英语听力精选进阶版 9137

Amid U.N. warnings of the extraordinary gravity of the humanitarian¹ situation in Yemen, a BBC team has seen the depth of the suffering in a hospital in Aden. Hundreds of thousands of people have contracted cholera² in recent months, and the World Food Program is warning of the danger of famine.

在联合国关于也门人道主义形势极度危急的警告下，BBC记者小组亲眼目睹了该国首都亚丁某所医院所遭受的深重灾难。近几个月，数十万人染上了霍乱，世界粮食计划署警示称，有发生饥荒的危险。

Crowds of Palestinians have again been worshipping at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, the Haram al-Sharif, or Temple Mount. They ended their boycott³ after Israel removed the last of the new security infrastructures⁴ it installed earlier this month. But as the crowds arrived, clashes broke out with Israeli forces.

巴勒斯坦朝圣者人群再次在耶路撒冷的敏感圣地——谢里夫圣地，即圣殿山朝拜。以色列拆除了本月早些时候新安装的最后一批安全基础设施后，他们停止了抵制活动。但随着朝圣人群的到来，他们与以色列军队又爆发了冲突。

The UN says that nearly three months after Russia, Iran and Turkey reached a deal on de-escalating the conflict in Syria, hundreds of thousands of civilians⁵ are yet to receive desperately⁶ needed aid. Plans to establish a series of safe zones have made little progress.

联合国表示，在俄罗斯、伊朗和土耳其达成协议缓和叙利亚冲突的近3个月后，成千上万平民还是没有得到急需的援助，而建立一系列安全区的计划进展甚微。

The head of US military has said there will be no change to its policy on employing transgender people until the Defense⁷ Secretary receives direction from President Trump⁸ on the issue. Mr. Trump tweeted on Wednesday that transgender people wouldn’t be allowed to serve in the US armed forces.

美国军方首脑表示，在国防部长收到特朗普总统关于这一问题的指示之前，军方雇用变性人的政策不会改变。周三，特朗普发推文称，不允许变性人在美国武装部队服役。

The US military has promised to investigate accusations⁹ of the American trained Iraqi troops were involved in the extra judiciary killings¹⁰ of Islamic State militants¹¹ in Mosul. Human Rights Watch accused Iraqi soldiers of summarily executing more than 30 prisoners suspected of belonging to the Jihadists group.

美国军方承诺会调查对美国培训的伊军的指控，据称伊军在司法范围之外残杀IS分子。人权观察组织指责伊拉克士兵草率地处决了30多名被怀疑属于圣战组织的囚犯。

The French President Emanuel Macron has proposed setting up “hot spots” in Libya to process asylum¹² requests. He said projects will be running within the next two months.

法国总统马克龙提出在利比亚建立“热点”，来处理政治避难请求。马克龙表示，未来两个月内会开始进行该项目。

The founder¹³ and CEO, the Amazon website, Jeff Bezos has become the world’s richest man with a fortune worth nearly 91.5 billion dollars. He’s overtaken the Microsoft founder Bill Gates after a rise in the value of Amazon share on Thursday.

亚马逊创始人兼首席执行官杰夫·贝佐斯成为世界首富，总资产达到近915亿美元。因为周四亚马逊股价上涨，他取代微软创始人比尔·盖茨成为首富。

1 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

2 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

3 boycott   

n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与

参考例句：

• We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
• The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。

4 infrastructures   

n.基础设施( infrastructure的名词复数 )；基础结构；行政机构；秘密机构

参考例句：

• Public transportation termini and depots are important infrastructures for a city. 公交场站设施是城市重要的基础设施。 来自互联网
• The increasingly fast urbanization process requires more and more infrastructures. 我国城市化进程不断加快，对城市基础设施的需求也越来越大。 来自互联网

5 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

6 desperately   

adv.极度渴望地，绝望地，孤注一掷地

参考例句：

• He was desperately seeking a way to see her again.他正拼命想办法再见她一面。
• He longed desperately to be back at home.他非常渴望回家。

7 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。

8 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。

9 accusations   

n.指责( accusation的名词复数 )；指控；控告；（被告发、控告的）罪名

参考例句：

• There were accusations of plagiarism. 曾有过关于剽窃的指控。
• He remained unruffled by their accusations. 对于他们的指控他处之泰然。

10 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

11 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。

12 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

13 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。