VOA常速英语2023 塞内加尔两辆公交车相撞

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Officials in Senegal and President Macky Sall said in statements 38 people died and about 80 were wounded in central Senegal after two buses collided in the early hours of Sunday.

塞内加尔官员和总统萨勒在声明中表示，周日凌晨，塞内加尔中部两辆公交车相撞，造成38人死亡，约80人受伤。

The crash, one of the deadliest in the West African countries recent memory, was on one of the main east-west arteries¹, about 220 kilometers southeast of the capital Dakar.

这起事故发生在塞内加尔首都达喀尔东南约220公里处的一条东西主干道上，是西非国家近年来发生的伤亡最惨重的事故之一。

The U.N. says one of its top officials has met with the Taliban government's higher education minister.

联合国表示，一名高级官员会见了塔利班政府的高等教育部长。

VOA's Marissa Melton has more.

美国之音的玛丽莎·梅尔顿将带来详细报道。

The minister says the ban is necessary to prevent the mixing of genders² in universities and because he believes some subjects violate Islamic principles.

此前的禁令是必要的，可以防止大学里男女性别混杂，并且他认为大学里的一些科目违反了伊斯兰的宗教原则。

There's also a ban on Afghan women working for national and international nongovernmental groups.

另一项禁令禁止阿富汗妇女在阿富汗的国家和国际非政府组织工作。

The U.N. mission in Afghanistan said Saturday the U.N. special envoy³ called for the urgent lifting of these bans as the country is entering a new period of crisis.

联合国驻阿富汗代表团星期六表示，联合国特使在会议上呼吁马上解除这些限制，因为阿富汗正陷入一场新的危机。

Marissa Melton, VOA News.

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1 arteries   

n.动脉( artery的名词复数 )；干线，要道

参考例句：

• Even grafting new blood vessels in place of the diseased coronary arteries has been tried. 甚至移植新血管代替不健康的冠状动脉的方法都已经试过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• This is the place where the three main arteries of West London traffic met. 这就是伦敦西部三条主要交通干线的交汇处。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 genders   

n.性某些语言的（阳性、阴性和中性，不同的性有不同的词尾等）( gender的名词复数 )；性别；某些语言的（名词、代词和形容词）性的区分

参考例句：

• There are three genders in German: masculine, feminine and neuter. 德语中有叁性：阳性、阴性和中性。 来自辞典例句
• Japan was fourth among the genders of foreign students. 日本在二十个留美学生输送地中列第四位。 来自互联网

3 envoy   

n.使节，使者，代表，公使

参考例句：

• Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
• The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。