英国新闻听力 46

BBC News with Victoria Meakin;

America's embattled carmakers have gone to the Senate once again to secure an increased rescue package, but six hours of talks failed to produce an agreement. The chief executives of Ford¹ General Motor and Chrysler had originally requested 25 billion dollars and now say they need 34 billion dollars to keep their companies afloat. James Coomarasamy reports.

The CEOs are driven to Washington in their hybrid² cars bringing with them a message of urgency mixed with contrition³. But despite presenting new reinstruction plans described by Chrysler's boss' robust⁴, realistic, green. A six-hour Senate hearing failed to produce a consensus⁵ about their requested loan of 34 billion dollars. Many Senators remain skeptical⁶ about the plans on the table, and in some cases about the CEOs who were due to enact⁷ them. The CEOs take their request to the House of Representatives on Friday.

The Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been allowed to suspend Parliament for more than a month to avoid a vote of no confidence that was expected to bring down his minority conservative government. The main opposition⁸ party has been united in their criticism of Mr. Harper's handling of the Canadian economy, but the Canadian governor general granted permission for Parliament to be suspended or prologue⁹ until January 26th. Mr. Harper said his priority when Parliament resumed would be to present a budget that would get cross-party support.

By my advice, the governor general has agreed to prorogue¹⁰ Parliament. Last Friday I asked Canadians to give us their opinions on the parliamentary situation, that feedback has been overwhelming and very clear. They want Canada's governors to continue to work on the agenda the Canadians voted for-- our plan to strengthen the economy.

Israeli security forces have stormed a building in the West Bank city of Hebron evicting¹¹ about 200 Jewish settlers who have been occupying it in defiance¹² of an Israeli court ruling, the building was cleared quickly but settlers later attacked both Israeli security forces and Palestinians who form the vast majority of Hebron's population. Reports said about 30 settlers and Israeli soldiers and several Palestinians have been injured. The Israeli Defense¹³ Minister Ehud Barak justified¹⁴ the deployment¹⁵ of security forces against the settlers.

Enforcing the state's rule over its citizens is the means of every Democratic state; this means ensuring the implementation¹⁶ of the court's decisions and ultimately evacuating¹⁷ the building and that is what's been done.

Iran says it believes that 16 police officers abducted¹⁸ in June by a militant¹⁹ nationalist group have now all been killed. The Iranian say the police were seized by Jundallah, a group which says it's fighting for religious ethnic²⁰ and economic rights for Iran's Baluch minority in the south-east, near the Pakistan botrder.

World News from the BBC;

As Europe struggles to cope with the global economic downturn, there has been a further round of big cuts in interest rates. The European Central Bank lowered its rates by three quarters of 1% to 2.5 %, the biggest cuts it's ever made. The Bank of England dropped its rate to 2%. Sweden cuts its to the same level.

A court in Morocco has sentenced a man to ten years in prison after convicting him of having links to the group that carried out the Madrid train bombings in 2004. The court charged Hicham Ahmidan, a Moroccan national with belonging to the organization behind the bombings. From Rabat, James Copnall reports.

Hicham Ahmidan was sentenced to ten years in prison for what the prosecution²¹ called providing logistical support to the Madrid bombers²². Mr. Ahmidan's fingerprints²³ were found in cars used by the bombers included his cousin. The prosecution had initially²⁴ asked for 20-year sentence. Mr. Ahmidan's lawyer Ali Ammar has vowed²⁵ an appeal, he said Mr. Ahmidan has already been found not guilty of belonging to a terrorist group and shouldn't be trialed twice for he same offense²⁶.

The authorities in Mexico say they found the bodies of 13 people, the majority of them teenagers in the northwestern state of Sonora, which is home to one of the country's most violent drug cartels. Each victim had been shot several times. The news comes a day after a leading newspaper // reported that at least 5000 people have been killed in drug related violence in Mexico so far this year, nearly double the number similar deaths registered last year.

