英语听力精选进阶版 8992

The Gambian President, Yahya Jammeh, has refused to accept his shock election defeat, saying there will be a fresh vote. Mr. Jammeh said the vote tally¹ was wrong, and he actually won with an 87,000 majority.

冈比亚总统叶海亚.加梅拒绝接受这次令他震惊的失败选举结果，他表示还将会有一次全新的投票。加梅先生认为这些记票结果都是错误的，事实上他会以8.7万的选票取得胜利。

A veteran opposition² leader has won Ghana's presidential election, his success greeted with jubilation³ by his supporters. Nana Akufu-Addo hailed his victory in Wednesday's vote, which he said established the country as a eacon of democracy in West Africa. He's promised to tackle Ghana's lackluster economy.

一位经验丰富的反对派领袖赢得了加纳总统选举的胜利，他的支持者热烈欢庆他的胜利。纳·阿库福-阿多在周三的选举中取得胜利，他表示他的胜利标志着西非民主制度确立。他向民众保证会扭转国家的经济状况。

President Obama has directed U.S. intelligence to review the spate⁴ of election season cyber attacks blamed on Russian hackers⁵. A spokesman described the investigation⁶ as a deep dive into a range of militia's cyber activity since 2008. It's to be written up by the time Mr. Obama leaves office in January.

奥巴马总统下令美国情报机构重新审查美国大选期间俄罗斯黑客对于美国网络的袭击事件。发言人表示，此次黑客事件是自2008年以来最为严重的的攻击事件。此次事件将在奥巴马一月离任之前得到合理解释。

The media giant, 21 Century Fox, controlled by the Murdoch family, has made an informal offer to fully⁷ take over Sky, one of Europe's biggest pay TV operators. A member of the Sky's board called the 14-billion-dollar bid for the outstanding 61% good.

默多克家族控制下的媒体巨头21世纪福克斯公司将正式接管欧洲最大的付费电视运营商天空，一名天空的董事表示，这样以140亿美元收购百分之六十一的股份是非常好的计划。

Fighting has continued in Aleppo, as Syrian government forces continue their advance of the remaining districts of the city held by rebels. On Thursday, Russia said the operation was to be suspended to allow civilians⁸ to flee.

阿勒颇的战斗仍在继续，叙利亚政府武装力量仍坚持向叛军控制下的城市继续逼近。上周四时候，俄罗斯方面表示会暂停行动，从而允许平民撤离。

The U.S. president-elect, Donald Trump⁹, has appointed another Goldman&Sachs executive to his administration, despite repeatedly vilifying¹⁰ the powerful Wall Street bank on the campaign trail. The White House National Economic Council is to be led by Goldman President, Gary Gohn. He joins former colleagues Steven Mnuchin and Steve Bannon.

美国刚刚选举的新任总统.唐纳德特朗普已经任命高盛集团的另一名高管为内阁成员，尽管他在竞选时反复诽谤这家强大的华尔街银行。白宫国家经济委员会将由高盛总裁加里.科恩领导。他将加入前同事史蒂文·努钦和斯蒂夫·班农的队伍中。

The government of Ivorycoast has launched a program to provide birth certificate for 3 million children who have no documents, many rather lost documents or never obtained them during a decade long conflict in 2011.

象牙海岸政府已经开始了一个新的项目，此项目可以为三百万没有文件的儿童提供出生证明。他们其中有的是文件丢失而有的则是因为2011年的长时间的冲突中没有取得这些文件。

1 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

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 jubilation   

n.欢庆，喜悦

参考例句：

• The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans.主场球迷为进球欢呼。
• The whole city was a scene of jubilation.全市一片欢腾。

4 spate   

n.泛滥，洪水，突然的一阵

参考例句：

• Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in the area.警察正在调查这一地区发生的大量盗窃案。
• Refugees crossed the border in full spate.难民大量地越过了边境。

5 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

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 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

8 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。

9 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。

10 vilifying   

v.中伤，诽谤( vilify的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A: But he is vilifying you! You should fight back. 可他是在诋毁你啊！你应该还击。 来自互联网