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BBC news with Marion Marshal.

Thousands of Libyans have been fleeing from the city of Sirte, one of the last strongholds of colonel Gaddafi's forces under a temporary ceasefire. The city has been under siege for weeks  but Gaddafi loyalists continued to offer fierce resistence. Jonathan Head is outside Sirte.

成千上万的利比亚民众纷纷逃离苏尔特，这是暂时停火下卡扎菲上校军队的一个最后根据地。该市已被围困数周，但卡扎菲的拥护者继续奋力抵抗。Jonathan Head在苏尔特市外为您报道。

A mass of cars crowded around two petrol tankers¹ parked beside the road leading west from Sirte.Hoses were hurriedly pushed into petrol tanks, each car getting a few litres, enough to get them away from the besieged² town. They were packed with possessions and with people. These are mostly Gaddafi supporters and they seemed very stressed.

苏尔特城西路边的两辆汽油车被很多汽车围着，油管匆忙地被插入汽车油箱，每辆车只加了少量油，足以让人们逃离被困城市。他们带着财物和家人，他们主要是卡扎菲的支持者，看起来忧虑重重。

"I don't understand what's happening", said a male." There were shells and bombs exploding all around my house. We had to leave. With the exodus³ picking up transitional government forces hope they can finally take the town.

一名男子说：“我不知道发生什么事，我家周围到处都是炮弹和炸药，我们不得不离开，看到人们大批离去，临时政府军希望可以最终夺得该市。”

The Afghan government says  the killer⁴ of the former president Burhanuddin Rabbani was a Pakistani citizen and the plot itself was organized from inside Pakistan. Mr Rabbani who's attempting to mediate⁵ between the Afghan government and the Taliban rebels was assassinated⁶ by a suicide bomber⁷ almost two weeks ago.

阿富汗政府声称，杀害前总统拉巴尼的是一名巴基斯坦公民，这场阴谋是在巴基斯坦策划的。两周前，拉巴尼死于自杀式炸弹袭击，当时他正试图调停阿富汗政府和塔利班叛军。

The head of the interim⁸ military government in Egypt has said the ousted⁹ president president Hosni Mubarak never ask the army to fire on protesters. Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi who is Mr Mubarak's defence minister said he had testified before God and told the truth. Sebastian Usher¹⁰ has more.

A strict media blockade was imposed before Field Marshal Tantawi's appearance in Mr Mubarak's trial on Sep 24. His testimony¹¹ was seen as potentially a crucial element in the trial with the grievous charge against the former president is that he ordered troops to fire on protesters. Mr Mubarak could face the death penalty if found guilty. Now in a speech in the official ceremony Mr Tantawi has said nobody ever asked the army to open fire.

The authorities in northern Nigeria said at least 19 people have died in violence in a village in Zamfara State. Eyewitnesses¹² said about 150 people raided the village. Jonah Fisher reports from Lagos.

北尼日利亚当局声称，在扎姆法拉州发生的暴力事件中，至少19人死亡。目击者声称大约150人袭击了村庄，Jonah Fisher在拉各斯为您报道。

As people emerged from their homes they were either hacked¹³ to death or shot. One witness who the BBC spoke¹⁴ to in hospital said his house was targeted first and that he saw both his grand-daughter and his daughter-in-law killed. Zamfara State police commissioner¹⁵ said it was his belief that the attackers were a group of armed robbers seeking revenge. They had apparently¹⁶ being targeted by vigilantes from Lingyado a month ago. Both soldiers and police have now been dispatched to the area in an effort to prevent further reprisals¹⁷.

人们从家里出来，有的被砍死，有的中枪。一名目击者在医院对BBC记者说，他的家人最早受害，他看到自己的孙女和儿媳被杀。扎姆法拉州警察局长说，他认为袭击者是一群持有武装的抢劫者，是为报复而来。他们显然一月前被Lingyado村的治安人员袭击过。军人和警察已被派往该地，试图阻止报复升级。

It emerged in Yemen that a government warplane bombed its own troops in the south of the country on Saturday killing¹⁸ at least 18 soldiers. Other unconfirmed reports speak of higher casualty figures. But the official state media denies the incident took place.

周六，一架政府战机在也门南部轰击了自己的军队，至少18名士兵失望。未经证实的报道声称死伤人数更多，而官方媒体否认事件发生。

World news from the BBC.

The Syrian opposition¹⁹ has announced it's formed a national council to present a united common front against its president Assad. At a meeting in Istanbul opposition leaders said their goal was to build a new democratic Syria. The announcement came as both government and opposition sources said the town of Rastan has been retaken by government forces.

叙利亚反对派宣布已成立一个全国委员会，代表统一战线与总统阿萨德对抗。在伊斯坦布的一次会议上，反对派领导人声称，他们的目标是建立一个新的民主的叙利亚，该宣布做出时，政府和反对派均表示，拉斯坦城已被政府军重新夺回。

Basque separatists in Spain have launched a new political party to campaign for pro-independence votes in next month's general elections. The new coalition²⁰ named Amaiur would fill a political void left by Batasuna which was banned in 2003 because of links with the armed seperatist group ETA . Spain's courts will have to decide whether to let Amaiur compete in the elections.

