BBC News with Jerry Smit.
The">The 11th century minaret of the Great Mosque in the city of Aleppo, part of a Unesco world heritage site, has been destroyed in fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels. Images on the internet show rubble where the minaret stood. Lina Sergie Attar is anarchitect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architectfrom Aleppo who now lives in the United States. She told the BBC it was a significant loss.
“The">The Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Aleppo, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Syria, and it’s probably the second most visited site by tourists to Aleppo after the Citadel. It’s also asacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacredplace. It holds the remains of the Prophet Zakariya, the father of John the Baptist, a revered figure to Muslims and Christians alike. And it’s very sad and devastating to see something that was so special to our city gone.”
Orthodox Church officials in Aleppo say two bishops who were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing. Yuhanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, who are from different branches of the Orthodox Church, are the most senior clerics to be caught up directly in the Syrian conflict. A French church organisation said on Tuesday that the bishops had been released. But church officials have confirmed to the BBC that until Wednesday evening, they’ve still had no contact with the men.
Police in Bangladesh say the owners of a building that collapsed outside the capital Dhaka were alerted to a severecrack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crackin the eight-storey construction the day before, but had brushed aside the concerns of employees. Officials say up to 100 people are believed to have died in the collapse. A senior official in charge of inspecting garment factories for safety said half of all premises were unsafe.
The">The US Vice President Joe Biden has addressed thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Boston for the police officer killed during the manhunt for the two suspects in the marathon bombings. Mr Biden described the two men as “twisted, cowardly jihadis” and said the United States refused toyield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yieldto fear.
“I get asked, like my colleagues, almost every day since 9/11, why this terroristphenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenonthe beginning of the 21st century. People say to me for they surely know they can never defeat us. They">They can never overthrow us. They">They can neveroccupy">occupy">occupy">occupyus. So why? Why do they do what they do? I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion they do it to instil fear.”
One of the men accused of allegedly plotting with al-Qaeda members in Iran to derail a train in Canada has made a rambling statement in a Toronto court. Chiheb Esseghaier argued that as the Canadian criminal code was not a holy book, its judgements could not be relied upon. The">The judge told him to take advice from his lawyers. Esseghaier and his co-defendant Raed Jaser are charged with conspiring to murder people in association with a terrorist group.
News from the BBC
Fresh clashes have left more than 20 people dead in Iraq as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites continued for the second day running. In one instance, armed Sunnis are said to have sealed off an entire town. After nightfall, the violence spread to Baghdad where a car bomb killed at least seven people.
The">The head of a French company accused of selling substandard breast implants has apologised for the first time about the scandal. David Chazan reports from Paris.
It’s the first time Jean-Claude Mas has shown any sign of remorse. Speaking outside the court where he’s on trial for fraud along with four other former executives of his company PIP, he said he understood the anxiety of about 300,000 women around the world who received the substandard implants. He apologised for the cheap industrial-grade gel PIP had used. It was never approved for medical use and caused thousands of implants to rupture. PIP was shut down three years ago.
The">The English football authorities have banned Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for 10 matches for biting an opponent in a game against Chelsea on Sunday. It’s one of the longest bans the authorities have handed out. A Liverpool official said the club and the player were shocked and disappointed by its severity. But the chairman of the Liverpool Supporters’ Club, Richard Pedder, says everyone should accept the ban and move on.
“I personally think it’s appropriate on the basis that I would have thought it to go between seven and ten. I think fans are going to love a difference and I know what they want. But if they do appeal, it’s going to drag on again. And we just want this closed now.”
In European football’s premier club competition, the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund of Germany have thrashed Real Madrid 4:1 to make them clear favourites to reach the final. The">The second leg of the semi-final will take place in Madrid next Tuesday.
And that’s the BBC News.
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[00:01.68]BBC News with Jerry Smit.
[00:03.88]The">The 11th century minaret of the Great Mosque in the city of Aleppo, part of a Unesco world heritage site, has been destroyed in fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels.
[00:13.22]Images on the internet show rubble where the minaret stood.
[00:16.72]Lina Sergie Attar is an architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect from Aleppo who now lives in the United States.
[00:21.57]She told the BBC it was a significant loss.
[00:24.79]“The">The Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Aleppo, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Syria, and it’s probably the second most visited site by tourists to Aleppo after the Citadel.
[00:37.77]It’s also a sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred place.
[00:39.47]It holds the remains of the Prophet Zakariya, the father of John the Baptist, a revered figure to Muslims and Christians alike.
[00:47.09]And it’s very sad and devastating to see something that was so special to our city gone.”
[00:54.19]Orthodox Church officials in Aleppo say two bishops who were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing.
[01:00.75]Yuhanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, who are from different branches of the Orthodox Church, are the most senior clerics to be caught up directly in the Syrian conflict.
