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BBC双语新闻讲解附字幕:对薇拉·布里顿回忆录的思考听力文本On this day in 1920 the United States voted not to join the League of Nations that had emerged out of the ‘never again’tide of feeling that accompanied the end of the First World War. Although President Woodrow Wilson had been appalled at the scale of human suffering he had seen, the increasingly isolationist tendencies of the US meant that the first organisation with an international peace agenda began its life without one of its potentially most powerful members.One of the early supporters of the League of Nations was Vera Brittain, whose classic memoir of the Great War, ‘Testament of Youth’, was released as a film on 16 January. Having read a review that found it sentimental I went to see it on Friday with mixed expectations.The film is primarily, like Brittain’s book, a commemoration of the lives and deaths of the young men whom she had loved and lost rather than an attempt to make a contemporary point. But the act of remembrance itself, can be a subversive and not just a sentimental act. Urged to forget and move on by those around her, Vera determined not only that she would not forget these young men, but that she would not forget what she herself had witnessed and learned as a V oluntary Nurse whilst at a military hospital in étaples.Confronted there with a hut full of German wounded Vera recognized, with shock, that these enemies were young men too, bleeding, suffering and dying far from home; the memory led to her initial support for the League of Nations, and in the face of the growing militarism of the 1930s, eventually to become one of the 20th century’s leading pacifists.As this month’s events in France continue to reverberate, and the release of the Guantanamo diaries raises inconvenient moral questions about western values, what we do with our memories is a key question. ‘Forgive and forget’is often not realistic, ignores the claims of justice, and is simply not safe, whilst the memory driven cycle of defending our own ‘high ground’runs the risk of causing more and more damage and of failing to see how our attitudes and actions –whoever we are - also need scrutiny.An alternative way to remember is offered by Miroslav V olf, a Croat theologian, writing out of the Balkan conflict of the 1990s. What he offers is a twofold way of remembering –a remembrance of harm done to us and ours that honours real anxiety and protects the vulnerable, but a remembrance which also honours the humanity of our enemies –a remembrance that restrains our desire for vengeance, opens up space for the scrutiny of our own actions, and constrains us to work for thereconciliation of all peoples –even if that day is beyond our sight.The League of Nations failed for lots of reasons, and was succeeded by a variety of international institutions, but it did hold out a vision of common humanity in the years after the Great War. Who, or what, now, amidst ricocheting fears and outrages, might we allow, not to help us forget, nor even just to remember, but to remember well?词汇解释1.appalled adj. 惊骇的；丧胆的She said that the Americans are appalled at the statements made at the conference.她说美国人对在该大会中作的声明感到震惊。

亲历伦敦爆炸事件星期三在伦敦发生的炸弹爆炸事件中，有数十人死亡，上百人受伤。

这起事件以后，英国首都的街道上骚乱不断。

除了直接受到爆炸事件影响的那些人以外，还有数十万伦敦市民和旅游者受困于随后的混乱中，因为交通系统关闭，电话很难打通，甚至根本打不通。

英国广播公司耶路撒冷分部的编辑西蒙·威尔逊就是其中之一。

他正在他的家乡伦敦停留，这时爆炸就发生了。

在这部上午九点过后发生的闹剧中，我扮演着一个小角色。

我乘坐的那趟地铁在快要到达帕丁顿时突然一个急刹车停下了。

“前面好像发生了什么事情，”司机说，“的确很严重。

”尽管当时我并不知道，但是在下一站埃奇韦尔路的一次爆炸中，有数十人死亡和受伤。

我们沿着一条小路走上几层台阶。

在公路上，救护车和警车的鸣笛声不绝于耳。

那些乘客还不知道外面究竟发生了什么，不知道事情的规模到底有多大。

他们正在寻找另一条路来上班。

陌生人之间开始交谈，这样的情况在这样一个繁忙的时间里是很罕见的。

每个人都有一种说法。

有人说是火车相撞，有人说是漏电事件，还有人说是炸弹爆炸——或者可能是两颗炸弹一起爆炸。

后来大家都知道了，原来伦敦被袭击了。

在公共汽车上和地铁上的普通人有死有伤。

我觉得这个时候，所有的人的反应只有一个，无论在耶路撒冷，在纽约，在巴格达，在马德里还是把巴里岛，人们都会打电话给亲人和朋友，确定他们是否安全，同时告诉他们自己很安全。

