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The Deputy Prime Minister of Syria has told a British newspaper the country's civil war has reached a stalemate and the government is ready to call for a ceasefire. Speaking to the Guardian¹ newspaper, Qadri Jamil said neither the government forces nor the rebels were capable of defeating the other side. More detail from Jim Muir in Beirut.

叙利亚副总理告诉英国一家报刊，该国的内战已处于僵持状态，政府准备呼吁停火。贾米尔在卫报上发表讲话，他说无论是政府军还是叛军都无法打败对方。吉姆·缪尔在贝鲁特报道。

This was unusual talk from a senior government figure of yet, one who is not a hard-core Baath Party loyalist. In fact, Qadri Jamil is a former communist, his party took part in demonstrations² against the regime at the beginning of the uprising two and half years ago. But in his interview with the Guardian, he insisted that he was speaking for the government. It realized, he said that neither side could win the war for the time being, there was a stalemate. That in itself from the counter to the normal government line, that the rebels labeled terrorists must be defeated.

这是政府高级人员不寻常的讲话，他并非是复兴党的铁杆效忠者。事实上，贾米尔曾是共产党员，他的党派两年半前起义开始时参加了反对当局的游行。但在接受卫报的采访中，他坚称自己为政府代言。他说政府意识到交战双方目前都无法赢得战争，现在已是僵局。但政府内部却认为必须打败这些恐怖主义叛军。

The American Secretary State John Kerry has said that the UN Security Council must be prepared to act on Syria by drawing up a binding³ resolution next week. He insisted the facts concerning the use of the chemical weapons in the attack of August 21st will beyond dispute and it was implausible to think that opposition⁴ rebels will responsible. Mr. Kerry said there was no time for any more disputes or pretend that everyone could have their own set of facts.

美国国务卿约翰·克里说，联合国安理会必须准备对叙利亚采取行动，即下周起草一份有约束力的决议。他坚称有关8月21里化武使用的事实无可辩驳，而认为反对派叛军对此负责是不合道理的。克里说没有时间来进行争议或假装人人都有自己版本的证据。

It is vital for the international community to stand up and speak out in the strongest possible terms about the importance of enforceable action to rid the world of Syria's chemical weapons.

对国际社会来说，重要的是站起来严词说明以可执行的行动消除叙利亚化武的重要性。

Financial regulators in the United States and Britain have found the American bank JP Morgan 920 million dollars ever losses made by trader known as the London Whale.The bank lost more than six billion dollars as the result of the trades. Emma Simpson reports.

美国和英国金融监管机构发现，美国摩根大通银行9.2亿美元的亏损是由人称“伦敦鲸鱼”的交易者操作的。这场交易导致该银行损失60亿美元，艾玛·辛普森报道。

The fines are huge and the findings damning for this wall street giant, the losses of those through what the financial conduct authority described as a high risk trading strategy. The bets were made by Bruno Iksil, a trader in the bank's chief investment office in London, so huge were these bets. He became known as the London Whale. JP Morgan said it had accepted responsibility for its mistakes and was working to ensure they would never happen again.

罚款金额巨大，其发现令这家华尔街巨头吃惊，金融市场行为监管局称损失是通过高风险交易策略实现的。交易是由该行在伦敦的首席投资办公室的交易员布鲁诺·伊克希尔操作的，这笔交易涉资巨大，他就被称作“伦敦鲸鱼”。摩根大通称已接受交易失误的责任，并努力确保再也不发生此类情况。

A commission of inquiry⁵ into the police killing⁶ of 34 workers at a platinum⁷ mine in South Africa has accused the police of lying about the incidents. The commission said police had hidden some documents, falsified others and given a false version of the events. It said it had thousands of more documents to examine and will postpone⁸ the inquiry for several days. The BBC Africa correspondent says it's an extraordinary attack on the credibility of the South African police. The commission was set out following the killings⁹ the striking miners in August last year.

对警察杀死南非铂矿34名矿工案件进行调查的委员会指控警方在案件上撒谎，委员会称警方藏匿了一些文件，并伪造了其他文件，对案件的陈述也有错误。委员会称还有数千份文件要检查，因此调查将推迟数天。BBC驻非洲记者称这是对南非警方信誉的极大破坏，去年8月罢工矿工被杀案发生后就成立了该委员会。

The environmental group Greenpeace says 29 of its activists¹⁰ have been held at gunpoint by armed Russian men believed to be members of the Russian security service, the FSB who stormed their ship in international waters. The activists vessel¹¹ has taken part in a protest against drilling by gas program in the Arctic Ocean. Daniel Sandford reports.

