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The funeral of the American singer Whitney Houston has just ended in Newark, New Jersey¹. It took place in a Baptist church, where she first began her singing career as a child. After many tributes by friends and family, the service concluded with a recording² of Whitney Houston's greatest hit I Will Always Love You. As part of the ceremony, Stevie Wonder performed his hit Love's in Need of Love Today.

美国歌手惠特尼·休斯顿的葬礼举行在新泽西纽瓦克一处浸礼会，童年的休斯顿就是在这个教堂里开始了歌唱生涯。朋友和家人为她送上了诸多颂词，最后葬礼结束时播放了惠特尼·休斯顿最伟大的歌曲I Will Always Love You。史提夫·汪达还在葬礼上表演了他最热门的单曲Love's in Need of Love Today。

There's been violence in the Syrian capital Damascus, where a Chinese diplomatic mission has met President Bashar al-Assad and called for restraint in the conflict between his forces and the opposition³. A funeral in Damascus turned into one of the biggest demonstrations⁴ yet seen there. Opposition activists⁵ said at least one person was killed when security forces opened fire. Another 12 people were reported killed in other parts of the country.

Diplomats⁶ at the United Nations nuclear watchdog in Vienna say that Iran is on the verge⁷ of greatly expanding its nuclear programme at an underground site. They say it's preparing to install thousands of new machines for enriching uranium at the facility near the city of Qom. Bethany Bell reports.

联合国驻维亚纳核观察机构外交人员称，伊朗即将在一处秘密场地扩展核项目。称伊朗准备为库姆市附近的设备安装数千台新机器来进行铀浓缩。Bethany Bell报道。

New-generation centrifuges could greatly speed up the production of material that could be used for nuclear warheads. Western countries fear that Iran is secretly trying to develop a nuclear bomb, and they've increased international sanctions. But Tehran says its nuclear work is purely⁸ peaceful. This week, inspectors⁹ from the United Nations nuclear watchdog will be holding talks in Tehran to address the concerns about Iran's controversial nuclear work.

新一代的离心机能大大加快生产制造核弹头的原材料，西方国家担心伊朗秘密开发一种核弹，就对伊朗加强了国际制裁。但伊朗当局称其核项目纯粹用于和平目的。本周，联合国核观察机构的检查员将在德黑兰举行会议，将就伊朗富有争议的核项目进行对话。

There have been more clashes in Senegal between police and people protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade¹⁰'s decision to stand for a third term in next weekend's elections. Thomas Fessy reports from the capital Dakar.

塞内加尔民众抗议反对总统阿卜杜拉耶·瓦德参加下周第三任期的选举，警察和民众冲突不断。Thomas Fessy在首都达喀尔报道。

The security forces have engaged in street running battles, firing tear gas and rubber bullets at scores of youth[s] who have mounted barricades¹¹ , setting ablaze¹² tyres and throwing stones back at the police. This is happening right in the centre of the capital, just a few blocks away from the main square of the city's business centre, where the protesters were hoping to hold a rally. Just about a week ahead of the election, they say they will continue to protest until the incumbent¹³ President Abdoulaye Wade withdraw[s] his candidacy for a third term. Thomas Fessy reporting.

安全部队开始了巷战，他们使用催泪瓦斯和橡皮弹，打击数十名越过路障的青年，这些青年人点燃轮胎，并向警察投掷石块反击。这次冲突就发生在首都的中心，几个街区外是该市的商业中心主大街，抗议者本计划在这里举行集会。现在距大选还有一周时间，抗议者称将继续对抗下去，直到现任总统阿卜杜拉耶·瓦德放弃竞选第三个任期为止。

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Somali leaders have signed an agreement which they hope will end the country's crisis. Somalia has been without a central government for the last 20 years. Martin Plaut has the details.

索马里领导人签署一份协议，希望以此结束本国的危机局面。过去20年来，索马里一直没有中央政府。Martin Plaut报道。

The plan envisages¹⁴ a new smaller parliament with an upper chamber¹⁵ of elders. Thirty per cent of MPs will be women. The constitution would provide for a federal system of government building on the autonomous¹⁶ regional assemblies that already exist. The agreement - signed by the current government, two regional administrations and a pro-government militia¹⁷ - will be discussed at next week's London conference on Somalia. But the Islamist group al-Shabab, which holds much of the centre and south of the country, did not participate in the agreement.