其他的事情都可以放在以后再说。

但是对于我来说，我经历的是一个很讽刺的事情。

在过去的四年里，我和我的家人生活在那众所周知的爆炸袭击猖獗的耶路撒冷。

很久以来，每个汽车看起来都有可能爆炸，每个餐馆或者咖啡厅似乎都会成为爆炸地Bomb Attacks in LondonThe bomb attacks in London on Wednesday which killed dozens and wounded hundreds more brought chaos to the streets of Britain's capital city. As well as those directly affected by the blasts, hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors were caught up in the confusion as the transport system was shut down, and telephone communications became difficult, or even impossible. Among them was the BBC's Jerusalem Bureau Editor Simon Wilson who was on a trip back to London, his home city, when the bombers struck:My tiny walk-on role in London's drama began shortly after nine in the morning. The underground train I was travelling on stopped sharply as we approached Paddington station. "Something's happened on the line ahead", said the driver, "it must be serious". It was. Although at that stage I didn't know it, a bomb had exploded on a train at the very next station Edgware Road killing and injuring dozens of people.We were led along a section of track and up some stairs. On the roads outside, ambulance and police sirens wailed. Long suffering London commuters -- still unaware of the cause or scale of what was happening -- began to look for alternative routes. Strangers talked to strangers -- a rare event in the morning rush hour. Everyone had a theory. A train crash, a power surge, a bomb attack -- perhaps two bombs, maybe more.Then it was clear, London had been attacked. People, ordinary people on buses and trains had been killed and injured. In my experience, there is a universal human response to such news. Whether it happens in London or Jerusalem, New York or Baghdad, Madrid or Bali. Find family and friends, call them now -- make sure they're ok -- tell them you're ok. Everything else can wait.In my case, there was an instant sense of irony. For the past four years, I have lived with a young family in Jerusalem through one of the most intensive campaigns of suicide bombing that any single city has ever experienced. At times it has seemed that each bus might explode, that every restaurant, every cafe was a potential点。

标题：BBC新闻在线收听附字幕(2013-08-05) 听力内容：BBC News with Nick Kelly.Nick Kelly为你播报BBC新闻Iran's伊朗new President Hassan Rouhani has been sworn宣誓in at a ceremony典礼in Tehran. Speaking before parliament议会, he promised to improve the country's economy, fight corruption腐败and create jobs, and said one of his biggest priorities任务will be further in women's rights. Outlining轮廓，略图，大纲his foreign policy priorities, Mr. Rouhani stressed the need for mutual互相的，彼此的，共同的trust and respect, As James Reynolds reports. “In his speech, Mr.Rouhani criticized international sanctions制裁, but he also offered a clear opportunity for dialogue对话with the rest of the world, including the West. He said thereshould be transparency透明on all sides. That is a key word. Since 2002, the West has accused Iran of a lack transparency透明about its nuclear program, the issue that has provoked sanctions国际的制裁. The President's call for mutual transparency may be welcomed by western governments.” Congratulating Mr. Rouhani on his inauguration就职, the White House said it gave Iran the opportunity to act quickly to resolve the international community's deep concerns over Iran's nuclear program.伊朗的新总统Hassan Rouhani在德黑兰的一个典礼上进行了宣誓典礼。

BBC News with Iain Purdon.Iain Purdon为你播报BBC新闻The US Secretary of State Chuck Hagel has said the US is rethinking its opposition to arming Syria's rebels. It's the first time a senior American official has openly acknowledged that the administration is considering providing weapons to the rebels, although no decisions have been made. Our state department correspondent Kim Ghattas reports.美国国防部长哈格尔表示美国正重新考虑对武装叙利亚反对派的反对态度。

这是美国高官首次公开承认美国政府正在考虑给反对派提供武器，尽管目前尚未做出决定。

The American Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel said the US administration was considering a range of options including arming the Syrian rebels, but he made clear no decisions had been made. Last year President Barack Obama rejected a proposal by his then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to arm the rebels. But as the fighting drags-on in Syria, the debate about what the US should do has intensified in Washington, and with no appetite here for direct military intervention, many US officials increasingly feel that arming the rebels is now the least worst option. American allies like Qatar and Saudi Arabia are already providing weapons to various groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad's forces.美国国防部长哈格尔表示美国政府正在考虑一系列的选择包括给叙利亚反对派提供武装力量。

