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An internal World Health Organization document has blamed?the?UN agency for botching efforts to stop the spread of Ebola in West Africa. The draft?report said the agency had been too slow to act because of the lack of information and incompetent¹ staff. E. F. has this report.

世界卫生组织内部文件指责联合国机构对遏制西非埃博拉疫情传播工作组织不力。这项草案报道称联合国机构因缺乏信息和员工失职进而导致行动缓慢。E.F.发回报道。

The Director General of the WHO has now admitted she was unhappy when she learned just how big the Ebola outbreak was and cleared indication that the organization knows something has gone badly wrong. The WHO is facing financial cutbacks. Perhaps with Ebola, its officials feared accusation² of over-reacting. Critics also claimed the WHO was bureaucratic³ with little communication between its officers in Africa and headquarters in Geneva. Reacting to charges, a senior WHO official said there would be an investigation⁴ into the Ebola crisis but not until the outbreak was over.?

世界卫生组织领导人表示在刚刚得知埃博拉疫情爆发如此严重的时候心情非常沉重，并且清楚表明了该组织非常清楚事情处境有多糟糕。世界卫生组织正面临财政削减，可能面对埃博拉疫情其官员担心受到过度反应的指控。批评者还认为世界卫生组织与驻阿富汗的官员和日内瓦总部联系甚少。针对控告反应，世界卫生组织一位高级官员表示将对会埃博拉危机进行调查但是得等到危机结束之后。

The military in Nigeria says it's agreed a ceasefire with the militant⁵ Islamist group Boko Haram.??However, there has been no word so far from the militant group. Will Ross sends this report from Lagos.

尼日利亚军方表示与伊斯兰博科圣地组织签订了停火协议。然而目前还没有得到激进组织的文字声明。Will Ross从拉各斯发回报道。

The Chief of Defense⁶ Staff Alex B. gave very few details but said a ceasefire agreement has been struck with Boko Haram. A senior official in the presidency⁷ told the BBC that as a part of the deal, the 290 abducted⁸ school girls would be freed by Boko Haram. Although he said there would be more talks to work out exactly how they would be released. This is a very surprising development as Nigerian officials had not given any indication that the negotiations¹⁰ were taking place.?

国防部参谋长Alex B.没有对此进行详细解释，但表示停火协议确实已经与博科圣地组织签订。总统身边一位高级官员告诉BBC记者称作为协议的一部分，290名被绑架女学生将会被博科圣地组织释放。但他表示将会进行跟多的谈话来商定如何释放学生。这是尼日利亚政府在没有做出任何表示的情况下取得的惊人进展，目前谈判工作正在进行。

The BBC has found evidence that a well-established slave trade in southern Thailand with Bangladesh men being sold in servitude. Our Southeast Asia correspondent Jonathan Head reports.?

BBC掌握证据表明在泰国南部有一个完善的奴隶贸易组织在与孟加拉人进行贸易往来。下面是本台南部记者Jonathan Head发回报道。

Local officials on Thailand's Andaman coast were alerted to the plight¹¹ of these men by villagers who spotted¹² them being moved between their jungle camps. Two groups who were rescued in the past week totaling 134. They described being lured¹³ from their hometowns in Bangladesh by the promise of better jobs, then being drugged, tied up and packed onto a boat bound for Thailand, there they were held by armed guards who planned to sell them into slavery, probably on fishing boats to plantations¹⁴. Some of those guards have been caught but officials say the slave trade is run by more powerful figures in Thailand who have yet to be challenged by the authorities.?

泰国安达曼海岸当局开始注意到这些人是因为村民在丛林中走动认出了他们。在过去两周里已经有两组人员共134人获救。他们称被其提出好工作的承诺吸引从而被麻醉，捆绑起来装上驶向泰国的轮船，船只被警卫控制着，打算将他们当奴隶卖掉，很可能被买到渔船的种植园。其中一些警卫被捕，但是官方人员表示泰国奴隶贸易组织运行背景强大，尚未收到当局的盘问。

Kiev says there has been no final agreement in talks about Russian gas supply to Ukraine. However, the Russian president Vladimir Putin said some progress had been made, a view echoed earlier by his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko who said a deal had been struck on the outline of a contract to end the dispute over unpaid¹⁵ bills. Their talks are part of a negotiation⁹ between Mr. Putin and European leaders over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.?

基辅表示俄罗斯对乌克兰天然气供应问题没有达成最终协议。然而俄罗斯总统普京表示此次谈话还是取得了一些进展。在早些时候他的伙伴乌克兰总统表示此次谈判因为未付账单纠纷草草收场。此次对话是普京和欧洲领导人就乌克兰东部冲突谈话的一部分。

World News from the BBC.?

您现在收听的是BBC世界新闻。

The Polish authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia. Adam Easton reports from Warsaw.?

