英语听力精选进阶版 9146

The United States has confirmed that it will pull out of the Paris climate agreement. Washington has informed the United Nations, formally implementing¹ a decision by President Trump² in June. But the State Department said the U.S. would continue to participate in climate change meetings until the withdrawal³ process was completed.

美国已经确认将退出巴黎气候协议。华盛顿已通知联合国，将正式执行特朗普总统于6月份做出的决定。但美国国务院表示，在退出程序完成前，美国会继续参加气候变化会议。

New research indicates that weather-related disasters could kill more than 150,000 people in Europe each year by the end of the century. The European Commission report estimated that heat waves would cause 99% of all weather-related deaths on the continent.

新的研究表明，到本世纪末，与气候有关的灾害每年将导致欧洲超过15万人死亡。欧委会的报告估计，在欧洲与天气有关的死亡中有99%会由热浪造成。

The electoral commission in Rwanda says President Paul Kagame has won a landslide⁴ victory in elections held on Friday. The commission said partial results gave Mr. Paul Kagame 98% of the votes. The President, who's been in power for seventeen years, will now serve a third term.

卢旺达选举委员会表示，总统保罗·卡加梅在周五举行的选举中赢得了压倒性的胜利。选举委员会称，部分选举结果显示卡加梅赢得了98%的选票。已执政17年的总统现在将继续其第三任期。

Whistleblowers at YouTube say the company's child protection measures are failing. Volunteers, known as Trusted Flaggers, who monitor the site for accounts that exploit children, accused the video-sharing sites of failing to deal with a huge backlog⁵ of reports of abuse. YouTube, which is owned by Google, said that it strictly⁶ prohibits content that sexually exploits children.

YouTube弊端揭秘人员称，该公司的儿童保护措施很失败。Trusted Flaggers组织的志愿者监控了YouTube网站侵犯儿童的帐号，指控该视频分享网站未能处理大量积压的虐童报告。谷歌旗下的YouTube表示，该网站严格禁止发布性侵儿童的内容。

A British computer expert accused of creating malware for stealing banking⁷ details would spend the weekend in an American jail. Marcus Hutchins failed to post the 30,000-dollar bail⁸ set by a judge in Las Vegas before the court closed on Friday. Prosecutors⁹ said Mr. Hutchins admitted writing the code for a malware programme known as Kronos. Mr. Hutchins denies all the charges against him.

一名被指控开发创建恶意软件、窃取银行详细资料的英国电脑专家，周末将在美国的一所监狱度过。在周五法庭关闭前，马库斯·哈钦斯未能缴纳拉斯维加斯一名法官要求的3万美元保释金。检察官表示，哈钦斯承认曾为一个名为“Kronos”的恶意软件程序编写代码，但他否认了针对他的所有控罪。

The British athlete, Mo Farah, has won his tenth gold medal in global championships. In a close finish on the opening night of the World Championships in London, Farah came home first in the 10,000 meters. Earlier, the Jamaican sprinter¹⁰, Usaine Bolt, won his first race in defence of his 100-metre title.

英国运动员莫·法拉赫赢得了全球锦标赛的第十枚金牌。在伦敦举行的世锦赛开幕当晚，法拉赫首个抵达万米赛道的终点，与第二名成绩非常接近。早些时候，牙买加短跑运动员尤赛恩·博尔特在卫冕100米冠军中赢得了首场比赛。

1 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

2 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。

3 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

4 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

5 backlog   

n.积压未办之事

参考例句：

• It will take a month to clear the backlog of work.要花一个月的时间才能清理完积压的工作。
• Investment is needed to reduce the backlog of repairs.需要投资来減轻积压的维修工作。

6 strictly   

adv.严厉地，严格地；严密地

参考例句：

• His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
• The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。

7 banking   

n.银行业，银行学，金融业

参考例句：

• John is launching his son on a career in banking.约翰打算让儿子在银行界谋一个新职位。
• He possesses an extensive knowledge of banking.他具有广博的银行业务知识。

8 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

9 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

10 sprinter   

n.短跑运动员，短距离全速奔跑者

参考例句：

• He is more a sprinter than a swimmer. 他是短跑健将，而不是游泳选手。 来自辞典例句
• The sprinter himself thinks he can run the race at 9.4 seconds. 这位短跑运动员自认为可以用9.4秒跑完比赛。 来自互联网