BBC news 2013-02-19BBC News with Mario Haugage(inaudible)The French government has given a company accused of relabeling horsemeat as beef permission to resume some of its activities. The company Spanghero had its licence suspended last week after investigators found evidence that horsemeat from Romania had been relabelled there. From Paris, Hugh Schofield reports.Following a decision by the agriculture minister, Spanghero will now be allowed to resume its work preparing ready meals and cooked meats. This may sound odd given that it was in supermarket ready meals that the horsemeat was detected. But in fact Spanghero’s alleged role in this affair was not as a preparer of food but as a trader in food. It’s claimed that the company bought the horsemeat from a Cyprus-based middleman, relabelled it as beef and then sold it on. But Spanghero’s main activity has always been food processing. With 300 workers, it’s a major employer in a region hit hard by unemployment.Elsewhere in Europe food safety officials in the Netherlands have carried out raids of more than 100 slaughterhouses and processing plants to see if horsemeat is being passed off as beef. And supermarkets in Britain have agreed to update the government every three months on the results of random DNA tests carried out on beef to ensure it contains no other meat.The Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has returned home after cancer surgery in Cuba. He announced his return on the social media site Twitter with the words “Th ank you, my God. Thank you, my beloved people.” Venezuela’s Information Minister Ernesto Villegas confirmed the president’s arrival on Venezuelan national television.“He’s back. He’s back. He’s back. Bravo! Commander Chavez has returned. We are very happy to be able to share this very joyous news. Congratulations, Venezuela.”The European Union has decided to keep sanctions against Syria in place for another three months, but has modified the arms embargo to allow for more non-lethal and technical support to the opposition. Britain had been pressing for the embargo to be lifted so that more arms could reach the Syrian rebels.At least 13 people are reported to have been wounded in violence outside a mine in South Africa. The men, who included four guards, were injured by rubber bullets and machetes. Reports said the incident happened when scuffles broke out between members of rival trade unions of the mine which is run by Anglo American. Pumza Fihlani reports from South Africa.At least 13 mine workers have been injured at the Anglo American Platinum mine’s Siphumelele shaft in Rustenburg after security guards allegedly shot rubber bullets to disperse a crowd of feuding miners from rival unions. South African police spokesperson Brigadier Thulani Ngubane told the BBC that four security guards also suffered machete wounds. The mine is a few kilometres away from the Lonmin mine where police shot and killed 34 striking miners last August.This is the World News from the BBCIn Tunisia, attempts to form a new government of technocrats have failed. The Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali is quoted as saying that another form of government is still a possibility. Mr Jebali has threatened to resign if his proposals were not accepted by the leader of his own Ennahda party. The French news agency says the prime minister shows no sign of standing down and he’s still seeking a compromise. The political crisis in Tunisia followed the assassination of a prominent opposition politician.Troops have been deployed to the three largest airports in Bolivia following a surprised move by the government to nationalise them. The airports are run by Sabsa, the subsidiary of a Spanish company which runs several other airports around the world. The Bolivian President Evo Morales accused Sabsa of failing to improve infrastructure and services. This is the third state take-over of a Spanish-run company in less than a year.A lawyer from London has been jailed for 10 years for arranging hundreds of bogus marriages. Tevfick Souleiman was found guilty of conspiracy to breach immigration law and of receiving the proceeds of crime. Richard Clark reports.Over eight years solicitor Tevfick Souleiman and three immigration advisers at his north London law firm arranged sham marriages for illegal immigrants of what the judge called an industrial scale. They flew in women from eastern European countries, paid them to marry men outside the EU who they hadn’t even met before the ceremony and then flew them home the following day. Each couple was also provided with a script of their supposed love story to help them hoodwink officials if questions were asked.A strike by journalists has disrupted news programmes across the domestic and international radio and TV networks of the BBC. Members of the National Union of Journalists have stayed away in protest of compulsory redundancies. The BBC says it’s trying to redeploy as many as possible of the 150 staff facing redundancy.1. resume n. 简历例句：That's hard to put on a resume.这可很难写在简历上。

BBC News with Iain Purdon Iain Purdon为你播报BBC新闻。

The United State special forces in Afghanistan are being given two weeks to leave the strategically important province of Wardak.美国驻阿富汗特别部队将有两周时间来离开具有战略意义的瓦尔达克省，A spokesman for the Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the decision has been taken after alleged abuses by Afghans working with American special forces. Karen Allen reports.阿富汗总统哈米德·卡尔扎伊之所以采取该决定，是因为与美国特殊部队一道共事的阿富汗人被控有凌辱行为。

凯伦·阿伦报道。

President Karzai's spokesman said US special forces would be expelled from the strategically significant province of Wardak within the next two weeks.总统卡尔扎伊的发言人称将在未来两周内将美国特殊部队从战略重省瓦尔达克赶出。

It comes made allegations that Afghan units which the government says are working and paid for by the US teams are linked to allegations of torture and disappearances.政府称那些与美国部队一道工作并由美方支付薪酬的阿富汗部队涉嫌拷打和失踪事件。

