英语听力精选进阶版 9869

Libya's interim¹ government is about to hand power to the new General National Congress which was formed after last month's elections, a significant moment on the political transition. The interim government was made up of the opposition² forces that toppled Colonel Gaddafi a year ago and will be dissolved once power has been transferred. Jeremy Bowen reports.

利比亚临时政府将把权力交给上月选举后组建的新国民议会，上月的选举是政治过渡期意义重大的时刻。临时政府由一年前推翻卡扎菲上校的反对派军队组成，将在大权转交后就解散。Jeremy Bowen报道。

Libya's National Transitional Council which led the revolt against Colonel Gaddafi will hand over power to the assembly after elections that went more smoothly³ than some predicted. The big question, though is what those powers are worth. Since the fall of the Colonel last year, the transitional council has struggled to create a central government. A great deal of power has remained in the hands of the militias⁴ who did the fighting in the civil war. While Tripoli, the capital, looks bustling⁵ and open for business, sporadic⁶ violence continues.

选举过程比一些人预料的要顺利，随后，叛乱反对卡扎菲上校的利比亚全国过渡委员会将把权力转交给议会。但现在的一大问题是，这些权利的价值几何。自从去年上校倒台后，过渡政府苦苦挣扎创建了中央政府。大量权力还在内战中作战的民兵手中，尽管首都的黎波里熙熙攘攘，商业即将恢复，但仍有零星暴力发生。

The Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi has sacked the country's intelligence chief and the governor of North Sinai just days after an attack by militants⁷ that killed 16 border guards. In an unprecedented⁸ military operation in Sinai, the Egyptian army backed by aircraft says it killed 20 Islamist militants and destroyed two armored vehicles near the border with Israel in Gaza. Yolande Knell⁹ reports.

就在武装人员杀害16名边界警卫的袭击案发生几天后，埃及总统穆罕默德·穆尔西解雇了该国情报部长和北西奈省长。配备飞机的埃及军队对西奈发动前所未有的军事行动，称在与以色列相邻的加沙地区杀死20名伊斯兰武装人员，摧毁两辆装甲车。Yolande Knell报道。

Tanks and other heavy weaponry have been deployed¹⁰ to the Sinai as part of this continuing campaign. Under the terms of the 1979 Peace Treaty, this build-up has been approved by Israel. Its leaders say they share a common interest with Egypt in restoring quiet to this restive¹¹ border region where Islamist militants have gained a foodhold.

坦克和其他重型武器被部署到西奈，这是继续进行的军事行动的一部分。根据《1979和平协议》的条款，此举是得到以色列的同意的。以色列领导人称，以色列武装人员在这一动荡的边境地区建立了据点，在恢复安定方面以色列与埃及有共同的利益。

Russian prosecutors¹² have reviewed how an reclusive Islamic sect¹³ kept 27 children hidden underground, many of them for more than a decade. Health officials in the Republic of Tatarstan say some of the children had never seen daylight. They were discovered last week as part of an investigation¹⁴ into the killing¹⁵ of senior Muslim cleric in July. The sect's founder¹⁶ has been charged with negligence¹⁷.

俄罗斯检察官复审了一支隐遁伊斯兰宗派将27名儿童掩藏地下的案例，许多孩子被掩藏10多年。鞑靼斯坦共和国卫生官员称，一些孩子从未见过天日。他们是上周被发现的，这是调查7月份穆斯林高级牧师被杀案的一部分。该宗派的成立者以疏忽罪遭到起诉。

At the Olympic Games, the American athletes have had a successful day in the track. The USA's Allyson Felix won gold in the women's 200m final with Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce picking up silver and Carmelita Jeter, also the USA, winning the bronze.

美国运动员在奥运田径项目上大获全胜，美国的艾利森·菲利克斯赢得女子200米决赛金牌，牙买加的谢莉-安·弗雷泽获得银牌，美国的卡尔梅利塔·杰特尔获得铜牌。

The 200m final is underway. And Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce got up against stubborn Veronica Campbell-Brown already running down Sanya Richards-Ross. Allyson Felix, really stridding down her home street. Praise and prize are going for the unique couble here. But it's Allyson Felix only. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce gets the silver and Carmelita Jeter gets the bronze, wow. In the men's 110m hurdles¹⁸ final, America's Aries Merritt stormed into gold.

