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President Obama has led the United States in a moment's silence to honour the victims of Saturday's shooting in Arizona. A single bell tolled¹ for the six people who were killed and for the Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was critically wounded. From Washington, Paul Adams.

奥巴马总统领导美国人进行默哀，悼念周六亚利桑那州枪击案的受害者，并为6名遇难者和受重伤的国会民主党女议员吉福兹(Gabrielle Giffords)鸣钟。Paul Adams在华盛顿报道。

The president and his wife Michelle stood heads bowed on the South Lawn of the White House. There were no words, and after a minute they returned inside. A little over a mile away, on the east steps of the Capitol building, hundreds of congressional staffers stood out in the freezing air in their own mark of respect. Speaking later before talks with the visiting French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Mr Obama spoke³ of the courage displayed by some at the scene of the shooting.

奥巴马和第一夫人米歇尔低头肃立在白宫南草坪上，他们默默地站立着，一分钟后回到室内。一英里外国会大厦东面的台阶上，数百名国会职员站在凛冽的寒冬中表达自己的哀悼。与访问美国的法国总统萨科齐进行对话之前，奥巴马总统赞扬了枪击案现场人们表现出的勇气。

The former Republican majority leader of the US House of Representatives, Tom DeLay, has received a three-year prison term for conspiracy⁴. He was also given a five-year suspended sentence for money laundering⁵. Mr DeLay was convicted in November of channelling corporate⁶ donations to Republican election candidates in Texas in 2002.

美国众议院前共和党多数派领袖汤姆·迪莱(Tom DeLay)因自己的阴谋被判处三年的监禁。他还因为洗钱罪被判处五年缓刑。11月份，迪莱被判在2002年挪用企业为得克萨斯共和党候选人捐赠的资金。

The Organisation⁷ of American States is reported to have recommended that the governing party candidate in Haiti's disputed presidential election should be dropped from the run-off vote. Provisional results put Jude Celestin second in the first round to the former first lady. But diplomatic sources say OAS monitors found the opposition⁸ candidate Michel Martelly won more votes. James Read reports.

据报道，美洲国际组织建议海地有争议的总统选举执政党候选人不应该参加第二轮投票。临时结果宣布汝德·塞莱斯廷(Jude Celestin)在第一轮投票中落在前第一夫人之后。但是外交部消息来源称，美洲国际组织监督员发现反对派候选人米歇尔·马尔泰利(Michel Martelly)赢得了更多选票。James Read报道。

The results of the first round of Haiti's presidential election in November provoked violent protests by supporters of pop star Michel Martelly, who insists he, and not Jude Celestin, came second. Amid rising tension, the OAS was asked to review the vote count. Its report has not yet been made public, but diplomatic sources say it found in favour of Mr Martelly.

海地11月份总统选举第一轮投票结果引发了流行歌星米歇尔·马尔泰利(Michel Martelly)的支持者的暴力抗议，他们坚持称，排在第二位的是马尔泰利，而不是汝德·塞莱斯廷(Jude Celestin)。在不断上升的紧张形势下，美洲国际组织被要求对计票过程进行审查。该组织的报告还没有公开，但是外交消息来源称，该组织发现结果有利于马尔泰利。

The Tunisian government has announced that all schools and universities will be closed until further notice because of the wave of protests over unemployment, the biggest to hit the country in decades. At least 14 people have been killed by police. Opposition sources put the number significantly higher. Here's Chloe Arnold.

突尼斯政府宣布，由于国家面临几十年来最大的反对失业的抗议风波，所有学校和大学暂时关闭，等待进一步的通知。目前至少已有14人被警方击毙。反对派消息来源则认为该数字要高的多。Chloe Arnold报道。

Schools and universities across Tunisia are set to close from Tuesday as the government launches an investigation⁹ into who's responsible for more than three weeks of unrest. Protesters, most of them young people, have staged rallies across the country, demanding better employment opportunities and greater freedom. The riots began almost a month ago, the greatest threat the country's seen to President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who's kept a tight rein¹⁰ for 23 years.

从周二开始，突尼斯所有学校和大学都将关闭，政府将对持续了三周以上的动荡的责任人进行调查。抗议者大部分是年轻人，他们在全国各地举行了集会，要求更好的就业机会和更多的自由。暴乱大约在一个月前开始，这是扎因·阿比丁·本·阿里(Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali)总统执政23年来国家面临的最严重的威胁。

At least 30 people have been killed in clashes in the disputed central Sudanese region of Abyei as the people of the south continue to vote in a referendum on possible independence. Oil-rich Abyei is coveted¹¹ by both the north and the south.