Can eating more than six bananas at once kill you?By David Rhodes BBC NewsIt's sometimes said that eating a lot of of bananas at once could be dangerous - it has even been suggested that eating more than six in one sitting could kill you. Can this really be true?Bananas are one of the world's most popular fruits, stuffed with vitamins and minerals. On the face of it they are good for you, so why do some people think they could be fatal?One well-known figure who has spread this idea around is Karl Pilkington, the grumpy friend of comedian Ricky Gervais."Before when you were talking about bananas... I had that fact, about if you eat more than six, it can kill you," he said in one of his conversations with Gervais and fellow (同伴; 男子) comedian (喜剧演员) Stephen Merchant."It is a fact. Potassium (钾) levels are dangerously high if you have six bananas... I saw a bowl of bananas. There's six bananas there. You know why there's only six? Seven would be dangerous."So how dangerous is potassium? Actually, it is crucial for survival and can be found "within every single cell of the body," says Catherine Collins, a dietitian at St George's Hospital in London."We use it to help generate an electrical charge which helps the cell function properly. It helps keep your heart rate steady, it helps trigger insulin release from the pancreas to help control blood sugars, and more importantly keeps blood pressure in check."On the other hand, if the level of potassium in the body is too low or too high it can result in an irregular heartbeat, stomach pain, nausea and diarrhoea. Potassium chloride is even one of the chemicals used in lethal injections in the US, as extremely high doses can cause cardiac arrest.But for a healthy person, "it would be impossible to overdose on bananas," says Collins. "You would probably need around 400 bananas a day to build up the kind of potassium levels that would cause your heart to stop beating... Bananas are not dangerous - and in fact they are, and always have been, very good for you."Adults should consume about 3,500mg of potassium per day, according to the UK's National Health Service. The average banana, weighing 125g, contains 450mg of potassium, meaning a healthy person can consume at least seven-and-half bananas before reaching the recommended level.There are some people who should steer clear of foods that are high in potassium though, warns Collins - those with kidney disease."These patients have a very low kidney function which can potentially see a build-up of harmful potassium levels in their blood stream because they can't get rid of the mineral when they pass urine," she says. "So in theory it is possible for someone with kidney disease to die of a high blood potassium level if they decided to consume lots of different food types rich in the mineral."She once had a patient on dialysis who had a heart attack after eating too many tomatoes - another fruit rich in potassium. His kidneys had already stopped working so he was unable to get rid of the excess.Image copyright AFPAnother thing that could cause some to worry about bananas is radiation.Like many foods, bananas naturally contain some radioactive isotopes - enough for the US-based think tank, Nuclear Threat Initiative, to warn that they can trigger sensors used at US ports to detect smuggled nuclear material.A typical banana contains 0.1 microsieverts of radiation. To put that in context, a typical CT scan in a hospital exposes humans to between 10 and 15 millisieverts - about 100,000 times more."The levels of radioactivity are negligible," says Collins. "Bananas are not as radioactive as Brazil nuts and they are safe to eat in moderation."Egyptian security forces 'kill Mexican tourists'Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.The tourists were travelling in four buses that entered a "banned area" in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, the ministry said in a statement.Ten Mexicans and Egyptians were also injured and are being treated in a local hospital.The ministry said it had formed a team to investigate the incident.It said that those killed on Sunday were "dealt with" as part of an operation to pursue "terrorist elements" in the area.The army operation came a day after militants claiming to be affiliated to the Islamic State group said they were present in the desert near the Libyan border.The region is popular with tourists, but is also believed to be a militant hideout.Migrant crisis: Germany to start temporary border controlsGermany is to introduce temporary controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of migrants, the interior minister has said.Thomas de Maiziere said refugees could "not choose" their host countries and called on other EU states to do more.Trains between Germany and Austria have been suspended for 12 hours.Germany's vice-chancellor has said the country is "at the limit of its capabilities" as more than 13,000 migrants arrived in Munich on Saturday.Germany expects 800,000 migrants to arrive this year."The aim of these measures is to limit the current inflows to Germany and to return to orderly procedures when people enter the country," Mr de Maiziere told a news conference.He gave no details. The move goes against the principle of the Schengen zone, which allows free movement between many European countries. However, the agreement does allow for temporary suspensions.Germany's rail service Deutsche Bahn said train services with Austria would be stopped until 03:00GMT on Monday.Politically this is a shrewd move by Thomas de Maiziere. His announcement comes just a day before he travels to Brussels to meet other EU interior ministers to discuss the migrant crisis. The measure will help him put pressure on other European countries to do their bit. It highlights just how much Germany is struggling to cope.The move could also serve as a useful threat; after all, Mr de Maiziere said Germany was controlling the border with Austria "first", the implication being more could follow. The possibility that Germany might suddenly decide to control its other borders could well help jolt EU partners into action.For migrants, the announcement means Germany is not pursuing an open-door policy. After weeks of confusion, Berlin is now sending out the clear message that the Dublin Regulation does still hold, meaning that people have to apply for asylum in the first EU country they arrive in. After that, if Berlin gets its way, they will then be sent elsewhere in Europe according to a strict quota system.Many migrants have been refusing to register in countries such as Greece or Hungary, fearing it will stop them being granted asylum in Germany or other EU states.The city of Munich, in the German state of Bavaria, has taken the brunt of arrivals over the weekend.Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer said the controls sent an "important signal".Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a tough line on the migrant crisis, told Germany's Bild newspaper he welcomed the new controls, saying they were "necessary to protect German and European values". On Sunday, the Czech Republic also said it would boost border controls with Austria.Europe as a whole is struggling to deal with an enormous influx of people, mostly from Syria but also Afghanistan, Eritrea and other countries, fleeing violence and poverty.On Sunday, Greek coastguards said at least 34 people, including 11 children, drowned when a boat carrying about 100 migrants capsized off the island of Farmakonisi in the southern Aegean Sea.The BBC's Lyse Doucet in Greece says it is the largest loss of life in a single incident in the Aegean since the crisis began. Image copyrightEarlier on Sunday, Germany's Vice-Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel, who is also economy minister, warned the country was being stretched to its limits by the new arrivals."It is not just a question of the number of migrants, but also the speed at which they are arriving that makes the situation so difficult to handle," he told the Tagesspiegel newspaper.Mr Gabriel also called on European countries, Gulf states and the US to give billions of euros towards schools, accommodation and food in refugee camps in the Middle East.A steady stream of migrants is travelling from Greece, through Macedonia, Serbia and Hungary, to Austria and Germany.Hungary is aiming to complete a four-metre-high (13ft) fence along the border with Serbia by 15 September, when tougher measures, including arresting illegal immigrants, come into force.The European Commission announced plans last week for mandatory quotas to share out 120,000 additional asylum seekers among 25 member countries.Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania are opposed to this.。

