英语听力精选进阶版 9058

Thousands of Russians have taken part in anti-corruption rallies across the country in defiance¹ of the authorities. The biggest protests were in Moscow where activists² say at least 700 people were detained. They included the opposition³ leader Alexei Navalny, who had called for the demonstrations⁴.

成千上万的俄罗斯人，无视俄罗斯当局，参加了全国的反腐集会。规模最大的示威游行发生在莫斯科，活动人士表示，至少有700人被拘留。这其中包括呼吁民主的反对党领袖阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼。

Exit polls in Germany’s regional election in the state of Saarland have given a boost to Chancellor⁵ Angela Merkel’s hopes of winning federal elections later this year. The polls gave her Christian⁶ Democratic party a strong 41% of the vote. In Bulgaria’s parliamentary election, the third in four years, exit polls suggest the pro-European Union Gerb party has taken the lead. It’s predicted to win 32% of the vote.

德国萨尔州出口民调为德国总理默克尔在今年下半年赢得联邦选举给予推力。出口民调显示，德国现任总理默克尔领导的基民盟赢得了41%的选票。保加利亚议会选举，4年第三次，出口民调显示，国际民主联盟保加利亚:戈尔布党(Gerb)居于领先地位。预计会以32%的选票赢得选举。

Police in Britain say they have arrested a man as part of their investigation⁷ into last week’s attack in Westminster which left four people dead. The 30-year-old male was held in the Midlands city of Birmingham on suspicion of preparing what the police are calling a terrorist act.

上周，英国议会大厦附近发生的恐怖袭击事件，袭击者从威斯敏斯特大桥撞向行人，导致4人死亡。英国警方表示，根据袭击案件的调查，已经逮捕了一名嫌疑犯。这名30岁的男子在伯明翰被捕，警方表示，其正在策划恐怖袭击行为。

A Syrian rebel alliance says its fighters have reached a key airbase held by the Islamic State group near its stronghold Raqqa. A spokesman for the Kurdish-led SDF said they had taken control of much of the Tabqa airbase some 40km west of Raqqa.

叙利亚反对派联盟称其战士已经占领了接近IS据点拉卡的一个重要的空军基地。由库尔德领导的自卫队的发言人表示，已经控制了拉卡以西40千米处的大部分的空军基地。

Ukrainian military say one of their helicopters has crashed in the war-affected east of the country killing⁸ all five people on board. A spokesman for the army said the helicopter appeared to have collided with a power line near Kramatorsk.

乌克兰军方表示，自己的一架直升飞机在战争博济的东部城市坠毁，机上5人全部遇难。军方发言人表示，直升机似乎与克拉马托尔斯克附近的一个电力线相撞。

A shooting at a crowded night club in the American state of Ohio has left a 27-year-old man dead and at least 14 others wounded—some of them with life threatening injuries. Hundreds of people were in the Cameo club in the city of Cincinnati.

美国俄亥俄州一个拥挤的夜总会发生枪击事件，导致一名27岁的男子死亡，至少14人受伤，其中部分伤者伤情严重。当晚，上千人在辛辛那提市的Cameo俱乐部。

And the US carrier United Airlines has faced a barrage⁹ of criticism on social media after it barred two teenage girls from boarding a flight from Denver to Twin Cities for wearing leggings. A female gate agent told the girls that they could not proceed while wearing spandex, which United deems inappropriate.

近日美国联航United Airlines在社交媒体上饱受批评中，原因是拒绝两名女孩身着紧着裤从丹佛飞往明尼阿波利斯后。一位女性登机服务员，告诉女孩，不应该外穿氨纶类的衣服，这在United Airlines航班上是不合适的。

1 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

2 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 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。

4 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

5 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

6 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

7 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。

8 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。

9 barrage   

n.火力网，弹幕

参考例句：

• The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。
• The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。