英国新闻听力 特朗普内阁成员与其唱反调 公开应援情报机构

Two senior figures taking on key roles in Donald Trump's new administration have given strong endorsements¹ of the U.S. intelligence community. Mike Pompeo, Mr. Trump's pick for head of the CIA, and General James Mattis, nominee² for U.S. defense³ secretary, expressed confidence in intelligence officials, a day after the president-elect suggested security staff may have leaked unproven information about him.

A U.S. government watchdog has launched an investigation⁴ into actions taken by the FBI during the election campaign. The decision by the FBI Director, James Comey, to reopen investigation into Hillary Clinton's email server less than two weeks before the election, shook up the race.

The Italian-American carmaker, Fiat⁵ Chrysler, has been accused of not telling the authorities about a software regulating emissions⁶ in thousands of its diesel⁷ vehicles. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the company had broken the law by installing, but failing to disclose technology in thousands of vehicles.

The Nigerian Lower House of Parliament has voted to offer the Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, asylum⁸, if he steps down. Mr. Jammeh initially⁹ accepted he'd lost last month's elections, before sparking a national crisis by changing his mind.

A bill decriminalizing some forms of domestic violence has passed its first reading in Russia's Lower House of Parliament. Women groups have reacted angrily to the legislation, which would see first offences which don't require hospital treatment defined as administrative¹⁰ rather than criminal.

The Russian Defense Ministry¹¹ says its military has signed an agreement with Turkey, spelling out how they'll coordinate¹² their forces in Syria while carrying out airstrikes. The two countries brokered¹³ a ceasefire last month between the Syrian government and rebel groups.

Syrian state television says a suspected suicide bomber¹⁴ has carried out an attack in the capital, Damascus, killing¹⁵ at least six people.

两名在特朗普新政府中身负要职的高级官员对美国情报机构表达了强烈支持。其中，蓬佩奥(Mike Pompeo)是特朗普提名的中情局（Central Intelligence Agency）负责人，而詹姆士(James Mattis)则是特朗普提名的国防部部长，二人均表示信任中情局工作人员，他们此举是在特朗普公开表示中情局工作人员可能泄露了关于特朗普的未经证实信息1天后的应援。

美国政府监督机构已对联邦调查局FBI在美国大选期间所采取的行动进行了调查。FBI负责人詹姆斯(James Comey)所做出的在大选开始2周前对希拉里邮件服务器事宜重启调查的决定改变了大选的局势。

意美合资汽车公司菲亚特-克莱斯勒被指控未告知有关部门关于其在无数柴油汽车中安装蒙混尾气排放数据软件的事实。美国国家环境保护署(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency，简称EPA)表示，该公司在其制造的汽车中安装软件却拒不公开数据的行为违反了法律。

尼日利亚下议院进行了投票表决，以决定若冈比亚总统下台，是否可为其提供庇护。起初，贾梅总统接受了其在上个月的大选中落选的结果，但随后又改变主意，引发了国家危机。

俄罗斯下议院通过了一项关于认定一些家庭暴力合法化法案的初审。一些女性团体对该法案表示愤怒，因该法案认定，只要初次暴力行为未导致入院治疗，则可被认定为行政犯罪而非刑事犯罪。

俄罗斯国防部称其军队已与土耳其签订了一项协议，协议中明确表述了俄方在实施空袭时将怎样协调他们在叙利亚的军力。上个月，在俄罗斯与土耳其两国的斡旋下，叙利亚政府与叛军签订了停火协议。

叙利亚国家电视台表示，一名自杀式爆炸嫌疑人在其首都大马士革进行了一次攻击，造成至少6人死亡。

1 endorsements   

n.背书( endorsement的名词复数 )；（驾驶执照上的）违章记录；（公开的）赞同；（通常为名人在广告中对某一产品的）宣传

参考例句：

• He must make much money on those tennis shoe endorsements he does. 他替那些网球鞋珍重广告，就赚了不少钱。 来自互联网
• But celebrity endorsements remain an important promotional tool for marketers. 尽管如此，邀明星助阵仍是营销人员重要的推广手段之一。 来自互联网

2 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

3 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。

4 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。

5 fiat   

n.命令，法令，批准；vt.批准，颁布

参考例句：

• The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
• He has tried to impose solutions to the country's problems by fiat.他试图下令强行解决该国的问题。

6 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

7 diesel   

n.柴油发动机，内燃机

参考例句：

• We experimented with diesel engines to drive the pumps.我们试着用柴油机来带动水泵。
• My tractor operates on diesel oil.我的那台拖拉机用柴油开动。

8 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

9 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

10 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

11 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

12 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

13 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

14 bomber   

n.轰炸机，投弹手，投掷炸弹者

参考例句：

• He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
• Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。

15 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。