英语听力精选进阶版 9127

Six weeks after saying he was pulling America out of the Paris climate accord, President Trump¹, on a visit to the French capital, has said something could happen with respect to the deal. In a hint that he could be shifting his position, he told a joint² press conference with President Emmanuel Macron that we'll see what happens.

在表示将带领美国退出《巴黎气候协定》的六周后，特朗普今在访问法国首都期间表示，有关气候协定的协议可能有变。他在与法国总统马克龙举行的一次联合新闻发布会上表示，后续发展还需再看，暗示他可能转变态度。

The Chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee says he's sending a letter to Donald Trump Jr. to ask him to testify about the meeting he had last year with a Russian lawyer, who supposedly had compromising material on Hillary Clinton, his father's Democratic presidential rival.

美国参议院司法委员会主席表示，他将致函小唐纳德·特朗普，要求他就去年与一名俄罗斯律师会晤一事作证。据信，这名律师握有能对他父亲的对手——民主党总统候选人希拉里·克林顿产生不利影响的材料。

The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, says he plans to seek reelection next year, despite a Supreme³ Court conviction for corruption⁴. He said the court had no real evidence against him. It was his first public reaction, since he was sentenced on Wednesday to 9.5 years in prison for accepting a luxury seaside apartment as a bribe⁵ from a construction company.

尽管被最高法院判贪腐罪，巴西前总统路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦表示，计划明年再次参加总统大选。卢拉表示，对他的指控法院并没有确凿的证据。这是自周三因收受某建筑公司一个豪华海边别墅作为贿赂而被判处9.5年刑期以来，卢拉的首次公开回应。

A U.S.-based pressure group says the Rwandan security forces have summarily executed at least 37 suspected petty offenders⁶ since April last year. In a new report, Human Rights Watch said people accused of stealing bananas and sugar cane⁷, or using illegal fishing nets were among the dead.

某总部设在美国的压力集团表示，自去年4月以来，卢旺达安全部队已经草率处决了至少37名罪行并不严重的疑犯。在一份最新报告中，人权观察组织表示，被处决的人中包含偷盗香蕉和甘蔗的人，还有非法捕鱼的人。

Customers in the U.S. state of Texas trying to get money out of a cash machine were surprised and baffled to find handwritten notes appearing in the receipt slot. They were from a man carrying out at a bank who got trapped in the cash machine vault⁸. The workman was later freed.

美国德克萨斯州的多位市民在通过提款机取钱时惊奇地发现，打印凭条上竟有手写的字迹。这些字迹是被困于提款机内的一名银行工作人员所写。该工作人员随后被解救。

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 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 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。

4 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。

5 bribe   

n.贿赂；v.向…行贿，买通

参考例句：

• He tried to bribe the policeman not to arrest him.他企图贿赂警察不逮捕他。
• He resolutely refused their bribe.他坚决不接受他们的贿赂。

6 offenders   

n.冒犯者( offender的名词复数 )；犯规者；罪犯；妨害…的人（或事物）

参考例句：

• Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders. 判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。
• Purposeful work is an important part of the regime for young offenders. 使从事有意义的劳动是管理少年犯的重要方法。

7 cane   

n.手杖，细长的茎，藤条；v.以杖击，以藤编制的

参考例句：

• This sugar cane is quite a sweet and juicy.这甘蔗既甜又多汁。
• English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚。

8 vault   

n.拱形圆顶，地窖，地下室

参考例句：

• The vault of this cathedral is very high.这座天主教堂的拱顶非常高。
• The old patrician was buried in the family vault.这位老贵族埋在家族的墓地里。