[01:10.09]A French church organisation said on Tuesday that the bishops had been released.
[01:14.19]But church officials have confirmed to the BBC that until Wednesday evening, they’ve still had no contact with the men.
[01:19.94]Police in Bangladesh say the owners of a building that collapsed outside the capital Dhaka were alerted to a severe crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack in the eight-storey construction the day before,
[01:30.56]but had brushed aside the concerns of employees.
[01:33.06]Officials say up to 100 people are believed to have died in the collapse.
[01:37.00]A senior official in charge of inspecting garment factories for safety said half of all premises were unsafe.
[01:43.55]The">The US Vice President Joe Biden has addressed thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Boston for the police officer killed during the manhunt for the two suspects in the marathon bombings.
[01:55.51]Mr Biden described the two men as “twisted, cowardly jihadis” and said the United States refused to yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield to fear.
[02:02.26]“I get asked, like my colleagues, almost every day since 9/11, why this terrorist phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon the beginning of the 21st century.
[02:12.39]People say to me for they surely know they can never defeat us.
[02:16.95]They can never overthrow us. They can never occupy">occupy">occupy">occupy us.
[02:21.42]So why? Why do they do what they do? I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion they do it to instil fear.”
[02:31.07]One of the men accused of allegedly plotting with al-Qaeda members in Iran to derail a train in Canada has made a rambling statement in a Toronto court.
[02:40.14]Chiheb Esseghaier argued that as the Canadian criminal code was not a holy book, its judgements could not be relied upon.
[02:47.55]The">The judge told him to take advice from his lawyers.
[02:50.27]Esseghaier and his co-defendant Raed Jaser are charged with conspiring to murder people in association with a terrorist group.
[02:58.20]News from the BBC
[03:00.09]Fresh clashes have left more than 20 people dead in Iraq as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites continued for the second day running.
[03:09.46]In one instance, armed Sunnis are said to have sealed off an entire town.
[03:13.72]After nightfall, the violence spread to Baghdad where a car bomb killed at least seven people.
[03:18.89]The">The head of a French company accused of selling substandard breast implants has apologised for the first time about the scandal.
[03:27.24]David Chazan reports from Paris.
[03:29.36]It’s the first time Jean-Claude Mas has shown any sign of remorse.
[03:33.91]Speaking outside the court where he’s on trial for fraud along with four other former executives of his company PIP,
[03:41.53]he said he understood the anxiety of about 300,000 women around the world who received the substandard implants.
[03:49.11]He apologised for the cheap industrial-grade gel PIP had used.
[03:53.91]It was never approved for medical use and caused thousands of implants to rupture.
[03:59.50]PIP was shut down three years ago.
[04:02.49]The">The English football authorities have banned Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for 10 matches for biting an opponent in a game against Chelsea on Sunday.
[04:11.65]It’s one of the longest bans the authorities have handed out.
[04:14.95]A Liverpool official said the club and the player were shocked and disappointed by its severity.
[04:20.02]But the chairman of the Liverpool Supporters’ Club, Richard Pedder, says everyone should accept the ban and move on.
[04:26.24]“I personally think it’s appropriate on the basis that I would have thought it to go between seven and ten.
[04:31.67]I think fans are going to love a difference and I know what they want.
[04:35.04]But if they do appeal, it’s going to drag on again.
[04:37.59]And we just want this closed now.”
[04:39.55]In European football’s premier club competition, the Champions League,
[04:44.00]Borussia Dortmund of Germany have thrashed Real Madrid 4:1 to make them clear favourites to reach the final.
[04:50.61]The">The second leg of the semi-final will take place in Madrid next Tuesday.
[04:55.54]And that’s the BBC News.
第三页:词汇解析
architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
n.建筑师
n.【喻】缔造者;创造者
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
Thearchitect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architectwas given/presented with a blank cheque to design a new city centre.
设计师被授予全权设计一个新的城市中心区。
He was the chiefarchitect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architectof the country's new economic policy.
他是制定国家新经济政策的总指挥。
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sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
adj.神圣的;受尊重的
参考例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
In India the cow is asacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacredanimal.
在印度,牛是神圣的动物。
This area was hallowed bysacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacredmemories.
这个地区由于宗教上的纪念意义而被视为圣地。
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crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack
难度:3星常用词汇,属常用6000词
英汉解释
v.破裂;砸开;发出爆裂声;撞击;破解;变嘶哑;崩溃;制裁;<非正式>开玩笑
n.裂缝;裂痕;爆裂声;猛击;尝试;俏皮话
adj.训练有素的
参考例句
用作动词 (v.)
The boy's voice is beginning tocrack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crackat the age of puberty.
这男孩子的嗓音在发育期开始变得粗声粗气。
用作名词 (n.)