200米决赛开始了，谢莉-安·弗雷泽正在赶超强悍的维罗尼卡·坎贝尔·布朗，并超过三亚·理查兹·罗斯。艾利森·菲利克斯已经跑下自己的跑道，赞扬和奖牌本属于这绝无仅有的一对，但在这里仅属于艾利森·菲利克斯。谢莉-安·弗雷泽获得银牌，卡尔梅利塔·杰特尔获得铜牌，哇！在男子110米跨栏决赛中，美国梅里特夺得金牌。

World news from the BBC.

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has warned the Security Council of a worsening humanitarian¹⁹ crisis in Mali. And he expressed concerns over human rights abuses in the north of the country. From the UN, Barbara Plett.

联合国秘书长潘基文警告安理会马里的人道主义危机正在恶化，他对该国北部人权侵犯行为表示担忧。Barbara Plett在联合国报道。

Ban Ki-Moon called on the Security Council to consider imposing²⁰ travel bans and asset freezes on armed groups who had taken over northern Mali. He cited a list of reported human rights abuses carried out by local extremists, and he warned that an influx²¹ of international ji-hadists could turn the territory into a safe haven²² for terrorists and criminals. An envoy²³ of the West African bloc²⁴ Ecowas, Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman, said no country in Africa would be safe if that happened. Ecowas is pushing the UN to approve the deployment²⁵ of an African force to help secure Mali's politically volatile²⁶ south and take back the north from the rebels.

潘基文呼吁安理会考虑对夺取马里北部的武装组织实施旅行禁令，并冻结资产。他援引有关当地极端主义者人权侵犯的系列报道，警告说国际圣战组织成员的涌入会将这片地区变成恐怖主义者和罪犯的庇护所。西非国家经济共同体组织的使者Salamatu Hussaini Suleiman说如果这样的话，非洲没有一个国家会是安全的。西非国家经济共同体组织正敦促联合国批准派遣一支非洲部队来安定马里政治动荡的南部，并将北方从叛军手中夺回。

The Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has signed into law a controversial bill that boots the status of the Russian language in Ukraine. It is now an official regional language in the predominantly Russian speaking areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Although Ukrainian remains²⁷ the sole state language, Mr. Yanukovych, himself is a native Russian speaker. And the opponents have accused him of pandering²⁸ to Russian voters.

乌克兰总统维克多·亚努科维奇将一项有争议的法案签署为法律，该法案提高了俄罗斯语在乌克兰的地位。如今在俄罗斯语占主导地位的乌克兰东部和南部，俄罗斯语已成为地区性的官方语言。尽管乌克兰语仍是唯一的国语，亚努科维奇本人的母语也是俄罗斯语。反对派指责他这样是为了迎合俄罗斯族选民。

Two people were killed in the Nigerian capital Abuja when two unfinished buildings in the city collapsed²⁹. Construction has been stopped by the authorities because the buildings do not meet local regulations, but hundreds people have moved in and were living there illegally.

尼日利亚首都两座未完工的建筑坍塌，导致2人死亡。由于这两座建筑不符合当地法规，政府就阻止了建筑工程，但已有数百人搬进去非法住在里面。

Colombian police have arrested one of the country's main drug lords, Erikson Vargas alias³⁰ Sebastian. He was a head of an underworld organization that the authorities say has killed more people than any other criminal network in Colombia in the last decade. The Colombian defense³¹ minister said Erikson Vargas would be extradited to the United States. President Juan Manuel Santos described the arrest of Sebastian as a super blow to crime.

