BBC news with Marion Marshall.
Police in India have charged five men with the rape and murder of a woman on a bus in Delhi last month in an attack that sparked a national outcry. They could face the death penalty if convicted. From Delhi, here's our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder.
Formal charges against the five suspects including murder, rape, assault, kidnapping and destruction of evidence have been placed before a magistrate in a court in Delhi in a document running to 1000 pages. It contains testimony taken from the victim before she died. The legal papers will now be transferred to a special fast-track court just launched with a trial expected to begin at the weekend. Hearings will take place every day until the conclusion of the trial, which may only take a few weeks.
The company that owned the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig, Transocean, has agreed to pay 1.4 billion dollars in fines for its part in the United States worst-ever oil spill. An explosion on a rig killed 11 workers and oil gushed into the Gulf of Mexico from the seabed for three months following the blast. Steve Kingstone reports from Washington.
The Macondo oil well in the Gulf of Mexico was owned by the British company BP, but it was Transocean that owned and operated the drilling rig which exploded in April 2010. In its settlement with the US Justice Department, the company admits its crew were negligent because they failed to follow up on clear signs that gas was flowing into the supposedly secure well. Transocean has consistently blamed BP, whose technicians were in overall control. But the company has now pleaded guilty to breaching US environmental law and will pay a total of 1.4 billion dollars in criminal and civil penalties.
A car bomb in Iraq targeting Shiite Muslims has killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens more. The blast took place at a bus station in the town of Mussayab, south of Baghdad, as Shiite pilgrims returned home from the holy city of Karbala. Correspondents say that since the fall of Saddam Hussein, Sunni militants have frequently attacked Shiite Muslims during festivals in an apparent attempt to reignite sectarian violence.
The Italian football team AC Milan have walked off the pitch during a friendly match because of racist abuse from the crowd. The Ghanaian international Kevin-Prince Boateng led the walk-off after insults were directed at him 25 minutes into the game against a lower league team Pro Patria. AC Milan's coach said he hoped a signal had been sent that racism would not be tolerated. AC Milan player Rodney Strasser was on the bench watching from the sidelines.
"Boateng called one the outside coach, so dislike, you know, like hoo-hoo, like monkey. They spoke with the referee. Their director say Ok. They are going to talk to him, you know. After few minutes later, they did the same thing with Prince. Prince was angry and we went out, to stop the game and go into our dress room."
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Peru has extended the state of emergency it has declared to find the remnants of the Shining Path Rebel Movement. The government said the measure would remain in force for another two months in the regions of Huanuco, San Martin, Ucayal. The Shining Path was largely defeated in the 1990s, but remnants continue to be active and have now allied themselves with drugs traffickers. The state of emergency was first declared in 2011 to allow the army to support the police in its battle against the rebels.
The French actor Gdrard Depardieu has been granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin. Last month, Mr. Depardieu announced his intention to renounce his French citizenship over the government's decision to raise the top rate of tax to 75%. Hugh Schofield reports.
In a letter read out on Russian television, Gdrard Depardieu said that yes he had made a formal application for Russian citizenship and yes he was delighted that he'd now been granted thanks to the intervention of President Putin. "I adore your country, your history, your writers", the actor said in the letter. It would all be amusingly eccentric, were it not also extremely serious in its implications for France's international image which may explain why President Hollande held a telephone conversation with the actor on New Year's Day. According to a friend of Mr. Depardieu, the president wanted to know more about the actor's motives. Mr. Depardieu told him that it wasn't the money that was the main issue but he was disgusted by the way France, in his words, spat on initiative and success.
The US State Department has criticized plans by the chairman of the internet giant Google to visit North Korea. A spokeswoman said the timing of the visit by Eric Schmidt was unhelpful, following North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket in December. Mr. Schmidt is planning to make the trip with the former governor of New Mexico, Bill Richardson. The State Department spokeswoman said the two men will be travelling as private citizens and will be carrying no messages from Washington.
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第二页:重点词汇解析
tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease
英汉解释
vt. 取笑;戏弄;梳理;欺负;强求;使起毛
n. 戏弄;爱纠缠的小孩;挑逗者;卖弄风骚的女孩
vi. 取笑
同义词
n.annoyer,coquette,ribbing,tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">teaser
v.badger,card,cod,loosen
参考例句
1. Mariantease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">teased George about his big glasses.
玛丽安取笑乔治的大眼镜。
2. Elders can nottease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">teasesisters.
长老不可以欺负姐妹。
3. The little girl was learning totease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">tease">teasewool.
那个小女孩子正在学习梳理羊毛。
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profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely
英汉解释
adv. 丰富地
同义词
r.abundantly,copiously,extravagantly
参考例句
1. The wound bleedsprofusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely.
伤口大量出血。
2. He also weptprofusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profuselywhile meditating on God.
他在冥想神的时候也在哭泣。
3. The mouse apologizedprofusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely">profusely, and said that she knew Peter Rabbit.
