英语听力精选进阶版 10579

Demonstrators from southern Mexico have been arriving in convoy¹ in the capital Mexico City to join a massive protest against the abduction of 43 students. Police prepared crowd trying to block a road junction² near the city’s international airport. The demonstrations³ have been led by the students’ families. They want answers from the government on the fate of the training teachers who were abducted⁴ by police linked to drugs gangs. From Mexico City, Wyre Davies.

来自墨西哥南部的示威者乘坐车辆抵达首都墨西哥城，加入反对43名学生被绑架的浩大的抗议活动。警方有效防范了试图堵塞国际机场附近一个道路交叉路口的人群。示威活动由学生的家人领导。他们希望政府就这些实习教师的命运给出答案。这些学生被与贩毒团伙勾结的警方绑架。墨西哥城，Wyre Davies报道。

“Here in the heart of Mexico City, a steady procession of people from the hells of southern Mexico is arriving in the capital to protest, demanding more information about the 43 students who went missing from the southern state of Guerrero at the end of September. In a country which is used to appalling⁵ levels of political violence and corruption⁶, this single incident has galvanized public anger and opposition⁷ to a government which people say simply doesn’t care.”

“在墨西哥城中心，来自墨西哥南部地狱的人们列队陆续抵达首都举行抗议活动，要求提供43名学生的更多信息。这些学生于9月末在南部的格雷罗州失踪。在这个政治暴力和贪污腐败骇人听闻的国家，该事件激发了公众的愤怒和对政府的反抗情绪。公众称政府根本不在乎。”

The first doctor in Egypt to be tried on charges of committing female genital mutilation has been acquitted⁸. The case followed the death of a 13-year old girl. Campaigners expressed disappointment that is seeing the trial as a significant step forward in the battle to end FGM which is wide spread despite being banned in 2008. It’s thought about 90% of women in Egypt under the age of 50 have undergone FGM.

埃及首个因切除女性生殖器而被审判的医生被判无罪。该案件是在一名13岁的女孩死亡之后浮出水面的。活动积极分子感到失望。他们称，该审判原本在终止切除女性生殖器官的战争中前进了重要的一步。尽管从2008年开始被禁止，该行为仍然非常广泛。据信，埃及90%的50岁以下女性曾经进行了生殖器切除。

The Kenyan government has ordered an investigation⁹ after more than 12000 false names were found out of its pay roll. The fictitious¹⁰ names were discovered following the introduction of a biometric registration¹¹ system for government employees in September. More details from Richard Hamilton.

肯尼亚工资清单中发现了超过12000个虚假名字之后，政府下令进行调查。9月份，政府雇员引入生物统计登记制度后发现了这些虚假名字。Richard Hamilton报道更详细内容。

“An audit¹² earlier this year revealed that at least 1 million dollars a month was being lost in payments to so called ghost workers as well as other financial irregularities. The cabinet secretary said these 12000 so names had now been struck off the pay roll. After taking office, president Huru Kenyata vowed¹³ to fight corruption in the public service. Kenya is currently ranked 136th out of 177 nations by Transparency International on its perception of corruption index.”

“今年早些时候的一次审计活动发现每月至少有100万美元损失到所谓的影子工人薪资和其他财务漏洞中。内阁秘书表示，这12000个名字现已被清除出工资单。总统乌胡鲁·肯雅塔上台后誓言打击公共服务部门的腐败行为。目前，在透明国际组织关于腐败指数的排名中，肯尼亚在177个国家中排在第136位。”

Britain is withdrawing its legal challenge to European Union, cap on bankers’ bonuses. The rules limit the payment to no more than 200% of basic salary. Here is our economic correspondent Andrew Walker.

英国撤销了对欧盟限定银行家的奖金的司法挑战。这些规则限制奖金不超过基本薪资的200%。我们的经济通讯员Andrew Walker报道。

“The EU’s rules are motivated by the view that the prospect¹⁴ of the very large bonuses encouraged bankers to take excessive risks. So as a maximum of 200% of basic salary provided shareholders¹⁵ agree. The British government argued that the rule would be counter-productive and simply lead to higher basic salaries. The UK challenged the legal basis but a senior European legal official has advised EU court to reject the case. The British Finance Minister George Osborne said he wouldn’t spend tax payers’ money on a challenge that was unlikely to succeed.”

“由于意识到巨额奖金会鼓励银行家冒更大的风险，欧盟制定了这样的规定。所以股东同意奖金最高为基本薪资的200%。英国政府辩称，该规定将会产生副作用，只会导致更高的基本工资。英国挑战了该法规，但是一名欧洲高级司法官员建议欧盟法庭驳回该案件。英国财政大臣乔治·奥斯本(George Osborne)表示，他不会把纳税人的钱花在不可能成功的案件上。”

Nigeria’s parliamentary has been closed until next week after the police fired tear gas inside the building. Correspondent said the police were trying to stop the speaker of the Lower House, Aminu Temberwany from entering the chamber¹⁶, following his defection to the opposition last month. They added that it was an attempt to impeach¹⁷ him. Lawmakers were due to discuss whether to extend emergency measures against Islamist militants¹⁸ in the northeast.

