英语听力精选进阶版 9994

 

The detective leading the Oscar Pistorius murdering inquiry¹ has been replaced after it emerged that he himself faced seven charges of attempted murder dating back two years. Mr. Pistorius, the Paralympics sprint² champion, denies murder saying he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp thinking she was an intruder at his home. Andrew Harding reports from Pretoria.

 

据悉负责奥斯卡·皮斯托利斯谋杀案的侦探本人也面临7项指控，称他在两年前谋杀未遂，目前他已从调查组撤出。残奥会短跑冠军皮斯托利斯否认谋杀了女友瑞瓦·史蒂恩卡姆帕，称事发时以为她是侵入者。安德鲁·哈丁在比勒陀利亚报道。

 

Detective Hilton Botha was back in the spot light today for all the wrong reasons, the man who yesterday insisted Oscar Pistorius was a murderer and a flight risk was dramatically dropped from the investigation³. National Police Commissioner⁴ Riah Phiyega said Mr. Botha had been charged with attempted murder for a shooting incident in 2011.

 

侦探希尔顿·博塔今天因各种原因重新引起关注，他昨天还坚称奥斯卡·皮斯托利斯犯下谋杀罪，且有弃保潜逃的危险，目前这名侦探已突然被调出调查组。国家警察总长耶嘉说，博塔2011年被指控在一场枪击案中试图谋杀。

 

"For that reason, I have decided⁵ to assign this very important matter, this very important investigation under the leadership and stewardship⁶ of the divisional commissioner of detective services Lieutenant-General Moonoo. A decision on whether to grant Mr. Pistorius bail⁷ is expected on Friday."

 

“因此，我决定将这件非常重大的事件，这件非常重要的调查交给侦察局部门专员穆尼副总警监负责领导和管理。周五将就是否允许保释皮斯托利斯进行决定。”

 

The United Nations has formally rejected a claim for the compensation of victims of a cholera⁸ outbreak in Haiti that scientists have traced to a UN base there. Barbara Plett reports from the United Nations in New York.

 

科学家查明海地爆发的一场霍乱源于联合国驻当地总部，但联合国已正式驳回了受害者的索赔要求。Barbara Plett在纽约联合国总部报道。

 

In a terse⁹ statement, the spokesman for the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the damages claim was not receivable under a convention that grants the United Nations immunity¹⁰ for its actions. Families of the victims are demanding millions of dollars in compensation, accusing the UN of introducing the disease to Haiti. The UN has never admitted responsibility despite mounting evidence that the epidemic¹¹ was caused by poor sanitation¹² at a peace-keeping camp. A lawyer for the cholera victims told the BBC that UN immunity could not mean impunity¹³ and said the case would now be pursued in a national court.

 

联合国秘书长潘基文发表简短声明，称联合国拥有豁免权，因此不接受索赔要求。受害者家属要求赔偿数百万美元，称联合国将该疾病带入海地。尽管有越来越多证据表明这场传染病是由维和营地不佳的卫生设施引起的，但联合国从未承认应对此负责。霍乱受害者的律师告诉BBC，联合国豁免权并不意味着不受惩罚，称将把此案交由国家法院审理。

 

The former president of Haiti Jean-Claude Duvalier has failed to appear in court in Port-au-Prince for a hearing about human rights abuses during his rule in the 1970s and 80s. Mark Doyle reports.

 

海地前总统让-克洛德·杜瓦利埃被控在20世纪70-80年代执政期间犯下侵犯人权罪，但他未能出席太子港的法庭。马克·多伊勒报道。

 

The courtroom in the Capital Port-au-Prince was packed, relatives of victims seeking justice, lawyers in black robes, human rights observers and journalists. But the 61-year-old "Baby Doc" Duvalier, that name from the past which Haitians can never forget, didn’t turn up. At the last minute, he filed an appeal in another court which his lawyer said excused him from what would have been the first time he'd ever faced his victims in public. A well-known Haitian human rights lawyer said Duvalier is trying to control the justice system like he did when he was a dictator.

 

首都太子港的法院挤满了寻求正义的受害者亲属、身穿黑袍的律师、人权观察家和记者们。但海地人不会忘记的61岁“宝贝督”杜瓦利埃未能出庭，在最后关头，他向另一家法庭提交申诉，他的律师称这就使他免于公开首次面对受害者。海地一位知名的人权律师称杜瓦利埃试图像以前做独裁者时那样控制司法系统。

 

Three British men have been found guilty of planning a series of attacks that prosecutors¹⁴ said could have been bigger than the London Bombings of 2005. Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid and Ashik Ali, all from Birmingham in central England, intended to explode eight rucksack bombs in crowded areas across the country.

 

三名英国男子被判策划系列袭击罪，检察官称案情比2005年伦敦爆炸案还严重。来自英格兰中部伯明翰的Irfan Naseer, Irfan Khalid和Ashik Ali试图在全国人口密集地区引爆8枚背包炸弹。

 

World News from the BBC.

The United Nations Nuclear Agency the IAEA says Iran has begun installing next generation equipment at one of its nuclear plants. Iran insisted that its activities are peaceful. International talks on its nuclear program are due to resume next week. Bethany Bell reports from Vienna.