那鼠不断地道歉,而且说她认识彼得兔。
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mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar
英汉解释
n. 迫击炮;臼,研钵;灰泥
vt. 用灰泥涂抹,用灰泥结合
同义词
n.howitzer,trench mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar
参考例句
1. They have so far restricted their military support to small arms, antitank weapons,mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar, and ammunition.
他们一直把军事援助限于小型武器,反坦克武器,迫击炮以及弹药。
2. Decoration and protection of the concrete, cementmortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar, mixedmortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar, brick and stone surfaces various buildings.
各种建筑物的混凝土、水泥砂浆、混合砂浆、以及砖石表面的装饰与保护。
3. Admixtures for concrete,mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortar">mortarand grout. Test methods. Part 12 : determination of the alkali content of admixtures.
混凝土添加剂。砖石和灰浆。试验方法。第12部分:添加剂碱性含量的测定。
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prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude
英汉解释
n. 前奏;序幕;[音]前奏曲
vt. 成为…的序幕;演奏…作为前奏曲
vi. 作为序曲;奏序曲
参考例句
1. Sheprelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">preludes her remarks with a jest.
她开始讲话时先说一个笑话。
2. The Hollywood romance may not be theprelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">preludeto a long-term happy marriage.
好莱坞似的浪漫并不一定是长期、幸福的婚姻的序幕。
3. Theprelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">prelude">preludeof the night is commenced in the music of the sunset, in its solemn hymn to the ineffable dark.
夜的序曲是开始于夕阳西下的音乐,开始于它对难以形容的黑暗所作的庄<严的赞歌。
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reconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliation
英汉解释
n. 和解;调和;和谐;甘愿
同义词
n.balancing,rapprochement
参考例句
1. Prepare Balance Sheet Account Reconciliation.
准备资产帐务调节表。
2. His selfishness closes the door to ourreconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliation.
他的自私关上了我们和解的大门。
3. The purpose of forgiveness is ourreconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliation">reconciliationwith God, and our redemption.
饶恕的目的就是我们最终与神和好,获得救赎。
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moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium
英汉解释
n. 暂停,中止;延期偿付
参考例句
1. Amoratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratoriumor reparations payments emerged soon after the bank began operations.
在银行开始营业后不久,就发生了赔款支付的延期偿付。
2. Democrat Barack Obama proposed a 90-day formoratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratoriumon home foreclosures and a two-year tax break for businesses that create new jobs.
民主党人巴拉克·奥巴马提议家庭丧失抵押品赎回权的90天正式延缓和两年的商业减税以创造新的工作。
3. We didn't ask for a debtmoratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium, they offered it us, " Finance Minister Jusuf Anwar told reporters. "Ideally themoratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratorium">moratoriumis free (of conditions).
“我们没有要求延期还债,他们主动这样做了,”财政部长安瓦尔告诉记者:“延期没有附加条件,非常好。”
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celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate
英汉解释
n. 独身者
adj. 独身的;禁欲的
同义词
a.continent
参考例句
1. If guitars were women, I'd make Charlie Sheen look like acelibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibatemonk.
如果吉他是女人的,陈冠希跟我比简真像是个禁欲的和尚。
2. He portrayed himself as acelibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate, a pose calculated to epitomize his moral fiber, but he had at least two wives or perhaps concubines.
他把自己描绘为一位独身主义者,故意摆出某种姿态来象徵他的坚定品格,但是他至少有两位妻子或小妾。
3. Eating and drinking are just as important for keeping the species going—more so actually, since acelibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibate">celibateperson can at least continue living but a starving person can't.
吃、喝对种族繁衍也同等重要――事实上,它们更总要,因为,至少独生主义者能维持自己的生命,而饥饿的人则无法做到。
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repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent
英汉解释
vi. 后悔;忏悔
vt. 后悔;对…感到后悔
adj. [植]匍匐生根的;[动]爬行的
同义词
v.atone,regret,rue
参考例句
1. He has done wrong butrepent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repented.
他做错了事,但已悔悟。
2. Irepent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repentof my sin.
我为自己的罪而忏悔。
3. Therefore I despise myself andrepent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repent">repentin dust and ashes.
因此我厌恶自己,在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。