英语听力精选进阶版 9208

One of Chile's richest man, the conservative business man Sebastian Pinera has won Sunday's presidential election runoff. He secured nearly 55% of the votes, defeating the left-wing senator and journalist Alejandro Guillier by 10% points. Mr.Pinera has promised a better life for all Chileans.

智利富翁，保守的商人塞巴斯蒂安·皮涅拉赢得了周日的总统选举决选。他获得了将近55%的选票，击败了左翼参议员兼记者亚历杭德罗·吉尔耶尔，亚历杭德罗·吉尔耶尔仅获得10%的支持率。皮涅拉承诺为智利人民提供更好的生活。

The electoral tribunal in Honduras has declared the incumbent¹ Juan Orlando Hernandez, the winner of last week's election, despite week's protest from opposition² over alleged³ fraud. Mr. Hernandez defeated the popular television presenter⁴ Salvador Nasralla by less than 2% point. The opposition has urged to people to take to the streets and reject the court's decision.

尽管反对党上周抗议称其涉嫌欺诈，洪都拉斯选举法庭宣布现任总统胡安·奥兰多·埃尔南德斯为上周选举的获胜者。埃尔南德斯以不到2%的成绩击败了著名电视节目主持人萨尔瓦多·纳斯鲁拉。反对派敦促人们走上街头，拒绝法院裁决。

United Nations human rights chief has told BBC that he assumed Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi sanctioned the repression⁵ of the Rohingya muslim minority. Zeid bin⁶ Ra'ad? stressed that the decision must be taken at the high level, given the scale of the military operations, that has seen thousands killed.

联合国人权事务负责人告诉BBC，他认为缅甸领导人昂山素季对镇压罗辛亚穆斯林少数民族实施制裁。他强调，决策具有一定高度，考虑到军事行动的规模，以及死亡的数千人。

President Trump⁷ said he has intention of firing the special council Rober Muller who is in investigation⁸ of alleged Russian interference in the U.S presidential election. When being asked whether he will dismiss Mr.Muller, he told reporters "No, I'm not".

特朗普总统表示，他有意解雇特别委员会的罗贝尔·穆勒，罗贝尔·穆勒正在调查俄罗斯干涉美国选举事件。当被问及是否会解雇穆勒先生时特朗普告诉记者“不，不会”。

South Africa's governing African national congress is voting to choose a new leader to succeed president Jacob Zuma. The party said it has reversed the early decision to delay the poll until Monday morning. Nearly 5,000 delegates are choosing between the deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa and former foreign minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.

南非执政党非洲人国民大会投票决定选出一位新的领导人接替总统雅各布·祖马。该党表示，它推翻了将投票推迟到周一上午的早期决定。将近5000名代表在副总统西里尔·拉马福萨和前外交部长恩科萨扎纳·德拉米尼-祖马之间进行了选择。

British scientists say they have created the world's tiniest Christmas card. It's so small that 200 million would fit into a single postage stamp. The card featured a snow man on the cover, above the message season's greetings, with another message inside.

英国科学家称他们创造了世界上最小的圣诞贺卡。它是如此之小，以至于2亿个贺卡能有一张邮票那么大。贺卡上的封面上有一个雪人，上面写着节日的问候，里面还有其他的信息。

1 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

2 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。

3 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

4 presenter   

n.（电视、广播的）主持人，赠与者

参考例句：

• Most people think being a television presenter is exciting.很多人认为当电视节目主持人是一件刺激的事情。
• The programme dispensed with its most popular presenter.这个节目最受欢迎的主持人被换掉了。

5 repression   

n.镇压，抑制，抑压

参考例句：

• The repression of your true feelings is harmful to your health.压抑你的真实感情有害健康。
• This touched off a new storm against violent repression.这引起了反对暴力镇压的新风暴。

6 bin   

n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件

参考例句：

• He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
• He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。

7 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。

8 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。