英语听力精选进阶版 9037

President Trump¹ has promised what he called a “historic increase” in defense² spending. White House officials say he wants the Pentagon budget to go up by $54bn, almost 10 per cent. The administration hopes to pay for the increase by cutting non-military programmes, but the budget must be approved by Congress.

美国总统特朗普宣布将”历史性地”提高国防预算. 白宫官员表示,特朗普希望增幅达近10%,约为540亿美元.特朗普政府希望通过削减非军事项目来增加军事运算,但该预算必须得到国会批准。

The former US President George W Bush has said America needs answers on the extent of contacts between President Trump’s team and Russia. Mr Bush also defended the free press as indispensable to democracy. President Trump has branded critical media outlets³ as enemies of the people.

美国前总统乔治·沃克·布什表示,对于特朗普团队和俄罗斯之间的关系,美国需要答复.布什还表示有自由的新闻媒体是民主必不可少的.美国总统特朗普曾表示,某些主要的新闻媒体是美国人民的敌人. 

The World Health Organisation⁴ says there’s an urgent need for new antibiotics⁵ to combat bacteria. The UN agency has published a list of 12 bacteria families that pose the greatest threat to human health as they are resistant⁶ to existing antibiotics.

世界卫生组织表示,迫切需要新的抗生素来对抗细菌. 世界卫生组织发布了一个名单,名单上包含12个已经对人类健康构成重大威胁的菌种,因为这些菌种对现有的抗生素具有抗药性.

Syrian government forces have reportedly gained a swath of territory from Islamic State militants⁷ in the north of the country. They would now seem to be in a position to block any possible advance by Turkish troops and their local allies reaching the main IS bastion in Raqqa.

据报道叙利亚政府部队已经从伊斯兰国武装分子手中夺回了该国北部的部分领土.现在叙利亚政府军队正在防御土耳其军队随时可能会发起的进攻以及其到达阿卡伊斯兰国的当地盟军.

Opposition⁸ leaders in Colombia have called for the suspension of peace talks with the rebel group, the ELN, after it took responsibility for a bombing in Bogota that killed a police officer and injured 30 people. The former president, Alvaro Uribe, said it was a joke to continue to talk to the ELN.

哥伦比亚反对派领导人呼吁暂停与反对组织哥伦比亚民族解放军之间的和平谈判,因为哥伦比亚民族解放军要为波哥大的爆炸事件负责.该爆炸事件导致1名警察遇难,30人受伤.哥伦比亚前总统, 阿尔瓦罗·乌里韦·贝莱斯表示,继续跟该反对组织进行, 将会是个笑话.

The authorities in El Salvador say that the country’s much-loved and only hippo has died after being attacked at the national zoo. The 15-year-old hippo, named Gustavito, was beaten and stabbed over the weekend by unknown assailants.

萨尔瓦多当局表示,该国最受喜爱唯一一只河马在国家动物园遇袭身亡. 这个15岁的河马,名叫Gustavito,于上周末被身份不明的袭击者刺伤.

And the president of world football’s governing body Fifa, Gianni Infantino, says Africa will get more than seven places in the expanded World Cup. Forty-eight teams will take part in the 2026 World Cup.

国际足联主席因凡蒂诺表示,非洲地区的世界杯席位将会增加不止7个.将有48个团队参加2016年的世界杯.

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 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

3 outlets   

n.出口( outlet的名词复数 )；经销店；插座；廉价经销店

参考例句：

• The dumping of foreign cotton blocked outlets for locally grown cotton. 外国棉花的倾销阻滞了当地生产的棉花的销路。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• They must find outlets for their products. 他们必须为自己的产品寻找出路。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4 organisation   

n.组织，安排，团体，有机休

参考例句：

• The method of his organisation work is worth commending.他的组织工作的方法值得称道。
• His application for membership of the organisation was rejected.他想要加入该组织的申请遭到了拒绝。

5 antibiotics   

n.（用作复数）抗生素；（用作单数）抗生物质的研究；抗生素，抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
• The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。

6 resistant   

adj.(to)抵抗的，有抵抗力的

参考例句：

• Many pests are resistant to the insecticide.许多害虫对这种杀虫剂有抵抗力。
• They imposed their government by force on the resistant population.他们以武力把自己的统治强加在持反抗态度的人民头上。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 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。