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The government of Colombia and left-wing Farc rebels have reached agreement on land reform after more than six months of peace talks. It's the first and one of the most contentious¹ issues on ending five decades of conflict. Sarah Rainsford reports from the Cuban capital Havana where the talks have been taking place.

经过六个多月的和平谈判，哥伦比亚政府和左翼Farc叛军终于达成土地改革协议，由此结束了长达50年冲突，土地是这场冲突的首要也是最有争议的问题。Sarah Rainsford在协商所在地古巴首都哈瓦那报道。

"Colombian government representatives and Farc rebels worked extra long hours in recent days to reach this deal, which marks a significant step forward in the peace process. In a joint² statement, the two sides say what they've agreed represents a radical³ transformation⁴ of rural Colombia by assuring fair access to land and rural development. So, addressing the key causes of the armed conflicts. Details are limited for now, but the deal calls for the creation of a land bank as a way to reallocate land, including areas seized illegally during the fighting. Next stop for discussion starting next month is the issue of Farc members' participation⁵ in politics."

“哥伦比亚政府代表和Farc叛军最近经过漫长的工作终于达成该协议，这标志着和平进程的重大进步。双方在联合声明中表示，根据协议，哥伦比亚农民可以公平获得土地和农村发展，这代表着一项彻底的改变，因此也就解决了武装冲突的关键原因。目前有关细节尚未敲定，但协议呼吁创立土地银行，并以此重新分配土地，包括战争期间非法获得的土地。下一个问题将于下月商讨，议题是Farc成员的政治参与问题。”

A large demonstration⁶ against a law legalizing gay marriage in France has been held in Paris. The same sex marriage bill, which also legalizes gay adoption⁷, was signed into law after months of heated debate. Christian⁸ Fraser reports from Paris.

法国巴黎举行反对将同性婚姻合法性的大规模游行。这项同性婚姻法案也将同性夫妇收养问题合法化，在数月的激烈争论后已被签署为法律。克里斯蒂安·弗雷泽在巴黎报道。

"The same sex marriage bill has stirred in France some of the fiercest debate and some of the biggest right-wing protest in decades. Today, there were four simultaneous demonstrations⁹ from different parts of Paris, then descended¹⁰ on the assembly lead in the central city. Many viewed it as a final stand against the bill - the President has already signed into law. Police said 150,000 people were marching, the organizers say it's close to a million."

“这项同性婚姻法案在法国引发了最激烈的辩论，也造成数十年来最大规模的右翼抗议。今天，巴黎各个地区同时举行四场游行，然后一起来到市中心举行集会。许多人认为这是反对该法案的最后一搏，但总统已经将之签署为法律。警方称有15万人参加游行，组织者称有近100万人。”。

A film about a passionate¹¹ lesbian love affair, Blue is the Warmest Colour has won the top prize - the Palme d'Or - at the Canne Film Festival. The film by the French director Abdellatif Kechiche took the prestigious¹² award on the closing night of the festival. Emma Jones reports from Canne.

有关女同性恋的激情电影《阿黛尔的生活》获得戛纳电影节金棕榈大奖。该片的法国导演阿布戴·柯西胥在电影节闭幕式上获得这一殊荣。艾玛·琼斯在戛纳报道。

"Blue was the Warmest Colour for this year's golden palm, an explicit¹³ love story about two young French women took home cinema's greatest trophy¹⁴. And another French actress was rewarded, Berenice Bejo, stared The Artist was voted best actress for a frank Iranian film, The Past, by a jury chair, by Hollywood's biggest director, Steven Spielberg. But with Spielberg the helm, this was also a year for American excellence¹⁵ proved by Joel and Ethan Coen's new film Inside Llewyn Davis setting the Grand Prix a runner-up prize."

“《阿黛尔的生活》获得今年的金棕榈奖，这部露骨的情爱片讲述了两个年轻的法国女子将电影节的头等奖带回家。另一位法国演员出演过《艺术家》的贝热尼丝·贝乔因主演伊朗电影《过往》获得最佳女演员奖，这份殊荣是评委即好莱坞大导演斯蒂芬·斯皮尔伯格授予她的。在斯皮尔伯格的主持下，乔尔·科恩和伊桑·科恩的《关于勒维恩·戴维斯》得到了评审团大奖，这再次证明了美国人的卓越。”

President Obama has visited the suburb of Moore in Oklahoma City to see the wreckage¹⁶ caused by last week's tornado¹⁷ and the first recovery efforts. Twenty-four people were killed and thousands of homes destroyed along with schools and medical facilities. Speaking along sides survivors¹⁸ and emergency teams, Mr Obama said it would take a long time for the community to rebuild.

总统奥巴马访问俄克拉荷马州摩尔社区，看望上周龙卷风留下的废墟，并视察第一轮的恢复工作。24人在灾难中丧生，成千上万房屋、学校和医院设施被毁。奥巴马站在幸存者和救援小组身旁，他说该社区要重建需要很长时间。

The authorities in Burma have reaffirmed a long-standing ban that prevents families of Rohingya Muslims having more than two children. The ban will be enforced in parts of Rakhine state by officials who believed that high birth rates in Rohingya Muslim communities are stoking ethnic¹⁹ tension with Buddhists²⁰. Human Rights Watch called the two child ban abhorrent²¹ and inhumane. Burma considers Rohingya Muslims illegal immigrants and denies them citizenship²².

