中英双语新闻 德国总理默克尔党派遭遇挫败

BBC news with Jonathan Izard.

The German Chancellor¹ Angela Merkel appears to have suffered a political setback² in the northeastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Exit polls from regional elections indicate the anti-immigrant AFD party has beaten Ms Merkel's Christian³ Democratic Union into third place. The center-left SPD seems likely to top the poll. Ms Merkel's popularity is being under pressure since she allowed more than a million refugees into Germany over the past year.

Syrian pro-government forces have recaptured several strategic areas in Aleppo from rebel fighters. The rebels took the Ramosa district on the southwestern outskirts⁴ of the city last month. In a major offensive that broke a government siege, the battle for control of the area is reported to be continuing.

The daughter of a former Hungarian-born American congressman⁵ said she's returning a Hungarian state honor because it's now been given to a journalist criticized for his anti-semitic output. Katrina Lantos Swett is joining nearly a hundred other recipients⁶ also returning their awards.

Celebrations have taken place in the Indian city of Calcutta after Pope Francis declared the Roman Catholic nun⁷ Mother Teresa a saint. The ethnic⁸ Albanian who died in 1997 founded her missionaries⁹ of charity in Calcutta. Hundreds of nuns¹⁰ in the charity headquarters bursted into applause after the proclamation.

South Sudan's president has agreed to the deployment¹¹ of extra foreign troops in the country after a visit by a UN Security Council delegation¹². Salva Kiir had previously¹³ rejected the force, saying it was an violation¹⁴ of South Sudan's sovereignty.

Poland says it would dispatch three senior government minsters on urgent trip to Britain following attacks on Polish nationals in a town northeast of London. The announcement came out after two Polish men were assaulted in Harlow where another Pole was attacked and killed a week ago.

And Ugandan football team was qualified¹⁵ for the Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in 39 years. The Cranes beat the Comoros one nil¹⁶ in the packed stadium in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.

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德国总理安格拉·默克尔似乎在东北部梅克伦堡-西波美拉尼亚邦遭遇政治挫败。来自地区选举的选后民意测验显示，反移民的德国另类选择党(AFD)将默克尔的基督教民主联盟击退到第三位。中右翼社会民主党(SPD)似乎在选举中领先。由于过去的一年允许超过100万移民入境，默克尔的支持率受到威胁。

叙利亚亲政府力量从叛军手中夺回阿勒颇几个战略性地区的控制权。上月，叛军占领了阿勒颇西南部郊区的Ramosa地区。在打破政府围困的重大进攻行动中，控制该地区的战斗仍在继续。

一位匈牙利出生的美国前国会议员的女儿表示交还匈牙利国家荣誉，因为这项荣誉现在被赋予一名因记者，此人因反犹太主义作品而备受批评。与斯威特(Katrina Lantos Swett)一起交还荣誉的还有其他近100名接收者。

教皇方济各宣布罗马天主教修女特蕾莎为圣人之后，印度城市加尔各答举行了庆祝活动。特蕾莎修女是阿尔巴尼亚人，于1997年去世，她在加尔各答成立了仁爱传教修女会。教皇宣布封圣之后，修女会总部数百名修女爆发出热烈的掌声。

联合国安理会代表团访问之后，南苏丹总统同意接纳新的外国军队。萨尔瓦·基尔(Salva Kiir)此前曾拒绝增派维和部队，称这侵犯了南苏丹的主权。

由于波兰公民在伦敦东北部一个小镇遇袭，波兰表示将紧急派遣三名政府高级部长前往英国。此前，两名波兰男子在哈洛遭遇袭击，另外一名波兰人一周前遇袭身亡。

乌干达足球队39年来首次获得非洲杯参赛资格。在乌干达首都坎帕拉拥挤的体育馆，乌干达队一比零击败了科摩罗队。

1 chancellor   

n.(英)大臣；法官；(德、奥)总理；大学校长

参考例句：

• They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
• He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。

2 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

3 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 Congressman   

n.（美）国会议员

参考例句：

• He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
• The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。

6 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 nun   

n.修女，尼姑

参考例句：

• I can't believe that the famous singer has become a nun.我无法相信那个著名的歌星已做了修女。
• She shaved her head and became a nun.她削发为尼。

8 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。

9 missionaries   

n.传教士( missionary的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Some missionaries came from England in the Qing Dynasty. 清朝时，从英国来了一些传教士。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The missionaries rebuked the natives for worshipping images. 传教士指责当地人崇拜偶像。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10 nuns   

n.（通常指基督教的）修女， （佛教的）尼姑( nun的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句

11 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。

12 delegation   

n.代表团；派遣

参考例句：

• The statement of our delegation was singularly appropriate to the occasion.我们代表团的声明非常适合时宜。
• We shall inform you of the date of the delegation's arrival.我们将把代表团到达的日期通知你。

13 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

14 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。

15 qualified   

adj.合格的，有资格的，胜任的，有限制的

参考例句：

• He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
• We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。

16 nil   

n.无，全无，零

参考例句：

• My knowledge of the subject is practically nil.我在这方面的知识几乎等于零。
• Their legal rights are virtually nil.他们实际上毫无法律权利。