英语听力精选进阶版 9090

US media are reporting that President Trump’s son-in-law, the senior White House Advisor¹, Jared Kushner is under scrutiny² by the FBI inquiry³ into alleged⁴ Russian interference into last year’s election. Reports say investigators⁵ relieved that Mr. Kushner may provide relevant information but he is not necessarily suspected of crime. Mr. Kushner is understood to have met Russian officials last year. His lawyer said Mr. Kushner had already volunteered to share with congress what he knew about those meetings and would do the same if contacted in connection with any other inquiry.

美国媒体报道称，特朗普总统的女婿、白宫高级顾问杰里德·卡什诺正因联邦调查局调查俄罗斯被指干预去年选举一案接受详细审查。报道称，调查人员已披露：卡什诺有可能提供了相关信息，但并不一定涉嫌犯罪。据悉，去年卡什诺曾会见过俄罗斯官员。他的律师表示，

卡什诺已经自愿同国会分享他所知悉的会议内容，而且如果再涉及其他调查他也会这样做。

British police investigating the Manchester suicide bombing have decided⁶ to resume the sharing of intelligence information with their US counterparts for operation was temporarily suspended after details of the investigation⁷ were leaked to US media. 

英国警方就调查曼彻斯特自杀式爆炸袭击一案决定继续与美国警方分享情报信息，此前因调查细节被泄露给美国媒体，合作事宜被暂时停止。

The US Justice Department says it wants the Supreme⁸ Court to rule on President Trump’s travel ban concerning 6 mainly Muslim countries. The Department is seeking to overturn an appeal court ruling which upheld the suspension of the ban.

美国司法部表示，它希望最高法院能够就特朗普总统针对6个以穆斯林为主的国家颁布的旅行禁令做出裁决。司法部希望推翻上诉法庭维持暂停该禁令的裁决。

Police in Zambia have prevented the head of South Africa’s main Opposition⁹ Party from entering the country. Muci Maimanei had been due to attend the treason trial of the Zambia’s main opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema.

赞比亚警方成功阻止南非主要反对党的领导人进入该国。Muci Maimanei原本计划参加对赞比亚主要反对派领袖哈凯恩德·希奇莱马的叛国罪审判。

Workers in Bangladesh have begun removing a controversial statue of the Geek Goddess of Justice from the supreme court in Dakar. Some Islamist groups have helped protest against the statue which they regarded as anti-Islamic.

孟加拉国工人已开始拆除达喀尔最高法庭一个饱受争议的希腊正义女神雕像。一些认为该雕像是反伊斯兰主义的伊斯兰组织支持了对该雕像的抗议活动。

A group of 91 prisoners have escaped a jail in Northeastern Brazil fleeing through a 33 meter tunnel. 9 of the inmates¹⁰ of the prison in Parnalrim have been found while policeman are attempting to recapture the remaining prisoners.

巴西东北部一座监狱91名囚犯通过一条33米长的隧道越狱。其中9名Parnalrim监狱的囚犯已被找到，警方正努力重新抓捕剩余逃犯。

And images taken by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft have revealed new details about the poles of Jupiter. The planet's south pole is covered by giant cyclonic¹¹ storms and rivers of ammonia.

美国国家航空航天局“朱诺号”宇宙飞船拍摄的图片揭秘了木星极地新的细节资料。木星的南极被巨大的气旋风暴和氨气河覆盖。

1 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

2 scrutiny   

n.详细检查，仔细观察

参考例句：

• His work looks all right,but it will not bear scrutiny.他的工作似乎很好，但是经不起仔细检查。
• Few wives in their forties can weather such a scrutiny.很少年过四十的妻子经得起这么仔细的观察。

3 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

4 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

5 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

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 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

9 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。

10 inmates   

n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 cyclonic   

adj.气旋的，飓风的

参考例句：

• The anticyclone weather situations are more favorable than the cyclonic ones. 反气旋天气情况比气旋天气情况更有利些。 来自辞典例句
• We studied the interaction between a typhoon and a cyclonic vortex. 研究一个台风涡旋和一个低压涡旋之间的相互作用。 来自互联网