中英双语新闻 美国退出巴黎气候协定

 

BBC News with David Austin.

Countries, rich and poor have been lambasting the decision by President Trump¹ to pull the United States out of the global agreement on combating climate change. The 

group of the world’s 48 least developed countries says they were deeply disappointed. The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt has said exiting 

the Paris Accord does not mean disengagement. At the White House Press briefing, he said it was up to other world leaders to decide whether they would sit down and 

re-negotiate a new deal.

President Putin has called allegations that Russia helped Donald Trump win the White House, harmful charter and flatly denied that there had been a secret deal between Moscow and the President before his inauguration². He said continued speculation³ over the matter was damaging international relations.

The new leader of the biggest party in Ireland’s coalition⁴ government Fine Gael is Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant and Ireland’s first openly-gay 

administer. Aged⁵ 38, he is said to become Ireland’s youngest Prime Minister.

DNA⁶ test would be conducted on the belongings⁷ of a dead doctor, who may have fathered as many as 60 children at his fertility clinic in the Netherlands. The group of 

children conceived in the clinic suspected Jan Karbaat wrongfully used his own sperm⁸ in IVF treatment.

A judge in Chile has sentenced more than 100 former secret agents and military men for human rights abuses commited during the rule of General Augusto Pinochet. The agents were sentenced between 1.5 and 20 years in jail, over the kidnapping and murder of 16 people in the middle 1970s.

And the Rhein Museum in Amsterdam has permitted a man to spend the night alone under the watchful⁹ eye of militia¹⁰ men in Rembrandt's famous painting, the “Night Watch”. Stefan Kasper, a Dutch school teacher was awarded the experience for becoming the Museum’s ten-millionth visitor.

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特朗普总统决定美国退出全球气候变化协议，贫困和发达国家均提出严厉批评。全世界48个欠发达国家表示，他们感到深深的失望。美国环境保护署署长斯科特·普鲁特(Scott Pruitt)表示，退出《巴黎协定》并不意味着不参与。在白宫新闻简报上，他表示，他们能否坐下来重新协商新的协议取决于世界上其他领导人。

普京总统称宣称俄罗斯帮助特朗普赢得白宫选举的指控是有害的纵容的结果，他严辞否认莫斯科和特朗普之间在他上任之前有任何秘密交易。他说，对该事件持续的猜测损害了国际关系。

爱尔兰联合政府中最大的党派统一党(Fine Gael)新任领袖为利奥·瓦拉德(Leo Varadkar)，他是一名印度移民的儿子，也是爱尔兰第一个公开承认是同性恋的部长。瓦拉德今年38岁，据说有望成为爱尔兰最年轻的总理。

荷兰一位过世的医生的遗物将进行DNA测试。他可能在他的生育诊所中成为60名孩子的生父。在这间诊所里孕育的这些孩子怀疑Jan Karbaat在IVF治疗的过程中错误地使用了自己的精子。

智利一名法官判处100多名前特工和军人在皮诺契特(Augusto Pinochet)将军统治期间犯下践踏人权罪。这些特工在上世纪70年代中期绑架并谋杀了16人，被判处1.5年至20年的监禁。

莱茵博物馆允许一名男子独自在伦布兰特著名的画作《守夜人》中的民兵注视的眼光下过夜。Stefan Kasper是一名荷兰教师，他是博物馆第100万名游客，因此获得了这项殊荣。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 inauguration   

n.开幕、就职典礼

参考例句：

• The inauguration of a President of the United States takes place on January 20.美国总统的就职典礼于一月二十日举行。
• Three celebrated tenors sang at the president's inauguration.3位著名的男高音歌手在总统就职仪式上演唱。

3 speculation   

n.思索，沉思；猜测；投机

参考例句：

• Her mind is occupied with speculation.她的头脑忙于思考。
• There is widespread speculation that he is going to resign.人们普遍推测他要辞职。

4 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。

5 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

6 DNA   

(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸

参考例句：

• DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
• Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。

7 belongings   

n.私人物品，私人财物

参考例句：

• I put a few personal belongings in a bag.我把几件私人物品装进包中。
• Your personal belongings are not dutiable.个人物品不用纳税。

8 sperm   

n.精子，精液

参考例句：

• Only one sperm fertilises an egg.只有一个精子使卵子受精。
• In human reproduction,one female egg is usually fertilized by one sperm.在人体生殖过程中，一个精子使一个卵子受精。

9 watchful   

adj.注意的，警惕的

参考例句：

• The children played under the watchful eye of their father.孩子们在父亲的小心照看下玩耍。
• It is important that health organizations remain watchful.卫生组织保持警惕是极为重要的。

10 militia   

n.民兵，民兵组织

参考例句：

• First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
• There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。