive devices have been found so far near the finish line, but the investigation is ongoing. The Boston police commissioner Edward Davis told the news conference that there had been a third explosion. "We have, at this point of time, determined that there has been a thirdincident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incidentthat has occurred. There was an explosion that occurred at the JFK library. So this is very much an ongoing event of this point time. We are not certain that these incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incidents are related, but we are treating them as if they are." Police in Boston have urged the residents of the city to stay indoors and not to congregate in large groups.
The opposition leader in Venezuela Henrique Caprioles has called on the national electoral council not to proclaim the victory of acting president Nicolas Maduro until all votes have been recounted. Mr. Caprioles said even Mr. Maduro had agreed to a recount on Sunday. From Caracas here's Will Grant.
The fallout from Venezuela's disputed presidential election continues apace. On state television, the government is pushing their arguments hard that Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate president of Venezuela, having won by a narrow but significant margin. While they've agreed to an audit of the electronic counting system, the government is rejecting calls that ballot boxes be opened for amanual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manualrecount. Meanwhile, the temperature is rising by the hour. Opposition groups are also due to march possibly on the national electoral council itself, while the government has called on its supporters to turn out in the central square in Caracas to celebrate Mr. Maduro’s win.
And some news just in. The election board in Venezuela has formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as the winner of the presidential vote despite the calls by the opposition for a recount to be held.
Series car bomb attacks during the morning of rush hour in several Iraqi cities has killed more than 55 people and injured over 270.
World news from the BBC
The French government has published detailed lists with ministers' personal assets online in order to try to restore confidence in the socialist administration after series financial scandals. Analysts say most of them did not appear to be especially wealthy, although some ministers have assets worth more than $7m, mostly in the form of their homes.
Police in Senegal have arrested Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade, on suspicion of illegally amassing around $1.4bn during his father's 12 years in office. Karim Wade acted as the right-hand man to his father during the presidency. Thomas Fessy reports.
Karim Wade presented detailed documents of his assets to a Senegalese special court tasked with investigating cases of corruption. He'd been given one month to prove that he legally acquired over $1bn while his father was in power. CW was nicknamed the minister of the sky and the earth, as he held the infrastructure,urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urbanplanning, air transportation and international cooperation government portfolios at the same time. He was then in charge of 1/3 of the state expenditure. The Senegalese court has yet to announce the reason behind this detention as CW's lawyers claimed he's been forcibly taken away.
There's been an outpouring of anger and shame in India after the broadcast footage showing motorists ignoring the victims of a road accident in the northern city of Jodhpur. The CCTV footage shows a man holding the hand of his five-year-old son and pleading for help, next to the bodies of his wife andinfant">infantdaughter.
Judges in the United States Supreme Court have been debating tough legal and scientific questions on whether human genes should continue to be patented. Their decision which's expected in the summer could have enormous implications for research. The nine justices are looking at the right of one company Myriad Genetics to hold the patent on a genetic test for breast and ovarian cancer. Opponents say these patents prevent research by other companies and denied patients' access to the test which cost more than $3000.
BBC News
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[00:01.16]BBC News with Jonathan Izard.
[00:04.14]Police say at least two people have been killed and 23 injured in two powerful explosions right by the finishing line of the Boston Marathon.
[00:11.95]The blast">blast">blast">blasts took place within seconds with each other as hundreds of runners were ending the race in the US city cheered on by a large crowd.
[00:18.02]Paul Adams reports from Washington.
[00:20.17]The explosions occurred within seconds of each other close to the finish line on Boylston’s street in the center of Boston.
[00:26.54]Four hours into the race there were still plenty runners on the street, and the crowds were dense.
[00:31.46]Television picture showed smoke billowing up from among the flags lining the route.
[00:36.03]One runner collapsed apparently struck by an object seconds later as terrified onlookers tried to get away.
[00:42.63]Picture showed another plume of smoke rising from the second blast">blast">blast">blast down the road.
[00:46.74]Emergency workers immediately began tearing at the pavement barriers and flag poles to get the wounded behind.
[00:53.08]There were clearly many injured people.
[00:55.34]Injured spectators were carried to the nearby medical tents set up to look after exhausted runners.
[01:00.88]Some news just in. Boston police said the explosions at the finishing line of the city's marathon were almost simultaneous.
[01:07.31]They say no further explosive devices have been found so far near the finish line, but the investigation is ongoing.
[01:13.48]The Boston police commissioner Edward Davis told the news conference that there had been a third explosion.
[01:18.69]"We have, at this point of time, determined that there has been a third incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident that has occurred.
[01:26.74]There was an explosion that occurred at the JFK library.
[01:31.11]So this is very much an ongoing event of this point time.
[01:34.40]We are not certain that these incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incidents are related, but we are treating them as if they are."
[01:39.56]Police in Boston have urged the residents of the city to stay indoors and not to congregate in large groups.
[01:44.78]The opposition leader in Venezuela Henrique Caprioles
[01:48.10]has called on the national electoral council not to proclaim the victory of acting president Nicolas Maduro until all votes have been recounted.