Red always goofs off, or thinks of a smartcrack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crackinstead of working.
雷德不好好干,总是吊儿郎当,要不就想出些俏皮话来挖苦人。
用作形容词 (adj.)
She is acrack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crackshot with a rifle.
她是步枪神枪手。
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yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
v.生产;获利;屈服;弯下去
n.投资收益;生产量
参考例句
用作动词 (v.)
The combined investment is expected toyield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield$5,000 in the first year.
第一年该总投资有望获利5000美元。
用作名词 (n.)
So if the share price rises and the dividend does not, then theyield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yieldfalls.
因此,如果股份上涨而股息不变,收益就下跌。
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phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
n.现象;奇人;奇事
参考例句
用作名词 (n.)
Their so-called prosperity is only a temporaryphenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon.
但他们所谓的繁荣只是一个暂时的现象。
A child who could read at the age of one would indeed be aphenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon.
一个一岁的孩子能阅读,会被认为是个神童。
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occupy">occupy">occupy">occupy
难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
vt.占用;占领;从事;使忙碌;专心
参考例句
用作及物动词 (vt.)
Our army won the battle andoccupiedthe upland.
我军在战斗中取得胜利并成功地占领了那片小高地。
Members of the groupoccupy">occupy">occupy">occupypositions of power in the country.
那个组织的成员在该国从事着位高权重的工作。
第四页:中英双语听力稿
BBC News with Jerry Smit.
Jerry Smit为你播报BBC新闻
The">The 11th century minaret of the Great Mosque in the city of Aleppo, part of a Unesco world heritage site, has been destroyed in fighting between the Syrian government forces and rebels. Images on the internet show rubble where the minaret stood. Lina Sergie Attar is an architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect">architect from Aleppo who now lives in the United States. She told the BBC it was a significant loss.
联合国教科文组织世界遗产之一,阿勒波大清真寺的一个建于11世纪的尖塔在政府军和反对派的武装冲突中受到重创。从网络上的图片来看,尖塔所在地方已是一片废墟。 Lina Sergie Attar是一名设计师,来自阿勒波,现居在美国。她告诉BBC这是一个重大损失。
“The">The Umayyad Mosque, or the Great Mosque of Aleppo, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in Syria, and it’s probably the second most visited site by tourists to Aleppo after the Citadel. It’s also a sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred">sacred place. It holds the remains of the Prophet Zakariya, the father of John the Baptist, a revered figure to Muslims and Christians alike. And it’s very sad and devastating to see something that was so special to our city gone.”
“倭马亚大清真寺,是叙利亚最大最古老的清真寺之一,可能也是继卫城之后阿勒波第二大旅游景点,同时也是朝圣所在地。施洗约翰的父亲,先知Zakariya的遗骨就存放于此。清真寺对阿勒波意义非常,如今看到它遭受如此毁灭性的破坏,感到很痛心。”
Orthodox Church officials in Aleppo say two bishops who were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday are still missing. Yuhanna Ibrahim and Boulos Yaziji, who are from different branches of the Orthodox Church, are the most senior clerics to be caught up directly in the Syrian conflict. A French church organisation said on Tuesday that the bishops had been released. But church officials have confirmed to the BBC that until Wednesday evening, they’ve still had no contact with the men.
阿勒波东正教官员表示两名星期一遭武装分子绑架的主教仍然处在失踪状态,Yuhanna Ibrahim 和Boulos Yaziji来自东正教不同的分支,作为高级神职人员,他们在叙利亚冲突中遭到绑架。一个法国交会组织星期二表示两名主教已被释放。但是教堂方面向BBC表示直至星期三晚上,仍无法和两名主教取得联系。
Police in Bangladesh say the owners of a building that collapsed outside the capital Dhaka were alerted to a severe crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack">crack in the eight-storey construction the day before, but had brushed aside the concerns of employees. Officials say up to 100 people are believed to have died in the collapse. A senior official in charge of inspecting garment factories for safety said half of all premises were unsafe.
孟加拉警方表示首都达卡外一栋倒塌建筑的所有者在事故发生前就被告知大楼存在严重的裂缝,但其选择对雇员的担心置之不理。有关方表示大楼坍塌造成100人死亡。一位负责监管制衣厂安全的高级官员表示所有的建筑中,有一半不达标。
The">The US Vice President Joe Biden has addressed thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Boston for the police officer killed during the manhunt for the two suspects in the marathon bombings. Mr Biden described the two men as “twisted, cowardly jihadis” and said the United States refused to yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield">yield to fear.