[00:04.49]Egypt’s Supreme Election Commission says the new constitution has been approved by almost 64% of voters.埃及最高选举委员会称新宪法以近64%的支持率通过。

[00:12.41]Announcing the official results of the referendum, Judge Samir Abul al-Maati said the commission had investigated all the complaints of irregularities.Bethany Bell is in Cairo.Judge Samir Abul al-Maati宣布了公投的官方结果，称委员会已调查有关违规行为的诉讼。

Bethany Bell在开罗报道。

[00:23.54]Almost two years after the fall of Egypt’s authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak, Egypt has a new constitution.就在埃及独裁统治者侯赛尼·穆巴拉克倒台两年后，埃及终于有了一部新宪法。

[00:30.79]It’s a victory for President Mohammed Morsi and his Islamist supporters. He says it will bring stability to the country.这对总统穆罕默德·穆尔西及其支持者来说是场胜利，他说新宪法将给埃及带来稳定，[00:38.76]It paves the way for parliamentary elections in the next two months. 并为两个月后的议会选举铺平道路。

BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 1[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The BBC has learned that the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown [00:03.44]has decided that the British general election will take place on May 6th. [00:07.56]Mr. Brown will go to Buckingham Palace tomorrow Tuesday[00:11.41]to ask Queen Elizabeth to dissolve parliament,[00:13.53]and then make a formal announcement of the election date.[00:16.34]That will start the official election campaign,[00:18.96]which, a BBC correspondent says,[00:21.32]will be dominated by issues of taxation and spending[00:24.31]in the wake of the global recession.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 2[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]Less than six months before a general election in Britain,[00:04.71]the governing Labour Party is embroiled again in internal strife.[00:08.20]Two former cabinet ministers have called for secret ballot of members [00:12.11]to decide whether the Prime Minister Gordon Brown[00:14.66]should continue as party leader.[00:16.53]Mr. Brown has called a general election by June this year.[00:19.27]Our political correspondent Rob Watson reports.[00:22.44]The two former cabinet ministers Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt [00:26.98]had stunned everyone at Westminster[00:29.22]with their last-minute efforts to challenge Gordon Brown's leadership. [00:32.64]But Downing Street and Labour Party officials[00:35.81]have moved quickly to quash any revolts.[00:38.18]Most importantly, current cabinet ministers[00:42.03]have come out and backed the prime minister,[00:44.40]orbiting some cases with little apparent enthusiasm.[00:48.19]So the latest challenge looks likely to be short lift.[00:51.86]Although many within the Labour Party doubt[00:54.60]Mr. Brown's leadership qualities,[00:56.28]they also seem to think it would only make things worse[00:59.58]to get rid of him before the general election.[ti:] BBC新闻100篇 BBC News Item 3[ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown[00:03.89]is offering to scale back Britain's nuclear deterrence[00:06.81]if an international agreement is reached[00:09.30]to cut the world's nuclear arsenals.[00:11.35]Mr. Brown is expected to tell a special[00:13.72]session of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday [00:17.14]that he'll be willing to give up one of four royal navy submarines [00:21.24]that carry Trident nuclear missiles.[00:23.23]Officials are insisting that cost isn't a factor here.[00:26.47]Here's our defence correspondent Nick Childs.[00:28.58]Gordon Brown is saying he'll be ready to[00:31.51]throw part of the trident force into the port[00:33.37]in the context of a much bigger global disarmament deal.[00:35.92]He said so in general terms before.[00:38.60]This offer though is more concrete.[00:40.59]There is a growing sense that to avoid what some fear[00:44.07]could be a sudden cascade of new nuclear states,[00:46.50]the established nuclear powers need to do more[00:48.99]in terms of disarmament[00:50.35]to keep the proliferation regime intact.[00:52.34]The Prime Minister will hope his move[00:54.40]will be seen as an important gesture.[00:56.08]But the key to the process will be the actions of the big players, [00:59.44]the United States and Russia.