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The electoral authorities in Venezuela have confirmed that the opposition¹ alliance won a two-thirds majority in parliament in Sunday's election. The super majority gives the Democratic Unity² coalition³ extensive powers to challenge the Socialist⁴ president Nicolas Maduro. These include the ability to initiate⁵ a referendum on whether to revoke⁶ Mr.Maduro's mandate⁷. It is said its first priority will be to secure the release of jailed opposition leaders and address Venezuela's deep economic crisis. Jesus Torrealba is the coalition secretary general. At this point, we have to make a public appeal to the national government. We urge it to take emergency measures in the economic and social agenda. The country has severe problems in terms of food shortages.

Buddhist⁹ monks¹⁰ in South Korea have warned there was a raid in the Jogye Temple in Seoul in search of a fugitive¹¹ trade union leader Han Sang-gyun will be an active religious persecution¹². Police Seoul said they would raid the temple in the next few hours unless he turned himself in. Stephen Evans reports from Seoul. The union leader has been in the temple since a big demonstration¹³ in Seoul nearly a month ago. The government alleges¹⁴ the protest which turn violent was illegal. The police say Mr. Han incited¹⁵ that violence. There is increasingly bitter feud¹⁶ between its right-center government and its left-wing critics who accuse it of diminishing democracy.

The American billionaire and environment activist¹⁷ Douglas Tompkins has died after a kayak accident in Chili¹⁸. He developed sever⁸ hypothermia after capsizing in a lake. He was 72. Douglas Tompkins made his fortune as co-founder of the clothing company North Face and Esprit. Here's James Reed. In his won words, Douglas made his fortune selling people countless¹⁹ things they don't need. He co-founded the clothing brand North Face and Esprit. But in the late 1980s, he turned his back on business to dedicate himself to conservation in Patagonia. He spends hundreds of millions on land in Chili and Argentina to establish vast natural reserves. The scheme was controversial, seen by some as a threat to economic development and even national sovereignty. But for Douglas Tompkins, preserving biodiversity trumped²⁰ all. He died in the pristine²¹ wildness he loved and was so determined²² to protect.

Afghan security forces are engaged in a standoff with Taliban militants²³ for holding a family hostage after assaulting a military base in Kandahar on Tuesday evening. Nine people are confirmed dead in the attack on the heavily fortified²⁴ compound which houses Kandahar's airport and the joint²⁵ NATO and Afghan military headquarters. Local media say the number killed may be higher. BBC news.

Rwanda has announced that a referendum will be held next week on 18th. The constitutional amendment²⁶ that would allow president Paul Kagame to stand for a third term in 2017. Parliament approved the change last month after it was petitioned by 3 million people. Mr Kagame has been credited for rebuilding Rwanda after the genocide in 1994. But opponents say he has become increasingly intolerant of dissent²⁷.

The UN special advisor²⁸ on the prevention of genocide has warned that Burundi could descend²⁹ into civil war if the political violence there does not stop. Adama Dieng said both government and opposition forces in Burundi were manipulating ethnicity. And heavy weaponry was being used. He said there was a danger the 1993 Arusha peace accord could be destroyed. And if it that happened, the worst was possible.

The US says the investigation³⁰ reports that Iran conducted a test of ballistic missile last month violating UN ban. The American ambassador to the UN is Samantha Power. I don't want to get ahead of the work that people who're doing inside the US government to see if we can confirm it but as happened last time, if we can confirm it and if there is a violation³¹ of any UN security council resolution, we will come here and we will seek appropriate action. Iran says any sanctions will breach³² the nuclear deal it struke with world powers earlier this year.

Officials from Cuba and the US have had a preliminary meeting to discuss the compensation the two former cold war enemies are seeking from each other. Cuba wants more than 120 billion dollars for the effects the economic embargo³³ imposed on it after 1959 the revolution. Washington is processing claims to acclaim³⁴ 8 billion dollars on behalf of the American companies and citizens. BBC news.

