英语听力精选进阶版 9280

President Putin has held his victory in the Russian Presidential election as an expression of hope and trust. Appearing at a mass rally in central Moscow, he appealed to the crowds for national unity¹. He said it was important for Russia to be able to move forward and do work as one team. With most of the ballots² counted, Mr. Putin is on course to win 3 quarters of the vote. But the turnout at 64%, was lower than the Kremlin had hoped for. From Moscow, here is Sarah Rainsford.

俄总统普京拿下总统选举以表达希望和信任。普京现身莫斯科中心的一场大规模集会，他呼吁全国上下团结一心。他表示俄罗斯要向前发展、团结协作，这一点很重要。大多数选票都已经清点完毕，普京有望获得四分之三的选票。但出席人数为64%，比克里姆林宫预想的少一些。以下是萨拉?林斯福特在莫斯科的报道。

The result was no surprise, but Mr. Putin told the crowds waving flags below that this was a vote of confidence in him and in their great country. The Kremlin had been anxious for turnout to be high today. So, there was all sorts of entertainment at the polling stations from music to giant chess games. He is all meant to lure⁴ all people in to vote, but this was a ballot³ with no real competition after Russia's most popular opposition⁵ figure Alexei Navalny was barred from the race. Vladimir Putin is popular here though when many voters say he's made Russia stronger again and blamed the west for the new CRIsis in relations.

选举结果在意料之中，但是普京告诉挥舞着旗帜的民众，他们的选票是对他和伟大国家的信任投票。比克里姆林宫一直担心前来投票的人会很多，因此在投票站设立了各种娱乐活动，比如音乐和巨型国际象棋游戏。普京致力于拉拢所有的人为他投票，但是本次选举他并无劲敌，因为俄罗斯最受欢迎的反对党人士阿列克谢?纳瓦利内已经被禁止参加选举。弗拉基米尔?普京在此很受欢迎，许多选民表示，他让俄罗斯再一次强大起来，他们还谴责西方国家制造新的关系危机。

Speaking at a news conference, Mr. Putin made his first detailed⁶ comments about the poisoning of the Russia double agent and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury. He said it was nonsense to suggest Russia was behind the attack and cast doubt on the British government's discretion⁷ that it was carried out with the nerve agent Novichok.

在记者招待会上，普京第一次对俄罗斯双面间谍及其女儿在英国城市索尔兹伯里中毒一事做出详细回应。他表示，称俄罗斯是幕后黑手是毫无根据的并对英国政府判定他们中的是诺维乔克神经毒剂表示怀疑。

In relation to the tragedy that you mentioned, I learned about it from the media and the first thing came to my mind is that if it was military operation, people would have died straight away. This is number one. Secondly⁸, Russia doesn't have those weapons. Russia has demolished⁹ all its chemical weapons under the international supervision¹⁰.

关于你所提到的惨剧，我也是通过媒体得知的。我首先想到的是，如果这是军事行动，他们早就当场死亡了。这是其一，其次，俄罗斯并没有那种武器。俄罗斯已经在国际监督下销毁了所有的化学武器。不像我们的一些伙伴，他们并没有像承诺的那样销毁自己的化学武器。

US politicians, including Republican Senators have warned President Trump¹¹ against trying to shut down the special counsel investigation¹² into claims of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Donald Trump's personal lawyer has called for an end to the inquiry¹³.

包括共和党议员在内的美国政客警告特朗普总统不要试图终止特别检察官对俄罗斯干涉2016年选举的调查。唐纳德?特朗普的私人律师要求终止该调查。

1 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

2 ballots   

n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 ballot   

n.（不记名）投票，投票总数，投票权；vi.投票

参考例句：

• The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
• The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。

4 lure   

n.吸引人的东西，诱惑物；vt.引诱，吸引

参考例句：

• Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
• He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。

5 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。

6 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

7 discretion   

n.谨慎；随意处理

参考例句：

• You must show discretion in choosing your friend.你择友时必须慎重。
• Please use your best discretion to handle the matter.请慎重处理此事。

8 secondly   

adv.第二，其次

参考例句：

• Secondly,use your own head and present your point of view.第二，动脑筋提出自己的见解。
• Secondly it is necessary to define the applied load.其次，需要确定所作用的载荷。

9 demolished   

v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
• They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。

10 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

11 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。

12 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。

13 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。