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The family of Reeva Steenkamp shot dead by the South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has reacted angrily after he was founded guilty of culpable¹ homicide but cleared of murder. June Steenkamp said there had been no justice for her daughter who died a horrible death. She said she couldn't believe the judge had accepted the explaination by Oscar Pistorius that he had mistaken Reeva for an intruder. Andrew Harding reports.

被南非运动员皮斯托瑞斯枪杀女友家人因皮斯托瑞斯被判过失杀人而激起了极大的愤怒。斯蒂恩坎普称她女儿的死亡没有得到公正的判决。她说难以相信法官竟然相信了皮斯托瑞斯称误把女友当成入侵者的荒谬解释。Andrew Harding发回报道。

Mr. Pistorius showed her his emotion. He had been warned yesterday to expect this verdict. The judge concluded in that he did not intend to kill anyone when he shot Reeve Steenkamp in his toilet, but was still criminally negligent². The family spokesman Uncle Anold Pistorius thanked her for rejecting a verdict of murder. But Reeva Steenkamp's family and friends appeared shocked and disappointed by the verdict. Earlier, her father Barry described his own grief.?

Pistorius表达了他的愤怒。昨天他被警告称要做好心理准备面对这一判决。法官总结称他并不想杀害任何人，那只是过失杀人。该家庭发言人皮斯托瑞斯的叔叔感谢法官没有判决谋杀罪名。而死者家人和好友显然对这一判决感到震惊和失望。早些时候，她的父亲表达了自己的悲痛心情。

If she if other people do look in and see and listen, and have their thoughts, any once they have got through it, or they know what has been failed.

如果她或者任何人看到了听到了，或者动脑筋想一想就会知道，他们哪里出问题领土。说

The Pakistani army says they arrested the gunmen who tried to kill the school girl Malala Yousafzai 2 years ago. She gained prominence³ for demanding rights to education for girls. Shima Halio reports Islamabad.?

巴基斯坦军方称他们逮捕了两年前试图杀害女学生马拉拉尤萨法扎伊的犯罪分子。她因要求女孩上学接受教育的权利而出名。Shima Halio在伊斯兰堡发回报道。

The spokesperson for the military general Asim Bajwa has said that these 10 men belong to a little non group called Shura,?and they were acting⁴ under the supervision⁵, and under the instructions of the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Maulana Fazlullah. The Pakistani army have said this was a joint⁶ operation with police,the military and intelligence agencies?that, when they made those arrests, they found a hate list of 22 other names that were going to be targeted other than? Malala.

军队发言人Asim Bajwa称这10名犯罪嫌疑人属于一个非组织小组名为修罗，真个行动都在监视之下进行，还有巴基斯坦塔利班领导人Maulana Fazlullah的指令。巴基斯坦军方称这是一个与军方，警方，情报机构联合行动的抓捕计划，当抓捕到这些犯罪嫌疑人之后他们发现还有22个目标被列入暗杀计划，除了Malala。

In Canada, the mayor of Toronto Rob Ford⁷ who made global headlines for confessing his addiction⁸ to crack cocaine⁹ has dropped out of the race of re-election. It follows an announcement earlier this week that he had tumor¹⁰ in his abdomen¹¹. Rob Ford returned to office as mayor in June after 2 months in rehab where he was recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. Rob Ford's brother Doug will run for mayor in his place.

加拿大多伦多市长罗伯福特因过度沉迷可卡因退出新一轮市长竞选，从而也登上全球新闻头条。这条消息在本周早些时候在宣布他腹部长有肿瘤后随后发布。罗伯福特在六月份回到办公室，之前在恢复中心进行了为期两个月的戒毒和戒酒训练。罗伯福特的哥哥将会接替他的位置参与竞选。

A giant figure in Northern Irish politics Sir. Revd Ian Paisley has died at the age of 88. The Labor¹² MPP became the Northern Ireland secretary of the state Mr.Paisley involvment in the peace process has been vital.?

北爱尔兰重要政治人物佩斯利去世，享年88岁。佩斯利作为北爱尔兰秘书长之后的和平进程至关重要。

The historic 2007 peace settlement which we negotiated and delivered stable as self goverment for Northern Ireland ever since between fetal life time old enemies, the Ian Paisley's party is DUP on the one hand, and should say link historically to the paramilitary link the Irien and the other, that could never happen without him.?

2007年通过一系列的谈判和交付程序取得了和平具有重要的历史意义，北爱尔兰各大党派之间组建政党，佩斯利组建了民主党并与其他政党联系起来，如果没有他的话就没有现在的结果。

This is the world news from the BBC.

下面为您播报BBC世界新闻。

United States is imposing¹³ another round of sanctions on Russia, targeting its biggest bank and restricting its ability to explore new deep water oil sources. The move is part of a joint efforts with Europe and punishing Russia's military intervention¹⁴ in Ukraine. A BBC correspondent says it's not clear how effective the sanctions have been so far despite the significant fall in the value of the Rouble.?

