英国新闻听力 飓风马修重创海地

One person has died in Haiti, as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes in recent years approaches the country. Hurricane Matthew is expected to cause flooding and landslides¹, when it makes landfall in the next few hours. Its center is expected to pass over the southwest of the island with sustained winds of 260 kilometers an hour.

The Colombian President, Juan Manuel Santos, has met opposition² leaders to find a way to salvage³ the peace process, after voters rejected the deal that was four years in the making. He's appointed senior government officials to discuss ways of amending⁴ the landmark⁵ peace agreement with the FARC rebel group.

Amnesty International has lambasted the world's wealthiest nations for shirking their responsibility towards refugees, saying they host the fewest and do the least. It said that the situation would get worse, until every one of the richest countries took in refugees in proportion to their size, wealth and unemployment rate.

The U.S. Republic presidential candidate, Donald Trump⁶, has boasted that he's used the law brilliantly to pay as little tax as legally possible. He told reporters that it was his duty as a businessman to use the tax laws to the benefit of himself, his investors⁷ and his employees.

France and Spain are trying to get plans for an immediate⁸ truce⁹ in Syria adopted by the U.N. Security Council, following acrimonious¹⁰ breakdown¹¹ of a deal brokered¹² by the United States and Russia. The proposals include the cessation of military flights over Syria's second city, Aleppo.

The Philippines and the United States are holding military exercises, despite a recent statement by the Philippine leader, who said he wanted to end the war games with the U.S.

And the Red Cross has repeated its calls for urgent humanitarian¹³ aid to North Korea ahead of the coming winter. A spokesman said the conditions were seriously harsh after a heavy flooding in August.

美国宣布暂停与俄进行有关叙利亚问题的对话。美国国务院表示，俄罗斯并未履行上个月的停火协定。美国指责俄罗斯和叙利亚加大了对平民的攻击。而俄方外交部表示美国只是后悔做出当初的决定而已。俄方发言人指责美国在自身并未履行停火协定后，将责任推诿给俄罗斯。

除此之外，美俄另有关系恶化的迹象——俄罗斯总统普京停止履行对核武器材料钚处理的长期协议。普京表示，美俄关系若要继续，则美国要解除其干涉乌克兰事件后对俄的制裁。

继未与哥伦比亚革命武装力量（FARC）达成和平协议后，哥伦比亚政府首席和谈代表引咎辞职。他表示，自己对和谈失败负有全部责任。

意大利海岸警卫队称，有5500多名前往欧洲的移民于周一获救，实现单日营救最高人数。海岸警卫队表示其是从爆满的多艘船只上营救难民的，这些船只从利比亚开航。

纽约首席检察官命令美国总统候选人特朗普的慈善机构停止在纽约募集资金。工作人员表示，该基金涉嫌不当注册。

马里东北部的某基地遭到袭击，一位联合国维和人员被杀，另有数人身受重伤。联合国方面表示，死伤人员当时分布两辆车中，并不幸被爆炸装置击中。

天气预报警示称，海地的部分地区可能发生性命攸关的暴洪和泥石流，原因是一场强力暴风将登陆海地。现在看，牙买加可能受创最重。

1 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

2 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。

3 salvage   

v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救

参考例句：

• All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
• The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

4 amending   

改良，修改，修订( amend的现在分词 )； 改良，修改，修订( amend的第三人称单数 )( amends的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Amending acts in 1933,1934, and 1935 attempted to help honest debtors rehabilitate themselves. 一九三三年，一九三四年和一九三五年通过的修正案是为了帮助诚实的债务人恢复自己的地位。
• Two ways were used about the error-amending of contour curve. 采用两种方法对凸轮轮廓曲线进行了修正。

5 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

6 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。

7 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

8 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

9 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

10 acrimonious   

adj.严厉的，辛辣的，刻毒的

参考例句：

• He had an acrimonious quarrel with his girlfriend yesterday.昨天他跟他的女朋友激烈争吵了一番。
• His parents went through an acrimonious divorce.他的父母在激烈吵吵闹闹中离了婚。

11 breakdown   

n.垮，衰竭；损坏，故障，倒塌

参考例句：

• She suffered a nervous breakdown.她患神经衰弱。
• The plane had a breakdown in the air,but it was fortunately removed by the ace pilot.飞机在空中发生了故障，但幸运的是被王牌驾驶员排除了。

12 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白

13 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。