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Families in the Turkish town of Soma who have beenburying their dead after the country’s worst evermining accident, nearly 300 bodies have beenrecovered from the mine since Tuesday’s explosion.Over 100 others are still underground but hopes are fading for their survival. From Soma,here is Orla Guerin.

At the cemetery¹ in Soma, the coffins² kept coming to an area they call the martyrs’ plot.Relatives consumed by grief. The graves are being filled here one by one. This community issaying goodbye to husbands, fathers and sons. For some, the grief is compounded by anger,by a belief that all of this could have been avoided by better safety standards at the mine.

President Obama has described a Memorial Museum dedicated³ to the September the 11thattacks in 2001 as a sacred place of healing and hope. He was speaking to rescuers andsurvivors as he inaugurated the museum in New York on the site of the former World TradeCenter. Nick Bryant was at the ceremony.

Touring its exhibits was a profound moving experience, said President Obama. And he recalledand reaffirmed the spirit of 9·11—love, compassion⁴, sacrifice. As with most things connectedwith ground zero, the museum has attracted debate and controversy⁵. A video explaining therise of radical⁶ Islam has drawn⁷ complaints by some who claimed it demonizes Muslims. Anunderground facility next to the museum and that has the unidentified remains⁸ of missingWorld Trade Center victims, which has enraged⁹ some families.

Demonstrators in Brazil have blocked main roads into St. Paulo during a day of anti-governmentprotest across the country. Protesters are angry that billions of dollars have been spent on theFootball World Cup which Brazil is hosting next month rather than social projects, transportsand housing.

The head of China’s People’s Liberation Army has said that China will continue drilling incontested waters in the South China Sea, despite riots targeted Chinese businesses in Vietnam.General Fang¹⁰ Fenghui was speaking during a visit to the United States. From Washington, hereis Rajini Vaidyanathan.

General Fang was welcomed to the Pentagon with a 19 gun salute¹¹. But after meeting with hisAmerican counterpart, the signs of discord¹² were clear. He warned the US should not takesides in the ongoing¹³ dispute it’s having with Vietnam, over its operation of a deep sea oil rig incontested waters off the Vietnamese coast. Protests in Vietnam have left one Chinese workerdead and more than 100 injured. The US State Department has described Chinese decision toinstall the rig as provocative¹⁴.

This is BBC news.

Syrian opposition¹⁵ activists¹⁶ said at least 43 people have been killed by a car bomb close to theborder with Turkey, including at least 3 children. The explosion happened at the Bab al-Salameh border crossing in Aleppo Province in an area that seemed fighting between rivalgroups and rebels opposed to President Bashar al-Assad.

President Putin has delivered a new ultimatum¹⁷ on Russian gas supplied to Ukraine. In a letterreleased by the Kremlin today, Mr. Putin threatens to cut off supplies of natural gas from nextmonth unless, what he says, that Ukraine’s unpaid¹⁸ bill is settled. Theo Leggett has the details.

President Putin claims that Ukraine’s bill for unpaid gas has risen from $2.4 billion to $3.5 billion.He says that no payments have been made since early April, despite the fact that Ukrainerecently received a $3.2 billion loan payment from the International Monetary¹⁹ Fund. Ukrainehas reportedly offered to clear the unpaid bill, but only if it can continue to buy gas at adiscounted price. Russia scribed discounts for Ukraine in April effectively increasing the price itcharges its neighbor by 80 percent.

Bosnia and Serbia have declared state emergency after suffering their heaviest rains and floodssince records began 120 years ago. Overflowing²⁰ rivers have burst into towns and villages,cutting off whole communities. At least 2 people have drowned. In Bosnia, army helicoptersevacuated dozens of stranded²¹ residents. Some sat on their roofs, waiting for help. The SerbiaPrime Minister Alexander Vochich appealed for help from the European Union and Russia.

The five main candidates for the post of European Commission President have taken part in thelive television debate, a landmark²² event for the EU. It’s the first time political groups in theEuropean Parliament have put forward candidates for the top job in Brussels. The contendersinclude a former Prime Minister and the current leader of the parliament’s socialist²³ group.

1 cemetery   

n.坟墓，墓地，坟场

参考例句：

• He was buried in the cemetery.他被葬在公墓。
• His remains were interred in the cemetery.他的遗体葬在墓地。

2 coffins   

n.棺材( coffin的名词复数 )；使某人早亡[死，完蛋，垮台等]之物

参考例句：

• The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了。 来自辞典例句
• Donate some coffins to the temple, equal to the number of deaths. 到寺庙里，捐赠棺材盒给这些死者吧。 来自电影对白

3 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

4 compassion   

n.同情，怜悯

参考例句：

• He could not help having compassion for the poor creature.他情不自禁地怜悯起那个可怜的人来。
• Her heart was filled with compassion for the motherless children.她对于没有母亲的孩子们充满了怜悯心。

5 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

6 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。

7 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

8 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。

9 enraged   

使暴怒( enrage的过去式和过去分词 )； 歜； 激愤

参考例句：

• I was enraged to find they had disobeyed my orders. 发现他们违抗了我的命令，我极为恼火。
• The judge was enraged and stroke the table for several times. 大法官被气得连连拍案。

10 fang   

n.尖牙，犬牙

参考例句：

• Look how the bone sticks out of the flesh like a dog's fang.瞧瞧,这根骨头从肉里露出来，象一只犬牙似的。
• The green fairy's fang thrusting between his lips.绿妖精的尖牙从他的嘴唇里龇出来。

11 salute   

vi.行礼，致意，问候，放礼炮；vt.向…致意，迎接，赞扬；n.招呼，敬礼，礼炮

参考例句：

• Merchant ships salute each other by dipping the flag.商船互相点旗致敬。
• The Japanese women salute the people with formal bows in welcome.这些日本妇女以正式的鞠躬向人们施礼以示欢迎。

12 discord   

n.不和，意见不合，争论，（音乐）不和谐

参考例句：

• These two answers are in discord.这两个答案不一样。
• The discord of his music was hard on the ear.他演奏的不和谐音很刺耳。

13 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

14 provocative   

adj.挑衅的，煽动的，刺激的，挑逗的

参考例句：

• She wore a very provocative dress.她穿了一件非常性感的裙子。
• His provocative words only fueled the argument further.他的挑衅性讲话只能使争论进一步激化。

15 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。

16 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》

17 ultimatum   

n.最后通牒

参考例句：

• This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
• The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。

18 unpaid   

adj.未付款的，无报酬的

参考例句：

• Doctors work excessive unpaid overtime.医生过度加班却无报酬。
• He's doing a month's unpaid work experience with an engineering firm.他正在一家工程公司无偿工作一个月以获得工作经验。

19 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。

20 overflowing   

n. 溢出物,溢流 adj. 充沛的，充满的 动词overflow的现在分词形式

参考例句：

• The stands were overflowing with farm and sideline products. 集市上农副产品非常丰富。
• The milk is overflowing. 牛奶溢出来了。

21 stranded   

a.搁浅的，进退两难的

参考例句：

• He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
• I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。

22 landmark   

n.陆标，划时代的事，地界标

参考例句：

• The Russian Revolution represents a landmark in world history.俄国革命是世界历史上的一个里程碑。
• The tower was once a landmark for ships.这座塔曾是船只的陆标。

23 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。