(单词翻译:单击)
听力文本
Freezing temperatures and still they come.Around 850 refugees battled snowfalls on Monday as they trudged through Serbia heading towards northern Europe.
寒冷的温度并没有阻挡他们前来的脚步。周一约850名难民冒着降雪艰苦跋涉，通过塞尔维亚前往欧洲北部。
In response, Austria has become the latest EU country to consider tightening border controls.
对此，奥地利已成为最新考虑加强边境管制的欧盟国家。
As EU foreign ministers gathered in Brussels for their first meeting of 2016, Austria’s Minister Sebastian Kurz said things have to change.
随着欧盟外交部长们在布鲁塞尔举行2016年的首次会议，奥地利部长库尔茨称事情有变。
Neither the policy of inviting nor of welcoming is the right answer to the migration crisis. So we need a different answer, and that different answer can only be to stop the migrants, of course ideally at the EU’s exterior borders but if that doesn’t work than at national borders.
对于移民危机，邀请和欢迎政策都不能解决问题。所以我们需要一个不同的答案，那只能是阻止移民进入，当然最理想的是在欧盟外部边界，如果不行就控制在国家边界。
Over the last few weeks, fearful of becoming a bottleneck, various EU countries have denied entry to migrants after Germany began returning some without valid papers back over its border.
在过去的几周里，因担心演变成瓶颈，在德国缺少有效文件开始部分恢复后，各欧盟国家都拒绝移民进入。
German Chancellor Angela Merkel who has been criticised by her own party for her open door refugee policy has again defended herself.
德国总理默克尔再一次为自己辩护，其对难民敞开大门的政策一直受到自己党派的的评判。
To deal with the influx she too wants EU external borders to be made more secure. It was an issue during talks with Greece’s president , Greece being one of the main gateways to Europe for migrants crossing the Aegean.
为了应对难民的涌入，她也希望加强欧盟外部边界安全。这是在与希腊总统会谈时的一个问题。希腊是移民跨过爱琴海进入欧洲的主要门户之一。
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词汇解析
1、valid
有根据的;正当的;合理的
They put forward many valid reasons for not exporting.
他们提出了很多不出口的正当理由。
It is valid to consider memory the oldest mental skill, from which all others derive.
我们有理由认为记忆是最原始的心智技能，所有其他技能都在此基础上衍生出来。
有意义的;有效的
Most designers share the unspoken belief that fashion is a valid form of visual art.
大多数设计者都认同这样一种不言而明的理念，即时尚是视觉艺术的一种重要形式。
（票证等）有效的
For foreign holidays you will need a valid passport.
出国度假需持有效护照。
All tickets are valid for two months.
所有的票在两个月内有效。
2、defend
防御;保卫;保护
Every man who could fight was now committed to defend the ridge.
每个能够参加战斗的男子现在都决心要保卫这条山脊。
His courage in defending religious and civil rights inspired many outside the church.
他在捍卫宗教和公民权利时所表现出来的勇气鼓舞了许多教会之外的人。
替…辩护;为…辩解;维护
Matt defended all of Clarence's decisions, right or wrong.
克拉伦斯的决定，不管对错，马特都予以维护。
The author defends herself against charges of racism by noting that blacks are only one of her targets.
面对种族主义指控，作者替自己辩护说黑人只是她的抨击目标之一。
(律师)为(被告)辩护
a lawyer who defended political prisoners during the military regime.
在军人政权时期为政治犯辩护的律师
He has hired a lawyer to defend him against the allegations.
他已聘请了一位律师针对这些指控为自己辩护。
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