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More than 3 million people have marched through Paris and other French cities in a show of unity¹ after last week's deadly attacks by Islamist extremists. The French government said it was the largest rally in the country's history. President Francois Hollande liking² arms alongside 40 world leaders said that today Paris was the capital of the world. From Paris, Chris Morris reports.

大约有3百万人前往巴黎和法国其他城市对上周遭伊斯兰极端分子袭击事件进行游行对抗。法国政府方面表示这是法国历史上最大规模的一次游行。法国总统弗朗索瓦奥朗德身边陪伴着其他40个国家领导人相互挽着胳膊，并说今天的巴黎就是世界的首都。下面是本台记者从巴黎发回的报道。

More than a million people on the streets of Paris to say no to extremism and to pay tribute to the victims of last week's attacks. There were slogans and singing, cheers and defiant³ deplores⁴. Some people simply marched in silence. Messages of solidarity⁵ pinned to their scarves and coats. With political leaders from across Europe and beyond gathered at the front of the march, one stage the crowd stretched back from miles through the streets. Young and old took part in this march, people of all races and creeds⁶, among them many French Muslims and many French Jews. There were similar rallies in cities throughout the country. But at the same time, the attacks have exposed vulnerabilities in France and elsewhere.

大约有一百万人聚集到了巴黎街道上向极端主义分子说不，同时也对上周遭袭击的遇难者表示了哀悼之情。人们时而高呼口号时而放声高歌，悲壮且坚定地对抗恐怖分子的挑衅。还有一些人默默的跟着队伍前进。游行者身上穿的外套和围巾上都写满了团结字眼。欧洲政界领导人也都聚集到了这一游行前线中来，游行队伍长达几公里之外的街道。老人和年轻人们也加入到了游行当中，队伍中还有不同种族、信仰的群众，有法国穆斯林和法国犹太人。在法国全国上下不同城市都举行了类似的游行，但是同时，法国和其他地区都还存在令恐怖分子攻击的漏洞需要我们关注。

This Algerian-born French woman explained why she was marching.

这名阿尔及利亚法国女性向我们解释了她参加游行的原因。

My religion is Islam. But I am a French. I live here. I eat the French bread. And I love my country. And I work against terrorism, because this act what happened this week, we all are racing⁷ of this. There are Jews. There is Christian⁸. There is some people who do not believe in Gods. But they are human. We all are human. We all are brothers.?

我的宗教是伊斯兰教。但是我是一名法国人，我住在法国，我吃法国食物，我也喜欢我的国家。现在我参与游行对抗恐怖主义，因为上周发生的恐怖袭击与我们息息相关。这些人中有犹太人，有基督徒，还有不相信上帝的人，但是他们同样都是人，我们都是人类，我们是亲人。

The King of Jordan and the Palestinian President Mohammed Abbas were among several Middle East leaders taking part in the Paris rally. Morocco said that its foreign minister in Paris to present its country’s condolences would not take part because what Morocco regards as the bless from us nature of the Charlie Hebdo cartoons.?

约旦国王和巴勒斯坦总统阿巴斯和其他几位中东领导人参与了巴黎游行活动。摩洛哥方面说外交大臣因巴黎大游行中出现讽刺先知的漫画，最终没有参加于法国游行示威。 

President Hollande later joined the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for a ceremony at the grand synagogue to commemorate⁹ the four Jewish victims of the attack on a Kosher Supermarket. Mr. Netanyahu thanked to Muslim employee at the supermarket A* B* who saved several of the hostages.?

总统奥朗德后来出席了以色列总理本杰明内塔尼亚胡在大教堂为纪念一所犹太超市中遇难的四名犹太人举行的纪念仪式。内塔尼亚胡对该超市工作的穆斯林员工挽救人质行为表示感谢。

Rallies to show solidarity with France have taken place around the world. In Madrid, several hundred Muslims carrying banners saying not in our name, gathered next to the railway station where in 2004 bomb planted by Islamist militants¹⁰ killed nearly 200 people. Thousands of people gathered in Brussels, Berlin and Vietnam. In London, top monuments were illuminated¹¹ with the red, white and blue colors of the French flag. More than 20,000 people are marched in Canada’s French-speaking city of Montreal.?

就声援法国方面的集会在世界各地陆续展开。在马德里，数百名穆斯林人高举旗子说我们不是以自己的名义聚集在这里，2004年伊斯兰武装分子在这个火车站制造了一起爆炸袭击，造成几乎200人死亡。

You are listening to world news from the BBC.

您现在收听的是BBC世界新闻。

Two female suicide bombers¹² have blown themselves up in northeast Nigeria. At least 4 other people were killed when the explosion ripped through a crowded mobile phone market in the city of Potiskum in Yobe State. Will Ross reports.?

