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Russia and Syrian government forces are observing a temporary ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo to allow rebel forces and civilians¹ to leave the besieged² districts. The rebels have rejected the pause in the air campaign and have been continuing on their counter-offensive.

俄罗斯和叙利亚政府军日前正在对叙利亚城市阿勒颇实行临时停火，从而让叛军以及平民离开被包围的地区。尽管空中对抗十分频繁，但是叛军仍然拒绝撤退，仍然继续抵抗。

There has been a large explosion in the city of Diyarbakir  in southeastern Turkey, hours after the authorities detained eleven MPs from the pro-Kurdish HDP Party, including two of its leaders. There are reports of a number of injuries. Overnight, police raided the houses of Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag as part of, what they said was, an counter-terrorism investigation³.

在土耳其当局逮捕11名亲库尔德党派议员之后(其中包括两名领袖)，南部城市迪亚巴克发生了大规模爆炸。据报道称，此次事件造成了数人受伤。在夜间，警察突袭了德米尔卡时以及尤赛达的住所，他们把这次行动称之为反恐调查的一部分。

In Indonesia tens of thousands of Muslim protesters have converged⁴ in the centre of Jikarta to demand the arrest of the capital's governor for alledged blass for me, but suicage a higher Puernama, a Christin and an ethnic⁵ Chinese otherwise known as Ahoc said its opponents had deceived voters by attacking him using a verse from the Karam, he is apologized for the remarks.

数万名穆斯林抗议者聚集在印度尼西亚的雅加达中部地区，他们要求以亵渎罪逮捕首都地区行政长官。人称Ahoc 的华裔基督徒称他的对手欺骗选民，并用《可兰经》中的一个章节来对他进行攻击，他已经为这些言论道歉。

The South Korean President, Park Geun-hye, has apologised for allowing a long-standing friend inappropriate access to government policy-making. Appearing close to tears in a televised address, Ms. Park agreed to be questioned over the scandal, but has not offered to resign.

韩国总统朴槿惠针对允许其闺蜜多年来不恰当参政这一行为道歉。在电视采访中，她几度落泪，朴槿惠同意因为此次事件接受提问，但她并没有提出辞职。

The Paris Agreement on climate change has come into force, obliging governments to keep the global temperature no higher than two degrees Celsius⁶ above pre-industrial levels. Scientists say the world will need to cut greenhouse gas emissions⁷ by as much as 14 billion tons by 2030 to meet the target.

针对气候问题设立的《巴黎协定》日前已经开始生效，该协定要求各国政府将全球气温控制在不超过工业前水平2摄氏度以内。科学家表示。只有在2030年前减少140亿吨温室气体的排放，才能达到这样的要求。

French police have begun clearing a temporary migrant camp close to one of the main railway stations in Paris. The numbers of people living in tents on the streets close to the Gare du Nord have increased markedly in the two weeks since the closure of the so-called Jungle camp in Calais.

法国警方开始清除巴黎主要火车站附近的一个临时难民营。自从加莱的“丛林”难民营关闭后，现在居住在巴黎北站附近帐篷里的人越来越多。

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 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。

3 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。

4 converged   

v.（线条、运动的物体等）会于一点( converge的过去式 )；（趋于）相似或相同；人或车辆汇集；聚集

参考例句：

• Thousands of supporters converged on London for the rally. 成千上万的支持者从四面八方汇聚伦敦举行集会。
• People converged on the political meeting from all parts of the city. 人们从城市的四面八方涌向这次政治集会。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

6 Celsius   

adj.摄氏温度计的，摄氏的

参考例句：

• The temperature tonight will fall to seven degrees Celsius.今晚气温将下降到七摄氏度。
• The maximum temperature in July may be 36 degrees Celsius.七月份最高温度可能达到36摄氏度。

7 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。