BBC英语听力2012年04月合辑（文本＋翻译）：BBC0407.doc

1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家The Russian president has warned that a mission to Syria by the UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan may be the last chance to avoid civil war. Dmitry Medvedev was speaking after talks in Moscow with Mr Annan, who wants Russia to take a firmer stance against President Bashar al-Assa

2、d. Steve Rosenberg reports from Moscow.俄罗斯总统警告说，由联合国阿盟和平使者科菲安南率领的赴叙利亚使团，可能是避免内战的最后一次机会。梅德韦杰夫是在与安南莫斯科会谈后发表这番言论的，安南希望俄罗斯对阿萨德总统采取更加强硬的立场。Steve Rosenberg在莫斯科报道。Russia had already declared its support for Kofi Annans peace initiative. Today, Dmitry Medvedev explained why. This, President Medvedev said, w

3、as perhaps the last chance to avoid a protracted bloody civil war in Syria. Moscow is a long-time ally of the Syrian government, a key supplier of arms. The Russians have some influence there. Will they use that to put pressure on President Assad to end the fighting? Thats something which President

4、Medvedev did not say.俄罗斯已宣称支持科菲安南的和平提议，今天，梅德韦杰夫解释了原因。他说，这可能是避免叙利亚发生旷日持久的血腥内战的最后机会。长期以来，俄罗斯都是叙利亚政府的盟友，是叙利亚武器的主要提供商。俄罗斯在叙利亚有一定的影响力。俄罗斯会以此对阿萨德施压，要求结束战斗吗？这一点，梅德韦杰夫总统没有表态。President Obama has warned North Korea that it could face further sanctions if it goes ahead with its plans to launch a rocket next mo

5、nth.奥巴马总统警告朝鲜，称如果继续坚持下月发射火箭的计划，将采取进一步的制裁措施。Speaking in Seoul, Mr Obama said it would be difficult to go ahead with a food aid package if Pyongyang carried out the launch. He also criticised Chinas approach to Pyongyangs actions.奥巴马在首尔表示，如果平壤实施发射计划，美国很难会推进食物援助方案。他还批评中国对平壤的举动。What Ive said to them con

6、sistently is rewarding bad behaviour, turning a blind eye to deliberate provocations, trying to paper over these not just provocative words but extraordinarily provocative acts that violate international norms - thats not obviously working.“我一直对这两个国家的不良行径做出表态，他们对故意的挑衅不闻不见，试图掩饰挑衅的言论，还掩饰违反国际准则的极端煽动性的行

7、为，这当然是没用的。”Pope Benedict has condemned drug trafficking and corruption at a huge open-air Mass in Mexico. Around 300,000 people gathered to hear the Popes message beside the Christ the King monument in Silao, one of the most important symbols of Mexican Catholicism. James Read has more.班尼迪克教皇在墨西哥巨型公

8、开集会上谴责毒品走私和腐败现象，在墨西哥基督教最重要的标志Silao基督国王纪念碑旁，约30万人聚在这里听教皇的讲话。James Read 报道。This open-air Mass was the main event of Pope Benedicts first visit to Mexico. He used it to address the countrys most pressing problems. In the face of violence, corruption and poverty, he urged Catholics to look to their fait

9、h and put aside thoughts of revenge. At a time of suffering, he said, the Church offered consolation, strength and hope. Catholicism is under pressure in Mexico from both secularisation and evangelical churches, but the warm reception given to the Pope shows that it remains deeply embedded in the so

10、ul of the nation.这次公开集会，就是班尼迪克教皇墨西哥此行主要事件，他借此机会讨论该国最严重的问题。对于暴力、腐败和贫困问题，他敦促天主教徒坚守信念，将复仇的想法搁置一边。他说，教堂在这个不幸的时候提供了安慰、力量和希望。在墨西哥，基督教受到来自世俗和福音教会的双重压力，但这次教皇此行受到的热烈欢迎，表明基督教仍深深铭刻在本国灵魂的深处。French prosecutors have issued preliminary murder and terrorism charges against the elder brother of Mohammed Merah, the m

