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The White House has announced that the US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterparts Sergei Lavrov on Thursday in Switzerland. As new diplomatic divisions emerge at the UN over how to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control. Nick Bryant is at the UN in New York.

白宫宣布美国国务卿约翰·克里将于周四在瑞士与俄罗斯外长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫会面。在如何将叙利亚化武置于国际控制之下的问题上，联合国出现了新的外交分歧。尼克·布莱恩特在纽约联合国总部报道。

It's been a fast moving day of diplomacy¹ at the United Nations which began with France drafting a toughly worded Security Council resolution calling for the Assad regime to hand over its chemical weapons so they could be controlled and dismantled². The French have called for extremely serious consequences that the event of Syria failing to meet its obligations. But the Russians have called the threat of force unacceptable. They’ve requested a close-door meeting at the Security Council to push their own proposals for chemical weapons handover but then decided³ to cancel it. The White House says that America, Britain and France would prefer a diplomatic solution but have also said they continue to prepare for a full range of responses including military action.

这天联合国的外交事件进行得很快，先是法国起草了一份措辞强烈的安理会决议，呼吁阿萨德政权将交出化学武器，从而将之控制并毁掉。法国还呼吁，一旦叙利亚未能履行其承诺，就要面临极端严重的后果。但俄罗斯称武力威胁是不可接受的，请求在安理会举行闭门会议，并提出自己对交出武器的提议，但后来取消了该提议。白宫称美国、英国和法国更愿意用外交手段来解决，但同时表示，他们讲继续准备包括军事行动在内的系列应对手段。

The Syrian government has given more details of the steps it's willing to take to put its chemical weapons under international control. In a statement to Russia's Interfax News Agency, the Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem says Syria would join the chemical weapons convention which prohibits their production and use. He's quoted a saying that Syria is also prepared to show its installations to representatives of the UN, Russia and other countries. But the US Secretary of States John Kerry said Syria needed to go further. Our Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen is in Damascus.

叙利亚政府提供愿意将化学武器置于国际控制之下的更多细节，外长穆阿利姆在俄罗斯国际传真社发表声明，称叙利亚愿意加入化学武器公约，该公约禁止化武的生产和使用。他引用一个说法，即叙利亚准备向联合国、俄罗斯等国的代表显示其装置，但美国国务卿约翰·克里说叙利亚应该做出更多表示。BBC驻中东编辑Jeremy Bowen在大马士革报道。

There has been a range of reaction to what’s happened going from relief through to people who I've been told have been actually crying tears of disappointment and frustration⁴ that the Americans aren't about now to bomb the regime because of course people who support the armed opposition⁵ were anxious to see the opposition profiting from an American raid and I think people involved with the secular⁶ side of widely the Free Syrian Army were also hoping that the Americans would bomb the Jihadists who are their rivals.

对于目前的局势，这里有多种反应，在跟我谈话的人中，有的人松了一口气，有的哭着流着眼泪表示失望和挫折，因为美国不准备炮轰阿萨德政权，当然，那些支持武装反对派的人迫切想看到反对派从美国的袭击中获益，我想自由叙利亚军中的世俗派也希望美国炮轰他们的对手圣战分子。

The Deputy President of Kenya, William Ruto, has pleaded not guilty to charges of crimes against humanity at the opening of his trial at the International Criminal Court. Mr. Ruto was accused of orchestrating violence after disputed elections in 2007. Anna Holligan reports from The Hague.

在国际刑事法庭上开庭审判中，肯尼亚副总统威廉姆·鲁托拒不承认有关反人道罪的指控。鲁托被控在2007年有争议的选举后策划暴力事件，安娜·霍丽甘在海牙报道。

The prosecutor⁷ Fatou Bensouda accused Mr. Ruto of using his power to procure⁸ weapons, secure funds and coordinate⁹ the violence. More than 1,000 people were killed and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes during three months of politically feud¹⁰ killings¹². For the international community, this trial has been seen as a test case for the ICC. William Ruto is the first serving official to appear at the ICC, in November, Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to join him.

检察官班索达指控鲁托使用权力以获得武器、资金，并策划暴力事件。在长达三月的政治仇杀中，有1000多人被杀，成千上万人被迫离开家园。对国际社会来说，这次审判被视为国际刑事法庭的判例案件。威廉姆·鲁托是首位出现在国际刑事法庭的现任官员，11月，肯尼亚总统乌鲁·肯亚塔也将接受审判。

Venezuela has formally left the inter-American Human Rights Convention, a year after the late president Hugo Chavez announced his intention to abandon it. The Venezuelan government accuses the body of being controlled by foreign groups and interfering¹³ with domestic politics.

