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With a clock ticking down towards a crucial vote, President Obama has made a further strong bid for support for his health care reforms. The plan has become a defining issue of Mr.Obama's presidency¹. It's expected to be put to a Congressional vote this weekend. At a rally outside Washington, the President said it was the culmination² of a century of struggle.

"I do know the impact it will have on the millions of Americans who need our help and millions more who may not need the help right now, but a year from now, or five years from now, or ten years from now, my answer is the time for a reform is now. We have waited long enough, we have waited long enough. And in just a few days, a century-long struggle will culminate³ in a historic vote."

Republicans are united in opposition⁴ to the plan; more than 20 Democrats⁵ have said they'll vote against. Mr.Obama's critics say it runs counter to America's free market principles.

Switzerland has halted the deportation⁶ flights for failed asylum⁷ seekers, pending⁸ an inquiry⁹ into the death of a Nigerian man at Zurich airport. The Nigerian, who had been convicted of drugs offences, died on the tarmac as police were attempting to put him on a flight back to Lagos. Police said they shackled¹⁰ him because he was violent. He'd reportedly been on hunger strike.

The International Middle East Quartet has called for Israel to freeze all settlement activity. After meeting in Moscow, the Quartet, including the UN, the United States, the European Union and Russia, condemned¹¹ Israeli plans to build new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat welcomed the statement, but urged action.

It's time for the Quartet to move from the borders of the papers and statements towards finding mechanisms¹² of reinstation and militants¹³ on the ground. What we need to see is Israeli compliance¹⁴. So far, we have seen Israeli defiance¹⁵ of the Quartet's call.

The Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said it harmed the chances of peace. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told the BBC she expected the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to deliver on his promise that he's committed to peace.

Hollywood and the Indian filmmakers have joined forces to tackle film piracy¹⁶ in India. They will work with cinemas to take stronger actions against pirates copying new films with camcorders. Electron Neil Smith reports.

The new alliance brings together seven Indian companies with the Motion Picture Association of America. It's aimed to help reduce the estimated one billion dollars lost in revenue each year to film piracy. They'll work closely with cinemas to prevent the copying of films with camcorders. Consumers in India are said to buy around 700 million piracy DVDs each year, as many as 90% of them that resort to people sitting in cinemas and secretly recording¹⁷ movies to copy and sell on.

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A judge in New York has sentenced a leading member of the Colombian FARC rebel movement to more than 20 years in prison for conspiring¹⁸ to import thousands of kilograms of cocaine¹⁹ into the United States. Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Mendieta, who was extradited to the US in 2007, had pleaded guilty in December. US prosecutors²⁰ have accused the left-wing FARC rebels of being responsible for producing more than a half of the world's cocaine supply.

The Vatican is publishing its first public document on the sexual abuse of children by priests. Pope Benedict has written a pastoral letter to Roman Catholics in Ireland. The letter to be published on Saturday is expected to set out new guidelines covering the prevention and the punishment of child abuse. From Rome, here is David Willey.

The Pope decided²¹ to write a pastoral letter to the Catholic face of Ireland after meeting the 26 Irish bishops²² who he summoned to Rome last month to report on the pedophile priest scandal there. But since then, evidence of surveys of similar scandals in several other countries, including the Pope's homeland, Germany. A taboo²³ that's endured for decades has been broken. And the Vatican is now taking a much harder line than in the past, recommending a zero tolerance²⁴ attitude adopted by American bishops after widespread cases of sexual abuse of children by priests in the United States.

Some news just in. We getting reports of an Israeli air strike in southern Gaza. A French news agency quotes Palestinian medical officials as saying Israeli planes hit a disused airport, injuring three people.

A controversial law designed to increase patriotism²⁵ in Slovakia has been vetoed by President Ivan Gasparovic. The law drafted by a radical²⁶ nationalist party would have required all schools to display symbols of Slovak identity and for them to play the national anthem²⁷ for every week. The bill was originally introduced in response to a perceived growth in anti-Slovak rhetoric²⁸ in Hungary.

随着关键性投票的时刻逼近，奥巴马总统尽更大努力获取人们对医疗改革法案的支持。该医改计划已成为奥巴马总统期内定义性的问题。预期本周该法案将在国会进行投票。在华盛顿外举行的集会上，奥巴马总统表示，这是长达一个世纪的努力的最高潮。

“我确实知道医改法案对数百万需要我们帮助的美国人的影响，以及对数百万目前暂时不需要的人的影响，但是一年后，五年后，或者十年后肯定需要。我的答案是，现在就是进行改革的最佳时机。我们已经等待了足够长的时间。几天之后，在历史性的投票中，长达一个世纪的努力即将达到高潮。”

共和党人一致反对该计划；超过20名民主党人已经表示自己将投票反对。奥巴马的批评家表示，这违反了美国的自由市场原则。

瑞士决定暂停遣返收容未遂非法移民航班，对一名尼日利亚男子在苏黎世机场暴毙一案的调查尚未解决。这名尼日利亚男子被判贩卖毒品罪，警方试图将他押上返回拉各斯的航班时，突然在停机坪上暴毙。警方表示，由于这名男子非常暴力，他们曾给他戴上手铐。据称，这名男子已经进行了几天的绝食抗议。

中东四国组要求以色列冻结所有定居点的活动。在莫斯科进行讨论之后，包括联合国，美国，欧盟和俄罗斯在内的中东四国组谴责了以色列在东耶路撒冷建筑更多定居点的计划。巴勒斯坦首席谈判代表艾拉卡特(Saeb Erakat)对该声明表示欢迎，但是敦促采取实际行动。

