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The world this week-Politics

本周政治新闻

In a surprise move, Vladimir Putin announced that he was withdrawing the bulk of Russian forces from Syria, six months after he sent them there to support his beleaguered¹ ally, Bashar al-Assad. The same day, UN-chaired peace talks aimed at bringing an end to the five-year war began in Geneva. A ceasefire that came into force three weeks ago has largely held.

弗拉基米尔·普京做出惊人之举，宣布将撤回驻扎在叙利亚的俄罗斯主力部队。当日，联合国主持的和平会谈在日内瓦召开，该和谈旨在结束叙利亚的五年战争。三个星期前，叙利亚交战双方大规模停火。六个月前，俄罗斯驻兵叙利亚向其被围困的盟友巴沙尔·阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)提供援助。

Gunmen attacked three hotels in Grand Bassam, a seaside town 40km from the capital of Ivory Coast. The attack, which left 18 people dead, was claimed by al-Qaeda's north Africa branch.

三家位于大巴萨姆（Grand Bassam)的酒店遭枪袭，18人死亡。基地组织(al-Qaeda)北非分支宣布对此负责。大巴萨姆距科特迪瓦(Ivory Coast)的首都40公里。

South Africa's deputy finance minister, Mcebisi Jonas, claimed that he was offered the job of finance minister by members of the Gupta family, who have close ties to President Jacob Zuma. The Guptas, who own a wide range of businesses, have denied this.

南非副财长乔纳斯（Mcebisi Jonas）发声明称古普塔（Gupta）家族的成员曾向自己提供财长一职，这些成员和南非总统雅各布·祖马（Jacob Zuma）关系密切。古普塔家族对此进行否认，该家族业务广泛。

An audit² of Nigeria's state-owned oil company found that in 2014 it failed to pay $16 billion in oil receipts to the national government.

尼日利亚的一家国有石油公司被查出于2014年漏缴160亿美元的石油收入给政府。

Marco Rubio pulled out of the Republican presidential nomination³ race after coming a poor second to Donald Trump⁴ in the primary in Florida, Mr Rubio's home state. John Kasich won the contest in Ohio, his home state, and remains⁵ in the race, as does Ted⁶ Cruz. On the Democratic side Hillary Clinton thrashed Bernie Sanders in the week's primaries.

在党内初选中，马克罗·鲁比奥（Marco Rubio）在其家乡佛罗里达州惨败于唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）而位居第二名，随后他宣布退出共和党总统候选人选举。约翰·卡西奇（John Kasich）赢得其家乡俄亥俄州的支持，他和泰德·克鲁兹（Ted Cruz）仍继续参加竞选。民主党方面，希拉里·克林顿（ Hillary Clinton）在本周的党内初选中连胜伯尼·桑德斯（ Bernie Sanders）。

Mr Trump's campaign was dogged again by racially tinged⁷ clashes at his rallies. He had to cancel an event in Chicago after protesters fought with his supporters. Mr Trump said later that if the Republican hierarchy⁸ tried to wrest⁹ the nomination away from him at July's convention there would be “riots” in the streets.

因竞选集会上多次发生带有种族色彩的冲突，特朗普（Trump）的竞选之路再次受阻。受反对者和支持者暴力冲突的影响，特朗普不得不取消前往芝加哥的行程。特朗普随后表示，如果共和党企图在七月举行的大会上把他从大选中赶出，那么美国将爆发暴乱。

Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland, a federal appeals-court judge, to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme¹⁰ Court. Senate Republicans say they won't confirm his nomination; they want the vacancy¹¹ to be filled by the next president, who won't take office until January.

巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）任命联邦上诉法院法官梅里克·加兰（Merrick Garland）接替过世法官安东宁·斯卡利亚（Antonin Scalia）在最高法院的职位。参议院共和党人表示不会同意该任命，他们希望等明年一月新总统上任后，再任命该空缺职位的继任。

Myanmar's parliament elected Htin Kyaw as the country's next president, the first civilian¹² leader after more than 50 years of control by the army. He is close to Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy won elections in November. Ms Suu Kyi is barred by the constitution from taking the job, but says she will be the effective ruler.

缅甸议会选举吴廷觉（Htin Kyaw）为缅甸下一任总统，他将是自军队掌控缅甸政权50多年来的首位平民领袖。吴廷觉和昂山素季（Aung San Suu Kyi）的关系很密切。去年十一月份，昂山素季领导的民主联盟赢得大选。尽管受宪法限制，昂山素季无法担任总统，但她表示自己将会是一个有影响力的领导者。

A court in North Korea sentenced an American student, Otto Warmbier, to 15 years' hard labour for crimes against the state. He was found guilty of trying to steal a propaganda banner from a hotel.

朝鲜法庭以颠覆国家罪判处美国学生奥托·弗雷德里克（Otto Warmbier）15年劳动教养。该学生曾从酒店中偷走一面宣传标语旗帜。

At the end of its meeting, China's rubber-stamp parliament, the National People's Congress, approved a new five-year plan for the country's development, which calls for average annual GDP growth of at least 6.5%. The prime minister, Li Keqiang, told reporters that China would press ahead with “structural reforms” to boost market forces and said the government would try to find new jobs for those laid off.

在两会结束之际，中国人民代表大会例行通过新的五年规划，该规划期间，中国的年平均GDP增长目标为不低于6.5%。国家总理李克强告诉记者，中国将继续通过推进“结构性改革”来刺激市场活力，他还表示政府将为下岗职工提供新的工作。

1 beleaguered   

adj.受到围困[围攻]的；包围的v.围攻( beleaguer的过去式和过去分词)；困扰；骚扰

参考例句：

• The beleaguered party leader was forced to resign. 那位饱受指责的政党领导人被迫辞职。
• We are beleaguered by problems. 我们被许多困难所困扰。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

3 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

4 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

7 tinged   

v.（使）发丁丁声( ting的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• memories tinged with sadness 略带悲伤的往事
• white petals tinged with blue 略带蓝色的白花瓣

8 hierarchy   

n.等级制度；统治集团，领导层

参考例句：

• There is a rigid hierarchy of power in that country.那个国家有一套严密的权力等级制度。
• She's high up in the management hierarchy.她在管理阶层中地位很高。

9 wrest   

n.扭，拧，猛夺；v.夺取，猛扭，歪曲

参考例句：

• The officer managed to wrest the gun from his grasp.警官最终把枪从他手中夺走了。
• You wrest my words out of their real meaning.你曲解了我话里的真正含义。

10 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

11 vacancy   

n.（旅馆的）空位，空房，（职务的）空缺

参考例句：

• Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy.她休产假时将会有一个临时空缺。
• The vacancy of her expression made me doubt if she was listening.她茫然的神情让我怀疑她是否在听。

12 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。