英语听力精选进阶版 9010

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he supports calls for a pardon for an Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter after he shot a Palestinian attacker who was lying wounded on the ground. Prosecutors¹ said the killing² by Sergeant³ Elor Azaria in the occupied West Bank was an act of revenge. But prominent figures in Mr. Netanyahu's cabinet have criticized the verdict.

以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡表示，支持赦免一名以色列士兵，该名士兵过世杀害了一名受伤躺在地上的巴基斯坦袭击者。检察官表示，阿扎里亚（Elor Azaria）的杀人行为属于报复行为。但是，但内塔尼亚胡的内阁知名人士批评了最后的裁决。

The Republican Vice⁴ President elect Mike Pence has said the process of repealing⁵ Obama care will begin on Donald Trump⁶'s first day in office. After meeting with Republican congressional leaders, Mr. Pence said the president elect was working on a series of executive orders to allow for an orderly transition to anew healthcare system. But he gave few details.

共和党副总统当选人麦克·彭斯唐纳德·特朗普上任第一天后，就会开始废除奥巴马的医改计划。在与共和党国会领导人会晤之后，彭斯表示，当选的特朗普总统在制定一系列的行政计划以保证过渡到新的医疗体系。但是彭斯并未透露细节。

The President of Mexico Enrique Pena Nieto has named the former finance minister Luis Videgaray as his new foreign minister. Mr. Videgaray is one of the president's closest aides, but was sacked in September following criticism of a visit he’d arranged to Mexico by Donald Trump.

墨西哥总统恩里克·培尼亚·涅托已任命前财政部长比德加赖为新任外交部长。比德加赖是是培尼亚总统最得力的助手之一，但是由于唐纳德特朗普的犀利话语，比德加赖于去年九月份突然辞职。

The German prosecutor's office has confirmed the detention⁷ of a second Tunisian suspect in connection with the attack on a Berlin Christmas market. Official said the men had dinner and talked extensively with the killer⁸ Anis Amri at a restaurant on the eve of the attack. But they said they didn't yet have enough information to make a formal arrest.

 德国检方证实已经逮捕第二名和去年柏林圣诞节市场袭击案有关的嫌疑人。德国官员表示，在袭击案件发生前夕，这名男子和Anis Amri一起吃晚饭，并且相谈甚广。但是，官员们也表示，尚没有足够的证据来进行正式逮捕。

A court in South Carolina has started a hearing to decide whether the white supremacist Dylann Roof should receive the death penalty for the murder of nine black church goers in Charleston in 2015. In his opening statement, Roof insisted there was nothing wrong with him psychologically, apparently⁹ contradicting his lawyers who said he was not mentally fit.

南卡罗来纳州一家法院已经开始正式举行听证会，以裁决白人至上主义者Dylann Roof 在2015年在查尔斯顿开枪杀死9名黑人之后是否应该处以死刑。在开庭陈述的时候，Dylann Roof坚持表示自己没有任何心理问题，这一陈述明显与其律师的表述相矛盾。

A 105-year-old French cyclist Robert March and has created a new record by cycling 22.547km in an hour. BBC news.

一位105岁的法国自行车手罗伯以一小时骑行22.547千米的成绩成功创造了一项新的记录。BBC新闻。

1 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

2 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

3 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

4 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

5 repealing   

撤销，废除( repeal的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• In addition, repealing the alternative minimum tax would also help. 此外，废除替代性最低税也会有所帮助。
• Repealing the investment tax credit. 取消投资税款扣除。

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。

7 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

8 killer   

n.杀人者，杀人犯，杀手，屠杀者

参考例句：

• Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
• The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。

9 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。