英国新闻听力 飓风马修袭击海地造成重大损失

Officials in Haiti say at least 800 people are now known to have been killed by hurricane Matthew which struck the country on Tuesday. The hurricane hit the country's southwestern peninsula, virtually destroying the main town Jeremy and tens of thousands of homes further south.The region remains¹ largely cut off with access possible only by helicopter or sea.

Russia has indicated that it will block a French plan to halt the bloodshed in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The proposal calls for an immediately truce² and an end to flights over the city by Russian and Syrian government war planes. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote on the plan on Saturday.

The US secretary of state John Kerry has accused Russia and the Syrian government of deliberately³ terrorizing civilians⁴ in Aleppo saying the actions demand war crimes investigation⁵. Moscow described Mr.Kerry's accusations⁶ as unacceptable and outrageous⁷.

A diplomatic row has broken out between France and Poland after the cancelation of a 3.5 billion dollar defense⁸ contract. The French president Francois Holland called off a trip to Warsaw after Poland cancelled a deal to buy airbus helicopters.

President Barack Obama has ordered the lifting of all remaining US economic sanctions against Myanmar. Mr. Obama said that the country formerly⁹ known as Burma had made substantial advances to promote democracy that meant no longer threatens to America's national security.

Police in northern India say a man from the lowest caste Dalit community has been beheaded for using a communal¹⁰ village flourmill. Sohan Ram¹¹ was accused by a school teacher in Uttarakhand State of making the mill impure¹².

The United Nations has repeated an appeal to the Ethiopian government to allow independent observers to visit two regions where there have been numerous protests over the last few months. Many people died at a religious festival there last Sunday.

飓风马修于周二袭击海地，官员们表示，至少800人已经遇难。这场飓风重创了西南半岛，几乎摧毁了主要城镇Jeremy和南部数万座房屋。该地区大部分与外界的联系仍被切断，可能只能通过直升飞机和海路才能抵达。

俄罗斯表明它将会阻止法国提出的一项制止叙利亚城市阿勒颇流血事件的计划。该提议呼吁立即休战，俄罗斯和叙利亚政府战斗机停止在这座城市上空飞行。联合国安理会预期将于周六针对该计划投票。

美国国务卿约翰·克里指控俄罗斯和叙利亚政府蓄意恐吓阿勒颇平民，称需要对这种行为进行战争罪调查。莫斯科描述克里的指控是难以接受的，无法容忍的。

法国和波兰取消了价值35亿美元的防务合同，随后两国之间爆发外交纠纷。波兰取消了购买空中客车直升飞机的合约之后，法国总统奥朗德(Francois Holland)取消了对华沙的访问。

奥巴马总统下令取消美国对缅甸所有剩余的经济制裁。奥巴马表示，缅甸在推进民主制度方面已取得重大进步，已不再威胁美国的国土安全。

印度北部警方表示，来自最低等的达利特社区的一名男子因为使用村子公用的面粉厂而被斩首。乌塔拉坎德邦一名学校教师举报Sohan Ram利用这座面粉厂掺假。

联合国多次向埃塞俄比亚政府呼吁，允许独立观察员进入两个地区，过去几个月，这里发生了多次抗议活动。上周日，多人死于一个宗教节日。

1 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。

2 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。

3 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

6 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

7 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

8 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

9 formerly   

adv.从前，以前

参考例句：

• We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
• This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。

10 communal   

adj.公有的，公共的，公社的，公社制的

参考例句：

• There was a communal toilet on the landing for the four flats.在楼梯平台上有一处公共卫生间供4套公寓使用。
• The toilets and other communal facilities were in a shocking state.厕所及其他公共设施的状况极其糟糕。

11 ram   

(random access memory)随机存取存储器

参考例句：

• 512k RAM is recommended and 640k RAM is preferred.推荐配置为512K内存，640K内存则更佳。

12 impure   

adj.不纯净的，不洁的；不道德的，下流的

参考例句：

• The air of a big city is often impure.大城市的空气往往是污浊的。
• Impure drinking water is a cause of disease.不洁的饮用水是引发疾病的一个原因。