英语听力精选进阶版 10216

A powerful cyclone¹ has hit the east coast of India forcing half a million people to flee their homes. Cyclone Phailin is buffeting² Orissa's state with winds up to  200km/hour. So far, at least five people have died. Our correspondent Sanjoy Majumder is in the region, he described the intensity³ of the storm.

印度东南海岸发生强飓风，迫使近50万人离开家园。飓风以每小时200千米的速度袭击了奥里萨邦，到目前为止，至少5人丧生。记者Sanjoy Majumder在该地区采访，他描述了飓风的威力。

We step up for a brief moment, we could barely stand on our feet, we'd come back right in. And there has been accompanied with very, very heavy rain, in the distance  we frequently hear the sounds of bang of things coming down, of windows being smashed and already we're getting reports of power line which have come down, the trees  that have been brought down, of houses with their roofs blown off.

我们走快了一小会儿，几乎无法站立，已经退了回来。和飓风一起的还有非常强的降雨，能不时听到东西坠落的巨响，有窗户被摔碎的声音，我们还得到有关电线倒落的报道，还有树被吹倒 ，有的房屋屋顶被掀掉。

The Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has lambasted the International Criminal Court where he faces trial for crimes against humanity as racist⁴, biased⁵ and means for  western governments to interfere⁶ in Africa. Addressing African leaders in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, Mr. Kenyatta said the ICC had become a toy of the  declining imperial powers. The African Union has passed the resolution that no sitting African head of state should appear before any international court. Gabriel  Gatehouse reports.

被ICC指控以反人道罪而面临审判的肯尼亚总统乌呼鲁·肯雅塔对国际刑事法庭(ICC)表示强烈指责，他称ICC持种族主义观点、有偏见，是西方政府用以干预非洲的工具。肯雅塔在埃塞俄比亚 首都亚的斯亚贝巴向非洲领导人发表讲话，他说ICC已成为堕落的帝国主义的工具。非盟通过决议，规定非洲现任国家元首不应该出现在任何国际法庭。Gabriel Gatehouse报道。

The Kenyan president has repeatedly sought the deferral⁷ to his trial at the International Criminal Court which is due to start an exactly one month time, though the  request has been repeatedly rebuffed. Now the African Union says Uhuru Kenyatta should not attend the trial unless the court agrees to postpone⁸ proceedings⁹. The Pan- African body accuses the International Criminal Court of biased on its current cases related to alleged¹⁰ crimes committed in Africa. President Kenatta has always  maintained he'd cooperated fully¹¹ with the ICC, diplomats¹² in Kenya say failure to do so would have consequences.

国际刑事法庭准备在一月后开始审判肯雅塔，这位肯尼亚总统已多次请求延迟审判，但这个请求屡次遭拒绝。现在非盟称除非法庭同意推迟审判，否则乌呼鲁·肯雅塔不应该参加审判。该泛 非洲机构指责国际刑事法庭持有偏见，其目前的案子中所谓在非洲犯下的罪行是莫须有的。总统肯雅塔一直表示自己完全配合ICC的工作，肯尼亚外交官称这一点做不到的话会有严重后果。

The US and Afghanistan say they have agreed the terms of the security deal to take effect after the main foreign combat forces leave the country at the end of the next  year. It follows talks in Kabul between the US Secretary of State John Kerry and the African President Hamid Karzai.

美国和阿富汗称双方已同意安全协议的条款在明年年底主要的外国作战部队离开本国后生效，此前美国国务卿约翰·克里和阿富汗总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊在喀布尔进行了会谈。

1 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

2 buffeting   

振动

参考例句：

• The flowers took quite a buffeting in the storm. 花朵在暴风雨中备受摧残。
• He's been buffeting with misfortunes for 15 years. 15年来，他与各种不幸相博斗。

3 intensity   

n.强烈，剧烈；强度；烈度

参考例句：

• I didn't realize the intensity of people's feelings on this issue.我没有意识到这一问题能引起群情激奋。
• The strike is growing in intensity.罢工日益加剧。

4 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。

5 biased   

a.有偏见的

参考例句：

• a school biased towards music and art 一所偏重音乐和艺术的学校
• The Methods: They employed were heavily biased in the gentry's favour. 他们采用的方法严重偏袒中上阶级。

6 interfere   

v.(in)干涉，干预；(with)妨碍，打扰

参考例句：

• If we interfere, it may do more harm than good.如果我们干预的话，可能弊多利少。
• When others interfere in the affair,it always makes troubles. 别人一卷入这一事件，棘手的事情就来了。

7 deferral   

n.延期，缓役

参考例句：

• It also calls for the deferral of a share of bonuses. 协议还要求一部分奖金延期发放。 来自互联网
• Even implementing the interest-deferral scheme for homeowners has proved inconveniently tricky. 甚至是对房主实行的推迟利息的方案，结果证明也是极不方便的。 来自互联网

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 proceedings   

n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报

参考例句：

• He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
• to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼

10 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

11 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

12 diplomats   

n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人

参考例句：

• These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
• The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》