中英双语新闻 希特勒战时电话在美国拍卖

BBC News with Julie Candler.

A fierce critic of the US Environmental Protection Agency has been sworn in as head of the organization. Scott Pruitt, the former Attorney General of Oklahoma, has sued the agency more than a dozen times over its regulations. Democrats¹ in green groups are concerned about his views on climate change and his ties to the coal and gas industries.

President Trump² has again attacked major US news organizations, describing them as the enemy of the American people. He made the remark in a tweet a day after an antagonistic³ news conference, at which he repeatedly accused the media of dishonesty.

10 years after Serbia was clear of genocide in the former Yugoslavia, the leader of Bosnia's muslims, Bakir Izetbegovic, has said he will appeal against the ruling. The Bosnian Serb member of the country's tripartite presidency⁴ warned that an appeal would provoke a new political crisis in the Balkans.

The United Nations says many Columbians living along the Venezuelan border have been displaced by criminal ex-paramilitary groups seeking to fill the vacuum left by the departure of FARC rebels. Officials said 96 families had fled their homes.

The Anglo-Dutch company, Unilever, has rejected a 140-billion-dollar takeover bid from the American food giant, Krat Heinz. However, shares in both companies surged, suggesting that investors⁵ believe a merger⁶ could still take place.

The wife of Zimbabwe's 92-year-old president Robert Mugabe has said he's so popular that even if he died, he could still pick up votes in next year's elections. Grace Mugabe was addressing a rally of Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party.

And a telephone used by Adolf Hitler during Second World War is to be auctioned⁷ in the United States this weekend. The red phone, which has the Nazi⁸ leader's name engraved⁹ on it, was found in his Berlin bunker in 1945.

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美国国家环境保护局(EPA)一名激烈的批评者就任该部门局长。斯科特·普鲁特(Scott Pruitt)是俄克拉何马州前总检察长，曾经十几次起诉环保局监管不力。环保组织民主党人士对他关于气候变化的观点以及他与煤炭和天然气行业的关联表示担忧。

特朗普总统再次攻击了美国主要新闻机构，称他们是美国人民的敌人。一场敌对性的新闻发布会之后一天，他在推特上发表了该讲话。在新闻发布会上，他反复指控媒体不诚实。

塞尔维亚摆脱在前南斯拉夫实施种族大屠杀的罪名10年之后，波斯尼亚穆斯林领袖伊兹贝戈维奇(Bakir Izetbegovic)表示，他将对该裁决提起上诉。这个分成三部分的国家的波斯尼亚塞族领导人警告称，上诉将会引发巴尔干半岛一场新的政治危机。

联合国表示，居住在委内瑞拉边境处的许多哥伦比亚人被前准军事组织迫使背井离乡。这些组织希望填补由于FARC的离开造成的空缺。官员们表示，96个家庭已经离开家园。

英荷公司联合利华拒绝了美国食品巨头卡夫亨氏公司1400亿美元的收购提议。然而，两家公司的股价均出现上涨，表明投资者相信仍然会发生并购。

津巴布韦92岁的总统罗伯特·穆加贝(Robert Mugabe)的妻子表示，穆加贝非常受欢迎，即使他去世，也能在明年的选举中赢得选票。格蕾丝·穆加贝(Grace Mugabe)是在津巴布韦执政党非洲民族联盟-爱国阵线(ZANU-PF)集会上发表讲话的。

本周末，阿道夫·希特勒(Adolf Hitler)第二次世界大战期间使用的一部电话将在美国拍卖。这部红色的电话上刻着这位纳粹领导人的名字，于1945年在他柏林的地堡中发现。

1 democrats   

n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
• The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

3 antagonistic   

adj.敌对的

参考例句：

• He is always antagonistic towards new ideas.他对新思想总是持反对态度。
• They merely stirred in a nervous and wholly antagonistic way.他们只是神经质地，带着完全敌对情绪地骚动了一下。

4 presidency   

n.总统(校长，总经理)的职位(任期)

参考例句：

• Roosevelt was elected four times to the presidency of the United States.罗斯福连续当选四届美国总统。
• Two candidates are emerging as contestants for the presidency.两位候选人最终成为总统职位竞争者。

5 investors   

n.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
• a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会

6 merger   

n.企业合并，并吞

参考例句：

• Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
• Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。

7 auctioned   

v.拍卖( auction的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It was sad to see all grandmother's lovely things being auctioned off. 眼看着祖母那些可爱的东西全都被拍卖掉，心里真不好受。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• TV franchises will be auctioned to the highest bidder. 电视特许经营权将拍卖给出价最高的投标人。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 Nazi   

n.纳粹分子，adj.纳粹党的，纳粹的

参考例句：

• They declare the Nazi regime overthrown and sue for peace.他们宣布纳粹政权已被推翻，并出面求和。
• Nazi closes those war criminals inside their concentration camp.纳粹把那些战犯关在他们的集中营里。

9 engraved   

v.在（硬物）上雕刻（字，画等）( engrave的过去式和过去分词 )；将某事物深深印在（记忆或头脑中）

参考例句：

• The silver cup was engraved with his name. 银杯上刻有他的名字。
• It was prettily engraved with flowers on the back. 此件雕刻精美，背面有花饰图案。 来自《简明英汉词典》