波兰当局已经逮捕两名涉嫌监视俄罗斯间谍嫌疑人。Adam Easton从华沙发回报道。

Until now officials have refused to identify the country the men were allegedly spying for. Prosecutors¹⁶ have still only revealed that one of the detained men is an officer serving in the Polish military while the other is a lawyer based in Warsaw. The Polish media, however, has reported that the officer is a colonel working for the Ministry¹⁷ of Defense and that the lawyer has dual¹⁸ Polish and Russian citizenship¹⁹. The case is likely to further strain relations between Warsaw and Moscow which has become considerably²⁰ more difficult following Poland's condemnation²¹ of Russia's actions in Ukraine.? ?

目前官方拒绝承认国人涉嫌从事间谍活动。检察官目前只是揭露两名嫌疑人中其中一人是波兰军队人员另外一名是华沙律师。然而波兰媒体已经报道称军队人员是国防部上校，而另外一名律师拥有波兰和俄罗斯双重公民身份。这场案件很可能再次加深华沙和莫斯科关系的裂痕。在波兰谴责俄罗斯在乌克兰行为之后双方关系一度紧张不已。

Turkish prosecutors have dropped a high-profile corruption²² case that led the resignation of three administers.??Reports said the lack of sufficient evidence and problems in collecting the evidence meant the charge against 53 people could not be stood up.??The case focused on allegations the some of two government ministers had organized the giving and taking of bribes²³.??

土耳其检察官已经终止对一个备受瞩目的腐败案件进行调查，此次案件已经导致三名管理人员离职。据报道因缺乏足够的证据，和在搜集证据过程中遇到的困难导致针对53人的指控不能成立。此次案件重点在指控两个政府部长曾经有过索取和受贿行为。

The congress in the Mexican state of G. has impeached²⁴ the mayor of the town of E. who's sought by the authorities on organized crime charge. The mayor J. L. is suspected of involvement in the disappearance²⁵ of 43 students during demonstrations²⁶ in the town three weeks ago.??The mayor and his wife left the town the day after the disturbances²⁷ and haven't been seen since. Thousands of protesters marched in the city of A. in G. state demanding the safe return of the students.?

墨西哥州议会已经对该市E.城镇市长进行弹劾。市长J.L.涉嫌参与两周前学生游行示威43名学生失踪案。市长与其妻子在骚乱发生后第二天离开当地至今未露面。成千上万名A.城市示威者要求安全释放学生。

1 incompetent   

adj.无能力的，不能胜任的

参考例句：

• He is utterly incompetent at his job.他完全不能胜任他的工作。
• He is incompetent at working with his hands.他动手能力不行。

2 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

3 bureaucratic   

adj.官僚的，繁文缛节的

参考例句：

• The sweat of labour washed away his bureaucratic airs.劳动的汗水冲掉了他身上的官气。
• In this company you have to go through complex bureaucratic procedures just to get a new pencil.在这个公司里即使是领一支新铅笔，也必须通过繁琐的手续。

4 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

5 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。

6 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

7 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

8 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

9 negotiation   

n.谈判，协商

参考例句：

• They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。
• The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

10 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

11 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。

12 spotted   

adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的

参考例句：

• The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
• Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。

13 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

14 plantations   

n.种植园，大农场( plantation的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Soon great plantations, supported by slave labor, made some families very wealthy. 不久之后出现了依靠奴隶劳动的大庄园，使一些家庭成了富豪。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
• Winterborne's contract was completed, and the plantations were deserted. 维恩特波恩的合同完成后，那片林地变得荒废了。 来自辞典例句

15 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。

16 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

17 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

18 dual   

adj.双的；二重的，二元的

参考例句：

• The people's Republic of China does not recognize dual nationality for any Chinese national.中华人民共和国不承认中国公民具有双重国籍。
• He has dual role as composer and conductor.他兼作曲家及指挥的双重身分。

19 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

20 considerably   

adv.极大地；相当大地；在很大程度上

参考例句：

• The economic situation has changed considerably.经济形势已发生了相当大的变化。
• The gap has narrowed considerably.分歧大大缩小了。

21 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

22 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

23 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

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。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

24 impeached   

v.控告（某人）犯罪( impeach的过去式和过去分词 )；弹劾；对（某事物）怀疑；提出异议

参考例句：

• Elected officials can be impeached. 经过选举产生的官员可以被弹劾。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The judge was impeached for taking a bribe. 这个法官被检举接受贿赂。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

25 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

26 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。

27 disturbances   

n.骚乱( disturbance的名词复数 )；打扰；困扰；障碍

参考例句：

• The government has set up a commission of inquiry into the disturbances at the prison. 政府成立了一个委员会来调查监狱骚乱事件。
• Extra police were called in to quell the disturbances. 已调集了增援警力来平定骚乱。