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1【Clinton calls on South Africa to use influence with Iran】希拉里呼吁南非影响伊朗核计划
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TEXT:Demonstrators gather outside a University in Cape Town, decrying US policy in the Middle East ahead of a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Clinton on a multi-country tour in Africa is calling on South Africa to help persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions. U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON SAYING: "As the first country to voluntarily give up nuclear weapons South Africa speaks with rare authority. You can most convincingly make the case that giving up nuclear weapons is a sign of strength and not weakness. South Africa has close ties Iran as well as with Western powers that fear Tehran is trying to develop nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
参考译文:在希拉里发表演讲前，开普敦的一所大学外示威者谴责美国在中东的政策。希拉里此次非洲的多国之行意在呼吁南非帮助说服伊朗放弃其核计划。美国国务卿希拉里说：“南非作为第一个自愿放弃核武器的国家说话具有极大的权威，最能令人信服的证明放弃核武器是强盛而不是落后的表现。南非和伊朗以及担心其试图发展核武器的西方国家有密切关系。伊朗表示其核项目只用于和平目的。
2【Typhoon Haikui kills three in China】台风海葵席卷而来三人不幸遇难
TEXT:A raging river in the aftermath of Typhoon Haikui, here in eastern China. According to Chinese state media, three people were killed when floodwaters swept through eastern provinces. Haikui, which had weakened to a tropical storm by Wednesday afternoon, killed two in Shanghai and one in neighbouring Anhui Province. More than one-and-a-half million people were evacuated, thousands of whom had been trapped in rural areas. State broadcaster Xinhua reports that over 4,000 houses were destroyed, while total damages topped 1.5 billion U.S. dollars.
参考译文:中国东部台风海葵席卷后形成的滚滚河流。根据中国国家电视台报道在洪水席卷东部省份地区时已造成3人死亡。截止周三下午，海葵已经减弱为热带风暴，目前已造成上海两人死亡，邻近的安徽省一人死亡。150多万人被迫撤离，数千人被困在农村地区。据新华社报道称，有超过4,000栋房屋遭到破坏，经济损失达15亿美元。
3【Philippines capital inundated with floodwater】菲律宾首都汪洋一片
TEXT:The Philippines is struggling to deal with an onslaught of flooding that has swamped parts of the capital. Twelve days of monsoon rains in Manila have left more than 530,000 people fleeing their homes in search of shelter. At least 19 people have lost their lives. While rescuers are working around the clock, a lack of resources has left the operation stretched. The government has pledged to find a solution to the chronic flooding - but meanwhile evacuees are piling up. Public schools, basketball courts and churches have been converted into temporary shelters. North of the capital, Pampanga province is in a state of emergency, with 11 towns submerged. Residents have been moving around on makeshift rafts, attempting to save belongings. TRANSPORT WORKER EDUARDO ORTEGA SAYING : "We cannot eat if I do not work. We no longer have money to buy food. We have not received any relief goods from the government either." Skies have cleared in Manila and rainfall alerts have been lowered. But weather forecasters have warned of landslides and flash floods as the monsoon season continues.
