英国新闻听力 特朗普财富缩水8亿美元

The human rights group Amnesty International says the government of Sudan has used chemical weapons against his own people in Darfur. It says since January more than 200 people, including dozens of children have died in agony after exposure to chemicals released by bombs. The government of Sudan said the allegations were baseless.

The Indian army says it has carried out what it called surgical¹ strikes targeting militants² since it said would prepare to launch attacks from Pakistani control side of the disputed territory of Kashmir.The Pakistani army says two of his soldiers were killed in an early morning exchange fire with Indian army's units along the defective³ border.

The body of Shimon Peres is lying in state in Israeli parliament ahead of his funeral on Friday. Tens of thousands of his countrymen are expected to pay their respects to the former prime minister and president who died on Wednesday.

New research has found that a small proportion of children with HIV do not develop AIDS even without treatment.Tests on 170 HIV positve South African children revealed that the immune systems of some were apparently⁴ able to coexist with virus.

In Tokyo,a panel of city officals has said total cost to host the 2020 Summer Olympics could surge 4 times higher than the origional estimates to 29 billion dollars.A panel has advocated scrapping⁵ plans to build 3 new venues⁶ to host sports such as volleyball and swimming.

A North Korean soldier has defected to the South by crossing the highly fortified⁷ demilitarized zone which divides the two countries.

The net worth of the U.S. republican presidential candidate Donald Trump⁸ has fallen by an estimated 800 million dollars over the past year according to figures published by Forbes Magzine.But it still believes he is worth 3.7 billion dollars.

人权机构国际特赦组织表示，苏丹政府对居住在达尔富尔的本国居民使用化学武器。该组织称，自一月份以来已有超过200人由于接触炸弹释放的化学物质而痛苦死去，其中包括数十名儿童。苏丹政府称该指控毫无根据。

印度军方表示，自他们表示准备从有争议的克什米尔地区巴基斯坦控制的一边发动进攻后，他们已对激进分子实施了外科手术式打击。巴基斯坦军方表示，凌晨，他们在边境处与印度军队交火，两名士兵牺牲。

周五举行葬礼之前，西蒙·佩雷斯的遗体安放在以色列议会。佩雷斯于周三去世，成千上万的国民将对这位前总理和前总统表达哀悼之情。

新的研究发现，有少量感染了HIV病毒的儿童即使不接受治疗也不会感染艾滋病。对170名HIV阳性的南非儿童进行的测试发现，一些儿童的免疫系统能够和艾滋病毒共存。

在东京，一组城市官员表示，举办2020年夏季奥运会的总费用将激增，比最初估计的数字高出四倍，高达290亿美元。该小组取消了建造三个新的体育馆来举办排球和游泳等比赛的草案。

一名朝鲜士兵穿越分开两国的戒备森严的非军事区向韩国叛逃。

根据福布斯杂志公布的数据，美国共和党总统候选人唐纳德·特朗普的财富缩水了大约8亿美元。但是其财富总值仍然高达37亿美元。

1 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

2 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

3 defective   

adj.有毛病的，有问题的，有瑕疵的

参考例句：

• The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
• If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷， 顾客有权索赔。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

6 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

7 fortified   

adj. 加强的

参考例句：

• He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
• The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。

8 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。