警方在议会大楼内施放了催泪瓦斯之后， 尼日利亚议会关闭，直至下周。通讯员表示，下议院议长阿米努·坦布瓦尔上月变节投向反对派之后，警方试图制止他进入议会。他们还表示试图弹劾坦布瓦尔。议员们将讨论是否拓展对东北部伊斯兰激进分子实行的紧急措施。

The United States and France say they are still in important differences with Iran in the talks about its nuclear program. The talks are due to conclude on Monday. The aim is to curb¹⁹ Iran’s nuclear activities, in return, for a phasing out of international sanctions.

美国和法国表示，关于伊朗核项目的会谈中，他们仍然与伊朗存在重大分歧。会谈将于周一结束，目标是抑制伊朗的核活动，换取国际社会取消制裁。

The Associated Press News Agency has released footage of an interview conducted with the American comedian²⁰ Bill Cosby in which he was asked about allegations of sexual assault many years ago. Several women have come forward to claim they were assaulted by Mr. Cosby who is now 77 years old. His lawyers have denied the allegations. Reporting from Washington, our correspondent David Willis.

美联社发布了一段采访美国喜剧演员比尔·科斯比的视频资料。在采访中，比尔·科斯比被问到关于多年前性侵行为的指控。几名女性宣称被科斯比侵犯。比尔·科斯比现年77岁。他的律师否认了这些指控。我们的通讯员David Willis在华盛顿报道。

“Bill Gosby was on the verge²¹ of a remarkable²² comeback when allegations resurfaced that he had drugged and sexually assaulted several women as far back as 1969. Now it has emerged that in an interview conducted 2 weeks ago as Bill Cosby was promoting an exhibition of African art here in Washington DC. A reporter from the Associated Press asked him about the sex allegations. The comedian declines to comment and then seeks an assurance that section of the interview would be edited out.”

“有关比尔·科斯比远在1969年吸毒并性侵几位女性的指控重新浮出水面时，他正处于强势回归的边缘。两周前比尔·科斯比在华盛顿特区宣传一场非洲艺术展时接受了采访。美联社一位记者问了他关于性侵的问题。这位喜剧演员拒绝评论，随后要求记者保证不要播出采访内容。”

Transport in the northeastern United States remained severely²³ disrupted by near records snow falls. The Bay motorway²⁴ in upper state New York is closed for a second day and many flights have been canceled or delayed. Parts of the city of Bafflore remained under a thick blanket of snow which has closed schools and hit power and water supplies. More snow is falling.

由于接近创纪录的暴雪，美国东北部的交通仍然受到严重破坏。上纽约州海湾高速公路连续第二天关闭，许多航班取消或延误。Bafflore市部分地区仍然被覆盖在厚厚的积雪下，学校关闭，水电断供。降雪仍在继续.

1 convoy   

vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队

参考例句：

• The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
• Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。

2 junction   

n.连接，接合；交叉点，接合处，枢纽站

参考例句：

• There's a bridge at the junction of the two rivers.两河的汇合处有座桥。
• You must give way when you come to this junction.你到了这个路口必须让路。

3 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。

4 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

5 appalling   

adj.骇人听闻的，令人震惊的，可怕的

参考例句：

• The search was hampered by appalling weather conditions.恶劣的天气妨碍了搜寻工作。
• Nothing can extenuate such appalling behaviour.这种骇人听闻的行径罪无可恕。

6 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

7 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。

8 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 fictitious   

adj.虚构的，假设的；空头的

参考例句：

• She invented a fictitious boyfriend to put him off.她虚构出一个男朋友来拒绝他。
• The story my mother told me when I was young is fictitious.小时候妈妈对我讲的那个故事是虚构的。

11 registration   

n.登记，注册，挂号

参考例句：

• Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
• What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？

12 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。

13 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

14 prospect   

n.前景，前途；景色，视野

参考例句：

• This state of things holds out a cheerful prospect.事态呈现出可喜的前景。
• The prospect became more evident.前景变得更加明朗了。

15 shareholders   

n.股东( shareholder的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
• the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任

16 chamber   

n.房间，寝室；会议厅；议院；会所

参考例句：

• For many,the dentist's surgery remains a torture chamber.对许多人来说，牙医的治疗室一直是间受刑室。
• The chamber was ablaze with light.会议厅里灯火辉煌。

17 impeach   

v.弹劾；检举

参考例句：

• We must impeach the judge for taking bribes.我们一定要检举法官收受贿赂。
• The committee decided to impeach the President.委员会决定弹劾总统。

18 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。

19 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

20 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

21 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。

22 remarkable   

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

参考例句：

• She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
• These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

23 severely   

adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地

参考例句：

• He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
• He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。

24 motorway   

n.高速公路，快车道

参考例句：

• Our car had a breakdown on the motorway.我们的汽车在高速公路上抛锚了。
• A maniac driver sped 35 miles along the wrong side of a motorway at 110 mph.一个疯狂的司机以每小时110英里的速度在高速公路上逆行飙车35英里。