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Western leaders have condemned¹ the killing² of one of the world's most celebrated³ war correspondents, the American Marie Colvin, in the Syrian city of Homs. A French photo journalist Remi Ochlik was also killed. They died when a house they were reporting from was shelled by Syrian government forces. From Beirut in neighbouring Lebanon, Jim Muir reports.

The bombardment of Baba Amr resumed in the early morning with rockets and artillery⁴ shells smashing into the already devastated⁵ quarter where several hundred rebel fighters from the Free Syrian Army are believed to be holding out. Among the many victims were the veteran Sunday Times correspondent Marie Colvin and the French photo journalist Remi Ochlik. They died when shells racked a makeshift press centre. Marie Colvin's trenchant⁶ and compassionate⁷ reporting and now her death along with Remi Ochlik have focused international attention even more on the plight⁸ of thousands of civilians⁹ trapped in Baba Amr.

Activists¹¹ in Syria say many more people died in Homs on Wednesday as a result of government shelling. Among them was the activist¹⁰ Rami al-Sayed, who's been an important provider to the outside world of video footage.

Ethiopian troops backed by forces of the Somali interim¹² government have taken control of the central city of Baidoa from the Islamist militant¹³ group al-Shabab. The city fell without a battle when the Islamists withdrew. They say they will instead wage a guerrilla campaign.

在索马里临时政府支持下，埃塞俄比亚军队从伊斯兰阿尔沙巴布武装组织手中夺得拜多阿市。这个伊斯兰组织撤退时没有动过一刀一枪，拜多阿市就陷落了。该组织称会选择进行游击战争。

The judge in the six-month trial of the former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has set the date of 2 June to issue his verdict and any sentence. Mr Mubarak has been accused of responsibility for the deaths of hundreds of protesters in last year's uprising. Jon Leyne reports from Cairo.

Outside the court, demonstrators called for the death penalty for Hosni Mubarak. But they were well outnumbered by the riot police. The last day of the trial was a pale shadow of the dramatic opening since last August when the former president was wheeled into court on a stretcher . Since then, remarkably¹⁴ little has emerged to shed light on what happened during the 18 days of revolution last year.

Divers¹⁵ working on the wreck¹⁶ of the cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, have found eight more bodies inside, including the only child listed missing. The ship ran aground last month off the coast of Italy. Alan Johnston reports from Rome.

在遇难游轮“协和号”上，潜水者发现了另外8具尸体，其中包括唯一被确定为失踪的儿童。这艘船上月在意大利海滨触礁。Alan Johnston在罗马报道。

Rough seas have hampered¹⁷ efforts by rescue workers to bring all the dead ashore¹⁸ and identify them. But the authorities say that among those found were the remains¹⁹ of a woman and a child. This is thought to be the body of a little girl called Dayana Arlotti, who was five years old. She was the only child listed as missing after the disaster. Altogether 25 bodies have now been found on the wreck. Another seven people are still unaccounted for.

海上风浪很大，救援人员无法将所有尸体运到岸上并确认身份。但当局称其中有一名妇女和一名儿童，这名儿童被认为是名叫Dayana Arlotti的5岁小女孩，她是灾后确认失踪的唯一儿童。残骸中发现的尸体已达25具，还有另外7人下落不明。

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A train crash in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires has killed at least 49 people. Hundreds more were injured when the crowded commuter²⁰ train smashed into the buffers²¹ as it came into one of the city's busiest stations. Argentina's transport minister said the train's brakes appeared to have failed.

阿根廷首都布宜诺斯艾利斯发生火车出轨事故，至少49人丧生，另外数百人受伤。这辆拥挤的通勤车本来要驶往该市最繁忙的一站，不料撞上站台。阿根廷交通部长称列车的制动器好像失灵。

The Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos has said that the new European bailout deal currently being discussed in parliament is of historic significance. He said success would bind²² Greece to the euro and shield it from default. Mr Venizelos said that in making the deal, worth more than $170bn, Greece's European partners were making a political commitment to support it for as long as it takes return to the financial markets.

希腊财长埃万盖洛斯·维尼泽洛斯称，议会正讨论的欧洲新救援计划具有历史意义。他说，协商成功将使希腊继续使用欧元，避免违约。维尼泽洛斯说，希腊的欧洲伙伴制定了这项价值1700多亿美元的协议，努力实现其政治承诺，即只要能使给金融市场带来收益，就会一直坚持下去。

The British Prime Minister David Cameron has given the English football authorities two months to come up with an action plan to combat all forms of discrimination. The news came after Mr Cameron met officials, former players and campaigners to discuss two recent racist²³ incidents involving high-profile players - Luis Suarez of Liverpool and the former England captain John Terry of Chelsea. Former Liverpool club and England international John Barnes went to the meeting and told the BBC what had been discussed.

