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The White House says that President Obama authorizes¹ military intervention² against Syria, it will be solely³ in response to last week's apparent chemical weapons attack on the outskirts⁴ of Damascus. Earlier, the US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the US armed forces were ready for military action. From Washington here's David Willis.

白宫称总统奥巴马授权对叙利亚进行军事干预，这仅仅是对上周大马士革郊区显然发生的化学武器袭击而做出的举动。早些时候，美国国防部长恰克·黑格说美军已做好进行军事行动的准备。戴维德·威利斯在华盛顿报道。

There is growing sense the United States is preparing for the possibility of a military strike against Syria. A White House spokesman said the Obama administration was firmly of the view, not only that chemical weapons had been used in Syria but that it was the Syrian government that used them. The US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel told the BBC that the armed forces were ready to go should the president give the order. But Mr. Obama is still said to be weighing his options.

越来越感到美国准备对叙利亚进行军事打击，白宫发言人称奥巴马政府坚决认为，叙利亚不仅使用了化学武器，而且是叙利亚政府在使用。美国国防部长恰克·黑格告诉BBC，一旦总统给出命令，武装部队随时准备出发。但据悉奥巴马仍在权衡决策。

The British Prime Minister also stressed that any military action would aim specifically deterring⁵ the future use of such weapons. Meanwhile, Syria's key allies - Russia, Iran and China - have stepped up their warnings against the intervention. The Syrian Foreign Minister, Walid Muallem, said that his country would defend itself by all possible means for attacked. He described the allegations about chemical weapons as lies.

英国首相还强调说，任何军事行动都只是为了阻止未来有人再度使用化学武器。同时，叙利亚的关键盟友俄罗斯、伊朗和中国都进一步对干预发出警告。叙利亚外长莫兰称本国将采取一切手段捍卫自身，他曾所谓的化学武器使用是谎言。

Police in Spain have arrested a former investment banker wanted by the US over a 2012 forged scandal which led to senior resignations of JP Morgan and several government probes into bank practice. Here's Tom Burridge.

西班牙警方逮捕了一名前投资银行家，此人因2012年的伪造丑闻被美国通缉，案件导致摩根大通高管辞职，政府还对银行业务进行数次调查。Tom Burridge报道。

Javier Martin-Artajo, a former investment banker JP Morgan Chase, handed himself in to police in Madrid. He is wanted in the United States on charges that he and former colleague fixed⁶ bank records on a portfolio⁷ of investments to high losses amounting to more than $6bn. After his arrest, Javier Martin-Artajo was released on bail⁸, and his case is now being considered by Spain's High Court which will decide whether he should be extradited to the United States.

摩根大通银行前投资银行家杰维尔·马丁·阿塔乔在马德里警局自首。他和前同事被控就一项投资组合伪造银行记录，造成60多亿美元的损失，他因此被美国通缉。杰维尔·马丁·阿塔乔被捕后经保释获释，西班牙最高法院正思考他的案件，以决定是否将他引渡到美国。

A former bank executive in the United States has admitted using nearly $400,000 of government bailout money to buy a luxury holiday home in Florida. Darryl Layne Woods was a chairman of a bank in Missouri has pleaded guilty to misleading investors⁹ of the use of the funds. Andrew Walker reports.

美国一名前银行主管承认挪用近40万美元政府援助资金在佛罗里达购买豪华住所。曾担任密苏里州一家银行行长的达瑞尔·莱恩·伍兹承认曾就资金的使用误导过投资者。安德鲁·沃克报道。

In late 2008, the global financial system was reeling from the collapse¹⁰ of the American investment bank Lehmans and the US government set up a program using taxpayers¹¹' money to restore its ability. The owner of Mainstreet Bank in Ashland, Missouri sought help, but the bank's chairman Darryl Woods now admits that he used $380,000 of the funds to buy a luxury waterside home in Florida. The US prosecutor¹² described him as a disgraced business leader who took advantage of the situation to benefit himself and other executives. He has not been sentenced yet, but could face up to a year in prison.

2008年底，全球金融体系受到美国投行雷曼兄弟崩溃的影响，美国政府制定出使用纳税人的钱来恢复能力的项目。在密苏里州亚什兰的民生银行行长寻求援助，但该行主席达瑞尔·伍兹目前承认自己从资金从挪用38万美元来在佛罗里达州购买豪华水畔房屋。美国检察官称他是不名誉的商界领袖，趁机为自己和其他高管谋取私利。他目前尚未判刑，但可能面临一年的监禁。

Colombia's second largest rebel group, the ELN, had freed a Canadian hostage seized seven months ago. The Vice¹³ President of a Toronto-based mining company Gernot Wober was handed over to the international committee of the Red Cross at an undisclosed location in the north of the country. Mr.Wober was taken hostage by the left-wing rebels in January alongside five other workers who were released shortly after. The Colombian government has said that the ELN would only be allowed to take part in peace talks if they release all their hostages.

