书城外语听BBC学英语:英语10倍速增长学习法
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2. executive[?g'zekj?t?v]adj.管理的;n.总经理

例句:The President of the United States is the executive head of the government.

美国总统是政府的行政首脑。

3. tournament['t??n?m(?)nt]n.锦标赛,联赛;比赛

例句:They dropped two games in a row and were eliminated from the tournament.

他们在划船比赛中输了两场比赛,并被淘汰出局。

4. the European Commis-sion欧洲联盟委员会

例句:Then his finance minstry sent a deficit-reduction plan the European Commission.

接着他的财政部向欧洲委员会发送了减少赤字的计划。

5. eIection[?'lek?(?)n]n.选举;当选

例句:This party may go out at next election.

该政党在下次选举时可能下台。

6. emerge[?'m??d?]vi.浮现;摆脱;暴露

例句:A large number of independent African countries emerge at a historic moment.

一大批非洲独立国家应运而生。

7. candidate['k?nd?de?t; -d?t]n.候选人,候补者;应试者

例句:I proposed him for(as)candidate.

我推荐他为候选人。

8. bIackmaiI['bl?kme?l]n.勒索,敲诈;vt.勒索,敲诈

例句:She demanded $1000 blackmail from him.

她向他敲诈了1000美元。

With its prowess, He party can now blackmail the government into giving it more political power.

政党展示了自己的威力,如今可以勒索政府赋予它更多的政权。

语法知识点Grammar points

1. If proven, these new allegations could change the fortunes not just of a sports tournament but of a country, Qatar.

如果情况属实,那么新的指控将不仅改变这个运动比赛,也会改变卡塔尔这个国家的命运。

If proven是省略句,还原成If these new allegations were proven;因为if引导的条件句的主语与主句主语一致,为求简约,故将条件句主语省略。not just of……but but of……,此处的of是所有格,可还原为:the fortunes of a sports;the fortunes of a country。

2. After the European elections, Mr. Junker emerged as a chosen candidate of the center right parties which have the most seats in the newly elected European parliament.

欧洲选举后,容克作为在新当选欧洲议会中获得最多席位的中间右派政党的候选人胜出。

“emerge as”意为“……应运而生”;which……引导的是定语从句,修饰the center right parties。

3. The difficulty is that some EU leaders, with Mr. Cameron at the forefront, are opposing him.

其困难是以卡梅伦为首的一些欧洲领导人反对他。

“some EU leaders are opposing him”是由that引导的宾语从句,that可省略。中间部分“with Mr. Cameron at the forefront”是插入语成分,表示伴随、方式。

4. It's been built up to accommodate the double number of passengers through its brand-new 15-billion-dollar international airport, and also planning 20 new hotels of four or five-star quality.

卡塔尔建造了耗资150亿美元的新国际机场,还准备建造20家四星级或五星级酒店,希望能将接纳游客数翻倍。

brand-new,15-billion-dollar都具有形容词的性质。在英语中,由两个常见词加上连字符而构成具有形容词概念的新词,新词的语义是几个旧词的语义的结合。

10:黑客入侵eBay及其他新闻热点Attackers got access to eBay&;other hot topics

22/05/2014

EBay says the attackers got access to a database containing encrypted passwords, but no financial data by obtaining the log-ins of some employees. The attack took place between late February and early March, but ebay says it was only detected two weeks ago. The firm hasn't detected any increase in fraudulent activities on the site, but says changing password is the best practice and will help enhance security.

Five young Iranians arrested after they posted a video of themselves dancing to the Pharrell William's hit'Happy'have been released. But the director of the video is still in custody. Police in Tehran said the online clip hurt public chastity. James Renauld has this report.

The homemade video shows six young Iranians, three men and three women without headscarves, dancing with abandon on a secluded rooftop and in an apartment. Their efforts were too much for Iran's authorities. The performers were soon arrested and filmed on state TV. They were apparently made to confess that they were tricked into filming their video. Pharrell Williams says that it is beyond sad that the six were arrested for trying to spread happiness.

