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With most votes counted in the first round of the French regional elections, the far-right National Front party has topped the polls with nearly 30% of votes. The elections are the first since Islamic State militants¹ killed 130 people in Paris last month. The leader of the National Front, Marine² Le Pen, said her party was the strongest in the country.“The people have expressed themselves. And with the people, France raises its head. This vote confirms what former ballots³ had announced and what official observers did not want to admit yet, a national movement is, without contest, the first party in France. ”The governing Socialist⁴ Party, which triumphed third in the overall votes, says it won't contest 2 regions in the second round in a bid to thwart⁵ the National Front there.

法国恐袭事件后首次地方选举的首轮投票已经结束。票站民调显示，极右翼政党“法国国民阵线”(Front National)在第一轮的投票中赢得了将近30%的选票。该次选举是巴黎恐怖袭击案发生后的首次地方选举。上个月发生的巴黎恐怖袭击案导致130人遇难。法国极右翼政党“国民阵线”领导人玛丽娜·勒庞表明，“法国国民阵线”成为法国“第一大党”。“民众们已经表达了自己的观点。法国的民众，让法国崭露头角。即使官方观察员不想承认，选举结果也表明了，“法国国民阵线”成为法国“无可争议的第一大党。”执政的社会党，在排名第三，并表明，称其政党将在第二轮投票时，会阻止国民阵线获胜。

BBC current affairs program Panorama⁶ has seen evidence that the suspended president of FIFA Sepp Blatter, already under a criminal investigation⁷ in Switzerland, is also being investigated by the FBI. The probe relates to alleged⁸ bribes⁹ a sports marketing¹⁰ company paid to FIFA officials, including Blatter’s predecessor¹¹ Jo?o Havelange in the 1990s. Our Sports Correspondent has the details.“Sepp Bladder denied knowing about the bribes and took no action. Now the Panorama program has seen a letter obtained by the FBI which suggests he knew about the bribes all along. Apparently¹² signed by Jo?o Havelange, it talks about the payment that he Havelange received. It says that Mr. Blatter had full knowledge of all activities and was always apprised¹³ of them. Sepp Blatter declined to comment.”

BBC时事节目《全景》有证据称被停职的国际足联主席塞普·布拉特，在瑞士接受刑事调查的同时也在接受FBI的调查。调查涉及到体育营销公司涉嫌贿赂国际足联官员，其中包括20世纪90年代前足联主席若昂·阿维兰热。我们的体育记者为您带来详细信息。“塞普·布拉特称自己对贿赂事件并不知情而没有采取措施。现在《全景》节目已经看到了FBI查到的一封信，其中表明布拉特自始至终都对贿赂事件知情。信是由若昂·阿维兰热签署的，里面谈到了若昂·阿维兰热所接收的款项。信里说，布拉特对所有的贿赂事件都知晓。但是塞普·布拉特拒绝对此发表评论。”

Venezuelans have been casting votes in congressional elections that could see the opposition¹⁴ gain control of the national assembly for the first time since the Socialist came to power under late Hugo Chavez. Voters in many pro-government districts were working before dawn by fireworks and music. Cues formed at some polling stations before they opened.while the electronic voting systems used in these elections appeared to have been largely fair and transparent¹⁵, there has been clear no government media coverage¹⁶ and what opponents claim is the bending of election rules. President Nicolas Maduro has said he will not let the socialist revolution of his predecessor Hug Chavez to be, in his words, stolen.But the opposition alliance think it will have won enough support from those affected¹⁷ by Venezuela's deep economic crisis.

从委内瑞拉举行的国会选举中可以看出，委内瑞拉反对派赢得议会大选，16年来首次从查韦斯创立的统一社会主义党中拿到国会的控制权。许多亲政府地区的选民在破晓前点燃烟花和播放音乐。一些投票站在开票之前，民众已经获得线索。但是反对党称，由于委内瑞拉深度经济危机的影响，自己可以获得足够的支持。由于在选举中电子投票系统是公开透明的，没有政府媒体对此进行以及反对党曲解选举规则报道。但是反对党联盟称受委内瑞拉深度经济危机的影响，自己党派可以获得足够的支持。

The German vice¹⁸ chancellor¹⁹ Sigmar Gabriel has urged Saudi Arabia to stop supporting IS radicals²⁰ by financing fundamentalist mosques²¹. Mr Gabriel said many dangerous Islamists in Germany were coming from Saudi-funded mosques which preached the ultra-conservative version of Islam.