委内瑞拉正式离开美洲人权公约，就在一年前，已故总统乌戈·查韦斯宣布准备离开该公约。委内瑞拉政府指责该机构被外国组织控制，并干预国内政治。

The Indian authorities have briefly¹⁴ lifted a curfew in rioted areas at the states of Uttar Pradesh where clashes between Hindu and Muslim communities have killed at least 38 people in the last few days. An official said the curfew imposed over the weekend was lifted for two hours to allow people to buy essential food items. The clashes were sparked by the killing¹¹ of three men in a dispute over a harassment¹⁵ of a young woman.

印度当局暂时取消北方邦暴乱地区的宵禁，就在过去几天内，该地区印度和穆斯林社区之间发生冲突，导致至少38人丧生。一位官员称周末实施的宵禁已被取消两小时，目的是让人们购买重要的食物。这场冲突的导火索是一场有关一名年轻女子被骚扰的争端，争执中三名男子被杀。

The International Olympic Committee has elected a new President, the German lawyer and IOC Vice¹⁶ President, Thomas Bach. His election as ninth President of the IOC was announced by the outgoing President, Jacques Rogge. From Buenos Aires Alex Capstick reports.

国际奥委会选举德国律师兼IOC副主席托马斯·巴克担任新主席。即将离任的主席雅各布·罗格宣布巴克为IOC第9任主席。Alex Capstick在布宜诺斯艾利斯报道。

Thomas Bach has been considered the frontrunner in the six man race so it was no surprise when he was elected in a secret ballot¹⁷. His selection continues the preference for Europeans, eight of the nine IOC presidents have hailed from the continent. He's compiled an impressive dossier: he was an Olympic champion of fencing in 1976 and since joining the IOC has been a long serving member of the policy-making executive board. There were no radical¹⁸ ideas in his manifesto¹⁹; but he will face challenges, the most immediate²⁰ is the Sochi Olympics and the controversy²¹ surrounding Russia's anti-gay legislation.

该职位有六个人竞争，但托马斯·巴克被视为是领先者，所以在秘密投票中他胜出并不意外。他的当选仍体现了欧洲人的偏好，IOC的9位主席中，有8个是欧洲人。他过去的经历令人印象深刻，他曾是1976年奥运会击剑冠军，自从加入IOC，他一直是决策执行委员会的常任成员。他的声明中没有极端的观点，但他将面临多个挑战，最迫在眼前的是索契奥运会和有关俄罗斯反同法案的争议。

An Italian priest has given Pope Francis a 20-year-old car to drive himself around Vatican city. The priest said he was surprised to receive a telephone call from the Pope accepting his written offer. Pope Francis has already used the car, a Renault 4 with 300,000km on the clock. Earlier he called for disused convents to be used to house asylum²² seekers rather than be turned into luxury hotels to make money for the Roman Catholic Church.

一位意大利牧师送给弗朗西斯教皇一辆20年车龄的汽车，让他在梵蒂冈城市周围自己开着。这位牧师说，他很吃惊收到来自教皇的电话，称已接受他的书面要约。弗朗西斯教皇已经开了这辆车，这是辆有着30万行车里程的雷诺4。早些时候，他呼吁将废弃的修道院用来给避难者住，而不是被装修成豪华酒店来给罗马天主教堂挣钱。

1 diplomacy   

n.外交；外交手腕，交际手腕

参考例句：

• The talks have now gone into a stage of quiet diplomacy.会谈现在已经进入了“温和外交”阶段。
• This was done through the skill in diplomacy. 这是通过外交手腕才做到的。

2 dismantled   

拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 )； 拆卸； 废除； 取消

参考例句：

• The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
• The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。

3 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。

4 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

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 secular   

n.牧师，凡人；adj.世俗的，现世的，不朽的

参考例句：

• We live in an increasingly secular society.我们生活在一个日益非宗教的社会。
• Britain is a plural society in which the secular predominates.英国是个世俗主导的多元社会。

7 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。

8 procure   

vt.获得，取得，促成；vi.拉皮条

参考例句：

• Can you procure some specimens for me?你能替我弄到一些标本吗？
• I'll try my best to procure you that original French novel.我将尽全力给你搞到那本原版法国小说。

9 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

10 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

11 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。

12 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。

13 interfering   

adj. 妨碍的 动词interfere的现在分词

参考例句：

• He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！
• I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

14 briefly   

adv.简单地，简短地

参考例句：

• I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
• He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。

15 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

16 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。

17 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。

18 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。

19 manifesto   

n.宣言，声明

参考例句：

• I was involved in the preparation of Labour's manifesto.我参与了工党宣言的起草工作。
• His manifesto promised measures to protect them.他在宣言里保证要为他们采取保护措施。

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 controversy   

n.争论，辩论，争吵

参考例句：

• That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
• We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。

22 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。