VOA慢速英语20060418a

WORLD NEWS - 00:30 UTC, April 18, 2006By Voice of America

Broadcast: Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Special thanks to Kwahili, Jonathan Song, Tina Zhong, Sophie Anny, ... for posting their scripts of dictation

It is zero hour thirty universal time. I am Jim Ted¹ in Washington.

Palestinian reports say Israel military has fired missiles at a metal factory in the Gaza Strip锛堝姞娌欏湴甯︼級. They say the missiles damage the factory but did not kill any one. Palestinians also have reported Israel military activity in the west bank cities of Nabulus and Jenin. Earlier a member of the militant² group Jihard killed himself and 8 others in a bomb explosion. At least 60 people were wounded. The Palestinian group Hamas defended the attack as a fair action against Israeli aggression³. Hamas now controls the Palestinian government. The US called the attack an evil act for which there is no excuse and condemned⁴ Hamas for approving of it. United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan also condemned the bombing. He urged the Palestinian authority to take a position against what he called such acts of terrorism.

The trial of former Iraq leader Saddam Hussein continues in Iraq. Lawyer should proof that he has assigned documents linked to government actions against Shiites in the 1980`s. Defense⁵ lawyers disputed the findings. They said the experts were interior ministry⁶ workers and demanded the court to use experts from other countries. The chief judge ended锛堢粨鏉燂紝涓??锛?the trial until Wednesday. Saddam Hussein and seven others are charged with killing⁷ more than 140 Iraqi Shiites in the village of Dujail in 1982. Also in Iraq, leaders have postponed⁸ a meeting of parliament because they can not agree about who should lead the next government. The main political parties have been in dispute over the issue since December.

Diplomats¹⁰ from the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and other countries are preparing to meet in Moscow. They are to discuss the dispute about the Iranian nuclear program. The four Security Council meet next week. It was here we reported from the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran鈥檚 nuclear program. The Security Council recently ordered Iran to stop enriching锛堟彁鐐硷紝娴撶缉锛?uranium which could be used to make a nuclear bomb. Since then Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad has said his government is testing a new machine that can enrich uranium four times faster that older machines. The price of oil has increased to new high levels in New York and London. London鈥檚 price for North Sea oil reached $71.62 a barrel. In New York trading, America oil hit a price of $70.40. Experts blamed the price increases on concerns about America oil supplies and worries that the political problems may slow the movement of oil from producers.

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A top American diplomat⁹ says Russia and China will block proposed UN restrictions¹¹ against four people from Sudan. The US UN ambassador John Bolton says he was told unofficially about the plan to block the restrictions. The four Sudanese are accused of war crimes 锛堟垬浜夌姜锛塱n the Dafur area of Sudan. The proposed restrictions target their finances and their freedom to travel. The restrictions are to go into effect锛堢敓鏁堬級 Monday if no Security Council members object. Mr. Bolton has asked for a Security Council meeting to discuss the issue.

Chinese news reports say the country has approved the building of a new oil pipeline¹² to Burma (缂呯敻). The official China business newspaper says the National Development and Reform Commission(鍥藉?鍙戞敼濮? gave the approval at the beginning of April. It will connect Burma鈥檚 deep water port of Sittwa (缂呯敻瑗块儴娓?彛鍩庡競锛屼簩鎴樻椂鏃ュ啗1942骞存敾鍗狅紝鑻卞啗1945骞村ず鍥炪

1 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

2 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。

3 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

4 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

5 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

6 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

7 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。

8 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

9 diplomat   

n.外交官，外交家；能交际的人，圆滑的人

参考例句：

• The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
• He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。

10 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》

11 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制

12 pipeline   

n.管道，管线

参考例句：

• The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
• A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。