英语听力精选进阶版 9205

Britian's main opposition¹ labor² party says prime minister Teresa May has suffered a humiliating loss of authority after losing a key parliamentary vote on Brexit. Mrs. May's defeat forces the government to guarantee that MP will be allowed a meaningful vote before any final deal on Britain's departure from the European union.

英国主要反对派工党表示，首相特蕾莎·梅在脱欧事宜上失去了议会关键性的一票后，其权威也一落千丈。梅的折戟迫使英国政府不得不想办法确保议会议员在英国脱欧尘埃落定前能进行有意义的投票。

The World Trade organization summit in Argentina, the first since Donald Trump³ came to power, has failed to reach any agreement. The EU trade commissioner⁴ blamed the failure on what she called "Disruptive behavior by several large countries". The meeting was overshadowed by concerns about U.S protectionism.

在阿根廷举行的世贸组织峰会，是特朗普上任以来的第一次峰会，但目前还未实现任何协议。欧盟贸易专员将这件事归咎于“多个大国的破坏。”此次峰会受到美国贸易保护主义的负面影响。

Syrian state media and activists⁵ are reporting that air strikes by U.S led coalition⁶ have killed at least 23 civilians⁷ in the eastern province of Deir Ezzo. The state news agency called it a massacre⁸. The strikes targeted villages controlled by Islamic State militants⁹.

叙利亚官媒和多位活动家报道称，由美国领导的联盟进行的空袭导致东部代尔祖尔省至少23名平民死亡。该官媒称这些空袭是一次大屠杀。

Police in the American state of Kentucky say a local lawmaker has committed suicide after being accused sexually molesting¹⁰ a teenage girl. The Bullitt county representative Dan Johnson shot himself on a bridge. Mr. Johnson has strenuously¹¹ denied the claim he molested¹² a girl in a church in 2012.

美国肯塔基州警方表示，当地某议员在受到性骚扰一名少女的指控后自杀。这名来自布利特县的议员丹约翰逊在桥上开枪自杀。约翰逊极力否认自己曾于2012年在教堂中对一名女孩进行过性骚扰。

Tensions over North Korea's nuclear program are expected to be high on the agenda in talks in Beijing, between the Chinese president Xi Jinping and his visiting South Korea counterpart Moon Jae-in. The issue has previously¹³ strained bilateral¹⁴ relations.

有关朝鲜核项目的问题已经剑拔弩张，并有可能在中国国家主席习近平与韩国总统文在寅会谈期间成为重要议程内容。该问题之前曾一度让双边关系紧张。

Judge in El Salvador has rejected an appeal from a woman sentenced to 30 years in prison under the country's strict abortion¹⁵ laws, when her born baby was found dead. She has already served 10 years in jail, but also protested her innocence¹⁶.

萨尔瓦多的多名法官拒绝了一名女子的申诉请求。根据该国严格的堕胎法律，这名女子被判30年牢狱之灾，因为经发现，她新生的婴儿已经死亡。她已经服刑10年，但依然申辩称自己冤枉。

German scientists have discovered what they say as the oldest known fossil of sea creature that swam at the time of the dinosaur¹⁷. They found that the * lark¹⁸ in the ocean more than 200 million years ago.

德国多名科学家发现了与恐龙同时期的最古老的海洋生物化石。他们发现，这种蛇颈龙生活在2亿多年前的海洋中。

1 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。

2 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

3 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。

4 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

5 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

7 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。

8 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

9 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。

10 molesting   

v.骚扰( molest的现在分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• He was accused of sexually molesting a female colleague. 他被指控对一位女同事进行性骚扰。 来自辞典例句
• He was charged with molesting a woman. 他被指控调戏妇女。 来自辞典例句

11 strenuously   

adv.奋发地，费力地

参考例句：

• The company has strenuously defended its decision to reduce the workforce. 公司竭力为其裁员的决定辩护。
• She denied the accusation with some warmth, ie strenuously, forcefully. 她有些激动，竭力否认这一指责。

12 molested   

v.骚扰( molest的过去式和过去分词 )；干扰；调戏；猥亵

参考例句：

• The bigger children in the neighborhood molested the younger ones. 邻居家的大孩子欺负小孩子。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He molested children and was sent to jail. 他猥亵儿童，进了监狱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

14 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

15 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

16 innocence   

n.无罪；天真；无害

参考例句：

• There was a touching air of innocence about the boy.这个男孩有一种令人感动的天真神情。
• The accused man proved his innocence of the crime.被告人经证实无罪。

17 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

18 lark   

n.云雀，百灵鸟；n.嬉戏，玩笑；vi.嬉戏

参考例句：

• He thinks it cruel to confine a lark in a cage.他认为把云雀关在笼子里太残忍了。
• She lived in the village with her grandparents as cheerful as a lark.她同祖父母一起住在乡间非常快活。