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 4[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is expected to confirm [00:04.60]that he is sending hundreds more troops to Afghanistan,[00:07.09]bringing the total number of British troops there to about 9,500.[00:10.76]Britain has the second largest NATO contingent in Afghanistan[00:15.12]after the United States.[00:16.92]Our defense correspondent Caroline Wyatt reports.[00:19.41]In his statement on Afghanistan,[00:21.90]it's believed Mr. Brown will say he's agreed in principle[00:24.26]to send around 500 extra British troops to Helmand.[00:27.74]The military advice says that extra forces are needed[00:30.67]to help maintain progress[00:31.97]and dominate the ground more effectively[00:34.03]to keep the Taliban out of key areas.[00:36.08]However, there will be caveats.[00:38.50]The Prime Minister will want assurances from military chiefs[00:41.37]that the extra troops will be properly equipped.[00:44.10]But he'll also expect Britain's NATO partners to follow suit[00:47.27]by offering more forces themselves.[00:49.33]NATO defense ministers are likely to discuss troop levels[00:52.69]on a meeting formally in Bratislava next week.BBC新闻100篇 BBC News Item 5[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]Stock markets in Europe and the United States have fallen sharply [00:04.11]in response to further signs that the debt crisis in Greece is intensifying [00:08.46]and could spread to other countries.[00:10.51]Share prices in New York, London, Frankfurt and Paris[00:13.81]fell by more than 2% after a major international credit rating agency [00:18.41]Standard & Poor's downgraded Greek debt[00:21.40]to a level known informally as junk.[00:23.33]Nils Blythe has more.[00:24.82]Standard & Poor's downgraded its assessment[00:27.56]of Greek bonds to the so-called junk status[00:30.04]because of the growing danger[00:31.97]that the bond holders will not be paid back in full.[00:34.59]Many big investment funds have rules[00:37.45]that forbid them from holding junk bonds,[00:39.13]says the move is likely to trigger a further round of selling.[00:42.17]Share markets have taken fright,[00:44.16]fearing that if Greece does default on its debts,[00:46.78]it would hit many European banks which hold Greek bonds[00:50.01]and could trigger a wider financial crisis.[00:52.75]Already pressure is mounting on Portugal[00:55.86]which has also seen its credit rating downgraded today,[00:58.84]although it remains above junk status.BBC新闻100篇BBC News Item 6[ti:][ar:][al:][by:人人听力网][00:00.00]The International Monetary Fund[00:02.91]has told governments across the world[00:04.46]that further action is needed[00:06.08]to help return the global financial system to stability.[00:08.75]In a fresh estimate of the scale of the problem,[00:11.37]the IMF says global losses on toxic assets[00:14.35]could total four trillion dollars. Andrew Walker reports.[00:18.02]This report does identify[00:20.26]what it calls some early signs of stabilization in financial systems,[00:23.56]but there are not many of them.[00:25.55]And the IMF says further action will be needed[00:27.79]if they're to be sustained.[00:29.41]In two key areas, it says that progress by governments[00:32.45]has been piecemeal and reactive,[00:34.44]dealing with the problem assets held by financial institutions[00:37.43]and how to handle banks that need extra capital.[00:40.67]For that problem the report says[00:42.97]temporary government ownership may sometime be necessary.英语名篇名段背诵精华 07 ShakespeareShakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life. His characters are not modified by the customs of particular places, unpractised by the rest of the world; by the peculiarities of studies or professions, which can operate but upon small numbers; or by the accidents of transient fashions or temporary opinions: they are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply, and observation will always find. His persons act and speak by the influnce of those general passions and principles by which all minds are agitated, and the whole system of life is continued in motion. In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.Except from The Major Works by Sammuel Johnson参考译文莎士比亚的才华高于一切作家，至少高于当今的所有作家。

