BBC新闻重点讲解9月1日第144期

BBC新闻重点讲解:喀麦隆首都火车脱轨(2009-9-1)

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BBC News with Ally Micue.

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has increased his lead over his main rival in the presidential election.After results from a third of polling stations,President Karzai has46%of the vote,comfortably ahead of his main opponent Abdullah Abdullah who has31%.Mr.Abdullah has made further allegations about the poll.Speaking to the World Service he said he would not accept a compromise d outcome.

"My concern is about massive fraud,state-crafted,state-engineered fraud which is taking place throughout the country.Today we were having meetings with representatives of five provinces.In eyewitness accounts of the elections,it's just dreadful."

Meanwhile,the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has suggested on a visit to Helmand Province that more soldiers could be sent to Afghanistan to help train Afghan troops.In his fourth trip to the country in a year,he promised there’d be new vehicles with stronger armor in order to protect British soldiers from roadside bombs.

A funeral Mass has taken place in the United States for Senator Edward Kennedy,the Democratic Party veteran and last representative of an American political dynasty.He died of brain cancer on Tuesday at the age of77.At the service in Boston,President Obama delivered the eulogy.

"We can still hear his voice bellowing through the Senate chamber,face reddened,fist pounding at the podium,a veritable force of nature in support of health care or worker's rights or civil rights. And yet,while his causes became deeply personal,his disagreements never did.And that's how Ted Kennedy became the greatest legislator of our time."

The service was attended by much of America's political elite including three former Presidents. Senator Kennedy's body is now being taken to Arlington National Cemetery in Washington.

Two American policewomen in California have described how they became suspicious about Philip Garrido who is accused of kidnapping Jaycee Duguard as an11-year-old and holding her captive for18years.The two officers said that something about the two young girls who were with Garrido had alarmed them.Rajesh Mirchandani reports.

Lisa Campbell and Ally Jacobs met with Philip Garrido on Tuesday when he asked to hold a religious meeting on the grounds of the University of California at Berkerly where they both work. Garrido brought two young girls with him and campus police officer Jacobs says the girls told them they did not go to school,but were given lessons at home.Another younger one sounded robotic and rehearse d when she explained a bruise around her eye as a birth defect.The officers ran a background check on Garrido and discovered he was a convicted sex-offender.They reported their concerns to his parole officer which eventually led to his arrest and the release of Jaycee Duguard.

World News from the BBC.

Reports from Iran say the prosecutor who organized the trials of about a hundred opposition figures after protests against June's election result has been replaced.Said Motazavi,a Teheran prosecutor general,was removed from his post by the recently appointed judiciary chief. Commentators say Mr.Motazavi gained a reputation as a hardliner during his six years in the post.

Chinese state media are reporting fresh clashes between the Burmese security forces and armed ethnic rebels in an area close to the border with China.In recent weeks,thousands of people have fled into the Chinese Province of Yunnan to escape the conflict.Beijing,one of Burma's main allies has said the Burmese’s government should bring the conflict to an end.Our correspondent Chris Hogg is one of the few journalists to have reached the remote border town of Nanshan and sent this report.

Most of the refugees have found some sorts of cover.In a back street we find a group sheltering in a bare room on thin mattresses.There are old women,their daughters,small children,too.One man who’s in his twenties says they have been driven over the border by the fighting on the other side.He's seen Burmese troop engaging the Kokang army.None of the others have seen the fighting,but they have heard about it.That had prompt ed them to flee.

At least five people have been killed and more than275others serious injured in a train crash near Cameroon's capital Yaoundé.Officials have confirmed that a passenger train had been derail ed north of the city.Rescuers are still searching in the wreckage for survivors.

Police in Florida have arrested about75suspected criminals after sending letters to their last known addresses offering money from a funds set up to help businesses survive the credit crunch. The fugitive s telephoned the hotline and made appointments to receive checks in Fort Lauderdale.When the suspects arrived,they were detained.The charges against them range from grand theft to attempted murder.

BBC News.

