英国新闻听力 G20峰会在杭州胜利闭幕

The annual G20 meeting of the world’s major economies has closed in China with agreement to fight protectionism and to try to pump fresh life into the world economy. President Xi Jinping said that the first time the summit had put the issue of development front and center. The IMF chief Christine Lagarde said G20 members would use every tool to boost global growth.

The minister responsible for Britain's exit from the European Union David Davis has said the government will negotiate the best possible trading relationship with the EU while controlling immigration into the country, but he did not offer any details or timetable, prompting opposition¹ MPs to describe his statement as waffle.

The government of Somalia has suspended all flights bringing in the narcotic² leave khat from neighboring Kenya. The trade is worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year.

The government of Ethiopia says 23 people died when a fire broke out in Qilinto Jail where political prisoners were being held at the weekend, it said two of those were killed as they try to escape, the others during the stamp and suffocation³.

Iran's supreme⁴ leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has launched a ferocious⁵ attack on Saudi Arabia and its management of the annual Islamic pilgrimage the Haji. Ayatollah said the Islamic world must fundamentally reconsider how it was run.

A new pressure group called decision at 50 has been formed in Israel seeking a national referendum on the future status of the Palestinian territories as the West Bank enters its 50th’s year of occupation.

France's former budget minister Jerome Cahuzac has gone on trial for stashing⁶ millions of dollars abroad while cracking down on tax cheats at home. The scandal was a huge embarrassment⁷ for president Holland who’d come to power promising⁸ to root out corruption⁹.

And an asteroid¹⁰ has been named in honor of the late British rock star Freddie Mercury on what would have been his 70th birthday, the asteroid was discovered in 1991, the year Freddie Mercury died.

一年一度的世界主要经济体G20会议在中国闭幕。会议达成协议，打击保护主义，为世界经济注入新的活力。习近平主席表示，峰会首次将发展列为前沿和中心议题。国际货币基金组织(IMF)总裁拉加德(Christine Lagarde)表示，G20成员国将使用各种工具来促进全球发展。

负责英国脱离欧盟的大臣大卫·戴维斯(David Davis)表示，政府将与欧盟协商最佳贸易关系，同时控制移民进入英国。但是他并未透露任何细节或时间表，导致反对派议员称他的声明含糊其辞。

索马里政府暂停了从邻国肯尼亚运送有麻醉效果的阿拉伯茶的所有航班。阿拉伯茶每年的贸易额高达数亿美元。

埃塞俄比亚政府表示，Qilinto一座监狱发生大火，23人死亡。周末期间这里关押了一些政治犯。政府称，其中2人企图越狱时死亡，其他人在大火期间被踩踏或窒息死亡。

伊朗最高领袖阿亚图拉·哈梅内伊(ayatollah ali khamenei)严厉抨击了沙特阿拉伯和它对一年一度的伊斯兰朝圣的管理。哈梅内伊表示，伊斯兰世界必须从根本上反思其运作方式。

以色列成立了一个新的压力组织，名叫50周年的决定，旨在西岸被占领50周年之际就未来巴勒斯坦的领土状态举行全民公投。

法国前预算部长卡于扎克(Jerome Cahuzac)由于在国内打击税收欺诈的同时在国外私藏数百万美元而被审判。该丑闻让总统奥朗德非常难堪，他上台时承诺根除腐败。

一颗小行星以已故英国摇滚歌手佛莱迪·摩克瑞(Freddie Mercury)的名字命名。今年是摩克瑞诞辰70周年。这颗小行星于1991年发现，就是佛莱迪·摩克瑞(Freddie Mercury)去世的那一年。

1 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。

2 narcotic   

n.麻醉药，镇静剂；adj.麻醉的，催眠的

参考例句：

• Opium is classed under the head of narcotic.鸦片是归入麻醉剂一类的东西。
• No medical worker is allowed to prescribe any narcotic drug for herself.医务人员不得为自己开处方使用麻醉药品。

3 suffocation   

n.窒息

参考例句：

• The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
• The room was hot to suffocation. 房间热得闷人。 来自辞典例句

4 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。

5 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

6 stashing   

v.贮藏( stash的现在分词 )；隐藏；藏匿；藏起

参考例句：

7 embarrassment   

n.尴尬；使人为难的人(事物)；障碍；窘迫

参考例句：

• She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
• Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。

8 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

9 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

10 asteroid   

n.小行星；海盘车(动物)

参考例句：

• Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
• It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小，但这样的危险还是存在的。