德国副总理西格玛尔·加布里尔敦促沙特阿拉伯停止为清真寺出资支持IS极端分子。加布里尔称，德国国内许多危险的伊斯兰教徒都来自于沙特资助的宣扬极端保守主义伊斯兰教的清真寺。

Clashes have broken out in Greek's capital Athens between police and left-wing protesters on the second anniversary of the death of the 15-year-old boy who were shot dead by police. Petrol bombs and bricks have been thrown and cars were smashed. The police have fired large amount of tear gas.

在希腊首都雅典爆发数起冲突，它们发生在雅典警方与左翼抗议者之间，正值一起15岁男孩被枪杀案件爆发两周年之际。汽油弹和砖块都被扔了起来，车窗也被砸碎。警察发射了大量的催泪瓦斯。

Turkey has told Iraq that it won't sent more troops to an area near the city of M controlled by the IS militants. On Saturday, Iraqi government said that Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory there without its knowledge and insisted that the troops withdrawn²². Turkish prime minister has now written to his Iraqi counterpart, assuring him there will be no deployment²³ until L's concerns are redressed²⁴.

土耳其向伊拉克表示他们不会派遣更多的部队到恐怖分子控制的地区。在周六，伊拉克政府称土耳其的武装力量在没经允许的情况下进入了伊拉克境内，他们强烈要求部队撤出。土耳其总理已经写信给伊拉克外长，向他保证不会有进一步的部署直到伊拉克问题得以解决。

President Barack Obama is to deliver a rare Oval Office address on last week's mass shooting in California. The White House said he will discuss the threat of terrorism and what steps his administration is taking to defeat it. DW reports. A massive FBI investigation is currently under way. The US Attorney General says they've already interviewed more than 300 people. She went on to say that the key aim of president Obama's address to the Americans tonight will be to reassure²⁵ a nervous nation that the threat posed by IS and other terrorist attack groups can be overcome.

奥巴马针对上周在加利福尼亚发生的枪击事件，在椭圆形总统办公室发表讲话。白宫称奥巴马总统将讨论一下恐怖主义所造成的威胁，以及政府将采取何种措施打击恐怖主义。以下是记者发回的报道。日前一项庞大的联邦调查正在进行，美国司法部长表示他们已经采访了300多人。她还表示，奥巴马总统今天的演讲是让安慰人心惶惶的民众，消除IS以及其他恐怖主义的威胁。

The former US president Jimmy Carter was reported to have said that his brain cancer has gone. Doctors have been treating for s in his brain.

据报道，美国前总统吉米·卡特的脑肿瘤已经消除。医生一直都在致力于对其脑部的治疗。

An unmanned rocket has blasted off from Cape²⁶ Canaveral in Florida on its way to the International Space Station with the shipment of much needed groceries and other supplies. It's the first US rocket to go into space since June when a SpaceX rocket to explode shortly after liftoff. The International Space Station has been relying on Russian and Japanese supplies ever since.

一个无人驾驶的火箭已经在佛罗里达州的卡纳维拉尔角发射升空，装载着急需的货物以及其他物资。这是美国第一个进入太空的火箭自六月火箭升空后不久爆炸之后。从那以后国际空间站一直依赖俄罗斯和日本的供应。

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 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。

3 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 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。

5 thwart   

v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)

参考例句：

• We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
• I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。

6 panorama   

n.全景，全景画，全景摄影，全景照片[装置]

参考例句：

• A vast panorama of the valley lay before us.山谷的广阔全景展现在我们面前。
• A flourishing and prosperous panorama spread out before our eyes.一派欣欣向荣的景象展现在我们的眼前。

7 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。

8 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

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。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

9 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

10 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

11 predecessor   

n.前辈，前任

参考例句：

• It will share the fate of its predecessor.它将遭受与前者同样的命运。
• The new ambassador is more mature than his predecessor.新大使比他的前任更成熟一些。

12 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

13 apprised   

v.告知，通知( apprise的过去式和过去分词 )；评价

参考例句：

• We were fully apprised of the situation. 我们完全获悉当时的情况。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I have apprised him of your arrival. 我已经告诉他你要来。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

14 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。

15 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

16 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

17 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

18 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

19 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

20 radicals   

n.激进分子( radical的名词复数 )；根基；基本原理；[数学]根数

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。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The worry is that the radicals will grow more intransigent. 现在人们担忧激进分子会变得更加不妥协。 来自辞典例句

21 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

22 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

23 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

24 redressed   

v.改正( redress的过去式和过去分词 )；重加权衡；恢复平衡

参考例句：

• A fault confessed is half redressed. 承认错误等于改正了一半。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Those who had been wronged stood up and demanded that their wrongs be redressed, and those who had been made to suffer cruelly spoke out against those responsible for their suffering. 有冤伸冤，有苦诉苦。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

25 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

26 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。