英国首相戴维德卡梅隆给英国足球当局两个月的时间，来制定行动计划打击各种形式的歧视。卡梅隆会见了有关官员、退役球员和活动人士，讨论最近发生的两起种族歧视时间，涉及利物浦的高调球员路易斯·苏亚雷斯和英国前队长切尔西的约翰·特里。利物浦俱乐部前成员兼英国国脚John Barnes参加了会谈，并向BBC讲述了讨论事宜。

"Legislation needs to be passed. We have to be much more stringent²⁴ and having zero tolerance²⁵ at obvious overt²⁶ racism²⁷ at football stadiums -on and off the field. So, yeah, it was more about the stakeholders of Premier²⁸ League, the PFA, everybody coming together, and then hoping the next coming month for them to be legislature pass to make it not ambiguous in any way whatsoever²⁹ as to what is allowed and what's not allowed."

“必须通过有关法规，在足球体育馆，不管场内还是场外，都必须严格实施，绝不容许公然的种族歧视。同时，与之有关的英超联赛和英格兰职业球员联盟，人人都到场了，他们希望法案下个月就能通过，能清楚规定什么允许什么不允许。”

Cherie Blair, the wife of the former British prime minister, is suing Rupert Murdoch's News International group for hacking³⁰ into her mobile phone voice mails. News International has already paid out millions of dollars in damages to dozens of celebrities³¹, politicians and others whose messages it intercepted³².

英国前首相夫人切尔西·布莱尔起诉默多克的新闻国际集团窃听电话语音邮件，新闻国际已向数十位名人、政客等信息被窃人士赔偿了数百万美元。

1 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。

2 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。

3 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

4 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

5 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

6 trenchant   

adj.尖刻的，清晰的

参考例句：

• His speech was a powerful and trenchant attack against apartheid.他的演说是对种族隔离政策强有力的尖锐的抨击。
• His comment was trenchant and perceptive.他的评论既一针见血又鞭辟入里。

7 compassionate   

adj.有同情心的，表示同情的

参考例句：

• She is a compassionate person.她是一个有同情心的人。
• The compassionate judge gave the young offender a light sentence.慈悲的法官从轻判处了那个年轻罪犯。

8 plight   

n.困境，境况，誓约，艰难；vt.宣誓，保证，约定

参考例句：

• The leader was much concerned over the plight of the refugees.那位领袖对难民的困境很担忧。
• She was in a most helpless plight.她真不知如何是好。

9 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

10 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

11 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》

12 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。

13 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。

14 remarkably   

ad.不同寻常地，相当地

参考例句：

• I thought she was remarkably restrained in the circumstances. 我认为她在那种情况下非常克制。
• He made a remarkably swift recovery. 他康复得相当快。

15 divers   

adj.不同的；种种的

参考例句：

• He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
• Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。

16 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

17 hampered   

妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions. 恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• So thought every harassed, hampered, respectable boy in St. Petersburg. 圣彼德堡镇的那些受折磨、受拘束的体面孩子们个个都是这么想的。

18 ashore   

adv.在(向)岸上，上岸

参考例句：

• The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
• He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。

19 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

20 commuter   

n.(尤指市郊之间)乘公交车辆上下班者

参考例句：

• Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
• She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。

21 buffers   

起缓冲作用的人（或物）( buffer的名词复数 )； 缓冲器； 减震器； 愚蠢老头

参考例句：

• To allocate and schedule the use of buffers. 分配和计划缓冲器的使用。
• Number of times the stream has paused due to insufficient stream buffers. 由于流缓冲区不足导致流程暂停的次数。

22 bind   

vt.捆，包扎；装订；约束；使凝固；vi.变硬

参考例句：

• I will let the waiter bind up the parcel for you.我让服务生帮你把包裹包起来。
• He wants a shirt that does not bind him.他要一件不使他觉得过紧的衬衫。

23 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

24 stringent   

adj.严厉的；令人信服的；银根紧的

参考例句：

• Financiers are calling for a relaxation of these stringent measures.金融家呼吁对这些严厉的措施予以放宽。
• Some of the conditions in the contract are too stringent.合同中有几项条件太苛刻。

25 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

26 overt   

adj.公开的，明显的，公然的

参考例句：

• His opponent's intention is quite overt.他的对手的意图很明显。
• We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。

27 racism   

n.民族主义；种族歧视(意识)

参考例句：

• He said that racism is endemic in this country.他说种族主义在该国很普遍。
• Racism causes political instability and violence.种族主义道致政治动荡和暴力事件。

28 premier   

adj.首要的；n.总理，首相

参考例句：

• The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
• He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。

29 whatsoever   

adv.（用于否定句中以加强语气）任何；pron.无论什么

参考例句：

• There's no reason whatsoever to turn down this suggestion.没有任何理由拒绝这个建议。
• All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you,do ye even so to them.你想别人对你怎样，你就怎样对人。

30 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

31 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目

32 intercepted   

拦截( intercept的过去式和过去分词 )； 截住； 截击； 拦阻

参考例句：

• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave the hotel. 他正要离开旅馆，记者们把他拦截住了。
• Reporters intercepted him as he tried to leave by the rear entrance. 他想从后门溜走，记者把他截住了。