英语听力精选进阶版 8951
时间：2019-03-06 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
The United States and Russia have announced that they'll resume their talks in an effort to halt the bloodshed in Syria. Washington broke off all negotiations 1 with Moscow nine days ago amid extreme tension over the failure to secure a ceasefire. The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, and his U.S. counterpart, John Kerry, will now meet in Switzerland on Saturday. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Iran are also expected to attend.
美俄宣布,将继续关于停止叙利亚战争的对话.9天前,由于停火协议失败之后,美国在极大的压力下终止了与俄罗斯关于叙利亚问题的对话.俄罗斯外交长拉夫罗夫和美国国务卿约翰`克里周六将在瑞士会面.沙特阿拉伯、土耳其和瑞士预计也会参加。
Rescue workers in the rebel held east of Aleppo said that at least 25 people have been killed in the second day of heavy airstrike, the most deadly was on a busy market in the Fadul district
在叛军控制东部阿勒颇的救援人员表示，在空袭的第二天之后，至少有25人死亡，其中，情况最严重的是Fadul地区一个繁忙的集市。
It's emerged that Islamic State militants 2 have carried out a deadly attack in northern Iraq using a drone aircraft that was carrying an explosive device. Kurdish officials say two of their soldiers were killed, when they were handling the booby-trapped device after it'd crashed.
IS分子利用携带爆炸性装置的遥控无人驾驶飞机，在伊拉克北部进行了致命袭击。库尔德官员表示，两名士兵在处理这个装置时，装置爆炸，两人遇难。
The leader of the Colombian FARC rebels, Temechenko, has indicated that he'd been reluctant to renegotiate one of the most contentious 3 clauses of a peace accord which he signed with the government last month. He said reopening negotiations on the clause that dealt with justice would be a rebuff. The peace accord was rejected by a slim margin 4 in a national referendum. Critics had argued that it didn't allow for sufficient punishment for the leaders of the FARC.
哥伦比亚革命武装力量的负责人Temechenko 表明，不愿意再次协商最优争议的和平协议的条款。上个月，他表示，对于将断然拒绝重新谈判。该和平协定在一次全国性公投中以微弱劣势遭到反对。批评人士认为，该协议未给哥伦比亚FARC足够的惩罚。
American officials say a cruise missile has been fired at a U.S. Navy destroyer from territory controlled by Houthis rebels in Yemen, but that it'd missed its target. It's the second such attack in four days. On Tuesday, the Pentagon indicated it could take retaliatory 5 action.
美国官员表示，在美军舰在也门胡塞武装控制的海域巡逻，遭到炮击，虽然并未击中。这是四天来的第二次攻击行为。周二，美国军方表示将会采取报复行为。
The company responsible for producing the most recent installment 6 in the Star Wars franchise 7 has been fined nearly two million dollars. It follows an accident two years ago, in which the star, Harrison Ford 8, was pinned to the floor by a hydraulic 9 door.
负责制作《星球大战》最新装置的公司被罚近200万美元。此次罚款是继2年前美国影星哈里森·福特被仪器门压倒在地后的第二次罚款。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- 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。
- She was really not of the contentious fighting sort.她委实不是好吵好闹的人。
- Since then they have tended to steer clear of contentious issues.从那时起，他们总想方设法避开有争议的问题。
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
- The process can take years before the WTO approves retaliatory action. 在WTO通过此行动之前，这个程序恐怕要等上一阵子了。 来自互联网
- Retaliatory tariffs on China are tantamount to taxing ourselves as a punishment. 将惩罚性关税强加于中国相当于对我们自己实施课税惩罚。 来自互联网
- I shall soon pay the last installment of my debt.不久我将偿付我的最后一期债款。
- He likes to buy things on the installment plan.他喜欢用分期付款法购买货物。
- Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
- The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。
- They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
- If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。