Sixteen American soldiers who served in the US invasion of Iraq have filed a lawsuit²⁷ against a major defense contractor²⁸ KBR, accusing it of having exposed them to toxic²⁹ chemicals. KBR denies the allegation, the suit accuses the firm of having knowingly allowed the soldiers to be exposed to the cancer-causing chromium dichromate while they were protecting an Iraqi water pumping plant.

1 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。

2 hybrid   

n.(动，植）杂种，混合物

参考例句：

• That is a hybrid perpetual rose.那是一株杂交的四季开花的蔷薇。
• The hybrid was tall,handsome,and intelligent.那混血儿高大、英俊、又聪明。

3 contrition   

n.悔罪，痛悔

参考例句：

• The next day he'd be full of contrition,weeping and begging forgiveness.第二天，他就会懊悔不已，哭着乞求原谅。
• She forgave him because his contrition was real.她原谅了他是由于他的懊悔是真心的。

4 robust   

adj.强壮的，强健的，粗野的，需要体力的，浓的

参考例句：

• She is too tall and robust.她个子太高，身体太壮。
• China wants to keep growth robust to reduce poverty and avoid job losses,AP commented.美联社评论道，中国希望保持经济强势增长，以减少贫困和失业状况。

5 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

6 skeptical   

adj.怀疑的，多疑的

参考例句：

• Others here are more skeptical about the chances for justice being done.这里的其他人更为怀疑正义能否得到伸张。
• Her look was skeptical and resigned.她的表情是将信将疑而又无可奈何。

7 enact   

vt.制定(法律)；上演，扮演

参考例句：

• The U.S. Congress has exclusive authority to enact federal legislation.美国国会是唯一有权颁布联邦法律的。
• For example,a country can enact laws and economic policies to attract foreign investment fairly quickly.例如一个国家可以很快颁布吸引外资的法令和经济政策。

8 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。

9 prologue   

n.开场白，序言；开端，序幕

参考例句：

• A poor wedding is a prologue to misery.不幸的婚姻是痛苦的开始。
• The prologue to the novel is written in the form of a newspaper account.这本小说的序言是以报纸报道的形式写的。

10 prorogue   

v.使（会议）休会

参考例句：

• Parliament be prorogue for the summer recess.因暑假议会休会。
• The legislature moved to prorogue the present session.立法机关提议停止目前的会议。

11 evicting   

v.（依法从房屋里或土地上）驱逐，赶出( evict的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Money spent on evicting sex offenders cannot be spent on treating them. 花在打击性侵犯者上的钱并不能花在治疗这一社会问题上。 来自互联网
• Money spent on evicting sex offenders cannot be spent on treating them. Does this matter? 钱被花费在驱逐性犯罪者而不是用做教育他们，这样做真的好么？ 来自互联网

12 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。

13 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

14 justified   

a.正当的，有理的

参考例句：

• She felt fully justified in asking for her money back. 她认为有充分的理由要求退款。
• The prisoner has certainly justified his claims by his actions. 那个囚犯确实已用自己的行动表明他的要求是正当的。

15 deployment   

n. 部署,展开

参考例句：

• He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
• Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。

16 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

17 evacuating   

撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空

参考例句：

• The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
• Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？

18 abducted   

劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展

参考例句：

• Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
• The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。

19 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。

20 ethnic   

adj.人种的，种族的，异教徒的

参考例句：

• This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
• The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。

21 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

22 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

23 fingerprints   

n.指纹( fingerprint的名词复数 )v.指纹( fingerprint的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Everyone's fingerprints are unique. 每个人的指纹都是独一无二的。
• They wore gloves so as not to leave any fingerprints behind (them). 他们戴着手套，以免留下指纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

25 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

26 offense   

n.犯规，违法行为；冒犯，得罪

参考例句：

• I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
• His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。

27 lawsuit   

n.诉讼，控诉

参考例句：

• They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
• He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

28 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

29 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。