英国新闻听力 奥组委官员因涉贩售门票下台 加州发生40年一遇火灾

A high-profile member of the International Olympic Committee, Patrick Hickey,

has temporarily stepped down after being arrested in Brazil by police investigating the illegal sale of tickets for the Rio Games. Mr. Hickey is a member of the IOC executive board, president of the European Olympic Committee and head of the Olympic Council of Ireland. In a statement, Irish officials said he was relinquishing¹ all posts pending² the outcome of the investigations³. The organizers of the Rio Games say they are confident that the Paralympics will go ahead as planned next month despite a funding shortfall. The International Paralympic Committee has warned that several countries may not be able to compete because their athletes haven't received the travel grants they were promised. The Russian security forces has killed 4 men in St. Petersburg during a raid against suspected militants⁴ from north Caucasus region.

Counter-terrorism officials said the men opened fire when they were ordered to surrender. He said three of those killed were wanted in connection with a series of terrorist attack. Officials in California say more than 10,000 firefighters are battling 8 large wild fires in the state. They say one of the biggest, which has closed the main road and rail links between Los Angeles and Las Vegas is zero percent contained. One senior fire chief said he'd seen nothing like it in his 40-year career. Fifty people have been hurt in a train crash in Southern France caused by a fallen tree. Rescue workers said the train had reached 140 km/h when it hit a tree that had been uprooted⁵ during a hailstorm. The train was traveling between the cities of Nimes and Montpellier. And about 500 passengers have been rescued from a burning ship off Puerto Rico in the Caribbean. The US coast guard carried out the rescue with the help of local fire and tugboat crews. The cause of the fire is not yet known. 

继警方调查非法贩售里约奥运会门票后，国际奥组委知名成员帕特里克因此暂时被捕下台。此前，帕特里克是国际奥组委执行委员会成员、欧洲奥林匹克委员会主席、爱尔兰奥林匹克理事会负责人。爱尔兰相关工作人员发表声明时表示，调查结果出炉后，帕特里克将放弃所有职位。里约奥运会组织者表示，虽然资金不足，但对于下个月残奥会的如期举行很有信心。国际残奥委警告称，有几个国家将无缘参赛，因其运动员尚未收到旅费资助。在对抗疑似来自高加索地区激进分子的袭击中，俄罗斯安全部队于圣彼得堡将4人致死。反恐人员表示，激进分子在被勒令投降后开火。其中三名涉嫌与一系列恐怖袭击事件有关。加州工作人员表示，有1万多名消防员正在参与扑灭8场大型野火火灾。据他们称，其中最大的一场火灾已导致洛杉矶和拉斯维加斯的主路和相关铁路线路关闭，且目前火势丝毫没有减弱。某高级消防官员表示，从业40年，从未见过火势如此大的火灾。法国南部一棵树倒塌，导致火车相撞，并致50人受伤。援救人员表示，火车与因冰雹风暴而被连根拔起的大树相撞时，其时速达140 千米/小时。该辆列车起点和终点分别为尼姆和蒙彼利埃。某艘轮船从加勒比海的波多黎各出发后发生燃爆现象，目前船上500名乘客已获救。美国海岸警卫队在当地消防队员和拖船工作人员的帮助下采取了营救措施。燃爆原因尚不明确。

1 relinquishing   

交出，让给( relinquish的现在分词 )； 放弃

参考例句：

• The international relinquishing of sovereignty would have to spring from the people. 在国际间放弃主权一举要由人民提出要求。
• We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. 我们很明白，没有人会为了废除权力而夺取权力。 来自英汉文学

2 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

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 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 uprooted   

v.把（某物）连根拔起( uproot的过去式和过去分词 )；根除；赶走；把…赶出家园

参考例句：

• Many people were uprooted from their homes by the flood. 水灾令许多人背井离乡。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The hurricane blew with such force that trees were uprooted. 飓风强烈地刮着，树都被连根拔起了。 来自《简明英汉词典》