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The Pentagon has described the Taliban seizure¹ of the northern Afghan city of Condu on Monday as a setback², but says it's confident that Afghan military can retake it. The US defense³ spokesman Pedicoca says a counter offensive was under way. “We strongly condemn⁴ the attacks in Condu and stand with the Afghan people, in our commitment to Afghan's peace and security. The situation in Condu remains⁵ fluid, and we are continuing to follow the situation closely. We have confidence in Afghan national security forces.” He said American forces had carried out an air strike on the outskirt of Condus, but the BBC correspondent says the Taliban are in residential⁶ areas of the city center which the Afghan government is unwilling⁷ to bomb for fears of causing civilian⁸ casualties.

五角大楼称周一塔利班夺取阿富汗北部城市Condu的行为遭受了挫折,但他表示,他相信阿富汗军队将夺回该城市。美国国防部发言人佩蒂可卡称他们正在准备反击。“我们强烈谴责这次对Condu的袭击，我们将与阿富汗人民站在一起,致力于维护阿富汗的和平与安全。Condu的局势仍然不够稳定,我们将继续密切关注局势发展。我们对阿富汗国家安全部队有信心。”他称美国军队对Condus的郊区实施了空袭,但据BBC通讯记者报道,塔利班是在市中心的居民区，阿富汗政府不希望炸弹的爆炸引起居民的恐慌和伤亡。

The interim⁹ authorities in Burkino Faso say the army has taken control of the barracks of elite¹⁰ force behind a failed coup¹¹ earlier this month. There is no word on any casualties. Tom F reports. Government troops fired artillery¹² and used tanks to dislodge members of the presidential guards who refused to disarm¹³. They had earlier surrounded their camps, giving them a last chance to surrender. The interim authorities now consider it is a job done by the man behind the recent coup, general G, who had earlier called on elite soldiers to lay down their weapons, is nowhere to be found. It is suspecting however, that he had sought refugee in a compound that belonged to the Vaticans diplomatic mission.

布基纳法索说军队临时政府称在本月早些时候政变失败后已取得了对精锐部队的控制。并没有提及任何有关伤亡的信息。汤姆报道。政府军通过发射大炮和使用坦克来驱逐拒绝解除武装的总统卫队成员。他们早已包围了他们的营地,并给了他们最后投降的机会。现在临时政府认为这是一个由最近政变的领导人G将军策划的事件,早些时候他曾呼吁精英士兵放下武器,但现在他消失不见了。然而,有人怀疑他寻求向梵蒂冈寻求了避难。

The authorities in the central Africa republic say residents of the capital Bangui are observing a night time curfew following days of intense fighting between Christian¹⁴ and Muslim groups. The interior minister told the BBC that the government was in control, but the situation remained volatile¹⁵.

中非共和国当局表示,首都班吉的居民正在观察夜间宵禁之后天基督教和穆斯林团体之间的激烈战斗。内政部长告诉BBC,政府已经控制了局势,但情况仍不稳定。

The Nigerian president M has confirmed that he intends to remain in personal control of the oil ministry¹⁶, as he pursues an anti-corruption campaign. He has previously¹⁷ said he will trace and recover the mind-boggling sums of money that have been stolen from the oil sector¹⁸.

尼日利亚总统承认, 由于他致力于反腐败运动, 他打算保持个人对石油部的控制。他曾表示,将跟踪和恢复被石油行业盗取的数量惊人地资金。

The US has announced sanctions against 35 people in groups associated with Islamic state movement to try to cut off their sources of funding. From New York, Barbara P has the details. The sanctions are aimed at disrupting how Islamic state operates. They target financial, logistical and recruiting operatives. And they demonstrate how widely the group has spread its influence. The list includes regional spinoffs from Egypt to the Russian Caucasus, and individuals from Indonesia to Pakistan as well as a number from Britain and France. Some of them including the Britons were among those added to the UN's al-Quaida sanction list this week. The announcement in Washington coincided with UN summit on expanding the fight against terrorism chaired by president Barack Obama. Barbara reporting.

美国宣布通过切断他们的资金来源的方式制裁与伊斯兰国家运动相关的35人群体。芭芭拉从纽约发来进一步报道。制裁的目的是破坏伊斯兰国家的运作方式。他们的财务目标,后勤和人员招聘。他们展示了该团体影响范围有多广泛。其中包括从埃及到俄罗斯高加索地区的次要地区和从印度尼西亚到巴基斯坦以及许多来自英国和法国的个人。其中包括那些在本周联合国基地组织制裁名单中的英国人。华盛顿得公告与由美国总统巴拉克?奥巴马(Barack Obama)主持旨在扩大打击恐怖主义的联合国峰会不谋而合。芭芭拉发来报道。

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President Obama and the Cuban president Raul Castro have held talks on the sidelines of the UN's General Assembly in New York, their first meeting on US soil. The two men discussed some of the steps toward reconciliation¹⁹ that had been made in recent month.

奥巴马总统和古巴总统劳尔?卡斯特罗在纽约联合国大会间隙中进行了会谈,这是双方在美国国土上的第一次会议。两人讨论了最近几个月和解的一些具体步骤。

Doctors in Britain have secured the approval to carry out the country's first tempted²⁰ womb transplant as part of a clinical trial. Last year, a baby in Sweden became the first in the world to be delivered following a successful womb transplant, Furgus Wolf reports. Around one in five thousand women is born without uterus, and already more than 100 potential transplant recipients²² have been identified by the UK team. Unlike in Sweden where the womb was donated by a friend of the recipient²¹, the British team will use organs from deceased donors²³. The woman will need to take immunosuppressive drugs to prevent the womb being rejected. These carry long term health risks, so surgery will remove the womb either 6 months after birth or once they have tried for a second baby.

