英国新闻听力 约翰内斯堡的枪战事件

有12个人死于南非约翰内斯堡的一次武装劫匪和警察的交火中，其中有4名警察。这一事件的起因是当局试图制止在霍尼都郊区的超市中发生的抢劫行为。

注释：

1.gang n. （一）伙，（一）群

2.tribute n. 赞辞，尊敬

3.shoot-out n. 枪战，交火

Shoot-out in Johannesburg

Twelve people, including four policemen, have been killed in the South African city of Johannesburg during a shootout between armed robbers and the police. The incident began when the authorities tried to halt a robbery at a supermarket in the suburb of Honeydew. Peter Biles is in Johannesburg and has more:

The drama began when a gang of about twenty men robbed a supermarket on the western outskirts¹ of Johannesburg. Police then chased the robbers to a house in Jeppestown close to the city centre. In the ensuing battle a total of twelve people were killed, four of them policemen. The provincial² police commissioner³, Perumal Naidoo, has paid tribute to his men who died in the shoot-out. The police have made fourteen arrests and investigations⁴ are continuing through the night. South Africans are no strangers to violence crime but even by local standards, this has caused alarm. The government admits that levels of crime are still unacceptably high and that the police need to be better trained. Opposition⁵ parties say that crime should become a national priority for the authorities.

约翰内斯堡的枪战事件

有12个人死于南非约翰内斯堡的一次武装劫匪和警察的交火中，其中有4名警察。这一事件的起因是当局试图制止在霍尼都郊区的超市中发生的抢劫行为。记者彼得·鲍尔斯在约翰内斯堡继续为您报道：

这一事件的起因是由于一群20人左右的劫匪抢劫了位于约翰内斯堡西部郊区的一个超市。警察把劫匪追逼到靠近市中心杰皮斯镇的一所房子里。在接下来的激战中，共有12人死亡，其中包括4名警察。省警察局长皮鲁摩·奈杜对在枪战中牺牲的警察表示悼念。警察已经逮捕了14个歹徒，调查在连夜进行中。尽管暴力犯罪在南非已是家常便饭，但是即便按照当地的标准，这件事还是在社会上引起了极大的震动。政府承认这次事件的严重程度还是让人难以接受，与此同时，警察们需要更好的训练。反对党声称处理犯罪问题应该是当局政府的当务之急。

1 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

2 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

3 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

4 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

5 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。