美国副总统拜登出席了在波士顿爆炸中牺牲的一名警官的悼念仪式。拜登对数千名悼念者发表讲话,他称两名嫌犯为“扭曲的,懦弱的圣战分子并表示美国拒绝向恐吓低头。
“I get asked, like my colleagues, almost every day since 9/11, why this terrorist phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon">phenomenon the beginning of the 21st century. People say to me for they surely know they can never defeat us. They">They can never overthrow us. They">They can never occupy">occupy">occupy">occupy us. So why? Why do they do what they do? I’ve thought about it a lot and I’ve come to the conclusion they do it to instil fear.”
“和同事一样,9/11事件后,人们经常问我为什么恐怖主义在21世纪抬头。人们告诉我他们深知恐怖主义永远不会将我们打败。他们永远无法推翻我们,占领我们的领土。那么为什么他们还这样做?为什么呢?我想了很久才得出结论。我认为他们这样做是为了让我们畏惧。”
One of the men accused of allegedly plotting with al-Qaeda members in Iran to derail a train in Canada has made a rambling statement in a Toronto court. Chiheb Esseghaier argued that as the Canadian criminal code was not a holy book, its judgements could not be relied upon. The">The judge told him to take advice from his lawyers. Esseghaier and his co-defendant Raed Jaser are charged with conspiring to murder people in association with a terrorist group.
一名因涉嫌与基地组织密谋意图在加拿大制造火车脱轨的嫌犯在多伦多出庭做陈述时言语模糊不清,杂乱无章。Chiheb Esseghaier声称加拿大刑法并不是圣经,不可完全其判决。法官建议Chiheb Esseghaier听其律师的建议。Esseghaier 和另一名被告 Raed Jaser现面临与恐怖组织合作谋杀民众的指控。
News from the BBC
BBC新闻
Fresh clashes have left more than 20 people dead in Iraq as tensions between Sunnis and Shiites continued for the second day running. In one instance, armed Sunnis are said to have sealed off an entire town. After nightfall, the violence spread to Baghdad where a car bomb killed at least seven people.
伊拉克逊尼派和什叶派之间冲突进入第二天,造成20多人死亡。据称,逊尼派武装分子将一个城镇完全的封锁起来。夜幕降临后,冲突蔓延到巴格达。在巴格达,一个汽车爆炸案造成至少7人死亡。
The">The head of a French company accused of selling substandard breast implants has apologised for the first time about the scandal. David Chazan reports from Paris.
被指控涉嫌出售违规隆胸假体的一家法国公司老板首次就丑闻事件向公众道歉。
It’s the first time Jean-Claude Mas has shown any sign of remorse. Speaking outside the court where he’s on trial for fraud along with four other former executives of his company PIP, he said he understood the anxiety of about 300,000 women around the world who received the substandard implants. He apologised for the cheap industrial-grade gel PIP had used. It was never approved for medical use and caused thousands of implants to rupture. PIP was shut down three years ago.
这是Jean-Claude首次表示出悔意,他和另外四名公司高管因欺诈罪出庭受审。在法庭外,Jean-Claude表示他理解曾买过违规隆胸假体的30万名女顾客的焦虑。他对使用廉价的工业硅胶表示抱歉。该工业硅胶从未被批准用于医疗,因其极易破裂。该公司三年前倒闭。
The">The English football authorities have banned Liverpool’s Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez for 10 matches for biting an opponent in a game against Chelsea on Sunday. It’s one of the longest bans the authorities have handed out. A Liverpool official said the club and the player were shocked and disappointed by its severity. But the chairman of the Liverpool Supporters’ Club, Richard Pedder, says everyone should accept the ban and move on.
英国足球协会对利物浦乌拉圭籍中锋Luis Suarez做出了禁止参加10场比赛的处罚。Luis Suarez被认为在星期天对切尔西的比赛中咬伤对手。这是该协会发出的最长的禁赛处罚。一位利物浦官员表示俱乐部和球员都对此感到很惊讶和失望。但是利物浦支持者俱乐部主席Richard Pedder宝石每个人都应接受处罚决定并向前看。
“I personally think it’s appropriate on the basis that I would have thought it to go between seven and ten. I think fans are going to love a difference and I know what they want. But if they do appeal, it’s going to drag on again. And we just want this closed now.”
“我个人认为,这个处罚还是比较合适的,之前我就认为禁赛次数应该会在7到10之间。我认为粉丝要学会接受结果,我知道他们想要什么。但是如果他们真的上诉了,这件事就要拖下去,我希望现在就结束。”
In European football’s premier club competition, the Champions League, Borussia Dortmund of Germany have thrashed Real Madrid 4:1 to make them clear favourites to reach the final. The">The second leg of the semi-final will take place in Madrid next Tuesday.
在欧洲冠军杯赛中,德国的多特蒙德对以4:1重创皇家马德里,晋级决赛。半决赛将于下周四在马德里举行。
And that’s the BBC News.
以上为BBC新闻
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