缅甸政府重申了一项长期禁令，即阻止罗辛亚穆斯林家庭生育两个以上孩子。官方将在若开邦的部分地区实施该禁令，官方认为罗辛亚穆斯林社区出生率高，将会加剧同佛教徒之间的种族冲突。人权观察机构称两孩禁令可恶且不人道，缅甸将罗辛亚穆斯林视为非法移民，还不承认他们的公民身份。

The Kenyan government says it delivered a man accused of killing²³ a British soldier into the hands of Britain security offices more than two years ago. Michael Adebolajo is one of the two men accused of hacking²⁴ a soldier to death on a street in London on Wednesday. Gabriel Gatehouse reports from the Kenyan capital Nairobi.

肯尼亚政府称两年前曾将一名被控杀害一名英国士兵的男子交给英国安全部门。迈克尔·阿德波拉杰是被控周三在伦敦大街上砍死一名士兵的两名凶手之一。Gabriel Gatehouse在肯尼亚首都内罗毕报道。

Michael Adebolajo was detained in late November 2010 on an Island of the northeastern coast of Kenya near the border with Somalia. He was arrested on suspicion of links with al-Shabab, the Somali based Islamist militant²⁵ group. He subsequently appeared in court in Mombasa alongside a number of Kenyan citizens. A spokesman for the Kenyan government told the BBC Mr Adebolajo was subsequently handed over into the custody²⁶ of UK security offices in Kenya, he was not charged for any offense²⁷.

迈克尔·阿德波拉杰于2010年11月底在肯尼亚与索马里相邻的东北海岸一座岛上被捕，他涉嫌与阿尔沙巴布这个总部在索马里的伊斯兰武装组织有关联。他随后和一群肯尼亚公民一同出现在蒙巴萨岛法院上，肯尼亚政府发言人告诉BBC，阿德波拉杰后来被交给英国驻肯尼亚安全部队拘留，他并未被控有任何罪行。

In the week of recent criticism over his strategies on dealing²⁸ with Islamic extremism, the British Prime Minister David Cameron says he is setting up a task force to look at how to stop the radicalization of young Muslim men. In 2011, the government reduced funding for a program designed to help prevent radicalization.

英国首相戴维·卡梅伦最近一周处理伊斯兰极端主义的策略备受批评，他说将组建任务组来研究如何阻止穆斯林青年男子的种族主义。政府2011年削减了对一项意在帮助阻止种族主义的项目的拨款。

Politicians and business leaders have gathered at the World Economic Forum²⁹ in Jordon and have called for peace in the Middle East to be an international priority. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Israeli President Shimon Peres and the US Secretary of State John Kerry reiterated³⁰ support for renewed talks based on a two-state solution to break the current impasse³¹ between the Palestinians and Israel.

政治家们和商界领袖汇聚约旦世界经济论坛，呼吁将中东和平列为国际上的头等大事。巴勒斯坦总统马哈茂德·阿巴斯、以色列总统希蒙·佩雷斯和美国国务卿约翰·克里重申支持在两国途径基础上重启谈判，以打破目前阿勒斯坦和以色列之间的僵局

1 contentious   

adj.好辩的，善争吵的

参考例句：

• She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
• Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 transformation   

n.变化；改造；转变

参考例句：

• Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
• He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。

5 participation   

n.参与，参加，分享

参考例句：

• Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
• The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。

6 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

7 adoption   

n.采用，采纳，通过；收养

参考例句：

• An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
• The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。

8 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

9 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

10 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

11 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

12 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

13 explicit   

adj.详述的，明确的；坦率的；显然的

参考例句：

• She was quite explicit about why she left.她对自己离去的原因直言不讳。
• He avoids the explicit answer to us.他避免给我们明确的回答。

14 trophy   

n.优胜旗，奖品，奖杯，战胜品，纪念品

参考例句：

• The cup is a cherished trophy of the company.那只奖杯是该公司很珍惜的奖品。
• He hung the lion's head as a trophy.他把那狮子头挂起来作为狩猎纪念品。

15 excellence   

n.优秀，杰出，(pl.)优点，美德

参考例句：

• His art has reached a high degree of excellence.他的艺术已达到炉火纯青的地步。
• My performance is far below excellence.我的表演离优秀还差得远呢。

16 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

17 tornado   

n.飓风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

18 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

19 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

20 Buddhists   

n.佛教徒( Buddhist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Jesuits in a phase of ascendancy, persecuted and insulted the Buddhists with great acrimony. 处于地位上升阶段的耶稣会修士迫害佛教徒，用尖刻的语言辱骂他们。 来自英汉非文学 - 历史
• The return of Saivite rule to central Java had brought no antagonism between Buddhists and Hindus. 湿婆教在中爪哇恢复统治后，并没有导致佛教徒与印度教徒之间的对立。 来自辞典例句

21 abhorrent   

adj.可恶的，可恨的，讨厌的

参考例句：

• He is so abhorrent,saying such bullshit to confuse people.他这样乱说，妖言惑众，真是太可恶了。
• The idea of killing animals for food is abhorrent to many people.许多人想到杀生取食就感到憎恶。

22 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

23 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。

24 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

25 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

26 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

27 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

28 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

29 forum   

n.论坛，讨论会

参考例句：

• They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
• The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。

30 reiterated   

反复地说，重申( reiterate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• "Well, I want to know about it,'she reiterated. “嗯，我一定要知道你的休假日期，"她重复说。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
• Some twenty-two years later President Polk reiterated and elaborated upon these principles. 大约二十二年之后，波尔克总统重申这些原则并且刻意阐释一番。

31 impasse   

n.僵局；死路

参考例句：

• The government had reached an impasse.政府陷入绝境。
• Negotiations seemed to have reached an impasse.谈判似乎已经陷入僵局。