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The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has described a missile strike close to a UN run school in Gaza as a moral outrage¹ and a criminal act. The Israeli army said it was investigating the consequences of the strike. From Gaza, Martin Patience reports.

联合国秘书长潘基文称加沙附近联合国所办学校遭遇导弹袭击为道德暴行和犯罪。以色列军队称正在调查空袭的后果，马丁在加沙附近报道。

The UN says this is the third deadly attack on one of its schools since this conflict began. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon described the latest incident as a moral outrage.

联合国称这是自冲突开始以来其学校遭遇的第三次致命袭击，秘书长潘基文称最近的事件为道德暴行。

“I condemn² this attack in the solemnest possible terms. It is outrageous³, it is unjustifiable. And it demands accountability and justice.”

“我要严词谴责这次袭击事件，这件事很残暴、不公正，我们要求追究责任和伸张正义。”

But Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said Palestinian militants⁵ were ultimately responsible for the deaths. With no let off the fighting, the UN is now warning of a rapidly unfolding health disaster. It says Gaza’s medical services are on the verge⁶ of collapse⁷.

但以色列政府发言人马克·雷格夫说巴勒斯坦武装分子要对死亡负最终责任，尽管联合国未能让战斗停下来，但警告称目前正出现卫生灾难，称加沙的医疗服务处于崩溃的边缘。

A massive rescue and relieve operation is underway in southwest China, where state media says more than 360 people have died in a strong earthquake. Almost 2000 people were injured in the quake in remote mountainous area in Yunnan Province. John Sudworth reports from Shanghai.

中国西南部正开展大规模的营救和赈灾行动，国家媒体称有360多人在强震中丧生。偏远省份云南省山区发生地震，近2000人受伤。约翰·苏德沃斯在上海报道。

One resident living close to the epicenter told state media that the streets looked like a battlefield after bombardment. Many building are reported to have collapsed⁸, communications are being seriously affected⁹ and some roads are being blocked by landslides¹⁰. News reports show that the rescue effort in the mountainous region is already well underway with troops carrying the injured to safety outstretches. A major relief operation has been launched with thousands of tents and beds being sent to the affected areas.

居住在震中附近的一名居民告诉国家媒体，街道看上去像被轰炸后的战场。据悉很多建筑倒塌，通讯受到严重影响，有的道路被泥石流堵塞。新闻报道显示山区的营救工作正在进行，军队将伤者送到担架上。目前已经开展重大的营救行动，数千顶帐篷和床已被运往灾区。

Fighters from the militant⁴ group Islamic State also known as ISIS in northwest Iraq have now seized two towns, an oil field and a main dam in the region of Mosul from Kurdish peshmerga militia¹¹. Eyewitness¹² confirmed that black flags of the Islamic State group are flying over Zumar, a mainly ethnic¹³ Kurd community close to an oil field and nearby Sinjar, where thousands of people displaced by earlier fighting have taken shelter.

伊拉克西北部伊斯兰ISIS武装组织成员从库尔德“自由斗士”民兵手中夺走摩苏尔地区的两个城镇、一个油田和一个大坝。目击者证实这个伊斯兰组织的黑色旗帜飘扬在Zumar，那里主要是库尔德社区占多数，附近有油田且临近辛贾尔，在辛贾尔，早些时候逃避战乱的数千人在这里寻求避难。

The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has offered Nepal 1 billion in loans to help build power plants and roads during a historic visit. Mr Modi is hoping to reach an agreement on a plan to harness Nepal’s significant hydro-electric potential to meet the needs of Nepal’s domestic market and India’s energy hungry economy.

在历史性的访问中，印度总理莫迪向尼泊尔提供10亿美元贷款来帮助该国建造发电站和道路，莫迪希望达成一份协议，实现旨在开发尼泊尔巨大水电潜能以满足尼泊尔国内市场和印度能源饥渴的计划。

My intention is to double the amount of electricity we are giving right now and to install transmission line soon. Right now, our electricity will remove Nepal’s darkness, but in a decade, electricity from Nepal will remove India’s darkness.

我的意图是将我们拥有的电量翻倍，并立即安装传输线。目前我们的电力将让尼泊尔摆脱黑暗，但在10年后，来自尼泊尔的电力将驱逐印度的黑暗。

International officials involved in the audit¹⁴ of votes in Afghanistan’s disputed presidential election say both candidates have now agreed to take part in the process. Earlier on Sunday, the audit restarted in Kabul without cooperation of one of the candidates Abdullah Abdullah.

参与阿富汗有争议总统选举选票审计工作的国际官员称，两位候选人都同意参与选票审计工作。周日审计工作在喀布尔重新开始，候选人之一阿卜杜拉·阿卜杜拉没有参与其中。

A Roman Catholic priest detained in El Salvador for alleged¹⁵ links with a criminal gang has received demonstration¹⁶ of public support from hundreds of people in his hometown in Spain. The people took to the streets to demand the release of Father Antonio Rodriguez, declaring he dedicated¹⁷ 15 years of his life in the Central American nation to helping¹⁸ gang members turn away from crime. The priest is accused of smuggling¹⁹ mobile phones and other objects to gang members in jail.

