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Rebel held districts of the Syrian city of Aleppo has been pounded by warplanes for a second successive day. The latest raids come hours after the Syrian government announced a new offensive to retake the city. One rescue volunteer described what was happening as annilation. The government urge civilians¹ to avoid positions held by opposition² fighters and said exit points would be opened to allow people to flee. The United States and Russia have again failed to agree on how to revive a ceasefire agreement in Syria. The UN envoy³ for Syria, Stephan Demisduro describe the international meeting in New York as long, painful and disappointing.

叙利亚阿勒颇市叛军控制的地区连续两天遭到战机轰炸。叙利亚政府宣布，发动新的攻势，夺回阿勒颇，数小时后，该地区又遭遇了新的轰炸。一位救援志愿者描述了当时的情形。政府敦促人们远离反动派控制的地区，并表示，会打开出口让人们逃离。美俄双方就叙利亚停火协议并未达成一致。联合国驻叙利亚特使德米斯图拉表示，在纽约召开的国际会议冗长、痛苦，同时结果也令人失望。

A curfew has come into force in the US city of Charlotte to prevent a third night of violent unrest over the death of a black man who was shot by police. Demonstrations⁴ continued well after the midnight deadline but the police officer said the protest were largely peacefully .

夏洛特市警察枪杀黑人男子，引发暴力抗议。为了防止第三天晚上，仍有暴动发生，夏洛特市开始实行宵禁。抗议活动仍持续到午夜截止时间，但是警察表示，抗议活动大体上是和平的。

The president of Myannmar Tinchao has ordered state protection for two teenage girls who allegedly tortured and force to work without pay. He has also launched an investigation⁶ and the combat for the country's human right commission which failed to take legal action against the alleged⁵ abuses.

缅甸总统下定保护两位少女，这两名少女遭受虐待并无偿劳动。同时他还下令调查该事件，并责问国家人权委员会，该委员会未能对该虐待事件采取司法行动。

European Union minister are meeting in the Slovia capital Bratislava to discuss controversial proposed trade deals with the United States and Canada. The Trans-Atlantic Trade Investment Partnership⁷ known as TTIP and the comprehensive economic trade agreement with Canada facing growing opposition.

欧盟部长们相聚斯洛文尼亚首都卢布尔雅那，共同商讨提议的美国和加拿大贸易协定。跨大西洋贸易及投资伙伴协议(TTIP)以及与加拿大达成的综合经济贸易协议反对声音越来越大。

The internet giant Yahoo is under pressure to explain why to appears to have taken two years to notice that 500 million of its user accounts had been hacked⁸. The company says it believes state-sponsored hackers⁹ were responsible.

面临巨大压力，互联网巨头雅虎解释为何耗时两年才发现有5亿用户的账号被攻击。雅虎表示，认为是这些黑客攻击是得到了国家的赞助和支持。

And rescue workers in Moscow have found the bodies of eight firefighters in the remains¹⁰ of a large warehouse¹¹ used for storing plastic goods caught fire late on Thursday. The victims are thought to have been conducting a search outside the building when the roof collapsed¹².

上周四，莫斯科一个存储塑料物品的大型仓库发生火灾，救援人员在火灾的废墟中发现了8名消防人员的尸体。人们认为，仓库倒塌时，这几名消防人员在仓库外面进行搜救。

1 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

2 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。

3 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

4 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。

5 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

6 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。

7 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

8 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

9 hackers   

n.计算机迷( hacker的名词复数 )；私自存取或篡改电脑资料者，电脑“黑客”

参考例句：

• They think of viruses that infect an organization from the outside.They envision hackers breaking into their information vaults. 他们考虑来自外部的感染公司的病毒，他们设想黑客侵入到信息宝库中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Arranging a meeting with the hackers took weeks againoff-again email exchanges. 通过几星期电子邮件往来安排见面，他们最终同意了。 来自互联网

10 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。

11 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

12 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。