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The election of a new president in Somalia has been widely welcomed. There was celebratory gunfire on the streets of the capital Mogadishu when news of Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed’s victory was announced. The new president promised in his acceptance speech to tackle corruption¹.

索马里新当选的总统广受欢迎。庆祝的礼炮伴随穆罕默德·阿卜杜拉希·穆罕默德胜利当选的消息在首都摩加迪休街道响起。在其当选感言上承诺打击腐败问题。

Russia’s most prominent opposition² leader Alexei Navalny say he does not recognize the five-year suspended sentence handed down to him by a court trying him on embezzlement³ charges. He said the verdict showed that the Kremlin believe he was too dangerous to be allowed to run for president next year.

俄罗斯最杰出的反对党领袖人阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼表示，并不承认法院对其贪污公款而判处5年缓刑的判决。阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼表示，这种判决表明克里姆林宫认为自己太过危险，不允许参加明年的总统竞选。

President Trump⁴ has repeated his criticism of the United States Judiciary ahead of a ruling from a federal appeals court on his temporary travel ban. He told the gathering⁵ of US police chiefs that while he couldn’t say a court was biased⁶, some decisions appear to be political.

美国总统特朗普，在联邦上述法院对其“禁穆令”宣判之前，再次批判美国的司法制度。在众多警察局长面前，特朗普表示，自己不能说法院有偏见，但是有些决定似乎是带有政治色彩。

President Trump has criticized the Nordstrom department store chain for dropping his daughter’s clothing line. Mr. Trump also sent the message from the president’s official tweeter account. Critics say he has been using the presidency⁷ for business purposes.

美国总统特朗普批评百货业者NordstromInc.(JWN)停卖妻女伊万卡.特朗普服饰品牌的决定。特朗普还用总统的官方推特账户发送了消息。批评人士表示，特朗普将总统职权用于商业目的。

The government of Equatorial Guinea has moved its headquarters from the costal capital of Malabo to an unfinished city deep in the rainforest. President Teodoro Obiang Nguema chose the new site as one of the cities he wanted to develop with a view to making it the new administrative⁸ capital.

赤道几内亚政府已将其总部从首都马拉博城市迁到雨林深度一个尚未建成的城市。总统恩圭马选择此处为新址是想将此作为新的行政首都。

The top US military commander in Iraq has predicted that the Islamic State Group would be completely driven out of its two main strongholds in both Iraq and Syria soon. General Stephen Townsend said he believe the Mosulin Iraq and Raqqa in Syria would be recaptured within six months.

美驻伊拉克最高指挥官表示，不久会伊斯兰国将会被完全从前两大据点伊拉克和叙利亚驱逐。斯蒂芬·汤森上将表示自己相信伊拉克的摩苏尔和叙利亚的拉卡将在六个月内得到收复。

United Nation’s officials in Bangladesh say more than a thousand Rohingya Muslims may have been killed over the past few months in an army operation in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. The estimate is far greater than previously⁹ reported. BBC News.

联合国驻孟加拉国官员表示，在过去数个月缅甸若开邦的军事行动中，一千多名洛兴雅穆斯林被杀。这一数字是远远高于之前的报道。BBC新闻。

1 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

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 embezzlement   

n.盗用，贪污

参考例句：

• He was accused of graft and embezzlement and was chained and thrown into prison.他因被指控贪污盗窃而锒铛入狱。
• The judge sent him to prison for embezzlement of funds.法官因他盗用公款将其送入监牢。

4 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。

5 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

6 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

7 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

8 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

9 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。