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Pope Francis has supported the right of parents to choose the size of their families, saying good Roman Catholics did not have to be like rabbits.??He says population experts recommended 3 children per family.?

教皇弗朗西斯表示支持父母选择家庭成员大小，并说虔诚的罗马天主教徒不应该像兔子一样生育。他说人口专家建议每个家庭最好有三个孩子。

The pope was on his way back from Philippines when he met several former street children who were abandoned by parents unable to afford to look after them. He was asked by one journalist what he say to family having more children than they can afford??because the church doesn't allow artificial contraception.??Pope Francis responded that some people believe in order to be good Catholics, they have to be like rabbits to have more children than were safe and responsible.??Asking those president to forgive his language, he said that was not the case when the responsible parenting was the answer.?

教皇在从菲律宾访问归来路上发表这一讲话。在访问期间教皇会见了早期因父母无力养育而被弃之街头的流浪儿童。他被一名记者问到称因教会禁止人工避孕而不得不生出了难以养育的儿童数量时，教皇回答说一些人为了使自己成为天主教的选民，他们不得不像兔子一样生育拥有更多孩子。随即教皇说请求大家原谅他这样用词，他说这一回应并不是成为天主教信徒的关键。

European Union foreign minister has agreed to cooperate more closely with Arab government and others around the world to prevent attacks by Islamic militants¹ following the killing² earlier this month in Paris. The EU foreign affairs chief say the ministers meeting in Brussels have for the first time to state a real??and deep awareness³ of the need to work together.?

欧盟外交部长同意与阿拉伯政府和其他国家共同合作阻止伊斯兰武装分子的恐怖袭击，这一决定在上个月早些时候巴黎发生恐怖袭击之后做出。欧盟外交部长表示在布鲁塞尔出席会议的部长们进行了第一次深度对话。

What we need is an alliance and dialog and work together in cooperation because we are all facing the same threat. And this, I think it's going to be something we need to work on more and more, not only European Union other countries but also inside the European Union with the Muslim communities and old concept of minorities.?

我们现在需要做的是建立共同合作联盟，因为我们都面临着这一威胁。同时，我认为这种合作联盟不仅需要在欧盟和其他国家之间建立，还需要在欧盟内部和穆斯林组织和少数民族的旧观念共同合作。

Scientists investigating the way that Malaria⁴ parasites⁵ are able to resist the most powerful treatment say they have identified the mutation⁶ that is responsible across southeast Asia parasites to developing tolerance⁷ of the main drug used to treat Malaria.?

科学家调查发现疟疾寄生虫能够抵抗强大的药物治疗，称其已经确定亚洲东南部地区疟疾寄生虫出现了基因突变，科学家已经开始开发用于治疗当地疟疾药物。

Artemisinin is the most effective Malaria treatment ever developed. But across Southeast Asia resistance to it is a growing concern. Now in the largest genetics study today, scientists have identified several mutations on genes⁹ in the Malaria parasites. Some of these genetic⁸ changes a link directly to resistance while others make the parasites more accessible to it. The researches say that they don't fully¹⁰ understand the mechanism¹¹ but tracking down the parasites with the genetic variation could help them to identify the area where resistance may spread next.?

青嵩素是目前对抗疟疾寄生虫最有效的药物。但是东南亚地区疟疾寄生虫对这种药物的抗药性越来越令人担忧。目前在最大的遗传学研究机构，科学家已经证实疟疾寄生虫基因出现突变。一些遗传基因直接出现改变令寄生虫基因可以更加接近。研究人员表示其不完全明白基因突变机制，但是根据遗传变异可以追踪寄生虫来帮助他们找出下一个即将变异的区域。

A government spokesman of Yemen has said Houthi fighters have surrounded the Republican Palace in the capital Sanaa where the prime minister lives. The development comes despite an earlier ceasefire which appeared to be holding. In a day of heavy fighting between Hussein rebels in the army, gun fires echo across the city and more had fell around the presidential palace.??Yemen information minister said that the president was safe following what she called an attempted coup¹².?

也门政府发言人表示胡赛士兵包围了也门首都萨那总理住所。早些时候双方达成了停火协议。在经过一天的激烈交火，枪声响彻城市上空，更多枪响发生在总统府周围。也门信息部长表示总统目前很安全，并称此次冲突为一场政变。

World News from the BBC.?

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Police in Kenya capital Nairobi have fired tear gas to primary school children who have protested the seizure¹³ of their school playground by a property developer. The police, some accompanied by dogs or carrying rifles, disperse¹⁴ the protestors after they pushed over a newly built board placed between the school building and playing field.?

肯尼亚首都内罗毕警方对不满房地产开发商缩小其学校操场行为展开抗议的儿童投掷催泪瓦斯进行驱散。孩子们推倒了一个矗立在学校操场和建筑物之间的新建墙体，一些警方带着警犬或携带步枪对孩子们进行了驱散。

The Argentine security secretary Sergio Beirne said one special prosecutor¹⁵ found dead after accusing the president Christina Fernandez of catching¹⁶ a cover up appeared to have committed suicide. Alberto Nisman was found shot dead in his Buenos Aires apartment. He was due to appear before an inquiry¹⁷ today after accusing president of destructing his??investigation¹⁸ into the bombing of Jewish community center more than 20 years ago.?