哥伦比亚警方逮捕了该国一大毒枭，别号塞巴斯蒂安的艾瑞克森·瓦尔加斯。他是一个黑社会组织的首领，政府称在过去十年间，该组织在哥伦比亚杀人的数量比任何犯罪组织都要多。哥伦比亚国防部称艾瑞克森·瓦尔加斯将被引渡至美国，总统胡安·曼努埃尔·桑托斯称塞巴斯蒂安被捕是对犯罪行为的漂亮一击。

 

1 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

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 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

4 militias   

n.民兵组织，民兵( militia的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The troops will not attempt to disarm the warring militias. 部队并不打算解除战斗中的民兵武装。 来自辞典例句
• The neighborhood was a battleground for Shiite and Sunni militias. 那里曾是什叶派和逊尼派武装分子的战场。 来自互联网

5 bustling   

adj.喧闹的

参考例句：

• The market was bustling with life. 市场上生机勃勃。
• This district is getting more and more prosperous and bustling. 这一带越来越繁华了。

6 sporadic   

adj.偶尔发生的 [反]regular；分散的

参考例句：

• The sound of sporadic shooting could still be heard.仍能听见零星的枪声。
• You know this better than I.I received only sporadic news about it.你们比我更清楚，而我听到的只是零星消息。

7 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。

8 unprecedented   

adj.无前例的，新奇的

参考例句：

• The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
• A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。

9 knell   

n.丧钟声；v.敲丧钟

参考例句：

• That is the death knell of the British Empire.这是不列颠帝国的丧钟。
• At first he thought it was a death knell.起初，他以为是死亡的丧钟敲响了。

10 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

11 restive   

adj.不安宁的，不安静的

参考例句：

• The government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive.政府未采取任何措施放松出口限制,因此国内制造商变得焦虑不安。
• The audience grew restive.观众变得不耐烦了。

12 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。

13 sect   

n.派别，宗教，学派，派系

参考例句：

• When he was sixteen he joined a religious sect.他16岁的时候加入了一个宗教教派。
• Each religious sect in the town had its own church.该城每一个宗教教派都有自己的教堂。

14 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。

15 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

16 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

17 negligence   

n.疏忽，玩忽，粗心大意

参考例句：

• They charged him with negligence of duty.他们指责他玩忽职守。
• The traffic accident was allegedly due to negligence.这次车祸据说是由于疏忽造成的。

18 hurdles   

n.障碍( hurdle的名词复数 )；跳栏；（供人或马跳跃的）栏架；跨栏赛

参考例句：

• In starting a new company, many hurdles must be crossed. 刚开办一个公司时，必须克服许多障碍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• There are several hurdles to be got over in this project. 在这项工程中有一些困难要克服。 来自辞典例句

19 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

20 imposing   

adj.使人难忘的，壮丽的，堂皇的，雄伟的

参考例句：

• The fortress is an imposing building.这座城堡是一座宏伟的建筑。
• He has lost his imposing appearance.他已失去堂堂仪表。

21 influx   

n.流入，注入

参考例句：

• The country simply cannot absorb this influx of refugees.这个国家实在不能接纳这么多涌入的难民。
• Textile workers favoured protection because they feared an influx of cheap cloth.纺织工人拥护贸易保护措施，因为他们担心涌入廉价纺织品。

22 haven   

n.安全的地方，避难所，庇护所

参考例句：

• It's a real haven at the end of a busy working day.忙碌了一整天后，这真是一个安乐窝。
• The school library is a little haven of peace and quiet.学校的图书馆是一个和平且安静的小避风港。

23 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。

24 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

25 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

26 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

27 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

28 pandering   

v.迎合（他人的低级趣味或淫欲）( pander的现在分词 )；纵容某人；迁就某事物

参考例句：

• This magazine is criticized for pandering to the vulgar taste of some readers. 这家杂志因迎合某些读者的低级趣味而遭到批评。 来自辞典例句
• We're four points up there; we don't need to get hit for pandering. 我们在那儿领先四个百分点；我们不必为了迎合一些选民而遭受批评。 来自电影对白

29 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

30 alias   

n.化名；别名；adv.又名

参考例句：

• His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊，但是他常常用化名史密斯。
• You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。

31 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。