委内瑞拉选举委员会证实，反对党联盟在周日的选举中赢得三分之二多数议席。此次大胜将赋予民主团结联盟更多权力，并将对尼古拉斯·马杜罗总统领导的统一社会主义党发起挑战。包括组织全民公投，提前撤销马杜罗任期。据称，反对党的重中之重是要释放反对派领导人，将委内瑞拉从经济危机中解救出来。反对派联盟领导人为杰西·托雷亚尔瓦。目前，我们要向政府发出呼吁。呼吁政府尽快就经济和社会问题采取措施。国家食物短缺现象严重。

为了搜寻一名劳工运动领导人，警方在首尔曹溪寺展开突袭行动，寺方警告称此次突袭是宗教迫害举动。首尔警方称除非嫌犯自首，否则将在几小时内展开突袭。请听斯蒂芬·埃文斯为您从首尔发回的报道。近一个月前，首尔发生大规模示威活动，自此以后，联盟领导人就一直居住在曹溪寺。政府声称此次为非法“暴力示威”活动。警方称韩相均有意煽动暴力活动。韩国保守右翼政府与左翼政党积怨与日俱增，并指责政府削弱民主力量。

美国亿万富翁，环保活动人士道格拉斯·汤普金斯在智利划独木舟时不幸身亡。独木舟遭遇翻船，汤普金斯因严重低温症不幸逝世。享年72岁。他是“北面”乐斯菲斯公司，以及“Esprit”的联合创始人。请听詹姆斯·里德的报道。用他自己的话说，道格拉斯的生财之道是销售“无用物”。他与合伙人共同创建了“北面”和“Esprit”。但在80年代末，他却投向了巴塔哥尼亚的环境保护事业。并在阿根廷和智利投入数亿美元，建立大型自然保护区。此项计划争议不断，许多人认为这将威胁经济发展，甚至是国家主权。但对于道格拉斯·汤普金斯而言，保护生物多样性超过一切。他深爱原始自然，曾下决心保护它，但他却在那里不幸逝世。

周二晚间，塔利班武装对坎大哈一处军事基地发动袭击，劫持人质，阿富汗安全部队与之僵持不下。军事重地发生武装袭击，9人已确认死亡，该地为坎大哈机场，同样也是北约和阿富汗联合军事总部所在地。当地媒体称死亡人数仍有可能上升。BBC新闻。

卢旺达宣布于下周18日举行全民公投。宪法修正案允许总统保罗·卡加梅连任，他也将于2017年第三次连任总统。由于300万民众请愿，国会于上月通过此项决议。自1994年大屠杀以来，卡加梅因重建卢旺达而得到民众认可。但有反对者称他开始无法容忍反对意见。

联合国“防止灭绝种族罪行问题”特别顾问警告称，如果政变危机无法制止，布隆迪或陷内战泥潭。阿达马·迪昂表示称，政府军和反对派发生宗族冲突。并使用重型武器。他担心此举或将摧毁“阿鲁沙和平协议”。如果真的发生，还有可能出现更为严峻的问题。

美国称根据调查报告显示，伊朗于上个月试射弹道导弹，这违反了联合国有关伊朗弹道导弹活动的决议。美国驻联合国大使萨曼莎·鲍尔。美国政府正在加紧确认工作，我不想提前做出行动，但就像上次所发生的，如果此次行动得到了证实，并确实违反了联合国安理会有关决议，那么美方将采取“适当行动”。伊朗方面称，任何制裁行动都将违背今年年初的核协议。

美巴两国举行预备会议，商讨既冷战开始的赔偿问题。古巴方面希望美方赔偿1959年古巴革命以来的经济封锁损失，总计超过1200亿美金。美方代表美国企业和公民向古巴索要80亿美金。BBC新闻。

1 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。

2 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

3 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

4 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 initiate   

vt.开始，创始，发动；启蒙，使入门；引入

参考例句：

• A language teacher should initiate pupils into the elements of grammar.语言老师应该把基本语法教给学生。
• They wanted to initiate a discussion on economics.他们想启动一次经济学讨论。

6 revoke   

v.废除，取消，撤回

参考例句：

• The university may revoke my diploma.大学可能吊销我的毕业证书。
• The government revoked her husband's license to operate migrant labor crews.政府撤销了她丈夫管理外来打工人群的许可证。