美国正在准备对俄罗斯采取新一轮制裁，本次目标位俄罗斯最大的银行和限制其往深一层探测深水石油资源的权利。此次行动是参与到欧洲制裁措施中的一部分，并对俄罗斯干预乌克兰军事行为进行了惩罚。一位BBC记者称目前尽管卢布价格显著下降，但是尚不清楚制裁所起到的效果。

American Secratary of State John Kerry who is visiting Turkey has said he is confident of forming a broad coalition¹⁵ of Arabian and European nations to fight against Islamic states militants¹⁶. He was speaking in Ankara on the latest leg of his Middle East tour. With more here is Barbara Betta Usher¹⁷.

美国国务卿约翰克里在访问土耳其中表示他有信心与阿拉伯和欧洲国家形成广泛的对抗ISIS恐怖组织联盟。此次讲话发表在克里最新的中东之旅途中。下面是本台记者Barbara Betta Usher发回的详细报道。

Mr. Kerry said it was too early to state every country's role in the coalition, but he officially confirmed the appointment of the retaired marine¹⁸ general John Allen to work on the details, and he said the full range of activities led by president Obama was been addressed. He said he could not have received more forsome commitment from Sunni Arab states, dismissing news reports of a tarp reception, and he praises Turkey as the central sercurity partner in the region. Turkey has indicated it will limit participation¹⁹ to the logistic and humanitarian²⁰ rather than military support.?

克里表示目前确定每个国家在统一战线中的作用还为时过早，但是他正式任命了退役海军将军约翰艾伦来制定更多细节发面的计划。他表示此次行动由奥巴马总统全权统筹策划。他说他从逊尼派阿拉伯国家收到了坚定的承诺，驳回了提出质疑的新闻报道。他赞扬土耳其是该地区的中心安全合作伙伴。土耳其暗示，他们会把合作限制在后勤和人道主义方面，而不是军事支持方面。 

A rescue operation is underway in the Nigerian city of Lagos, after a building collapsed²¹. The national emergency management agency said the building, a guest house for foreign members of TB Joshua's synagogue church of all nations, came down in the city's Okutum district. There has been no offical confirmation²² of casualties, there are reports of dead bodies been dragged from the rubble²³.

尼日利亚城市拉各斯一栋建筑倒塌之后，救援行动正在进行。全国紧急事务管理机构表示，这栋建筑位于Okutum区，是所有国家约书亚犹太教会堂外国成员的宾馆。目前还没有官方消息证实伤亡数字。有报道称人们从废墟中拖出尸体。 

The Calcutta high court has quashed charges of rape²⁴ against the internationally succesful Indian athlete after gender²⁵ tests proved she was female. Pinki Pramanik who had always competed as a woman had been accused of rape by her living partner who was also female. Ms. Pramanik specialized²⁶ in 400 and 800 meters, had success including winning golds at the 2006 Asia games.

加尔各答高级法院宣布对国际知名印度运动员的控告无效，因为性别测试表明她是女性。帕拉马尼克(PinkiPramanik)总是以女子身份参加比赛，被她的合租女伴指控强奸。帕拉马尼克擅长400米和800米田径比赛，多次取得胜利，包括赢得2006年亚运会田径比赛金牌。 

1 culpable   

adj.有罪的，该受谴责的

参考例句：

• The judge found the man culpable.法官认为那个人有罪。
• Their decision to do nothing makes them culpable.他们不采取任何行动的决定使他们难辞其咎。

2 negligent   

adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的

参考例句：

• The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
• If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。

3 prominence   

n.突出；显著；杰出；重要

参考例句：

• He came to prominence during the World Cup in Italy.他在意大利的世界杯赛中声名鹊起。
• This young fashion designer is rising to prominence.这位年轻的时装设计师的声望越来越高。

4 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

5 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

6 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

7 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

8 addiction   

n.上瘾入迷，嗜好

参考例句：

• He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。
• Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

9 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

10 tumor   

n.（肿）瘤，肿块(英)tumour

参考例句：

• He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
• The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。

11 abdomen   

n.腹，下腹(胸部到腿部的部分)

参考例句：

• How to know to there is ascarid inside abdomen?怎样知道肚子里面有蛔虫？
• He was anxious about an off-and-on pain the abdomen.他因时隐时现的腹痛而焦虑。

12 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

13 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

14 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

15 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。

16 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

17 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。

18 marine   

adj.海的；海生的；航海的；海事的；n.水兵

参考例句：

• Marine creatures are those which live in the sea. 海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
• When the war broke out,he volunteered for the Marine Corps.战争爆发时，他自愿参加了海军陆战队。

19 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

20 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

21 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。

22 confirmation   

n.证实，确认，批准

参考例句：

• We are waiting for confirmation of the news.我们正在等待证实那个消息。
• We need confirmation in writing before we can send your order out.给你们发送订购的货物之前，我们需要书面确认。

23 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

24 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。

25 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

26 specialized   

adj.专门的，专业化的

参考例句：

• There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
• These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。