BBC News with Jonathan Izard.The United States says the Congolese war crime suspect Bosco Ntaganda has handed himself in at the US embassy in Rwanda and asked to be transferred to the International Criminal Court, the ICC, in The Hague. Our East Africa correspondent Gabriel Gatehouse reports.Bosco Ntaganda walked into the US embassy in Kigali on Monday morning unsolicited according to an official statement from Washington. Neither the United States nor Rwanda is a signatory to the ICC, but a spokeswoman for the state department said the US supported the work of the court and would aim to facilitate his transferal to The Hague. The charges against Gen Ntaganda, who’s nicknamed The Terminator, include rape, murder and the recruitment of child soldiers. They relate not to the current rebellion in the eastern Congo, but to an earlier conflict in the same region.A legal case has begun in New York that challenges the way the city’s po lice conduct a policy of detaining and sometimes searching those they consider suspicious. Critics say the operations known as “stop and frisk” disproportionately target black and Hispanic men. But the policy’s supporters say it’s contributed to a sharp drop in violent crime. Here’s our North America correspondent Jonny Dymond.More than half a million people were stopped on the streets of New York City last year by police. The policy is legal. But now opponents want the way that it’s put into action exam ined and reformed. More than half of those stopped are black, only a quarter of the city’s residents are. A lawyer for the organisation that started the case, the Center for Constitutional Rights, described the stops as a frightening and degrading experience that were arbitrary, unnecessary and unconstitutional.The jailed Kurdish separatist leader Abdullah Ocalan says he’s to make a historic statement on Thursday, raising hopes that he might call a ceasefire after decades of conflict with the Turkish government. James Reynolds sent this report from Istanbul.A delegation of Kurdish MPs was allowed to go and see Abdullah Ocalan in prison. The politicians took back with them to Istanbul a statement from the PKK’s leader. Abdullah Ocalan said that he would make a call, or announcement, during traditional Kurdish New Year celebrations on Thursday. This call will feature satisfactory information on the political and military aspects of the solution, he wrote. Most here take this to mean that Mr Ocalan will call a ceasefire and may also announce the withdrawal of armed PKK fighters from Turkey to their main base across the border in northern Iraq.Finance ministers from the eurozone have asked Cyprus to protect small investors from a proposed levy on savings. Plans for a one-off tax of nearly seven per cent on savings up to 100,000 euros have outraged Cypriots. Banks in Cyprus are to remain closed until Thursday as efforts to revise an international bailout package continue. A parliamentary vote on the package has been repeatedly postponed. It’s now expected on Tuesday.World News from the BBC.The British Prime Minister David Cameron has presented the plan to regulate the press in the wake of a series of scandals over phone hacking by journalists. Mr Cameron told parliament that the plan agreed overnight by Britain’s main political parties would set up a watchdog that could impose heavy fines on newspapers and force them to publish corrections. The leader of the opposition Labour party Ed Miliband said the agreement satisfied the demands of protection for victims and freedom of the press."I don’t want to live in a country where sections of the press can abuse their power to wreak havoc on the lives of innocent people. And equally I want to live in a country that upholds the right of a fearless, angry, controversial press that holds the powerful to account, including in this House. Today’s agreement protects the victims and upholds a free press.”The Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made a direct appeal to Pope Francis to intervene on the dispute between her country and Britain over the Falkland Islands. At an audience with the Pope at the Vatican, the Argentine leader said she wanted him to get involved. She accused Britain of militarising the islands. It’s not known how the Pope, who is from Argentina, responded to the appeal. Argentina claims sovereignty over the islands.The Supreme Court in Colombia has revoked a presidential decree which allowed abortions in cases of rape, malformation or risk to the mother’s health. The judge said the decree issued in 2006 was illegal because it meddled in areas for which no law had ever been passed. But a separate constitutional court ruling holds that clinics cannot refuse abortions in such cases.The Bangladesh Cricket Board has banned an international umpire Nadir Shah from the sport for 10 years after finding him guilty of corruption. The board launched an inquiry after a report by an Indian television station alleged that Mr Shah and others were willing to help fix matches in return for bribes. Nadir Shah denies the charges and says he will appeal.BBC News.Jonathan Izard为您报道BBC新闻。

【Highlights】>Guangdong bans wildlife hunt粤禁猎野生动物迎亚运>Abbott OKs Chinese recall雅培中国召回'美版'奶粉>Chilean mine rescue begins智利救援直击:6人升井>Buffett cartoon to teach kids'股神'为动画配音教理财>Students abroad drink more研究:学生出国酒量见涨>Lightning hits Lady Liberty闪电击中自由女神(图)【Cover Story】>Chinese cabbage price surges'泡菜危机'催涨中国菜价South Korea's shortage of cabbage, an indispensable ingredient in its popular national dish kimchi, has caused cabbage prices to rise in China, Xinhua reported Wednesday. In Northeast China, cabbage prices have risen to about RMB850 per ton from RMB550 per ton in the first half of the year because of growing demand from South Korea. Even in South China's Guangzhou, relatively far from South Korea, cabbage prices have increased 12% over the past month, the report said. Unfavorable growing weather this year in South Korea contributed to what Koreans are calling the kimchi crisis, with cabbage prices there rising to RMB71 per head.据新华社13日报道，韩国泡菜危机波及中国，近日我国多地白菜价格飞涨。

BBC新闻听力BBC 10.30 :犯错后如何改正错误Scotland awoke yesterday a broken-hearted and bewildered nation.苏格兰整个国家都陷入心碎和迷茫。

given a cat’s chance by anybody, were leading the mighty Australia with a minute to go.原本没有任何悬念，离比赛结束一分钟的时候还领先于强大的澳大利亚。

A borderline penalty was given against them, which wasn’t referred to the television referee for a second opinion, and they lost by a single point.他们被判边界发球，并没有向电视裁判征求意见，他们以一分之差落败。

The after-game is half the fun. The chat often settles on blaming the referee.比赛后的讨论也有一半的乐趣。

聊天的焦点通常是谴责裁判。

We just need the same rules for everybody.’我们只是想要所有人遵守同样的规则。

”follow the letter of the law?遵守法律条文？You should let the game flow and not blow the whistle all the time.’你应该让比赛顺畅地进行下去，而不是总是吹哨。