A federal judge in the United States has ordered the Justice Department to hand over videos showing the treatment of a Syrian prisoner at Guantanamo bay detention center who was on hunger strike. The videos show the detainee Abu Wa'el Dhiab being forcibly fed through a tube in his nose. Last week, in the first ruling of its kind, the judge imposed a ban on force-feeding the prisoner. Mr. Dhiab has been held without charge since August,2002.

译文:

eBay称入侵者进入了含有加密口令的数据库,但黑客登陆一些雇员账户后没有获得财务信息。这次入侵事件发生在1月底到3月初,但eBay称两周前才发现此事。该公司没发现网站上欺诈活动增加,但称修改密码是最好的办法,将有利于加强安全。

5名伊朗青年发布他们伴随菲瑞·威廉斯的单曲《Happy》跳舞的视频,因此被捕,不过现在已经获释。但这段视频的导演仍在囚禁中,德黑兰警方称这段在线视频有损公众贞洁。詹姆斯·雷诺报道。

这段自制视频显示6名伊朗人,三名男子和三名没戴头巾的女子在一个隐蔽的屋顶和一个公寓内跳舞。这一行为令伊朗当局动怒,于是表演者很快就被捕了,国家电视台还报道了这件事。他们似乎承认是被引诱而拍这段视频的,菲瑞·威廉斯说这件事让人伤心,这六个人因试图传播快乐而被捕。

美国联邦法官下令司法部上交显示在关塔那摩湾进行绝食的叙利亚囚犯所受待遇的一段视频,视频显示囚犯Abu Wa'el Dhiab被强行通过插在鼻子的管道进食。上周在此类案件的第一次判决中,法官禁止对囚犯强行进食。Dhiab自2002年8月无指控被捕后一直在那里。

单词解析Word analysis

1. access['?kses]vt.使用;存取;接近;n.进入;使用权

例句:Regardless of where we are and what we are doing, we want access to our data.

不管我们身在何处、在做什么,我们都想要访问到我们的数据。

The facilities have been adapted to give access to wheelchair users.

这些设施已经过改装,使轮椅使用者们能够进入。

2. encrypt[en'kr?pt]vt.将……译成密码

例句:You could make up messages and encrypt them, and your friend could use the code to decode the message.

您可以编制各种消息并对它们进行加密,您的伙伴可以使用暗号来解码这些消息。

3. take pIace发生;举行

例句:When does the wedding take place?

什么时候举行婚礼?

4. chastity['t??st?t?]n.贞洁;纯洁;简洁

例句:Her story resonates with millions of Chinese who not only are fed up with low-level corruption but also prize chastity in young women.

她的遭遇引起了那些不仅受够了基层腐败,而且珍视年轻女子贞操的几百万中国人的共鸣。

5. federaI['fed(?)r(?)l]adj.联邦的;同盟的

例句:Five of the six provinces are to become autonomous regions in a new federal system of government.

在新的联邦政府体制下,6个省中的5个将成为自治区。

6. prisoner['pr?z(?)n?]n.囚犯,犯人

例句:She lives as a prisoner.

她像囚犯一样生活。

7. detention[d?'ten?(?)n]n.拘留;延迟;挽留

例句:The prisoners were discharged from the detention camp.

囚犯们从拘留营获释了。

8. impose[?m'p??z]vt.强加;利用

例句:We fight, not to impose our will, but to defend ourselves and extend the blessings of freedom.

我们战斗,不是强加我们的意愿,而是保卫我们自己和传递自由的祝福。

语法知识点Grammar points

1. EBay says the attackers got access to a database containing encrypted passwords, but no financial data by obtaining the log-ins of some employees.

EBay称入侵者进入了含有加密口令的数据库,但黑客登陆一些雇员账户后没有获得财务信息。