英语听力精选进阶版 9033

The Trump¹ Administration has released new guidelines aimed at speeding up the removal of illegal immigrants from the United States. Undocumented immigrants with a criminal record will be targeted first along with those deemed risk to US security or who have abused the benefit system. But hundreds of thousands of people who arrived illegally, young children will be allowed to stay.

特朗普政府公布了新的指导方针，旨在加速清除美国非法移民。有犯罪记录的未注册移民，会对美国的安全造成威胁的移民和滥用福利体系的移民将是首批目标。但是幼年时获准来到美国的数十万移民将获准留下来。

A British man who died carrying out a suicide bombing for the Islamic State Group in Iraq has been identified as a former Guantanamo bay detainee. IS announced on Sunday that Abu Zakariya al-Britani had detonated a car bomb near Mosul. The BBC understands his original name was Ronald Fiddler,a 50-year-old from Manchester.

在伊拉克为伊斯兰国激进组织实施自杀式爆炸的一名英国男子被确认为前关塔纳摩湾囚犯。周日，IS宣布，布列塔尼在摩苏尔附近引爆了汽车炸弹。BBC了解到他的原名是罗纳德?费德勒，今年50岁，来自曼彻斯特。

The Ukrainian Oligarch Dymitro Firtash has been arrested in Vienna at the request of Spain after an Appeal’s Court ruled that he could be extradited to the US to face bribery² charges. Mr. Firtash has been living in Austria since he was detained three years ago after supporting the former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine.

应西班牙要求，乌克兰富商德米特里?菲尔塔什在维也纳被捕。此前，上诉法庭裁决他应该被引渡到美国面临受贿罪指控。自三年前因为在乌克兰支持前俄罗斯总统亚努科维奇被拘留以来，菲尔塔什一直居住在奥地利。

The United Nations says an up surging fighting on Yemen’s west coast is preventing vital food deliveries. It’s warning that millions of people in the country are close to starvation.

联合国表示，也门西海岸不断加剧的冲突导致至关重要的食品运输工作难以进行。联合国警告称，这个国家数百万人口濒临饿死边缘。

The Indian Health Ministry³ has made a public statement that same sex attraction is, in its words, Ok even though homosexual acts remain illegal. The comments came in resource materials for adolescents.

印度卫生部公开发表声明，尽管同性行为是非法的，然而同性恋情是可以接受的。这些言论来自青少年读物。

The Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and King Abdulla of Jordan have met in Cairo and said they are committed to a two states solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. Last week, President Trump indicated that he was not set on a two states solution.

埃及总统阿卜杜勒·法塔赫·西西和约旦国王阿卜杜拉在开罗会晤，称他们致力于出炉两国方案来解决以色列巴勒斯坦冲突。上周，特朗普总统暗示，他不坚持两国方案。

And MPs of Netherlands have voted to allow the cultivation⁴ of cannabis giving legal backing to the long standing⁵ tolerance⁶ of the drug. Until now, marijuana has been technically⁷ illegal. 

荷兰议会投票允许种植大麻脂，为这个国家长期忍受这种毒品的存在提供了法律支持。目前为止，从学术上来讲大麻是非法的。

1 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。

2 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 cultivation   

n.耕作，培养，栽培（法），养成

参考例句：

• The cultivation in good taste is our main objective.培养高雅情趣是我们的主要目标。
• The land is not fertile enough to repay cultivation.这块土地不够肥沃，不值得耕种。

5 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

6 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

7 technically   

adv.专门地，技术上地

参考例句：

• Technically it is the most advanced equipment ever.从技术上说，这是最先进的设备。
• The tomato is technically a fruit,although it is eaten as a vegetable.严格地说，西红柿是一种水果，尽管它是当作蔬菜吃的。