BBC News, I am John Shay.
At least 60 people have been killed and many more injured in a crush after a New Year Eve fireworks display in Ivory Coast. Officials say most of the victims were aged between 13 and 18. The incident happened near a stadium in the main city Abidjan. Our international development correspondent Mark Doyle who was based in Abidjan for many years has this report.
There was a surge of people near the national football stadium where the fireworks were being let off. Men, women and many children fell. Some were crushed, others suffocated. The battered bodies of survivors were taken to several hospitals, but there are critically injured people among them. Politicians were quickly on the scene of the tragedy offering sympathy and promising to pay the medical bills of the injured. The people of Ivory Coast all want to know why the security forces failed to control the crowds.
Police in Pakistan say five teachers and two health workers have been shot dead by unidentified gunmen. A police chief in Swabi in northwest Pakistan said the staffs were attacked as they drove away from the community center where they worked. The head of the organization running the center told the BBC's News Hour its staff provided health services including vaccinations and education for women. Aleem Maqbool reports from Islamabad.
They just finished work for the day at community center, five teachers all women in their early 20s and two health workers. They were being driven home when gunmen pulled up alongside on a motorbike and sprayed the vehicle with bullets until all seven were dead. No group has yet said they carried out this horrific attack or given any reason why charity workers have been killed in this way. But the head of the group with which they worked suspects that because of the vaccination program the center ran. Two weeks ago, nine people involved in polio immunization in Pakistan were shot dead in different parts of the country. Militants have long denounced the vaccination drive as a western plot.
UN health workers in Pakistan say a record number of children died from measles related causes in 2012. The World Health Organization said just over 300 children died. Malnourishment of infected children contributed to the high death rate, officials said. Pakistani health authorities have started a measles inoculation program in the worst affected areas.
President Obama has urged the House of Representatives to pass without delay a deal approved by the Senate to avert steep tax rises and budget cuts. The house has reconvened for a special Holiday Session, but it's unclear when a vote might take place. The measures were due to come into effect automatically at the start of the New Year and analysts had warned that they could tip America back into recession. The BBC Washington correspondent says the tax and spending measures are only designed to avert the immediate American economic crisis and fall well short of the grand bargain on deficit reduction that President Obama wanted.
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Egyptian prosecutors have launched an investigation against a well-known television political satirist Bassem Youssef, accusing him of insulting President Mohammed Morsi. In one program, Bassem Youssef portrayed the President as a Pharaoh, calling him Super Morsi for the way he held onto both executive and legislative powers. The case comes amid increasing worries in Egypt about press freedoms under the new constitution which was controversially pushed through by Mr Morsi and his group the Muslim Brotherhood. Shaimaa Khalil reports.
Bassem Youssef rose to fame after the January 25 uprising in 2011 which led to the toppling of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarack. His satirical program which started online from his own living room soon reached an audience of millions. In less than two years, Mr. Youssef has become a household name in Egyptian media. In the second season of his program Al Bernameg, Bassem Youssef has sparked more controversy than any other media personality in the country, poking fun at everyone from fellow TV presenters to well-known Muslim scholars and most recently President Mohammed Morsi himself.
The authorities in the Iranian city of Isfahan say air pollution there has reached emergency levels. Schools have been shut and Isfahan's 1.5 million citizens have been advised to leave if it was possible. High air pollution levels are also been recorded in the Iranian capital Tehran. Some analysts say the pollution has been worsened significantly by the low quality of petrol and diesel fuel now being used in Iran as Western sanctions prevent it from importing refined fuel.
Pope Benedict has highlighted unregulated financial capitalism as a major source of tension and confrontation in the world. In his New Year message, the Pope said other threats included the growing gap between rich and poor, as well as terrorism and crime. He celebrated a mass in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome using a mobile platform to conserve his strength.
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第二页:重点词汇解析
custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody
英汉解释
n. 保管;监护;拘留;[法]抚养权
同义词
n.detainment,detention,hands,hold
参考例句
1. Do not act in revenge or with malice, in particular when dealing with prisoners, detainees or people in yourcustody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody.
特别是对待囚犯、被拘留人员或在押人员时,不得有报复或恶意处置等行为。
2. If necessary, he should sue forcustody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custodyof the children, since being raised by this viper is not in their best interests.
有必要的话,他可以因为孩子的监护权起诉他们,由这个恶妇抚养,显然是对孩子最不利的。
3. No details yet about the American soldier accused of opening fire at a US base in Baghdad, killing five fellow soldiers before being taken intocustody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody">custody.
