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Iraqi forces say they've recaptured a town near the city of Mosul as a major offensive against Islamic State militants¹ continues. Elite² troops targeted the town of Bartella in an assault supported by helicopter gunships.

伊拉克军方称已经收复了摩苏尔附近的一个小镇作为反伊斯兰国武装分子的主要攻势。精锐部队在武装直升机的支持下将有针对性的攻击巴尔泰拉镇。

Donald Trump³ has said he won't accept a clear result in next month's presidential election, but reserves the right to legally challenge an outcome he considers questionable⁴. Earlier, in the final presidential debate with his rival, Hillary Clinton, he refused to say whether he would accept the result.

唐纳德·特朗普表示，他不会接受下个月总统选举的已经显而易见的结果，他将保留权利，利用法律手段去改变自认为需要再商榷的结果。早些时候，在与对手希拉里.克林顿的最后一次总统辩论中，他拒绝说出是否会接受结果。

The United States says a declaration by the President of the Philippines, x, that his country is to separate from Washington is inexplicably⁵ at odds⁶ with the traditionally-close relationship between the two countries. The State Department said the U.S. would be seeking an explanation.

美国方面表示，菲律宾总统杜特尔声称的菲律宾将与华盛顿彻底脱离关系这一言论与两国之间长期以来的密切关系不符。美国国会表示将寻求解释。

Health experts from the U.S. and more than thirty Latin American and Caribbean countries are holding their first summit on tackling the zika virus. Scientists from the World Health Organisation⁷ believe the mosquito-borne virus is linked to babies across the region being borne with the neurological disorder⁸, microcephaly.

来自美国和三十多个拉美、加勒比国家的健康专家为解决寨卡病毒举行首次峰会。来自世界卫生组织的科学家认为，蚊子传播的病毒导致了婴儿在区域性神经上障碍以及小脑畸形。

The mother of an Argentine teenage girl, who was abducted⁹ outside her school, then drugged and killed, says change is needed so that young people can feel safe. Marto Montero told the BBC the illegal drug trade was infecting the minds of adolescents。

一位阿根廷母亲表示是时候需要政府做出些许改变，从而可以让年轻人感受到安全，因为她的女儿在校外被拐骗，吸毒，最后遭人杀害。这位名为阿托的母亲告诉BBC记者，非法贩毒在摧残青少年的心灵。

The Saudi-led military coalition¹⁰ that backs the government's side in the war in Yemen says a ceasefire there has not taken hold. A U.N.-brokered truce¹¹ was meant to last three days. But after the first day, a spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition said rebel violations¹² meant there was no ceasefire to speak off.

沙特为首的军事联盟支持也门政府并且表示联合国声称的为期三天停火实际上并不存在。但在第一天之后，沙特为首的联盟的发言人表示，有反叛行为存在就意味着没有停火。

And a tiger in northern India that had killed two people has been shot dead, after a six-week hunt. Villages had become afraid to go the fields to harvest their rice, and parents were reluctant to send their children to school.

印度北部，一只老虎杀死两名村民，经过六周的狩猎之后该老虎被枪杀。在这期间村民都害怕去田里收割稻谷，父母也不愿意去送孩子上学。

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 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

3 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。

4 questionable   

adj.可疑的，有问题的

参考例句：

• There are still a few questionable points in the case.这个案件还有几个疑点。
• Your argument is based on a set of questionable assumptions.你的论证建立在一套有问题的假设上。

5 inexplicably   

adv.无法说明地，难以理解地，令人难以理解的是

参考例句：

• Inexplicably, Mary said she loved John. 真是不可思议，玛丽说她爱约翰。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Inexplicably, she never turned up. 令人不解的是，她从未露面。 来自辞典例句

6 odds   

n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别

参考例句：

• The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
• Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？

7 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

8 disorder   

n.紊乱，混乱；骚动，骚乱；疾病，失调

参考例句：

• When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他发现屋子里乱七八糟。
• It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地装着许多信件。

9 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

10 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

11 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

12 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。