中东四国组现在应该从书面和声明转移到寻找恢复机制和应对现场的好战分子。我们需要的是以色列切实遵从他们的要求。目前为止，我们看到的是以色列不断违抗四国组的要求。以色列外长阿维格多·利柏曼(Avigdor Lieberman)表示，这损害了和平的机会。美国国务卿希拉里·克林顿告诉BBC，她期望以色列总理内塔尼亚胡承诺致力于和平的努力。

好莱坞和印度电影制片人联合起来打击印度的电影盗版现象。他们将与影院一起采取更强力措施，打击使用便携式摄像机录制新影片的侵犯版权者。Electron Neil Smith报道。

新的联盟让七家印度公司和美国电影协会(MPAA)团结起来。目的是减少因影片盗版导致的每年约10亿美元的损失。他们与影院密切合作，防止用便携式摄录机拍摄影片。据称，印度的消费者每年购买大约7亿张盗版DVD，大约90%来源于坐在电影院中私下用摄录机录制影片然后复制，出售的人。

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哥伦比亚FARC叛军(哥伦比亚武装力量)一名头目因密谋向美国输入数千千克可卡因，被纽约一名法官判处20多年的监禁。Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Mendieta在2007年被引渡至美国，在12月份认罪伏法。美国检控官指控左翼FARC叛军提供了世界上超过一半的可卡因。

梵蒂冈首次就神父对儿童实施性虐待事件发表公开文件。教皇本笃向爱尔兰罗马天主教堂致牧函。周六即将发表的这封信件预期将设定新的方针，包括预防和惩罚虐童行为的措施。罗马，David Willey报道。

上月，教皇将26名爱尔兰主教召集至罗马，对爱尔兰发生的恋童癖神父丑闻进行讨论。随后，教皇决定向爱尔兰天主教致牧函。但是自那时起，调查证据表明其他几个国家也存在类似的丑闻，包括教皇的祖国，德国。持续了几十年的禁忌终于被打破。梵蒂冈现在采取了比以往更加强硬的态度，建议借鉴美国主教对美国广泛的虐童事件所采取的零容忍态度。

刚刚收到的新闻。我们收到了加沙地带南部以色列空袭的相关报道。一家法国新闻机构引用巴勒斯坦医疗官员的话称，以色列飞机击中了一个废弃的机场，造成三人受伤。

旨在增加斯洛伐克爱国心的一项有争议的法律被总统伊万·加什帕罗维奇(Ivan Gasparovic)否决。这份法律由一个激进的民族主义党派起草，要求所有学校悬挂斯洛伐克标志，每周播放国歌。该法案原本是为了应对匈牙利不断增长的反斯洛伐克情绪。

1 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

2 culmination   

n.顶点；最高潮

参考例句：

• The space race reached its culmination in the first moon walk.太空竞争以第一次在月球行走而达到顶峰。
• It may truly be regarded as the culmination of classical Greek geometry.这确实可以看成是古典希腊几何的登峰造级之作。

3 culminate   

v.到绝顶，达于极点，达到高潮

参考例句：

• The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner.百年庆典活动将以宴会作为高潮。
• Everyone feared that the boundary dispute between these two countries would culminate in a war.人人都担心,这两国间的边境争端将以一场战争到达顶点。

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 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 deportation   

n.驱逐，放逐

参考例句：

• The government issued a deportation order against the four men.政府发出了对那4名男子的驱逐令。
• Years ago convicted criminals in England could face deportation to Australia.很多年以前，英国已定罪的犯人可能被驱逐到澳大利亚。

7 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

8 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

9 inquiry   

n.打听，询问，调查，查问

参考例句：

• Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
• The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。

10 shackled   

给（某人）带上手铐或脚镣( shackle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. 当时人质被铐在暖气片上。
• He was shackled and in darkness of torment. 他被困在黑暗中备受煎熬。

11 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。

12 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 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。

14 compliance   

n.顺从；服从；附和；屈从

参考例句：

• I was surprised by his compliance with these terms.我对他竟然依从了这些条件而感到吃惊。
• She gave up the idea in compliance with his desire.她顺从他的愿望而放弃自己的主意。

15 defiance   

n.挑战，挑衅，蔑视，违抗

参考例句：

• He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning.他无视警告爬上了那架梯子。
• He slammed the door in a spirit of defiance.他以挑衅性的态度把门砰地一下关上。

16 piracy   

n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害

参考例句：

• The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
• They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。

17 recording   

n.录音，记录

参考例句：

• How long will the recording of the song take?录下这首歌得花多少时间？
• I want to play you a recording of the rehearsal.我想给你放一下彩排的录像。

18 conspiring   

密谋( conspire的现在分词 )； 搞阴谋； （事件等）巧合； 共同导致

参考例句：

• They were accused of conspiring against the king. 他们被指控阴谋反对国王。
• John Brown and his associates were tried for conspiring to overthrow the slave states. 约翰·布朗和他的合伙者们由于密谋推翻实行奴隶制度的美国各州而被审讯。

19 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

20 prosecutors   

检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人

参考例句：

• In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
• You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。

21 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。

22 bishops   

（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )； （国际象棋的）象

参考例句：

• Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
• "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

23 taboo   

n.禁忌，禁止接近，禁止使用；adj.禁忌的；v.禁忌，禁制，禁止

参考例句：

• The rude words are taboo in ordinary conversation.这些粗野的字眼在日常谈话中是禁忌的。
• Is there a taboo against sex before marriage in your society?在你们的社会里，婚前的性行为犯禁吗？

24 tolerance   

n.宽容；容忍，忍受；耐药力；公差

参考例句：

• Tolerance is one of his strengths.宽容是他的一个优点。
• Human beings have limited tolerance of noise.人类对噪音的忍耐力有限。

25 patriotism   

n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

26 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

27 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。

28 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。