环保组织绿色和平组织称其29名活动人士被俄罗斯武装人员开枪射击。据悉这些人是俄罗斯联邦安全局的成员，他们在国际水域对活动人士的船只开枪。该船只曾参加反对在北北冰洋开采天然气项目的抗议。丹尼尔·桑福德报道。

The Greenpeace protest began when four people try to board gas programs Prirazlomnaya drilling rig, the Russian coast guard immediately detained two activists who managed to get on to the side of the platform and the other activists returned to their ship, the Arctic Sunrise. But helicopters flew to the Arctic Sunrise and around 15 armed men in balaclavas up sailed onto the deck. One of the activists on the ship told the BBC that the armed men were holding 29 of them in the galley¹² while the captain was being detained on the bridge.

绿色和平组织的抗议开始后，有4个人试图登上天然气项目Prirazlomnaya的装油台，俄罗斯海岸警卫队立即逮捕了两名登上平台的活动人士，其他的活动人士回到了“极地曙光号”船上。但直升机飞到这艘船上，15名头戴盔式帽的武装人员上到甲板上。船上的一名活动人士告诉BBC，武装人员将29人劫持在厨房里，而船长被拘留在桥上。

The Mexican authorities say almost 100 people have been killed by two hurricanes that hit the country earlier in the week. The Pacific coast has been battered¹³ by Hurricane Manuel while Mexico's Gulf¹⁴ coast has been hit by Hurricane Ingrid.

墨西哥当局称，本周早些时候两场飓风袭击本国，导致近100人丧生。太平洋海岸遭遇曼努埃尔飓风袭击，而墨西哥湾海岸遭到英格丽飓风袭击。

A court in Texas has overturned the conviction of Tom DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful politicians in the United States. He was found guilty of money laundering¹⁵ three years ago in a case linked to the 2002 election. But the appeal judges decided¹⁶ there had been insufficient¹⁷ evidence to support conviction. The acquittal of Mr. Delay, a conservative Republican and former majority leader in Congress means he can't be retried.

德克萨斯法院推翻了对汤姆·迪莱的定罪，他一度是美国最有权势的政客之一。三年前他定罪为在与2002年选举有关的事件中进行洗钱活动，但上诉法官认定没有足够的证据来支持定罪。对迪莱的无罪判定意味着不能再复审，迪莱是保守派共和党，也是国会前多数派领袖。

Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church needs to find a new balance between its preaching on abortion¹⁸, gay marriage and contraception and a great need to be inclusive. He said he'd been criticized for not speaking much on those issues himself, but he said the church did not find a new balance its moral edifice¹⁹ could collapse²⁰ like a house of cards.

弗朗西斯教皇称天主教堂需要在堕胎、同性恋和避孕的说教与包容性需要之间寻找新的平衡点。他说自己因在这些问题上讲的不多而遭受批评，但他说教堂如果不能寻找新的平衡点，其道德大厦就会像空中楼阁一样坍塌倒掉。

1 guardian   

n.监护人；守卫者，保护者

参考例句：

• The form must be signed by the child's parents or guardian. 这张表格须由孩子的家长或监护人签字。
• The press is a guardian of the public weal. 报刊是公共福利的卫护者。

2 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。

3 binding   

有约束力的，有效的，应遵守的

参考例句：

• The contract was not signed and has no binding force. 合同没有签署因而没有约束力。
• Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding. 双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

4 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。

5 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。

6 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。

7 platinum   

n.白金

参考例句：

• I'll give her a platinum ring.我打算送给她一枚白金戒指。
• Platinum exceeds gold in value.白金的价值高于黄金。

8 postpone   

v.延期，推迟

参考例句：

• I shall postpone making a decision till I learn full particulars.在未获悉详情之前我得从缓作出决定。
• She decided to postpone the converastion for that evening.她决定当天晚上把谈话搁一搁。

9 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。

10 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

12 galley   

n.（飞机或船上的）厨房单层甲板大帆船；军舰舰长用的大划艇；

参考例句：

• The stewardess will get you some water from the galley.空姐会从厨房给你拿些水来。
• Visitors can also go through the large galley where crew members got their meals.游客还可以穿过船员们用餐的厨房。

13 battered   

adj.磨损的；v.连续猛击；磨损

参考例句：

• He drove up in a battered old car.他开着一辆又老又破的旧车。
• The world was brutally battered but it survived.这个世界遭受了惨重的创伤,但它还是生存下来了。

14 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

15 laundering   

n.洗涤（衣等），洗烫（衣等）；洗（钱）v.洗（衣服等），洗烫（衣服等）( launder的现在分词 )；洗（黑钱）（把非法收入改头换面，变为貌似合法的收入）

参考例句：

• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering. 洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He was charged with laundering money. 他被指控洗钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 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。

17 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

18 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。

19 edifice   

n.宏伟的建筑物(如宫殿，教室)

参考例句：

• The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。
• There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物。

20 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。