英语听力精选进阶版 8944

The human rights group, Amnesty International, says the government of Sudan has used chemical weapons against its own people in Darfur. It says that since January, more than 200 people, including dozens of children, have died in agony, after exposure to chemicals released by bombs. The government of Sudan said the allegations were baseless.

人权组织大赦国际表示，苏丹政府对达尔富尔人民使用化学武器。大赦国际表示，自1月起，苏丹炸弹爆炸释放化学物质，导致200多人死于痛苦，其中包括数十位儿童。但苏丹政府表示，这些指控毫无根据。

The Indian army says it's carried out what it called surgical¹ strikes targeting militants² since it said were preparing to launch attacks from the Pakistani-controlled side of the disputed territory Kashmir. The Pakistani army says two of its soldiers were killed in an early-morning exchange of fire with Indian army units along the de facto border.

在准备对巴基斯坦控制的备受争议的克什米尔地区发动攻击后，印度军方表示已经对激进分子进行了袭击。巴基斯坦军方表示，早上于边境地区于印度交火时，两名士兵死亡。

The body of Shimon Peres is lying in state at the Israeli parliament ahead of his funeral on Friday. Tens of thousands of his countrymen are expected to pay their respects to the former prime minister and president to pay their respects, who died on Wednesday.

前以色列总统希蒙·佩雷斯于周三辞世。周五将为其举行葬礼。目前希蒙·佩雷斯的遗体位于以色列议会。预计数万人将会参加丧礼，向其致敬，并为他送行。

New research has found that a small proportion of children with HIV do not develop AIDS, even without treatment. Tests on 170 HIV-positive South African children revealed that the immune system of some were apparently³ able to coexist with the virus.

一项新的研究发现，一小部分感染HIV病毒的儿童，并未接受治疗，但未演变成艾滋病。通过对170位HIV阳性的南非儿童进行检测发现，部分儿童的免疫系统可以与HIV病毒共存。

In Tokyo, a panel of city officials has said total cost to host the 2020 Summer Olympics could surge four times higher than the original estimate to 29 billion dollars. A panel has advocated scrapping⁴ plans to build three venues⁵ to hold sports such as volleyball and swimming.

东京市政府官员表示，举办2020夏季奥运会的成本，是之前估计的290亿美元的四倍。市政府官员倡导废除修建三个场馆来举行排球和游泳等比赛的计划。

A North Korean soldier has defected to the South by crossing the highly-fortified demilitarized zone which divides the two countries.

一位朝鲜士兵，穿越分割韩朝两国的高强度军事区，叛逃至韩国。

The net worth of the U.S. Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump⁶, has fallen by an estimated 800 million dollars over the past year, according to figures published by Forbes magazine. But it still believes he's worth 3.7 billion dollars.

根据福布斯，自2015年以来，特朗普的财富已经缩水8亿美元。其身家约为37亿美元。

1 surgical   

adj.外科的，外科医生的，手术上的

参考例句：

• He performs the surgical operations at the Red Cross Hospital.他在红十字会医院做外科手术。
• All surgical instruments must be sterilised before use.所有的外科手术器械在使用之前，必须消毒。

2 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。

3 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。

4 scrapping   

刮，切除坯体余泥

参考例句：

• He was always scrapping at school. 他在学校总打架。
• These two dogs are always scrapping. 这两条狗总是打架。

5 venues   

n.聚集地点( venue的名词复数 )；会场；（尤指）体育比赛场所；犯罪地点

参考例句：

• The band will be playing at 20 different venues on their UK tour. 这个乐队在英国巡回演出期间将在20个不同的地点演出。
• Farmers market corner, 800 meters long, 60 meters wide livestock trading venues. 农牧市场东北角，有长800米，宽60米的牲畜交易场地。 来自互联网

6 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。