参考翻译

阿富汗总统卡尔扎伊在总统竞选中相对于其竞争对手阿卜杜拉的优势扩大。投票站三分之一的选票统计过后，卡尔扎伊获得了46%的选票，大幅领先于仅有31%支持率的阿卜杜拉。阿卜杜拉进一步指责了投票过程。他对BBC世界服务说，他不会接受经过调和的结果。

我的担忧是大规模欺骗，国家级的欺骗，国家策划的欺骗，而这是整个国家都在发生的事情。今天，我们与来自五个省份的代表进行了会谈。根据目击者对选举的描述，这非常可怕。

同时，英国首相戈登·布朗建议访问Helmand省，以便向阿富汗派遣更多的士兵，帮助训练阿富汗军队。这已经是布朗一年之内第四次访问阿富汗，他承诺将派遣装备更先进的车辆，保护英国士兵免受路边炸弹袭击。

美国为参议员爱德华·肯尼迪举行追悼仪式，以便民主党退役士兵和美国政界代表表达敬意。肯尼迪周二因脑癌去世，享年77岁。在波士顿举行的追悼会上，奥巴马总统发表了悼词。

我们仍然能够听到他的声音响彻参议院，面红耳赤，拳头击打着讲台，名副其实与生俱来的力量，支持我们的医疗保健，工人权利和民权。然而，对待个人事务，他从来没有不同意过。这就是为什么Ted肯尼迪成为我们的时代最伟大的立法者。

美国许多政界精英，包括三位前总统参加了追悼会。现在，参议员肯尼迪的遗体已经运往华盛顿阿灵顿国家公墓。

Phillip Garrido被指控绑架了11岁的Jacyee Dugard并奴役了她18年之久。加利福尼亚两名女警官描述了他们对其产生怀疑的过程。这两名警官称，是两名与Phillip Garrido在一起的女孩启发了他们。Majers Merchant Darni报道。

周二，Lisa Campbell和Ally Jacobs遇到Phillip Garrido，Phillip Garrido在加利福尼亚大学伯克利分校操场上举行宗教集会。Lisa Campbell和Ally Jacobs均在该校工作。Garrido带着两个年轻女孩，校园警察Jacob说，这两个女孩说她们不上学，而是在家里接受教育。另外一个更小的女孩解释眼睛上的瘀伤为胎记时听上去非常机械。警方调查了Garrido的背景，发现他曾被判为性骚扰。他们将自己的担忧报告给假释官，最终将Phillip Garrido逮捕，将Jacyee Dugard释放。

BBC世界新闻。

来自伊朗的报道称，组织对六月份的选举之后进行抗议的100名抗议者审判活动的检察官被替换。德黑兰检察长Said Motazavi的职位被最近委任的司法官员取代。评论称，在六年的执政时间之内，Mortazavi为自己获得了强硬派的名声。

中国媒体报道称，缅甸政府军和地方武装在靠近中国云南省的缅甸果敢地区发生新的军事冲突。最近几周，数千人为了躲避战争逃入云南省。

缅甸的主要盟友北京方面称，缅甸政府应该立即停止这场冲突。我们的记者Chris Hawk是少数几个深入到云南省边境小镇发回报道的记者之一。

大部分难民都找到了藏身之处。在一个后街，我们发现一家人藏在一个家徒四壁的房子内，仅有单薄的铺盖，有一位老妇女，他们的女儿和小孩子。一名二十多岁的男子说，他们被缅甸的战火逼到这里。他看到缅甸军队与果敢军队交火，其他人没有看到战争，但是都听说了。这使得他们逃离家乡。

喀麦隆首都雅温得发生火车相撞事件，至少5人死亡，275人重伤。相关官员已经确认，这辆客车在雅温得北郊脱轨。搜救人员仍然在废墟中寻找幸存者。

佛罗里达警方逮捕了75名犯罪嫌疑人。他们向犯罪嫌疑人最后的联系地址寄送信件，称一个基金会将向他们提供资金，帮助在次贷危机中幸存的企业。逃犯致电给热线电话，预约在罗德岱堡接收支票。嫌疑犯抵达时，警方将其拘留。对他们的指控从大规模盗窃到企图谋杀，各不相同。

词汇学习

https://www.wendangku.net/doc/f34331720.html,promise v.妥协处理

例句：I would rather die than compromise.

我宁死不妥协。

2.eulogy n.赞词,颂德文

例句：This is a eulogy of the eminent naturalist.

