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A Russian man convicted of spying for Britain is in a critical condition in hospital in England. He and a 33-year-old woman were found unconscious on a bench at a shopping centre in Salisbury after being exposed to an unknown substance. 66-year-old Sergei Skripal was granted refuge in the UK in 2010.

一名俄罗斯男子曾因为英国提供间谍情报而被定罪，这名男子正在英国一家医院接受治疗，目前情况危急。该男子和一名33岁的女子在索尔兹伯里某商场接触了不明物质，二人被发现在休息区陷入无意识状态。现年66岁的谢尔盖·斯克里帕尔在2010年获得英国庇护。

A 57-year-old Perth woman has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering her mother and burying her body in the back yard of their home in a crime that was motivated by hate. Helen Levina was found guilty by a supreme¹ court jury of inflicting² fatal injuries to her 76-year-old mother, Ella Hromaya.

一名57岁的珀斯女子被判终身监禁，原因是她在仇恨驱使犯下罪行，谋杀了自己的母亲并将其尸体埋在自家后院。海伦·莱薇娜因对76岁的母亲艾拉·霍玛雅造成致命伤害而被最高法院陪审团认定有罪。

A new way of testing for cervical cancer is available for women who feel uncomfortable about being screened by a doctor. The 'do-it-yourself' option allows women to take a sample in private at a doctor's surgery. It's aimed at women who have never been tested or are two years overdue³.

对于不愿意让医生检查的女性来说，现在她们可以采用宫颈癌检测新方法。这种“自己动手”选择使女性可以私下在医生诊室里取样。该方法的目标人群是从未进行过宫颈癌检测或两年未做过检测的女性。

And the wreckage⁴ of a US aircraft carrier from World War 2 has been found off the coast ofQueensland. In may 1942, the USS Lexington, along with 216 of its crew and 35 aircraft, went down during the battle of the Coral Sea. Seventy-six years later, a search led by US billionaire Paul Allen has now located the wreckage around 800 kilometres off the coast of Queensland.

一艘二战时期的美国航空母舰在昆士兰州海岸被发现。1942年5月，美国航空母舰“列克星敦”号连同216名船员和35架飞机一起在“珊瑚海之战”中沉没。76年后，美国亿万富翁保罗·艾伦领导的搜索团队在距离昆士州海岸约800公里的海域发现了这艘航母的残骸。

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

2 inflicting   

把…强加给，使承受，遭受( inflict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He was charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm. 他被控蓄意严重伤害他人身体。
• It's impossible to do research without inflicting some pain on animals. 搞研究不让动物遭点罪是不可能的。

3 overdue   

adj.过期的，到期未付的；早该有的，迟到的

参考例句：

• The plane is overdue and has been delayed by the bad weather.飞机晚点了，被坏天气耽搁了。
• The landlady is angry because the rent is overdue.女房东生气了，因为房租过期未付。

4 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。