英国新闻听力 新任联合国秘书长发表讲话

The US Republican Senator Jeff Sessions has appeared before a congressional committee to defend his nomination¹ for the post of Attorney General in Donald Trump's new administration.

美国共和党参议员杰夫·赛辛斯(Jeff Sessions)在国会委员会露面，为唐纳德·特朗普新政府司法部长职位提名辩护。

He rejected allegations of racial animosity and said he accepted that same sex marriage and the right to abortion² were the law of the land.

他否认了种族仇恨指控，表示他接受同性婚姻和堕胎的权利是美国的王法。

Mr. Sessions also said if confirmed as Attorney General he would excuse himself from investigations³ into Hilary Clinton's use of a private email server while she was Secretary of State.

赛辛斯表示，如果司法部长提名得到确认，他将不会调查希拉里克林顿担任国务卿期间使用私人邮件服务器办公的行为。

The outgoing director of national intelligence James Clapper says the US intelligence report concluding that the Kremlin used computer hacking⁴ to influence the November election was based on a mix of human sources,collection of technical data, and open source information.

即将离职的国家情报局局长克拉珀(James Clapper)表示，美国情报报告得出结论，克里姆林宫使用电脑黑客影响11月份总统选举，这是基于诸多消息人士，技术数据和公开消息来源的综合结论。

Dozens of people have been killed in a succession of militant⁵ attacks in Afghanistan.

阿富汗一系列激进分子袭击造成数十人遇难。

The Taliban said it was responsible for the twin bomb attack on an intelligence agency vehicle in the center of Kabul.

塔利班分子宣称为喀布尔市中心一个情报机构两起炸弹袭击负责。

The car was responding to a blast minutes earlier. There's also been an explosion in the compound of the governor of the southern province of Kandahar.

几分钟之前一辆汽车被引爆。南部省份坎大哈省省长办公楼也遭遇爆炸，

Up to 12 people were killed in that incident. The governor is in a critical condition.

12人在爆炸中遇难。省长情况危急。

The Gambia's Information Minister says it would be unconstitutional to swear in Adama Barrow as President until a legal challenge is resolved.

冈比亚信息部长表示，在司法挑战得到解决之前，艾达玛·巴罗(Adama Barrow)就任总统是不符合宪法规定的。

Mr. Barrow was announced the winner of last month's election, but the incumbent⁶ Yahya Jammeh is challenging the result.

巴罗被宣布为上月选举的获胜者，但是在职总统叶海亚·贾梅(Yahya Jammeh)挑战该结果。

Meanwhile a planned visitby a delegation⁷ from the regional bloc⁸ ECOWAS has unexpectedly been postponed⁹ until Friday.

与此同时，西非国家经济共同体代表团的访问被意外推迟至周五。

The new UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for a fresh approach to conflict prevention.

新任联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯(Antonio Guterres)呼吁采取新的方法来预防冲突。

In his first address to the Security Council, he said some council members had failed to stop wars breaking out even when there was evidence of a gathering¹⁰ storm.

在安理会第一次讲话上，他表示，即使有证据表明暴风雨即将来临，安理会一些成员国也未能制止战争爆发。

He said he would use his office to change that.

他说，他将在自己的任期内改变这一点。

And the Colombian government says most FARC rebels are now within 10 kilometers of the concentration zones where they will lay down their arms in accordance with the peace accord signed in November.

哥伦比亚政府表示，大部分FARC叛军处于方圆10千米的集中区，他们将按照11月份签署的和平协议放下武器。

1 nomination   

n.提名，任命，提名权

参考例句：

• John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
• Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。

2 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

4 hacking   

n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动

参考例句：

• The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
• We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。

5 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

6 incumbent   

adj.成为责任的，有义务的；现任的，在职的

参考例句：

• He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
• It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。

7 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。

8 bloc   

n.集团；联盟

参考例句：

• A solid bloc of union members support the decision.工会会员团结起来支持该决定。
• There have been growing tensions within the trading bloc.贸易同盟国的关系越来越紧张。

9 postponed   

vt.& vi.延期，缓办，（使）延迟vt.把…放在次要地位；[语]把…放在后面（或句尾）vi.（疟疾等）延缓发作（或复发）

参考例句：

• The trial was postponed indefinitely. 审讯无限期延迟。
• The game has already been postponed three times. 这场比赛已经三度延期了。

10 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。