11、an who shot dead seven people, including Jewish children, in the city of Toulouse. Prosecutors say there are indications that Abdelkader Merah helped his brother to prepare the attacks. But his lawyer said he had no role in the killings and denied earlier reports that hed been proud of his brothers

12、actions.法国检察官对Mohammed Merah的哥哥发出初步的谋杀和恐怖指控，此人在图卢兹开枪打死包括犹太儿童在内的7人。检察官称，有迹象表明，Abdelkader Merah帮助弟弟为袭击做准备。但他的律师称，他没有参与到谋杀的行动中，而且否认此前所谓的他为弟弟感到骄傲的报道。An explosion in the Colombian capital Bogota has killed three students. The authorities said the blast appeared to have happened by accident as the student

13、s were handling explosives and drinking alcohol. Police found bomb-making instructions and propaganda for the Farc rebel group in the wreckage of their flat. A fourth student and several neighbours were injured by the explosion.哥伦比亚首都波哥大发生爆炸事件，3名学生丧生。当局称爆炸看来是意外事件，当时学生们一边手拿炸药，一边喝酒。警察在公寓废墟里发现Farc叛军组织的

14、炸弹制作说明和宣传单。第四名学生和几名邻居也在爆炸中受伤。People in Senegal have gone to the polls in a run-off vote to decide if the current President Abdoulaye Wade will win a controversial third term. Hes facing his former Prime Minister Macky Sall, who has the backing of all the defeated opposition candidates. Thomas Fessy

15、reports from Dakar.塞内加尔人民参加最后决选投票，看现任总统Abdelkader Merah是否能赢得富有争议的第三个任期。Merah的对手是有所有失败的反对派候选人支持的前总理Macky Sall。Thomas Fessy在达喀尔报道。This run-off vote very much felt like a referendum with voters either for or against the incumbent President Abdoulaye Wade. His candidacy for a third term sparked weeks of

16、 unrest earlier this year. Candidates who were defeated in the first round last month have all backed Macky Sall, joining an anyone but Wade coalition. But both candidates have said they couldnt envisage defeat, prompting fears of renewed violence if the results are disputed when they start to come

17、in.这次最后选举有点像公投，因为选民要么支持要么反对现任总统Abdoulaye Wade。今年年初，Wade争取第三个任期的候选资格导致了数周的动乱。在上月第一轮选举中失败的候选人一致支持Macky Sall，他们加入了“就是不要Wade”联盟。但两位候选人都表示自己不会失败，这就让人民担心，如果选举结果引起争议，又会引发新一轮的暴力事件。The Hollywood film director James Cameron has begun a descent to the bottom of the worlds deepest ocean trench in the western Pa

18、cific. Mr Cameron, who directed the film Titanic, is making the 11km dive in a specially designed submarine to explore and film the floor of the Mariana Trench. If he succeeds, itll be only the second manned expedition ever to go there and the first for half a century. Mr Cameron will have to spend

19、10 hours curled up like a foetus in a tiny submersible, the Deepsea Challenger.好莱坞电影导演詹姆斯卡梅隆潜入西太平洋世界最深海沟，卡梅隆是电影泰塔尼克号的导演，他驾驶特别定制的潜水器潜水到11公里深处，探索并拍摄马里亚纳海沟的海底。如果此次探险成功，这将是第二次到底此处的载人探险，也是半世纪以来的第一次这类探险。在微型潜艇“深海挑战者号”里，卡梅隆像胎儿一样蜷缩在里面10个小时。Cricket fans who are eagerly awaiting Mondays clash between Sri Lanka

20、 and England are furious about a 10-fold increase in ticket prices. Fans who want to go to the opening game in Galle will now have to pay up to $60. A Sri Lankan cricket official told the BBC it was because of the high demand to see England.急不可待等着观看周一斯里兰卡和英格兰对决的板球粉丝们，对门票增长十倍的消息非常愤怒。如今，想观看加勒公开赛的粉丝们必须支付60美元买张门票了。斯里兰卡一名板球官员告诉BBC，这是因为想看英格兰队的粉丝太多了。 版权所有高考资源网