这是篇颂扬这位杰出博物学家的致辞。

3.veritable a.真实的,确实的,真的

例句：We found ourselves in the midst of a veritable fairyland.

我们发现我们在名副其实的仙境中。

4.suspicious a.怀疑的,猜疑的,嫌疑的,可疑的

例句：Call Building security if a visitor acts suspicious.

如果来客行动诡异就打电话给大楼保安人员。

5.robotic机器人的

6.rehearse v.预演,排演,使排练,练习,背诵,复述

例句：The orchestra has rehearsed many times for the program.

管弦乐队已经为这个节目排练了好多次。

7.reputation n.名誉,声誉,声望,信誉

例句：He did incalculable harm to her reputation.

他严重损害了她的声誉。

8.prompt v.激励,鼓动,提示

例句：The accident prompted her to renew her insurance.

那件事故促使她重续保险。

She was prompted by hatred.

她受到仇恨的驱使。

9.derail v.出轨

例句：An open switch will derail a train.

转辙器打开会使火车出轨。

10.fugitive n.逃亡者,亡命者,难捕捉之物

例句：The fugitives travelled by night andrested by day.

逃亡者夜行而昼伏。

短语学习

1.After results from a third of polling stations,President Karzai has46%of the vote,comfortably ahead of his main opponent Abdullah Abdullah who has31%.

ahead of领先于…,在…之前,超过…,提前…

例句：She was always well ahead of the rest of the class.

她在班上总是遥遥领先。

2.……a veritable force of nature in support of health care or worker's rights or civil rights.

in support of支持,支援

例句：The judge quoted various cases in support of his opinion.

法官引用各种案例采证明自己的意见。

3.Beijing,one of Burma's main allies has said the Burmese’s government should bring the conflict to an end.

bring to an end使结束

例句：Leaving university brought my carefree days to an end.

离开大学结束了我无忧无虑的日子。

4.The fugitives telephoned the hotline and made appointments to receive checks in Fort Lauderdale.

make an appointment与…约定

例句：I'd like to make an appointment to see the doctor.

我要预约去看医生。

结构分析

1.We can still hear his voice bellowing through the Senate chamber,face reddened,fist pounding at the podium,a veritable force of nature in support of health care or worker's rights or civil rights.

参考翻译：我们仍然能够听到他的声音响彻参议院，面红耳赤，拳头击打着讲台，名副其实与生俱来的力量，支持我们的医疗保健，工人权利和民权。

结构分析：face reddened,fist pounding at the podium都是表示状态的。看到这一点，我们不得不讲一下独立主格结构。

独立主格结构，一部分是名词或代词，起逻辑主语的作用；另一部分是非谓语动词分句（现在分词、过去分词、不定式）或无动词分句（名词、形容词、副词、介词短语），表示前面名词或代词的动作或状态。

基本形式是：名词普通格/代词主格+现在分词/过去分词/不定式/名词/形容词/副词/介词短语，with引导的复合结构。例如：The floor wet and slippery,we had to stay outside for a while.I heard that she got injured in the accident，my heart full of sorry.

2.Reports from Iran say the prosecutor who organized the trials of about a hundred opposition figures after protests against June's election result has been replaced.

参考翻译：来自伊朗的报道称，组织对六月份的选举之后进行抗议的100名抗议者审判活动的检察官被替换。德黑兰检察长Said Motazavi的职位被最近委任的司法官员取代。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是Reports from Iran say……后面是宾语从句。宾语从句的主干是：prosecutor has been replaced.who organized the trials of about a hundred opposition是定语从句，修饰prosecutor。

3.Police in Florida have arrested about75suspected criminals after sending letters to their last known addresses offering money from a funds set up to help businesses survive the credit crunch.

参考翻译：佛罗里达警方逮捕了75名犯罪嫌疑人。他们向犯罪嫌疑人最后的联系地址寄送信件，称一个基金会将向他们提供资金，帮助在次贷危机中幸存的企业。

结构分析：这句话的主干是Police in Florida have arrested about75suspected criminals，后面是状语。offering money from a funds是伴随状语。set up to help businesses是过去分词做后置定语，修饰funds。