被控参与犯罪团伙而在萨尔瓦多被捕的罗马天主教牧师受到公众游行支持，数百人在他的家乡举行游行。人们走上街头要求释放神父安东尼奥·罗德里奎斯，宣称他将15年的时间风险给这个中美国家，来帮助团伙成员远离罪行。这名牧师被控给入狱的团伙成员送手机和其他物品。

The 2014 Commonwealth²⁰ Games have drawn²¹ to a close in Scotland at a colorful ceremony featuring more than 2000 performers. There is a party atmosphere in the Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow, where an appearance by the Australian pop star Kylie Minogue is expected to be the highlight. England topped the medals table with 58 gold followed by Australia who won 49. Speaking earlier in the day, Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said the event would live long in people’s memories.

2014年英联邦运动会在精彩的仪式中落下帷幕，200多名表演者参加了这一仪式。格拉斯哥汉普顿公园体育场一派节日的气氛，澳大利亚明星凯莉·米洛的登场有望成为亮点。英国荣登奖牌冠军，获得奖牌58枚，其次是澳大利亚，49枚。苏格兰首席部长亚历克斯·萨尔蒙德今天早些时候发表讲话，称这次盛事将长久留在人们记忆中。

The overwhelming impression of Glasgow, Scotland Games is of a job extremely well done, seven years and more in the planning. And the Commonwealth Game is a wonderful display of international friendship and cultural exchange as well as sporting endeavour, can now go from strength to strength.

格拉斯哥给人们留下不可磨灭的印象，苏格兰运动会经过7年多的筹备，办得相当不错。英联邦运动会巧妙地展示了国际友谊和文化交流和体育精神，以后将不断发展壮大。

At the spot Kylie is now performing in Glasgow.

凯莉现在在格拉斯哥表演节目。

An Italian politician has demanded a judicial²² inquiry²³ after a photographer was allowed to publish pictures of a famous statue of a naked Greek warrior²⁴, dressed in a pink feather boa and a leopard-skin thong²⁵. The 2500 year-old statue, one of the pair known as Riace Bronzes is housed in the museum Reggio Calabria in southern Italy.

一名摄影师获准发表一尊著名躶体希腊武士塑像的图片，对此意大利政治家要求进行司法调查，这尊塑像身穿粉红色羽毛围巾和豹皮腰带。这尊有着2500年历史的塑像是名叫Riace Bronzes中的一个，目前被安放在意大利南部城市的雷焦卡拉布里亚博物馆中。

1 outrage   

n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒

参考例句：

• When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
• We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

2 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

3 outrageous   

adj.无理的，令人不能容忍的

参考例句：

• Her outrageous behaviour at the party offended everyone.她在聚会上的无礼行为触怒了每一个人。
• Charges for local telephone calls are particularly outrageous.本地电话资费贵得出奇。

4 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。

5 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 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。

7 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。

8 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

9 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

10 landslides   

山崩( landslide的名词复数 )； （山坡、悬崖等的）崩塌； 滑坡； （竞选中）一方选票占压倒性多数

参考例句：

• Landslides have cut off many villages in remote areas. 滑坡使边远地区的许多村庄与外界隔绝。
• The storm caused landslides and flooding in Savona. 风暴致使萨沃纳发生塌方和洪灾。

11 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。

12 eyewitness   

n.目击者，见证人

参考例句：

• The police questioned several eyewitness to the murder.警察询问了谋杀案的几位目击者。
• He was the only eyewitness of the robbery.他是那起抢劫案的唯一目击者。

13 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。

14 audit   

v.审计；查帐；核对；旁听

参考例句：

• Each year they audit our accounts and certify them as being true and fair.他们每年对我们进行账务审核，以确保其真实无误。
• As usual,the yearly audit will take place in December.跟往常一样，年度审计将在十二月份进行。

15 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

16 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。

17 dedicated   

adj.一心一意的；献身的；热诚的

参考例句：

• He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
• His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。

18 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

19 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

20 commonwealth   

n.共和国，联邦，共同体

参考例句：

• He is the chairman of the commonwealth of artists.他是艺术家协会的主席。
• Most of the members of the Commonwealth are nonwhite.英联邦的许多成员国不是白人国家。

21 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

22 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

23 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。

24 warrior   

n.勇士，武士，斗士

参考例句：

• The young man is a bold warrior.这个年轻人是个很英勇的武士。
• A true warrior values glory and honor above life.一个真正的勇士珍视荣誉胜过生命。

25 thong   

n.皮带；皮鞭；v.装皮带

参考例句：

• He fastened the dog to the post with a thong.他用一根皮带把狗拴到柱子上。
• If I switch with Harry,do I have to wear a thong?如果我和哈里调换，我应该穿皮带吗？