英国医生获得了实施该国第一个作为临床试验引导子宫移植的批准。去年,一个在瑞典婴儿成为世界上第一个子宫移植手术成功之后出生的孩子,弗格伍夫发来报道。大约五千分之一的女性出生时没有子宫, 英国团队已确定超过一百名潜在的移植受者。与瑞典的患者由朋友捐赠子宫不同的是,英国团队将使用来自已故捐赠者的器官。女人需要服用免疫抑制药物以防止子宫产生排斥反应。这些将会有长期的健康风险,因此在孩子出生6个月后一旦尝试第二个孩子时，就会进行手术将子宫切除。

The Indian capital city Deli is suffering its worst outbreak of Denver fever for years. Officials say about 25,000 people have been infected by the mosquito borne disease which can be fatal. But a BBC correspondent in Deli says the real number is thought to be far higher. He says fights have broken out among those waiting for treatment at one hospital where 9 out of 10 people have been turned away because of a shortage of resources.

印度首都爆发了几年来最严重的丹佛发烧。官员称约25000人被感染了可能是致命的的由蚊子传播的疾病。但BBC驻扎在当地的记者称真实的数量应该高出这个很多。他说那些等待治疗的人中发生了冲突，他们都在一家医院,该医院因为资源的短缺，只接收十分之一的病人。

The fugitive²⁴ US intelligence contractor²⁵ Edward Snowden has attracted more than 700,000 followers²⁶ within hours of opening an account on the social media site twitter. In one of his first twitts, Mr. Snowden described himself as just a citizen with a voice. The US government filed espionage²⁷ charges against him after he exposed details of the surveillance program.

美国逃亡者情报承包商爱德华·斯诺登在社交媒体网站推特开户的数小时内吸引了超过700000的粉丝。在他的第一个推特中，斯诺登说自己只是一个能够发言的公民。美国政府在其暴露监测项目的细节后提出间谍的指控。

1 seizure   

n.没收；占有；抵押

参考例句：

• The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
• The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。

2 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

3 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

4 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 residential   

adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的

参考例句：

• The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
• The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。

7 unwilling   

adj.不情愿的

参考例句：

• The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
• His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。

8 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

9 interim   

adj.暂时的，临时的；n.间歇，过渡期间

参考例句：

• The government is taking interim measures to help those in immediate need.政府正在采取临时措施帮助那些有立即需要的人。
• It may turn out to be an interim technology.这可能只是个过渡技术。

10 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

11 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

12 artillery   

n.(军)火炮，大炮；炮兵(部队)

参考例句：

• This is a heavy artillery piece.这是一门重炮。
• The artillery has more firepower than the infantry.炮兵火力比步兵大。

13 disarm   

v.解除武装，回复平常的编制，缓和

参考例句：

• The world has waited 12 years for Iraq to disarm. 全世界等待伊拉克解除武装已有12年之久。
• He has rejected every peaceful opportunity offered to him to disarm.他已经拒绝了所有能和平缴械的机会。

14 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

15 volatile   

adj.反复无常的，挥发性的，稍纵即逝的，脾气火爆的；n.挥发性物质

参考例句：

• With the markets being so volatile,investments are at great risk.由于市场那么变化不定，投资冒着很大的风险。
• His character was weak and volatile.他这个人意志薄弱，喜怒无常。

16 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

17 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

18 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

19 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

20 tempted   

v.怂恿（某人）干不正当的事；冒…的险（tempt的过去分词）

参考例句：

• I was sorely tempted to complain, but I didn't. 我极想发牢骚，但还是没开口。
• I was tempted by the dessert menu. 甜食菜单馋得我垂涎欲滴。

21 recipient   

a.接受的,感受性强的 n.接受者,感受者,容器

参考例句：

• Please check that you have a valid email certificate for each recipient. 请检查是否对每个接收者都有有效的电子邮件证书。
• Colombia is the biggest U . S aid recipient in Latin America. 哥伦比亚是美国在拉丁美洲最大的援助对象。

22 recipients   

adj.接受的；受领的；容纳的；愿意接受的n.收件人；接受者；受领者；接受器

参考例句：

• The recipients of the prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者的姓名登在报上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The recipients of prizes had their names printed in the paper. 获奖者名单登在报上。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

23 donors   

n.捐赠者( donor的名词复数 )；献血者；捐血者；器官捐献者

参考例句：

• Please email us to be removed from our active list of blood donors. 假如你想把自己的名字从献血联系人名单中删去，请给我们发电子邮件。
• About half this amount comes from individual donors and bequests. 这笔钱大约有一半来自个人捐赠及遗赠。 来自《简明英汉词典》

24 fugitive   

adj.逃亡的，易逝的；n.逃犯，逃亡者

参考例句：

• The police were able to deduce where the fugitive was hiding.警方成功地推断出那逃亡者躲藏的地方。
• The fugitive is believed to be headed for the border.逃犯被认为在向国境线逃窜。

25 contractor   

n.订约人，承包人，收缩肌

参考例句：

• The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
• The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。

26 followers   

追随者( follower的名词复数 )； 用户； 契据的附面； 从动件

参考例句：

• the followers of Mahatma Gandhi 圣雄甘地的拥护者
• The reformer soon gathered a band of followers round him. 改革者很快就获得一群追随者支持他。

27 espionage   

n.间谍行为，谍报活动

参考例句：

• The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
• Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。