NPR边听边练279:美无人机涉嫌违反国际法
时间:2014-04-10 07:20:40
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以下段落是摘自新闻里的一些重要信息,并不是一个段落的听写。空内信息可在本新闻中全部找到,大家可以根据这些信息复述新闻。
一、泛听建议:
1、完整听一遍,掌握大意。
2、继续听,特别注意关键信息。遇到相似的词,写下来。
The White House says the US _1_ a new report by human rights groups that says the US may have violated international law by
killing1 civilians2 in drone attacks. Amnesty international's Mustafa Qadri says the Obama administration's veil of
secrecy3 prevents
analysts4 from detailing the truth.
白宫表示,美国正在审查人权组织的新报告,报告中表示,美国在无人机袭击中致平民死亡涉嫌违反国际法。国际特赦组织的穆斯塔法?卡德里表示,奥巴马政府对信息保密阻碍了分析人员调查事实真相。
"We can not be a hundred percent certain, but we are extremely _2_ that these and other
killings5 documented in our report may constitute extra
judicial6 executions, or war crimes."
“我们不能百分百确定,但我们非常担心的是,报告中记录的杀害行为可能构成法外处决或是战争罪行。”
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say they've _3_ witnesses accounts and satellite images of drone strikes, and conclude far more civilians have been killed than the US acknowledges. The administration _4_ drones had been far more precise than conventional weapons.
国际特赦组织和人权观察组织表示,他们收集了目击者的证词及无人机袭击的卫星图片,得出的结论是,被杀害的平民人数远比美国承认的要多得多。美国政府辩称,无人机比常规武器要精确得多。
Mexico's foreign minister says his country _5_ a thorough
investigation7 into allegations that the US spied on Mexican official email. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports the foreign minister says president Obama personally promised an enquiry.
墨西哥外交部表示,墨西哥将就美国监听墨西哥官员电邮的指控展开详细调查。据NPR新闻,嘉莉·卡恩报道,外交部长表示,奥巴马总统本人承诺进行询问。
词汇解析:
1、conclude
vt. 推断;决定,作结论;结束
vi. 推断;断定;决定
eg:Larry had concluded that he had no choice but to accept Paul's words as the truth.
拉里断定他别无选择,只能相信保罗所说为实。
2、allegation
n. 主张,断言;辩解
eg:The company has denied the allegations.
该公司否认了这些指控。
参考答案:
1、is reviewing 2、concerned 3、gathered
4、is defending 5、is expecting
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