英语新闻听写 为死者安葬 新西兰多项顶级赛事被取消

 

According to a report by Reuters, on Saturday, several top class sporting events were cancelled

《路透社》报道称，周六的几场顶级体育赛事均被取消

as the traumatized nation began burying the dead from the peacetime mass killing¹ in the country's history.

因为这个沉静在痛苦中的国家要安葬和平时期大屠杀中的死者。

On Friday, a lone² gunman killed 49 people and wounded over 20 others at two Christchurch mosques³,

周五，一名持枪者在2所克赖斯特彻奇清真寺射杀49人，另有20余人受伤，

a shooting which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned⁴ as 'a terrorist attack.'

该国总理雅辛达·阿尔登谴责此次事件为“一次恐怖袭击”。

A horse racing⁵ meet, a top class rugby match, a cricket test, and a string of netball games were all cancelled in the wake of the attack.

由于此次袭击，一场赛马见面会、一场顶级橄榄球比赛、一场板球测试以及一系列篮网球比赛均被取消。

New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White reportedly said, "This isn't about cricket.

报道称国家板球队负责人大卫·怀特表示，“这个板球无关。

It's about something much bigger and much more important than that. It's about life, it's about respect.

而是有关一些比板球更重要的事情。这和生命、尊重有关。

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 lone   

adj.孤寂的，单独的；唯一的

参考例句：

• A lone sea gull flew across the sky.一只孤独的海鸥在空中飞过。
• She could see a lone figure on the deserted beach.她在空旷的海滩上能看到一个孤独的身影。

3 mosques   

清真寺； 伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺； 清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？
• The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

4 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。

5 racing   

n.竞赛，赛马；adj.竞赛用的，赛马用的

参考例句：

• I was watching the racing on television last night.昨晚我在电视上看赛马。
• The two racing drivers fenced for a chance to gain the lead.两个赛车手伺机竞相领先。