两名女性自杀式爆炸袭击者在尼日利亚北部选择自杀。爆炸造成至少4人死亡。爆炸发生在约贝州Potiskum市一家人员拥挤的手机市场。下面是本台记者发回的报道。

An eyewitness¹³ in Potiskum told the BBC the two bombs went off within a minute of each other. The second went off as people gathered to help victims of the first blast. A doctor who visited the scene said he could see the remains¹⁴ of the suicide belts on the bodies of the two female bombers. He said they both look to be in their early 20s. The Jihadist group Boko Haram has used female suicide bombers before. On Saturday, in Maiduguri, a 10-year-old girl was reported to have blown herself up in a market, killing¹⁵ at least 19 people.?

Potiskum市一位目击者告诉BBC记者称两枚人体炸弹在一分钟之内相继爆炸。第二起爆炸发生时当地群众正聚集起来帮助救助第一起爆炸受害者。一位见证了爆炸当时场景的医生告诉我们说他可以看到两名自杀式袭击女性尸体身上绑着的炸弹腰带残骸。他说两人看起来也就20来岁。圣战组织博科圣地组织之前采用过女性自杀式炸弹袭击方式。周六的时候在迈杜古里，据报道称一名10岁小女孩在一个市场引爆自己造成至少19人死亡。

Poland is evacuating¹⁶ almost 200 Ukrainians of Polish descends¹⁷ from eastern Ukraine where a separatist conflict is simmering. The Polish Foreign Ministry¹⁸ said the 162 people including several dozen children and a pregnant woman have been removed out of the troubled Donetsk Region. A further twenty are expected to follow. The Ukrainians will be offered free housing, language courses and school places for their children for six months. And they can then choose to stay or return to Ukraine.?

波兰考虑到东乌克兰分离主义冲突危机在即对东乌克兰大约200名波兰人进行疏散。波兰外交部长称162人中包括数十名儿童和一名孕妇已经从混乱的顿涅茨克地区撤离。下次目标为另外20人。乌克兰人将会被提供免费房租居住，语言课程和为其儿童准备的六个月的上学时间。他们同样也可以选择留下或者返回乌克兰。

We notes the votes counted in Croatia’s Presidential election. Exit polls indicate the current center of President Ivo Josipovic is neck and neck with his conservative opposition¹⁹ rival Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. Latest figures for the gap between the two candidates are less than 1.1%. Our reporter G.L. explains the difference between them.

我们关注克罗地亚地区总统选举结果。据民意调查显示现任总统Ivo Josipovic与他最强大的保守党对手Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic支持率不相上下。据最新数据显示两人得票率仅相差1.1%。下面是本台记者针对两者投票率微弱差距的解释。

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is a member of the more conservative party. In Croatia, she is being saying that a vote for her was a vote for a different patriotic²⁰ Croatia setting herself aside from the incumbent²¹ Ivo Josipovic who had very much pro-European thought of stands about him.?

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic是保守党成员。在克罗地亚，对她进行投票就相当于对不同的爱国主义克罗地亚进行投票对抗现任总理Ivo Josipovic亲欧洲思想。G.L.报道。

1 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

2 liking   

n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢

参考例句：

• The word palate also means taste or liking.Palate这个词也有“口味”或“嗜好”的意思。
• I must admit I have no liking for exaggeration.我必须承认我不喜欢夸大其词。

3 defiant   

adj.无礼的，挑战的

参考例句：

• With a last defiant gesture,they sang a revolutionary song as they were led away to prison.他们被带走投入监狱时，仍以最后的反抗姿态唱起了一支革命歌曲。
• He assumed a defiant attitude toward his employer.他对雇主采取挑衅的态度。

4 deplores   

v.悲叹，痛惜，强烈反对( deplore的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He often deplores his past sins. 他经常痛悔自己过去的罪恶。 来自辞典例句
• Regretting the lack of spontaneity and real sensuousness in other contemporary poets, he deplores in Tennyson. 他对于和他同时代的诗人缺乏自发性和真实的敏感，感到惋惜，他对坦尼森感到悲痛。 来自辞典例句

5 solidarity   

n.团结；休戚相关

参考例句：

• They must preserve their solidarity.他们必须维护他们的团结。
• The solidarity among China's various nationalities is as firm as a rock.中国各族人民之间的团结坚如磐石。

6 creeds   

（尤指宗教）信条，教条( creed的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• people of all races, colours and creeds 各种种族、肤色和宗教信仰的人
• Catholics are agnostic to the Protestant creeds. 天主教徒对于新教教义来说，是不可知论者。

7 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 commemorate   

vt.纪念，庆祝

参考例句：

• This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
• We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。

10 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。

11 illuminated   

adj.被照明的；受启迪的

参考例句：

• Floodlights illuminated the stadium. 泛光灯照亮了体育场。
• the illuminated city at night 夜幕中万家灯火的城市

12 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

14 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。

15 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。

16 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

17 descends   

v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

18 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。

19 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。

20 patriotic   

adj.爱国的，有爱国心的

参考例句：

• His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。
• The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

21 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。