协议计划成立一个较小规模的新议会以及长老上层内阁，其中30%的议员将是女性。在现存的自治区大会基础上，宪法将提供一套联邦政府体系。现任政府、两个地区当局和一个亲政府的民兵组织签署了这项协议，下周伦敦的索马里会议将会讨论该协议。但控制该国中部和南部大部分的伊斯兰阿尔沙巴布组织并没有参与进来。

Reports from Russia say that 17 security personnel have been killed during four days of fighting on the Chechen-Dagestan border in the North Caucasus. Seven insurgents¹⁸ were also killed in what's been the worst violence in the region in months. Russia is facing an Islamist insurgency¹⁹ along its southern border more than a decade after it defeated a separatist movement in Chechnya.

Votes are being counted in the Baltic republic of Latvia in a referendum on whether Russian should become the second official language. The Central Election Commission said around two thirds of registered voters participated. Ethnic²⁰ Russians, who make up a third of Latvia's population of about two million, feel discriminated²¹ against as proficiency²² in Latvian is needed to become a citizen and to vote.

波罗的拉脱维亚共和国举行公投，决定是否将俄罗斯语作为第二官方语言，目前投票正在清点中。中央选举委员会称，大约2/3的注册选民参与了投票。俄罗斯族人占拉脱维亚1/3的人口，人数约两百万，要成为公民并获得选举权，必须熟练掌握拉脱维亚语，因为这些俄罗斯人感到受歧视。

The former head of the International Monetary²³ Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, is expected to be questioned next week by police investigating an alleged²⁴ prostitution ring . Sources familiar with the case say he's been summoned for questioning on Tuesday about sex parties that allegedly took place at restaurants and swingers' clubs in cities including Paris and Washington. Mr Strauss-Kahn resigned as head of the IMF in May after he was accused of trying to rape²⁵ a New York hotel maid. That case collapsed²⁶.

国际货币基金组织前主席Dominique Strauss-Kahn将于下周受审，他涉嫌警察调查的一起卖淫团伙案。据了解案情的人员称，他已于周二受审过，案情是发生在巴黎和华盛顿等城市餐馆和花花公子俱乐部的性派对事件。五月份，Strauss-Kahn被指控试图强奸纽约旅馆一名女服务员，随后他就辞去国际货币基金组织主席一职。这起案件后来没有继续调查下去。

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

3 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。

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。

8 purely   

adv.纯粹地，完全地

参考例句：

• I helped him purely and simply out of friendship.我帮他纯粹是出于友情。
• This disproves the theory that children are purely imitative.这证明认为儿童只会单纯地模仿的理论是站不住脚的。

9 inspectors   

n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官

参考例句：

• They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 wade   

v.跋涉，涉水；n.跋涉

参考例句：

• We had to wade through the river to the opposite bank.我们只好涉水过河到对岸。
• We cannot but wade across the river.我们只好趟水过去。

11 barricades   

路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
• Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。

12 ablaze   

adj.着火的，燃烧的；闪耀的，灯火辉煌的

参考例句：

• The main street was ablaze with lights in the evening.晚上，那条主要街道灯火辉煌。
• Forests are sometimes set ablaze by lightning.森林有时因雷击而起火。

13 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

14 envisages   

想像，设想( envisage的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The board envisages that there will be a high profit. 董事会预期将会获得高额利润。
• The paper reviews and envisages the development trend of carbon electrode. 本文对炭电极的发展方向做了回顾与展望。

15 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

16 autonomous   

adj.自治的；独立的

参考例句：

• They proudly declared themselves part of a new autonomous province.他们自豪地宣布成为新自治省的一部分。
• This is a matter that comes within the jurisdiction of the autonomous region.这件事是属于自治区权限以内的事务。

17 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

18 insurgents   

n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网

19 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

20 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

21 discriminated   

分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待

参考例句：

• His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
• Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？

22 proficiency   

n.精通，熟练，精练

参考例句：

• He plied his trade and gained proficiency in it.他勤习手艺，技术渐渐达到了十分娴熟的地步。
• How do you think of your proficiency in written and spoken English?你认为你的书面英语和口语熟练程度如何？

23 monetary   

adj.货币的，钱的；通货的；金融的；财政的

参考例句：

• The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
• Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。

24 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

25 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

26 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。