 

国际原子能机构(IAEA)称伊朗开始在一处核工厂安装下一代设备。伊朗坚称其核活动出于和平目的，国际社会将于下周继续对伊朗核项目进行对话。贝瑟尼·贝尔在维也纳报道。

 

The IAEA’s latest report on Iran says advanced centrifuges have been installed at Natanz nuclear plant. There is a concern in the West that could speed up Iran’s production of the material that could be used in a nuclear bomb. The agency also says it's concerned that extensive changes have taken place in recent weeks at the Parchin military site. The IAEA suspects explosive tests relevant to nuclear weapons may have taken place there in the past, a charge Iran denies.

 

IAEA关于伊朗的最新报告称纳坦兹核工厂已安装了先进的离心机，西方担心伊朗会加速生产用于核弹的原材料。该机构还称担心最近几周帕尔钦军事基地已发生了深刻变化。IAEA怀疑那里已完成了与核武器有关的爆炸试验，伊朗对此否认。

 

Police in Singapore said that the suspect, alleged¹⁵ to be the central figure at an International football match-fixing ring, is helping¹⁶ them with their investigations¹⁷. Tan Seet Eng, also known as Dan Tan, is wanted by the Italian authorities and has been linked with numerous fixed¹⁸ football games around the world. He denies any wrong doing. Earlier a Slovenian man, believed to be associated with Mr. Tan, surrendered to the Italian Police.

 

新加坡警方称操纵国际足球假球团伙的核心人物正协助他们进行调查，人称Dan Tan的陈锡英已被意大利当局通缉，他参与过全世界无数场足球比赛操纵活动。他否认有关指控，早些时候，一名据说与Tan有关联的斯洛文尼亚男子已向意大利警方自首。

 

The Catholic Church in Germany says it will allow its hospitals to give the morning-after-pill to women who have been raped¹⁹. However, Germany bishops²⁰ said that the pill would be given only to prevent pregnancy²¹ not to induce abortion²². The decision comes after a public outcry over the refusal by two church-run hospitals to provide a morning-after-pill to a raped victim.

 

德国天主教堂称将允许其医院给遭强奸的妇女紧急避孕药。然而，德国主教称这些药物只用来避孕，而不是用来堕胎。此前，两家教堂医院拒绝向一名强奸受害者提供紧急避孕药，由此引发公众谴责。

 

Three people have been killed and several injured in Las Vegas during a late-night car chase and shooting on the city’s famous boulevard. Police say shots were fired at a Maserati sports car from a Range Rover, causing the Maserati to crash into a taxi in what witnesses described as a fire ball. The driver and passenger in the taxi and the sports car driver died. It is the third violent incident this year on the Las Vegas Strip.

洛杉矶著名大街上发生夜间汽车追逐和枪击案，其中三人丧生，数人受伤。警方称枪手从一辆路虎揽胜车向一辆玛莎拉蒂跑车开枪，使得玛莎拉蒂与一辆出租车相撞，目击者称出租车当即烧成火球。出租车司机和乘客以及跑车的司机都遇难，这是拉斯维加斯大道今年发生的第三次暴力事故。

 

1 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。

2 sprint   

n.短距离赛跑；vi. 奋力而跑，冲刺；vt.全速跑过

参考例句：

• He put on a sprint to catch the bus.他全速奔跑以赶上公共汽车。
• The runner seemed to be rallied for a final sprint.这名赛跑者似乎在振作精神作最后的冲刺。

3 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。

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 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 stewardship   

n. n. 管理工作；管事人的职位及职责

参考例句：

• The organization certainly prospered under his stewardship. 不可否认，这个组织在他的管理下兴旺了起来。
• Last, but certainly not least, are the issues of stewardship and ethics. 最后，但当然不是微不足道的，是工作和道德规范的问题。

7 bail   

v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人

参考例句：

• One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
• She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。

8 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

9 terse   

adj.(说话，文笔)精炼的，简明的

参考例句：

• Her reply about the matter was terse.她对此事的答复简明扼要。
• The president issued a terse statement denying the charges.总统发表了一份简短的声明，否认那些指控。

10 immunity   

n.优惠；免除；豁免，豁免权

参考例句：

• The law gives public schools immunity from taxation.法律免除公立学校的纳税义务。
• He claims diplomatic immunity to avoid being arrested.他要求外交豁免以便避免被捕。

11 epidemic   

n.流行病；盛行；adj.流行性的，流传极广的

参考例句：

• That kind of epidemic disease has long been stamped out.那种传染病早已绝迹。
• The authorities tried to localise the epidemic.当局试图把流行病限制在局部范围。

12 sanitation   

n.公共卫生，环境卫生，卫生设备

参考例句：

• The location is exceptionally poor,viewed from the sanitation point.从卫生角度来看，这个地段非常糟糕。
• Many illnesses are the result,f inadequate sanitation.许多疾病都来源于不健全的卫生设施。

13 impunity   

n.(惩罚、损失、伤害等的)免除

参考例句：

• You will not escape with impunity.你不可能逃脱惩罚。
• The impunity what compulsory insurance sets does not include escapement.交强险规定的免责范围不包括逃逸。

14 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。

15 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

16 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

17 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

18 fixed   

adj.固定的，不变的，准备好的；(计算机)固定的

参考例句：

• Have you two fixed on a date for the wedding yet?你们俩选定婚期了吗？
• Once the aim is fixed,we should not change it arbitrarily.目标一旦确定，我们就不应该随意改变。

19 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

20 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

21 pregnancy   

n.怀孕，怀孕期

参考例句：

• Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
• Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。

22 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。