哥伦比亚第二大叛军组织ELN释放了7个月前绑架的加拿大人质。在该国北部一处秘密地点，总部在多伦多的矿业公司副总裁被交给国际红十字会。沃伯一月份和另外5名员工被该左翼叛军劫为人质，后者随后很快就获释。哥伦比亚政府称ELN被允许进行和谈的唯一条件就是释放全部人质。

The Afghan President Hamid Karzai has condemned¹⁴ the killings¹⁵ by the Taliban of 12 Afghan civilians¹⁶ while he held two days of talks in Pakistan with the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Karen Allen reports on the Mr. Karzai's comments.

阿富汗总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊谴责塔利班杀害12名阿富汗平民的事件，当时他正在巴基斯坦与总理纳瓦兹·谢里夫举行为期两天的会谈。凯伦·阿伦报道卡尔扎伊的评论。

He's condemned the attacks in Herat, in the west of the country, and also attacks in the east of the country. And he basically said that there were some countries want to keep Afghanistan underdeveloped now, that was a fairly, clearly pointed¹⁷ to dig neighbouring Pakistan which Afghanistan has long accused of having links to the insurgency¹⁸ here in Afghanistan. Interesting because he comes just as he was leaving two-day talks in Islamabad, of course, he's been meeting Nawaz Sharif, the new Prime Minister of Pakistan.

他谴责了发生在该国西部赫拉特和东部的袭击，他说有点国家希望阿富汗处于不发达境地，这显然是指邻国巴基斯坦，阿富汗长久以来指责该国与本国境内的叛军有关联。这件事很有趣，因为他即将结束在伊斯兰堡的两天会谈，他已会见巴基斯坦新总理纳瓦兹·谢里夫。

Both sides are saying that they had not root out the possibility of further discussion to put stalled negotiations¹⁹ with the Taliban back on track.

双方都表示，尚未排除做进一步商谈的可能，以恢复业已停止的与塔利班的谈判。

The French President Francois Hollande has urged the United Nations and the African Union to take immediate²⁰ action to bring stability to the Central African Republic which he said was at risk of going the way of Somalia. The country has become increasingly lawless since the successful rebel coup²¹ in March with accusation²² of widespread recruitment of child soldiers, weapons proliferation, rape²³ and population displacement²⁴. The UN officials have warned the country on the verge²⁵ of collapse, saying the crisis could affect neighbouring countries.

法国总统弗朗索瓦·奥朗德督促联合国和非盟立即采取行动，给中非共和国带来稳定，他说该国有陷入与索马里同样境地的危险。三月份叛军成功政变，还涉嫌普遍招募童子军、进行武器扩散、犯下强奸罪，还导致人口流离失所，该国越发混乱无法纪。联合国官员警告该国处于崩溃的边缘，称这场危机可能影响邻国。

1 authorizes   

授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
• The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。

2 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

3 solely   

adv.仅仅，唯一地

参考例句：

• Success should not be measured solely by educational achievement.成功与否不应只用学业成绩来衡量。
• The town depends almost solely on the tourist trade.这座城市几乎完全靠旅游业维持。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 deterring   

v.阻止，制止( deter的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• However, investors say are a number of issues deterring business. 然而，投资者表示，有很多问题让他们却步。 来自互联网
• It's an effective way of deterring potential does online, the logic goes. 逻辑上这是抑制潜在线上威胁的有效方法。 来自互联网

6 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。

7 portfolio   

n.公事包；文件夹；大臣及部长职位

参考例句：

• He remembered her because she was carrying a large portfolio.他因为她带着一个大公文包而记住了她。
• He resigned his portfolio.他辞去了大臣职务。

8 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。

9 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

10 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。

11 taxpayers   

纳税人，纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
• She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。

12 prosecutor   

n.起诉人；检察官，公诉人

参考例句：

• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
• The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。

13 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

14 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

15 killings   

谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发

参考例句：

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
• The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。

16 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

17 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

18 insurgency   

n.起义；暴动；叛变

参考例句：

• And as in China, unrest and even insurgency are widespread. 而在中国，动乱甚至暴乱都普遍存在。 来自互联网
• Dr Zyphur is part an insurgency against this idea. 塞弗博士是这一观点逆流的一部分。 来自互联网

19 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

20 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

21 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

22 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

23 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

24 displacement   

n.移置，取代，位移，排水量

参考例句：

• They said that time is the feeling of spatial displacement.他们说时间是空间位移的感觉。
• The displacement of all my energy into caring for the baby.我所有精力都放在了照顾宝宝上。

25 verge   

n.边，边缘；v.接近，濒临

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• She was on the verge of bursting into tears.她快要哭出来了。