至今还没有关于在美军驻巴格达基地开火的美军士兵的详细报道,这位士兵在被监禁之前杀害了五名同伴。
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podium">podium">podium">podium
英汉解释
n. 乐队指挥台;矮墙;墩座墙
同义词
n.ambo,dais,pulpit,rostrum
参考例句
1. The conductor stepped down from thepodium">podium">podium">podium.
指挥从指挥台上踏步走下来。
2. Podium:In architecture, a pedestal on a large scale.
基座墙(台基):建筑中规模很大的台座。
3. I really hope that we can stand on thepodium">podium">podium">podium, but the fifth has been Today, we can get the best result.
我当时真的希望我们能站上领奖台,但第五名已经是我们今天所能获得最好名次了。
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revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert
英汉解释
vi. 回复;重提;返祖遗传;归还
vt. 使回复原状
n. 恢复原状者
同义词
v.regress,retrovert,return,turn back
参考例句
1. After his divorce herevert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">reverted to his old habit of drinking.
他离婚以后又恢复了喝酒的老毛病。
2. If you die without heirs, your property willrevert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revertto the State.
如果你死时无继承人,你的财产将归属国家。
3. The corollary is that when share price or profits are too high or too low, they will eventuallyrevert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revert">revertto the mean.
这样自然会得出这样的推论:无论股价或利润是过高还是过低,它们最终都将回归均值。
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swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing
英汉解释
adj. 激烈的;极好的;严厉的
adv. 极;非常
参考例句
1.swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeingtaxation;swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeingdamages awarded by the judge.
严苛的''。'赋税'。'';法官裁定的大幅赔偿金。
2.swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeingtaxation;swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeing">swingeingdamages awarded by the judge.
严苛的赋税;法官裁定的大幅赔偿金。
3. Swingeing cuts tend to slice into muscle as well as fat, hurting the bits of the bank that can make money.
大砍大卸不但伤皮肉,还会伤到筋骨——银行业找钱的那些部门。
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concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession
英汉解释
n. 让步;特许(权);承认;退位
同义词
n.conceding,grant,yielding
参考例句
1. Can we each make someconcession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession?
我们能各自都做些让步吗?
2. To reach agreement, both side must makeconcession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession.
为达成协议,两方都必须做让步。
3. There are otherconcession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concession">concessionto agriculture, forestry and small businesses.
对农业、林业及小企业也给予其它优惠。
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blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade
英汉解释
vt. 封锁
n. 阻塞
同义词
n.encirclement
v.bar,block off,embarrass,seal off
参考例句
1. Israel's first move was to impose an air and navalblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeon Lebanon.
以色列的第一步行动是对黎巴嫩进行空中和海上的封锁。
2. The enemy lift theblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeof the port for two month to let emergency supplies in.
为让应急供应品进港,敌人解除了对港口为期两个月的封锁。
3. Three weeks after the ceasefire, Israel says it will lift its sea and airblockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockade">blockadeof Lebanon Thursday.
停火协议执行三周之后,以色列表示将于周四取消对黎巴嫩的海、空封锁。
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confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement
英汉解释
n. 限制;监禁;分娩
同义词
n.labor,labour,lying-in,parturiency
参考例句
1. "Solitaryconfinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement" has a new name in prison systems: segregation.
“单独监禁”在监狱系统内有个新名称:种族隔离。
2. Quarkconfinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinementdemonstrates the equivalence of mass and energy discovered by Einstein.
夸克的产生被爱因斯坦证明了质量与能量的守恒。
3. Our guide told him that suchconfinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinement">confinementwould not be necessary but that he should keep a safe distance from our rafts.
我们的向导告诉他,这种限制就不必了,只要他能同我们的木筏保持一段安全距离就行。
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congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate
英汉解释
vt. 聚集
vi. 聚集
adj. 集合在一起的
同义词
a.accumulated,amassed,assembled,collected
参考例句
1. Many childrencongregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregated around their teacher.
许多儿童聚集在老师的周围。
2. Sometimes sex offenders are barred from living near places where childrencongregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate.
有时性犯罪者被禁止住在儿童聚集区附近的地方。
3. Sometimes sex offenders are barred from living near places where childrencongregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate">congregate.
有时性犯罪者禁止居住在有孩子聚集的场所附近。