英语听力精选进阶版 9166

The Trump¹ Administration has confirmed it’s abolishing a scheme that protected young undocumented immigrants in the United States from deportation². It’s given congress 6 months to drop an alternative. President Obama who introduced the protection scheme described the scraping as cruel and wrong.

特朗普政府证实将废除保护美国年轻无证移民被驱逐出境的计划。特朗普政府给了国会六个月的时间来制定替代方案。推出该保护计划的奥巴马总统称这种做法残酷且错误。

Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful Atlantic storms ever recorded is expected to hit the eastern Caribbean imminently³. Officials in northern and eastern islands have ordered people to evacuate⁴ and go to public shelters. Irma is expected to bring winds of nearly 300 kilometers an hour.

有史以来最强大的大西洋飓风之一——飓风“厄玛”预计很快将袭击加勒比岛东部。北部和东部岛屿的官员已命令人们撤离并前往公共避难所。“厄玛”预计将带来时速近300公里的大风。

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has told Myanmar to end what he called the vicious cycle of violence that causes Rohingya people to flee in their tens of thousands. The Prime Minister of Lesotho’s called the assassination⁵ of the head of the military a serious setback⁶ to stability in the country. He was shot by two fellow officers.

联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯告诫缅甸结束其已导致数万名罗兴亚族人逃离的恶性循环的暴力行为。莱索托首相称，军队领袖被暗杀是该国稳定遭遇的严重挫败。他被两名军官枪杀。

A left-wing Indian journalist strongly critical of Hindu national’s politics has been shot dead. Police said a man on the motorbike killed Gauri Lankesh with three bullets outside a home in southern city of Bangalore.

一名强烈批判印度教政治的左翼印度记者被枪杀。警方表示，一名骑摩托车的男子在南部城市班加罗尔的一座住宅外连开三枪将葛莉·兰克斯杀害。

Researchers in the United States has found the Zika virus which causes birth defect in babies could be used to fight the most common form of brain cancer in adults. Thertiz Mai showed that the Zika virus can prevent brain tumors from reoccurring by targeting brain cancers stem cells.

美国研究人员发现，导致婴儿先天缺陷的寨卡病毒可以用来对抗成人最常见的脑瘤。Thertiz Mai指出，寨卡病毒可以通过治疗脑瘤干细胞来防止脑瘤复发。

And scientists in Britain have invited the public to help them rescue weather records gathered from the UK's highest peak Ben Nevis. By visiting a website, you can help to digitize five big volumes of weather data. They were recorded on the mountain in the late 19th century. Once as computerized, the data will help review how much Scotland's climate has changed since then.

英国科学家邀请公众帮忙拯救从英国最高峰本尼维斯山收集来的气象记录。网友可以通过一个网站帮忙录入五份天气数据。这些数据是19世纪末在该山峰上记录的。这些数据一旦被录入电脑，将有助于评估自那时起苏格兰的气候发生了多大变化。

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 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

3 imminently   

迫切地，紧急地

参考例句：

• The problem of developing bend curve parts needs to be solved imminently. 弯边零件的展开是急需解决的问题。
• Obviously, the knowledge renews imminently, lifelong studies the duty to be arduous. 可见，知识更新迫在眉睫，终身学习任务繁重。

4 evacuate   

v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便

参考例句：

• We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
• They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。

5 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

6 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。