苏丹中部有争议的阿卜耶伊地区爆发冲突，至少已有30人死亡，南苏丹人则继续对可能的独立进行投票。石油丰富的阿卜耶伊受到南北双方的觊觎。

World News from the BBC

A week after taking office, the new Democrat² Governor of California, Jerry Brown, has announced deep spending cuts. Mr Brown inherited a $28bn budget deficit¹². The budget proposal must be agreed by the state legislature. Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles.

加利福尼亚州新任州长杰里·布朗(Jerry Brown)执政一周后宣布了大幅削减支出计划。布朗从前任州长那里继承了280亿美元的预算赤字。该预算提案必须经过州立法机构同意。Peter Bowes在洛杉矶报道。

Jerry Brown says he plans to slash¹³ spending by more than $12bn. The cuts will include an 8%-10% reduction in take-home pay for most state workers. The governor acknowledged that the cuts would be painful, but he said they had no choice. "For 10 years," he said, "we've had budget gimmicks¹⁴ and tricks that have pushed the state deep into debt." Governor Brown added that he'd planned a radical¹⁵ restructuring of state government. He said it was time to return California to fiscal¹⁶ responsibility.

杰里·布朗(Jerry Brown)表示，他计划削减超过120亿美元的支出，其中包括，州政府大部分工作人员拿回家的薪资将减少8%至10%。州长承认，削减支出将会非常痛苦，但是他们别无选择。“十年来，预算中存在的欺诈和诡计使州政府深陷债务之中。”布朗州长补充说，他计划对州政府进行根本性的改组。他说，现在应该将加利福尼亚转变成为财政负责任的政府。

The trial has begun in the United States of the veteran Cuban opposition militant¹⁷ and former CIA agent, Luis Posada Carriles. He is accused of lying to US immigration officials. Mr Posada Carriles is wanted in Venezuela and Cuba over several deadly bomb attacks and plots to kill the former Cuban President Fidel Castro. Cuba and Venezuela have repeatedly accused Washington of harbouring a convicted terrorist.

美国开始对经验丰富的古巴反对派好战分子，前CIA特工卡利勒斯(Luis Posada Carriles)进行审判。他被指控向美国移民官员说谎。由于几次致命的炸弹袭击和刺杀古巴前总统卡斯特罗的阴谋，卡利勒斯受到委内瑞拉和古巴的通缉。古巴和委内瑞拉多次指控美国窝藏被定罪的恐怖分子。

The Spanish government has rejected the latest ceasefire declaration made by the Basque separatist organisation Eta. The Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said the offer didn't go far enough, and that only Eta's complete disbandment would be acceptable. He also dismissed Eta's new proposal that the international community should verify the ceasefire.

西班牙政府拒绝了巴斯克分裂主义组织埃塔最近宣布的停火协议。内政部长卢巴卡巴(Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba)表示，该提议不够深入，他们只接受埃塔完全解除武装。他还拒绝了埃塔最近提出的国际社会对停火程序进行确认的提议。

"The only statement from the terrorist gang Eta that we want to read is that Eta announces the end and that it does it in a definite and irreversible manner."

“我们希望看到的恐怖主义团伙埃塔发表的唯一的声明就是宣布他们停止战争，永久性地停火。”

Eta has made five previous ceasefire declarations.

埃塔此前曾经五次宣布停火。

1 tolled   

鸣钟（toll的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Bells were tolled all over the country at the King's death. 全国为国王之死而鸣钟。
• The church bell tolled the hour. 教堂的钟声报时。

2 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

3 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

4 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

5 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

7 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

8 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。

9 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。

10 rein   

n.疆绳，统治，支配；vt.以僵绳控制，统治

参考例句：

• The horse answered to the slightest pull on the rein.只要缰绳轻轻一拉,马就作出反应。
• He never drew rein for a moment till he reached the river.他一刻不停地一直跑到河边。

11 coveted   

adj.令人垂涎的；垂涎的，梦寐以求的v.贪求，觊觎(covet的过去分词)；垂涎；贪图

参考例句：

• He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician. 他一直渴望有机会与著名音乐家一起工作。
• Ther other boys coveted his new bat. 其他的男孩都想得到他的新球棒。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 deficit   

n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差

参考例句：

• The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
• We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

13 slash   

vi.大幅度削减；vt.猛砍，尖锐抨击，大幅减少；n.猛砍，斜线，长切口，衣衩

参考例句：

• The shop plans to slash fur prices after Spring Festival.该店计划在春节之后把皮货降价。
• Don't slash your horse in that cruel way.不要那样残忍地鞭打你的马。

14 gimmicks   

n.花招，诡计，骗人的玩意儿( gimmick的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Financial institutions are also often expected yield of gimmicks. 金融机构也往往以预期收益率为噱头。 来自互联网
• However these are just marketing gimmicks that propagate the myth. 然而这些只是噱头的营销传播的神话。 来自互联网

15 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

16 fiscal   

adj.财政的，会计的，国库的，国库岁入的

参考例句：

• The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
• The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。

17 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。