[01:55.57]Mr. Caprioles said even Mr. Maduro had agreed to a recount on Sunday.
[01:59.19]From Caracas here's Will Grant.
[02:01.34]The fallout from Venezuela's disputed presidential election continues apace.
[02:06.21]On state television, the government is pushing their arguments hard that Nicolas Maduro is the legitimate president of Venezuela,
[02:13.50]having won by a narrow but significant margin.
[02:16.52]While they've agreed to an audit of the electronic counting system, the government is rejecting calls that ballot boxes be opened for a manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual recount.
[02:25.34]Meanwhile, the temperature is rising by the hour.
[02:28.00]Opposition groups are also due to march possibly on the national electoral council itself,
[02:33.17]while the government has called on its supporters to turn out in the central square in Caracas to celebrate Mr. Maduro’s win.
[02:39.98]And some news just in.
[02:41.72]The election board in Venezuela has formally proclaimed Nicolas Maduro as the winner
[02:45.54]of the presidential vote despite the calls by the opposition for a recount to be held.
[02:49.69]Series car bomb attacks during the morning of rush hour in several Iraqi cities has killed more than 55 people and injured over 270.
[02:58.73]World news from the BBC
[03:02.30]The French government has published detailed lists with ministers' personal assets online in order to try to restore confidence in the socialist administration after series financial scandals.
[03:11.36]Analysts say most of them did not appear to be especially wealthy, although some ministers have assets worth more than $7m, mostly in the form of their homes.
[03:19.57]Police in Senegal have arrested Karim Wade, the son of former president Abdoulaye Wade,
[03:24.76]on suspicion of illegally amassing around $1.4bn during his father's 12 years in office.
[03:29.92]Karim Wade acted as the right-hand man to his father during the presidency.
[03:33.52]Thomas Fessy reports.
[03:34.51]Karim Wade presented detailed documents of his assets to a Senegalese special court tasked with investigating cases of corruption.
[03:43.20]He'd been given one month to prove that he legally acquired over $1bn while his father was in power.
[03:50.01]CW was nicknamed the minister of the sky and the earth, as he held the infrastructure, urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban planning,
[03:56.60]air transportation and international cooperation government portfolios at the same time.
[04:01.72]He was then in charge of 1/3 of the state expenditure.
[04:05.47]The Senegalese court has yet to announce the reason behind this detention as CW's lawyers claimed he's been forcibly taken away.
[04:13.96]There's been an outpouring of anger and shame in India after the broadcast footage showing motorists ignoring the victims of a road accident in the northern city of Jodhpur.
[04:22.84]The CCTV footage shows a man holding the hand of his five-year-old son and pleading for help, next to the bodies of his wife and infant">infant daughter.
[04:30.95]Judges in the United States Supreme Court have been debating tough legal and scientific questions on whether human genes should continue to be patented.
[04:39.45]Their decision which's expected in the summer could have enormous implications for research.
[04:43.69]The nine justices are looking at the right of one company Myriad Genetics to hold the patent on a genetic test for breast and ovarian cancer.
[04:51.10]Opponents say these patents prevent research by other companies and denied patients' access to the test which cost more than $3000.
[04:58.83]BBC News
第三页:词汇解析
blast">blast">blast">blast
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.爆炸;巨响;一阵(强风);严厉的批评;<美俚>愉快的经历
v.爆破;摧毁;发出巨响;用力撞击;批评
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
The press responded to his remarks with ablast">blast">blast">blastof criticism.
新闻界以严厉的批评回应了他的言论。
用作动词 (v.)
The proposal isblast">blast">blast">blastedas pathetic and inadequate.
这个建议被批评为毫无价值、依据不足。
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incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.事变;事件;插曲
adj.难免的;附带的
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
The seriousincident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incidentalong the border increased our fears of the war.
边境上的紧张局势加重了我们对战争的忧虑。
用作形容词 (adj.)
There are many evilsincident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incident">incidentto human society.
人类社会有很多罪恶。
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manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
adj.手工的;体力的
n.指南;手册;键盘
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Having grown up in the countryside, I'm used tomanual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manuallabor.
我生长在农村,习惯体力劳动了。
用作名词 (n.)
This document is meant to serve as amanual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manual">manualfor first-time Debian users.
本文意在成为Debian的新手的使用手册。
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urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
adj.城市的;都市的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
In some developing countries more and more people are migrating tourban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urbanareas.
在某些发展中的国家,越来越多的人向市区迁移。
The quality ofurban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urban">urbanliving has been damaged by excessive noise levels.
城市生活的质量已被过度的噪音所破坏。
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infant">infant
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
n.婴儿;幼儿
adj.婴儿的;初期的;幼稚的
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
Infant">Infantfamily education is an important education environment which can't be irreplaceable by preschool education and social education.
幼儿家庭教育是幼儿园教育和社会教育所不能替代的重要教育环境。
用作形容词 (adj.)
Infant">Infantindustry is vulnerable to the attack from foreign mature industry.
未成熟工业容易受到外来成熟工业的影响。