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The United Nations Security Council has condemned¹ North Korea's latest nuclear weapon test, describing it as a clear violation² of its resolutions. The unanimous condemnation³ came less than 24 hours after North Korea confirmed that it had exploded another nuclear device. Vitaly Churkin of Russia is president of the Security Council.

The members of the Security Council voiced their strong opposition⁴ to and condemnation of the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, which constitutes a clear violation of Resolution 1718. The members of the Security Council have decided⁵ to start work immediately on a Security Council resolution on this matter in accordance with the Security Council's responsibilities under the Charter of the United Nations.

The French Ambassador said the resolution should include further sanctions against North Korea. The Japanese Ambassador said members should adopt it unanimously. Hours before the Security Council meeting, the American President Barack Obama described the North Korean nuclear test as reckless. Speaking in Washington, Mr. Obama said the international community must take action against the blatant⁶ violation of international law.

The authorities in Brazil say that almost 380,000 people still can't return home because of floods during the past few weeks. The government has released more than 435 million dollars in aid for the flood victims. From Sao Paulo, here's Gary Duffy.

While waters have receded⁷ in some parts of the north and northeast of Brazil, extensive flooding is still causing havoc⁸ and misery⁹ for many residents. Nearly 400,000 children are said to be missing out on classes, either because roads are blocked, classrooms are underwater, or schools have been used as shelters for the homeless. The situation is said to be most critical in the state of Amazonas, where 25 percent of all pupils are said to be affected¹⁰ by the situation. There has been a warning that bad weather could persist for another two weeks.

Ruth Padel, the first woman to be appointed as professor of Poetry at Oxford¹¹ University has resigned after just ten days in office. It follows reports that Ruth Padel had alerted journalists to sexual harassment¹² allegations against her main rival for the post, the Nobel laureate Derek Walcott. Here's our arts correspondent David Sillito.

Support for her had begun to drain away when it was revealed that she had before the elections spoken to journalists about her main rival Derek Walcott. She had passed on details of previous allegations of sexual harassment that had been made against him. It was a letter-writing campaign about those allegations and the media coverage¹³ that then ensued that had led to him withdrawing. Ruth Padel said she had had nothing to do with the campaign and had acted in good faith, but now felt she could not take up her post.

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Six men have been arrested in Northern Ireland after a Roman Catholic man was beaten to death by what police suspect was a militant¹⁴ Protestant gang. Witnesses in Coleraine said the men had been targeted by more than 20 supporters of the Rangers¹⁵' football team who just become league champions in Scotland. Another man was seriously injured.

More than 40 Ethiopians accused of trying to overthrow¹⁶ the government have again been remanded in custody¹⁷ after spending more than a month in detention¹⁸ without charge. The men allegedly planned to assassinate¹⁹ government figures and blow up public utilities to provoke demonstrations²⁰. More than 100 relatives and supporters gathered outside the courtroom in Addis Ababa. Our correspondent Elizabeth Blunt was there.

The families are quite upset. The ones from better connected and more educated families, some of them now have got lawyers. They are trying to find out why they can't see the prisoners, they are only on remand. The judge has simply said it is your constitutional right, just go and ask the prison. The prison has referred them to another office and to another office, and none of them have seen the people who have been held since the day of their arrests.

Cyclone²¹ Aila, which has made landfall in southwestern Bangladesh, is now sweeping²² westwards towards Calcutta in India. Wind speeds of 70 to 90 kilometers per hour have been reported. Weather forecasters are predicting that coastal²³ areas will be hit by waves about two meters higher than normal. Several hundred thousand people in Bangladesh and northeastern India have already been evacuated²⁴ to temporary shelters.

Members of the French National Football team will have their names written in Braille on their backs when they play Nigeria next month. It is part of celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille who invented the script system used by blind people. He himself went blind at the age of three. Some of the football jerseys²⁵ would be sold at auction²⁶ to raise money for blind charities.

1 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。

2 violation   

n.违反(行为)，违背(行为)，侵犯

参考例句：

• He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
• He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。

3 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

4 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。

5 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

6 blatant   

adj.厚颜无耻的；显眼的；炫耀的

参考例句：

• I cannot believe that so blatant a comedy can hoodwink anybody.我无法相信这么显眼的一出喜剧能够欺骗谁。
• His treatment of his secretary was a blatant example of managerial arrogance.他管理的傲慢作风在他对待秘书的态度上表露无遗。

7 receded   

v.逐渐远离( recede的过去式和过去分词 )；向后倾斜；自原处后退或避开别人的注视；尤指问题

参考例句：

• The floodwaters have now receded. 洪水现已消退。
• The sound of the truck receded into the distance. 卡车的声音渐渐在远处消失了。

8 havoc   

n.大破坏，浩劫，大混乱，大杂乱

参考例句：

• The earthquake wreaked havoc on the city.地震对这个城市造成了大破坏。
• This concentration of airborne firepower wrought havoc with the enemy forces.这次机载火力的集中攻击给敌军造成很大破坏。

9 misery   

n.痛苦，苦恼，苦难；悲惨的境遇，贫苦

参考例句：

• Business depression usually causes misery among the working class.商业不景气常使工薪阶层受苦。
• He has rescued me from the mire of misery.他把我从苦海里救了出来。

10 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。

11 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

12 harassment   

n.骚扰，扰乱，烦恼，烦乱

参考例句：

• She often got telephone harassment at night these days.这些天她经常在夜晚受到电话骚扰。
• The company prohibits any form of harassment.公司禁止任何形式的骚扰行为。

13 coverage   

n.报导，保险范围，保险额，范围，覆盖

参考例句：

• There's little coverage of foreign news in the newspaper.报纸上几乎没有国外新闻报道。
• This is an insurance policy with extensive coverage.这是一项承保范围广泛的保险。

14 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。

15 rangers   

护林者( ranger的名词复数 )； 突击队员

参考例句：

• Do you know where the Rangers Stadium is? 你知道Rangers体育场在哪吗？ 来自超越目标英语 第3册
• Now I'm a Rangers' fan, so I like to be near the stadium. 现在我是Rangers的爱好者，所以我想离体育场近一点。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

16 overthrow   

v.推翻，打倒，颠覆；n.推翻，瓦解，颠覆

参考例句：

• After the overthrow of the government,the country was in chaos.政府被推翻后，这个国家处于混乱中。
• The overthrow of his plans left him much discouraged.他的计划的失败使得他很气馁。

17 custody   

n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留

参考例句：

• He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
• He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。

18 detention   

n.滞留，停留；拘留，扣留；(教育)留下

参考例句：

• He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
• He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

19 assassinate   

vt.暗杀，行刺，中伤

参考例句：

• The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
• A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。

20 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。

21 cyclone   

n.旋风，龙卷风

参考例句：

• An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
• The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。

22 sweeping   

adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的

参考例句：

• The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
• Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？

23 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

24 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

25 jerseys   

n.运动衫( jersey的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The maximum quantity of cotton jerseys this year is about DM25,000. 平方米的羊毛地毯超过了以往的订货。 来自口语例句
• The NBA is mulling the prospect of stitching advertising logos onto jerseys. 大意：NBA官方正在酝酿一个大煞风景的计划——把广告标志绣上球服！ 来自互联网

26 auction   

n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖

参考例句：

• They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
• They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。