英国新闻听力 泰国国王去世前总理接管责任

President Obama has warned Americans that “democracy itself” is on the ballot¹ in November’s presidential election. Speaking at rally for Hilary Clinton, he condemned² the threat by the Republican candidate Donald Trump³ to jail Mrs. Clinton if he were elected. Mr. Obama said this sort of talk belonged to tyrannies, not the world’s greatest democracy.

A 96-year-old former Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha would take over royal duties in Thailand, following the death of King of Bhumibol Adulyadej. It had been expected that the throne would be taken immediately by the Crown Prince.

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to public criticism for his wife by saying “she belongs in his home.” Smiling,Burhary said, “I don’t know which party my wife belongs to, but she belongs in my kitchen, and my living room and the other room.” He was talking in front of the German Chancellor⁴ Angela Merkel during a visit to Germany.

Turkey says it must be included in the imminent⁵ America-led defensive⁶ against Islamic State militants⁷ in the Iraqi city of Mosul. President Erdogan said that if his country was excluded from the operation, he would resort to what he called plan B, he didn’t say what that might mean.

Mexico says it is aiming to extradite drug’s lord Joaquin Guzman to the United States early next year. Guzman has escaped from 2 Mexican high security jails in the past.

United States is ending restrictions⁸ on the amount of rum and Cigars that American tourists can bring back from the trips to Cuba. The current 100-dollar limit has been scrapped⁹.

A collection of cave drawings found in the Spanish town of El Castillo has been described as the most spectacular and impressive ever discovered on the Iberian Peninsula. The pictures are up to 14,000 years old. They depicted¹⁰ horses, bison, goats, and unusually 2 lions. One official called the find a treasure of humanity.

奥巴马总统警告美国人，在11月份的选举中，民主制度本身也成为投票内容。在为希拉里·克林顿举行的集会上，他谴责了共和党候选人唐纳德·特朗普的威胁，特朗普称如果自己当选将拘留克林顿。奥巴马表示，这种言论属于暴政，而不属于这个世界上最伟大的民主国家。

泰国国王普密蓬·阿杜德(Bhumibol Adulyadej)去世后，96岁的前总理巴育(Prayuth Chan-ocha)将接管皇室责任。原本预期皇位将由王储立即接任。

尼日利亚总统穆罕马杜·布哈里(Muhammadu Buhari)回应公众对他妻子的批评称“她属于家里”。Burhary微笑着说，“我不知道我的妻子属于哪个党派，但是她属于我的厨房，我的客厅和卧室。”他是在访问德国期间在总理默克尔身旁说的。

土耳其表示，他们必须参加美国领导的即将对伊拉克城市摩苏尔伊斯兰国激进分子发动的抵御行动。埃尔多安总统表示，如果他的国家被排除在行动之外，他将会采取替补方案，但是他没有具体言明。

墨西哥表示，他们计划明年年初将毒枭古兹曼(Joaquin Guzman)引渡到美国。古兹曼过去曾经两次从墨西哥高安全级别的监狱越狱。

美国结束了对美国游客从古巴带回的朗姆酒和雪茄的数量限制。目前100美元的上限已被取消。

在西班牙小镇El Castillo发现的洞穴壁画被描述为迄今为止在伊比利亚半岛发现的最壮观，最引人注目的壁画。这些壁画已有1.4万年的历史，描绘的是马，野牛，山羊，还有罕见的2头狮子。一位官员称该发现是人类的财富。

1 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

2 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

3 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。

4 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

5 imminent   

adj.即将发生的，临近的，逼近的

参考例句：

• The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
• The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。

6 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

7 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。

8 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

9 scrapped   

废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架

参考例句：

• This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
• It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。

10 depicted   

描绘，描画( depict的过去式和过去分词 )； 描述

参考例句：

• Other animals were depicted on the periphery of the group. 其他动物在群像的外围加以修饰。
• They depicted the thrilling situation to us in great detail. 他们向我们详细地描述了那激动人心的场面。