参考译文:菲律宾遭遇洪水袭击首都部分地区被淹，人们正在试图应对处理。马尼拉地区12天的季风降雨已导致530,000人逃离家乡寻求避难，至少已造成19人遇难。虽然营救工作正紧锣密鼓的进行，但由于资源缺乏，营救工作很难展开。政府已经承诺寻求应对慢性洪水的方案，但撤离者越来越多。公共学校，篮球场以及教堂被转移到临时避难处。首都北部的邦板牙省已有11个城镇被淹，正处于紧急状态。居民通过临时木筏来行动，试图挽救自己的财产。运输工人爱德华多·奥尔特加说：“如果我不工作，我们没有吃的，我们已经没有钱买食物。我们也没有从政府获得任何的救灾物资。”在马尼拉天空已经放晴，降雨预警也已经下调。但天气预报发出警告称，随着季风季节的继续应警惕山体滑坡和山洪暴发。
4【Japan remembers Nagasaki victims】日本纪念长崎原子弹袭击受害者
TEXT:On August 9 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. It was an act that saw the end of World War II - and lead to the deaths of more than 150,000 people. Sixty-seven years on and a commemoration has remembered what was lost. Diplomats, children and elderly survivors gathered at Nagasaki's Peace Park. At 11:02 a.m a bell tolled, marking the exact time the bomb fell. The anniversary came as Japan faces concerns over nuclear power. Since last year's Fukushima crisis, many have called for less reliance on nuclear energy. JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIKO NODA SAYING (Japanese): "We will do all we can in order to re-establish the foundation of people's lives -- doing things such as decontaminating -- so that Japan can return to its normal everyday routines as soon as possible. With this in mind, we are working towards an energy policy that will decrease our dependence on nuclear energy and will ease the minds of our citizens." An official record of Nagasaki's victims is updated annually as more people die of radiation sickness and old age. Another 3,300 names were added to the death toll this year.
参考译文:1945年8月9日，美国向日本长崎市投下一枚原子弹。这一种举动促进了二战的结束，同样导致150，000多人死亡。时过六十七年，人们通过这种纪念方式缅怀得失。外交官，孩子以及年老的幸存者集聚在长崎的和平公园。11:02分，钟声被敲响，这标志着炸弹准确的降落时间。随着日本对核能的担忧人们开始举办这种纪念活动。自去年福岛核危机以来，许多人呼吁减少对核能的依赖。日本首相野田佳彦称：“我们将竭尽所能重建人们生活的基础，例如净化排污，这样日本能够尽早回归日常的生活。为此我们将致力于新的能源政策，这样我们将减少对核能的依赖也将缓解人民心中的不安。”据一官方记录称，随着更多的人死于辐射危害和年老，长崎的受害人数会每年更新一次。
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VOA常速新闻
【US Olympic Women’s Basketball Team Dominating in London】
TEXT:The day after scoring a 91-48 rout over Canada in the quarterfinals, the U.S. team practiced away from Olympic Park at the University of East London.
Coach Geno Auriemma ran the players through a number of drills and worked on strategy for Thursday’s semifinal opponent, Australia. Auriemnna says Australia is a familiar foe, one the U.S. women have beaten in each of the last three Olympic gold medal games.
“It’s all about comfort here, you know. It’s all about us making them uncomfortable, and they’re going to make us uncomfortable, believe me. You know, they punch you, they grab you. They’re really the most physical team in the tournament, no doubt about it. You know those Aussies, they’re a tough bunch,” Auriemma said.
And Canada is not the only team the U.S women have dominated. Their average margin of victory in their six wins here is about 38 points, virtually the same as the U.S. men. Auriemma said that was unexpected.
“Early on I think people could take advantage of the fact that we were just getting to know each other. But as the tournament has worn on we’ve gotten progressively better. But I never go into any tournament or any game expecting the scores to be what they’ve been, but we’re operating on a lot of good cylinders right now,” Auriemma said.
VOA慢速新闻
【Getting News From Around the World With Today’s Front Pages】
TEXT:This is the VOA Special English Technology Report.We recently told you about a website called PastPages.org. It saves the homepages of seventy news websites from around the world every hour. That report led us to look for a website that saves images of newspapers from around the world.
We found Todays’ Front Pages, a site operated by The Newseum in Washington, DC. The Newseum is a museum that explores news reporting and the media. We visited The Newseum and spoke with its Senior Vice President, Paul Sparrow.
PAUL SPARROW: “I think one of the most interesting things about newspapers is that they are a snapshot in time. They capture a moment when the people in that organization, in that newspaper, say ‘these are the most important stories that are affecting our community.’ And what that does is that it gives you a lens in which you can look at history from a very specific point of view.”