7 mandate   

n.托管地；命令，指示

参考例句：

• The President had a clear mandate to end the war.总统得到明确的授权结束那场战争。
• The General Election gave him no such mandate.大选并未授予他这种权力。

8 sever   

v.切开，割开；断绝，中断

参考例句：

• She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。
• We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

9 Buddhist   

adj./n.佛教的，佛教徒

参考例句：

• The old lady fell down in adoration before Buddhist images.那老太太在佛像面前顶礼膜拜。
• In the eye of the Buddhist,every worldly affair is vain.在佛教徒的眼里，人世上一切事情都是空的。

10 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

12 persecution   

n. 迫害,烦扰

参考例句：

• He had fled from France at the time of the persecution. 他在大迫害时期逃离了法国。
• Their persecution only serves to arouse the opposition of the people. 他们的迫害只激起人民对他们的反抗。

13 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

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。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

14 alleges   

断言，宣称，辩解( allege的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The newspaper article alleges that the mayor is corrupt. 报纸上断言该市长腐败。
• Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late. 史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

15 incited   

刺激，激励，煽动( incite的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He incited people to rise up against the government. 他煽动人们起来反对政府。
• The captain's example incited the men to bravery. 船长的榜样激发了水手们的勇敢精神。

16 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

17 activist   

n.活动分子，积极分子

参考例句：

• He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
• He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。

18 chili   

n.辣椒

参考例句：

• He helped himself to another two small spoonfuls of chili oil.他自己下手又加了两小勺辣椒油。
• It has chocolate,chili,and other spices.有巧克力粉，辣椒，和其他的调味品。

19 countless   

adj.无数的，多得不计其数的

参考例句：

• In the war countless innocent people lost their lives.在这场战争中无数无辜的人丧失了性命。
• I've told you countless times.我已经告诉你无数遍了。

20 trumped   

v.（牌戏）出王牌赢（一牌或一墩）( trump的过去分词 )；吹号公告，吹号庆祝；吹喇叭；捏造

参考例句：

• That woman trumped up various baseless charges against him. 那个女人捏造种种毫无根据的罪名指控他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Several of his colleagues trumped up a complaint to get him removed from the job. 他的几位同事诬告他，使他丟掉了工作。 来自《简明英汉词典》

21 pristine   

adj.原来的，古时的，原始的，纯净的，无垢的

参考例句：

• He wiped his fingers on his pristine handkerchief.他用他那块洁净的手帕擦手指。
• He wasn't about to blemish that pristine record.他本不想去玷污那清白的过去。

22 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

23 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。

24 fortified   

adj. 加强的

参考例句：

• He fortified himself against the cold with a hot drink. 他喝了一杯热饮御寒。
• The enemy drew back into a few fortified points. 敌人收缩到几个据点里。

25 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

26 amendment   

n.改正，修正，改善，修正案

参考例句：

• The amendment was rejected by 207 voters to 143.这项修正案以207票对143票被否决。
• The Opposition has tabled an amendment to the bill.反对党已经就该议案提交了一项修正条款。

27 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

28 advisor   

n.顾问，指导老师，劝告者

参考例句：

• They employed me as an advisor.他们聘请我当顾问。
• The professor is engaged as a technical advisor.这位教授被聘请为技术顾问。

29 descend   

vt./vi.传下来，下来，下降

参考例句：

• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。
• We're not going to descend to such methods.我们不会沦落到使用这种手段。

30 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

31 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。

32 breach   

n.违反，不履行；破裂；vt.冲破，攻破

参考例句：

• We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
• He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。

33 embargo   

n.禁运（令）；vt.对...实行禁运，禁止（通商）

参考例句：

• This country put an oil embargo on an enemy country.该国对敌国实行石油禁运。
• During the war,they laid an embargo on commerce with enemy countries.在战争期间，他们禁止与敌国通商。

34 acclaim   

v.向…欢呼，公认；n.欢呼，喝彩，称赞

参考例句：

• He was welcomed with great acclaim.他受到十分热烈的欢迎。
• His achievements earned him the acclaim of the scientific community.他的成就赢得了科学界的赞誉。