阿根廷安全部长塞尔西奥贝尔尼表示一位刚刚指控总统费尔南德斯掩盖事实的检察官疑似自杀。阿尔韦托尼斯曼在布宜诺斯艾利斯公寓内被发现枪击死亡。他指控总统涉嫌掩盖20年前犹太人社区中心爆炸案件真相，本该在今天出席听证会。

United Sates officials have been quoted to saying that they knew North Korea was behind the cyber attack of Sony pictures because the US had infiltrated¹⁹ the country's network in 2010.??

美国官员引用称其已经知道朝鲜攻击索尼影业网络背后黑手，因为其已经在2010年就对朝鲜网络进行了监控。

The United States was quick to point the finger to North Korea for the devastating²⁰ hack²¹ on Sony picture last year and quick to impose sanctions.??North Korea continued to deny any role and some independent cyber security experts also express doubts. Now leaked documents and testimonies²² from former officials are found to answer public domain²³, appearing to back up Washington's case. 

美国方面在索尼影业去年遭黑客网络攻击之后立即指出是朝鲜方面所谓，朝鲜方面一直否认这一指控，而美国方面专家也对这一指控表示怀疑。现在从前官员手中透露的文件毫无疑问对这一指控提出了有力证明。

In the latest game with football Africa Cup of Nation Tournament, one of the favorite Algeria has beaten South Africa 3-1. South Africa took the lead shortly after half time but miss the penalty minutes later and then conceded an own goal. In the day Senegal came from behind to guard at 2-1 and the wining goal was scored in the last minute.?

在最新非洲国家杯比赛进程中，阿尔及利亚队以3:1成绩击败南非。南非队在前半场占主导地位，但是随后错过了最佳点球时间，随后获得一球。同一天另外一支队伍塞内加尔在比赛结束最后一分钟压哨进球2:1赢得比赛。

1 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。

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 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

4 malaria   

n.疟疾

参考例句：

• He had frequent attacks of malaria.他常患疟疾。
• Malaria is a kind of serious malady.疟疾是一种严重的疾病。

5 parasites   

寄生物( parasite的名词复数 )； 靠他人为生的人； 诸虫

参考例句：

• These symptoms may be referable to virus infection rather than parasites. 这些症状也许是由病毒感染引起的，而与寄生虫无关。
• Kangaroos harbor a vast range of parasites. 袋鼠身上有各种各样的寄生虫。

6 mutation   

n.变化，变异，转变

参考例句：

• People who have this mutation need less sleep than others.有这种突变的人需要的睡眠比其他人少。
• So far the discussion has centered entirely around mutation in the strict sense.到目前为止，严格来讲，讨论完全集中于围绕突变问题上。

7 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。

8 genetic   

adj.遗传的，遗传学的

参考例句：

• It's very difficult to treat genetic diseases.遗传性疾病治疗起来很困难。
• Each daughter cell can receive a full complement of the genetic information.每个子细胞可以收到遗传信息的一个完全补偿物。

9 genes   

n.基因( gene的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

10 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

11 mechanism   

n.机械装置；机构，结构

参考例句：

• The bones and muscles are parts of the mechanism of the body.骨骼和肌肉是人体的组成部件。
• The mechanism of the machine is very complicated.这台机器的结构是非常复杂的。

12 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

13 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

14 disperse   

vi.使分散；使消失；vt.分散；驱散

参考例句：

• The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
• The children disperse for the holidays.孩子们放假了。

15 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

16 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。

17 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

18 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。

19 infiltrated   

adj.[医]浸润的v.（使）渗透，（指思想）渗入人的心中( infiltrate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The headquarters had been infiltrated by enemy spies. 总部混入了敌方特务。
• Many Chinese idioms have infiltrated into the Japanese language. 许多中国成语浸透到日语中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

20 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

21 hack   

n.劈，砍，出租马车；v.劈，砍，干咳

参考例句：

• He made a hack at the log.他朝圆木上砍了一下。
• Early settlers had to hack out a clearing in the forest where they could grow crops.早期移民不得不在森林里劈出空地种庄稼。

22 testimonies   

（法庭上证人的）证词( testimony的名词复数 )； 证明，证据

参考例句：

• Davie poured forth his eloquence upon the controversies and testimonies of the day. 戴维向他滔滔不绝地谈那些当时有争论的问题和上帝的箴言。
• Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. 22求你除掉我所受的羞辱和藐视，因我遵守你的法度。

23 domain   

n.(活动等)领域，范围；领地，势力范围

参考例句：

• This information should be in the public domain.这一消息应该为公众所知。
• This question comes into the domain of philosophy.这一问题属于哲学范畴。