西班牙巴斯克分裂主义者已建立一个新政党，以参加下月的大选，进行支持独立的投票。新联盟名叫Amaiur，将填补巴塔苏纳党2003年留下的空位，该党因与军队分裂主义组织ETA有关联遭禁。西班牙法院将决定是否允许Amaiur参与竞选。

There have been protests across the Pakistani province of Punjab over power cuts which now lasts up to 18 hours a day. Over the weekend technical problems in several electricity plants made the situation worse. Here is Marianne Landzettel.

巴基斯坦旁遮普省因每天断电18小时而引发抗议，一周以来，几家电厂因技术问题令问题更加恶化，Marianne Landzettel为您报道。

Power cuts in Pakistan are frequent but over the past two days most parts of Punjab have had virtually no electricity at all. Protesters burned tires, blocked roads and pelted²¹ buses with stones before being dispersed²² by police with batton charges.

断电在巴基斯坦很频繁，但过去两天里，旁遮普省的部分地区根本就没有来过电，抗议者点燃轮胎，封锁道路，向公共汽车投掷石块，直到警察用警棍将他们驱散。

Business leaders say production in all industries has ground to a halt. Some hospitals are running short of fuel for generators²³ and Pakistani government officials say the power cuts are aggravating²⁴ an outbreak of dengue fever. They say even the energy supply for emergency units can not be guranteed.

商业街领导人表示，所有工业生产已经停止，一些医院已经没有发电用的燃料，巴基斯坦官方表示，断电还令登革热的爆发更加恶化，甚至对应急部门的能量供应都无法确保。

Scientists have disclosed further details about a giant hole in the protective Ozone²⁵ layer above the arctic. It matched the size of those found regularly over Antarctic . They say the hole, last in several month earlier this year, meant that people in parts of northern Europe and Mongolia were potentially exposed to higher than normal levels of ultraviolet light which could lead to skin cancers and cataracts²⁶.

科学家透露更多关于北极具保护性的臭氧空洞问题，面积相当于南极的空洞。他们说，今年早些时候，这个空洞已持续数月，这意味着居住在北欧和蒙古的人们将承受高于正常水平的紫外线的照射，而紫外线会导致皮肤癌和白内障。

1 tankers   

运送大量液体或气体的轮船[卡车]( tanker的名词复数 )； 油轮； 罐车； 油槽车

参考例句：

• They should stop offloading waste from oil tankers into the sea. 他们应当停止从油轮上往海里倾倒废弃物。
• The harbour admits large tankers and freighters. 这个港口容得下巨型油船和货轮。

2 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

3 exodus   

v.大批离去，成群外出

参考例句：

• The medical system is facing collapse because of an exodus of doctors.由于医生大批离去，医疗系统面临崩溃。
• Man's great challenge at this moment is to prevent his exodus from this planet.人在当前所遇到的最大挑战，就是要防止人从这个星球上消失。

4 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

5 mediate   

vi.调解，斡旋；vt.经调解解决；经斡旋促成

参考例句：

• The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
• They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。

6 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

7 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。

8 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

9 ousted   

驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺

参考例句：

• He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
• He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。

10 usher   

n.带位员，招待员；vt.引导，护送；vi.做招待，担任引座员

参考例句：

• The usher seated us in the front row.引座员让我们在前排就座。
• They were quickly ushered away.他们被迅速领开。

11 testimony   

n.证词；见证，证明

参考例句：

• The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
• He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。

12 eyewitnesses   

目击者( eyewitness的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The examination of all the eyewitnesses took a week. 对所有证人的质询用了一周的时间。
• Several eyewitnesses testified that they saw the officers hit Miller in the face. 几位目击证人证明他们看见那几个警官打了米勒的脸。

13 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

14 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。

15 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

16 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

17 reprisals   

n.报复（行为）( reprisal的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• They did not want to give evidence for fear of reprisals. 他们因为害怕报复而不想作证。
• They took bloody reprisals against the leaders. 他们对领导进行了血腥的报复。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 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。

19 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。

20 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

21 pelted   

（连续地）投掷( pelt的过去式和过去分词 )； 连续抨击； 攻击； 剥去…的皮

参考例句：

• The children pelted him with snowballs. 孩子们向他投掷雪球。
• The rain pelted down. 天下着大雨。

22 dispersed   

adj. 被驱散的, 被分散的, 散布的

参考例句：

• The clouds dispersed themselves. 云散了。
• After school the children dispersed to their homes. 放学后，孩子们四散回家了。

23 generators   

n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司

参考例句：

• The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
• Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 aggravating   

adj.恼人的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• How aggravating to be interrupted! 被打扰，多令人生气呀！
• Diesel exhaust is particularly aggravating to many susceptible individuals. 许多体质敏感的人尤其反感柴油废气。

25 ozone   

n.臭氧，新鲜空气

参考例句：

• The ozone layer is a protective layer around the planet Earth.臭氧层是地球的保护层。
• The capacity of ozone can adjust according of requirement.臭氧的产量可根据需要或调节。

26 cataracts   

n.大瀑布( cataract的名词复数 )；白内障

参考例句：

• The rotor cataracts water over the top of the machines. 回转轮将水从机器顶上注入。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Cataracts of rain flooded the streets. 倾盆大雨弄得街道淹水。 来自辞典例句