Paul Sparrow says visitors to the website can choose to see all of its newspapers. Or they can look only at newspapers from one area of the world, such as Asia, Africa or South America.
PAUL SPARROW: “One of the things that we do is we allow for people to search by region, so we have a map interface so you can, you know, roll over different areas of the map and you’ll see the newspapers from that area. People are very interested in that. We get comments all the time, that ‘Oh its great – put your cursor over anyplace in the world and see the papers from that area.’ You can also, we also list them sort of alphabetically by state and then by country. And then we have a gallery layout where you can just look at all the thumbnails and pick the ones that you like based on their visual presentation.”
Todays’ Front Pages does not archive, or save, front page images. But it does archive newspapers from historically-important dates such as November fifth, two thousand eight. That was one day after Barack Obama was elected president. Again, The Newseum’s Paul Sparrow.
PAUL SPARROW: “When you look back at the historical newspapers in our collection, you see these amazing moments where the culture is revealed. If you look at like, in World War Two, the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the headline is ‘Japs Attack.’ I mean, that’s a headline you would just never see in a paper today.
The website shows only the front pages of general-interest newspapers that publish daily. Student newspapers are not displayed. Some papers are not included because they do not have the technological ability to send their front pages electronically to the Newseum. And others simply choose not to do so.
The site displays the front pages of eight hundred thirty-six newspapers from ninety-three countries. It warns that “the front pages are in their original, unedited form, and some may contain material that is deemed objectionable to some visitors.”
We have placed a link to Todays’ Front Pages on our website, voaspecialenglish.com.
If you are in Washington, you can see many front pages from around the world on display inside and just outside The Newseum. Only about ten percent of the front pages the Newseum receives every day are displayed, but all eight hundred thirty-six are available online.
And that’s the VOA Special English Technology Report. I’m Christopher Cruise.
词汇解析
1.decry
vt.<正>公开反对;谴责
The mayor decried gambling in all its forms.
市长谴责各式各样的赌博。
The old poet decried the mediocrity of today’s writing.
老诗人抨击了现代文体的平庸无奇。
2.voluntarily
adv.志愿地
They subscribed materials voluntarily.
他们自愿捐助物资。
We prefer you to work voluntarily rather than by coercion.
我们宁愿你工作出于自愿,而不是被迫。
自动地;自发地
They will never voluntarily relinquish their independence.
他们绝对不会自动放弃独立。
3.raging
adj.极端的;痛苦的
The team was left raging at the referee’s decision.
队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
4.onslaught
n.猛攻, 攻击
Our army tried to withstand the enemy onslaught.
我们的部队奋力抵挡敌人的猛攻。
5.swamp
n.沼泽(地)
vt.淹没; 沉没
Heavy rainfalls swamped the lowlands.
大雨淹没了低地。
A big wave swamped the boat.
一个巨浪淹没了那只小舟。
使困窘; 忙得不可开交
We are swamped with work.
我们被工作压得透不过气来。
The firm is swamped with orders.
大量订单使那家工厂应接不暇。
6.stretch
vt. & vi.伸展; 拉紧
Rubber stretches easily.
橡胶的延展性很好。
He rose and stretched himself.
他站起身, 伸了伸懒腰。
延伸
The road stretches uphill at a steep slope.
这条路以陡峭的坡度向山上延伸。
The bird stretched its wings.
鸟展开了翅膀。
n.伸展, 延伸, 延续
He had a good stretch on the bed.
他在床上痛快地伸了个懒腰。
一段时间, 一段路程, 一段水域
I see nothing but a small stretch of road immediately ahead.
除了近在眼前的一小段路之外什么也看不见。
7.makeshift
n.权宜之计, 临时代用的物品
The accommodation for the press was makeshift at best.
迁就新闻界充其量只是个权宜之计。
8.toll
n.通行费
A man collected tolls at the gateway.
一个人在大门口收通行费。
vt. & vi.缓慢敲响
A remote bell is tolling.
远处的钟声响了。<正><正><正>