”they’re expressing the two rival schools of ethics.他们表达的是两种敌对的伦理学派。

setting aside anxiety about right and wrong, and instead evaluating which course of action is likely to produce the most positive consequences.另外一个学派是关于结果的——抛开关于对错多的焦虑，而是评估哪种行为可能产生最积极的影响。

亲历伦敦爆炸事件星期三在伦敦发生的炸弹爆炸事件中，有数十人死亡，上百人受伤。

这起事件以后，英国首都的街道上骚乱不断。

除了直接受到爆炸事件影响的那些人以外，还有数十万伦敦市民和旅游者受困于随后的混乱中，因为交通系统关闭，电话很难打通，甚至根本打不通。

英国广播公司耶路撒冷分部的编辑西蒙·威尔逊就是其中之一。

他正在他的家乡伦敦停留，这时爆炸就发生了。

在这部上午九点过后发生的闹剧中，我扮演着一个小角色。

我乘坐的那趟地铁在快要到达帕丁顿时突然一个急刹车停下了。

“前面好像发生了什么事情，”司机说，“的确很严重。

”尽管当时我并不知道，但是在下一站埃奇韦尔路的一次爆炸中，有数十人死亡和受伤。

我们沿着一条小路走上几层台阶。

在公路上，救护车和警车的鸣笛声不绝于耳。

那些乘客还不知道外面究竟发生了什么，不知道事情的规模到底有多大。

他们正在寻找另一条路来上班。

陌生人之间开始交谈，这样的情况在这样一个繁忙的时间里是很罕见的。

每个人都有一种说法。

有人说是火车相撞，有人说是漏电事件，还有人说是炸弹爆炸——或者可能是两颗炸弹一起爆炸。

后来大家都知道了，原来伦敦被袭击了。

在公共汽车上和地铁上的普通人有死有伤。

我觉得这个时候，所有的人的反应只有一个，无论在耶路撒冷，在纽约，在巴格达，在马德里还是把巴里岛，人们都会打电话给亲人和朋友，确定他们是否安全，同时告诉他们自己很安全。

其他的事情都可以放在以后再说。

但是对于我来说，我经历的是一个很讽刺的事情。

在过去的四年里，我和我的家人生活在那众所周知的爆炸袭击猖獗的耶路撒冷。

很久以来，每个汽车看起来都有可能爆炸，每个餐馆或者咖啡厅似乎都会成为爆炸地点。

很多同事和朋友都经历过这样的事情，而我也明白这样的事情会造成什么样的后果。

但是当我打电话给我远在耶路撒冷的妻子时，我发现伦敦Bomb Attacks in LondonThe bomb attacks in London on Wednesday which killed dozens and wounded hundreds more brought chaos to the streets of Britain's capital city. As well as those directly affected by the blasts, hundreds of thousands of Londoners and visitors were caught up in the confusion as the transport system was shut down, and telephone communications became difficult, or even impossible. Among them was the BBC's Jerusalem Bureau Editor Simon Wilson who was on a trip back to London, his home city, when the bombers struck:My tiny walk-on role in London's drama began shortly after nine in the morning. The underground train I was travelling on stopped sharply as we approached Paddington station. "Something's happened on the line ahead", said the driver, "it must be serious". It was. Although at that stage I didn't know it, a bomb had exploded on a train at the very next station Edgware Road killing and injuring dozens of people.We were led along a section of track and up some stairs. On the roads outside, ambulance and police sirens wailed. Long suffering London commuters -- still unaware of the cause or scale of what was happening -- began to look for alternative routes. Strangers talked to strangers -- a rare event in the morning rush hour. Everyone had a theory. A train crash, a power surge, a bomb attack -- perhaps two bombs, maybe more.Then it was clear, London had been attacked. People, ordinary people on buses and trains had been killed and injured. In my experience, there is a universal human response to such news. Whether it happens in London or Jerusalem, New York or Baghdad, Madrid or Bali. Find family and friends, call them now -- make sure they're ok -- tell them you're ok. Everything else can wait.In my case, there was an instant sense of irony. For the past four years, I have lived with a young family in Jerusalem through one of the most intensive campaigns of suicide bombing that any single city has ever experienced. At times it has seemed that each bus might explode, that every restaurant, every cafe was a potential death trap. A number of friends and colleagues have had close shaves and as a journalist I've seen the horror such attacks can cause. But as I called my wife in Jerusalem to reassure her, I realised that this incident in London was as close as I'd ever been to getting caught up in a bombing myself.Now, as the dust begins to settle, I can't help wondering how all this might affect London in the long run. In Israel, repeated attacks against civilians over a period of years have led to a culture of extreme security -- guards on the door of virtually every public place, vehicles checked before entering car parks, police roadblocks on busy shopping streets. Normal life does continue, but with constant reminders of the threat.One of the joys of family visits to London in recent years has been the simple pleasure of extreme normality. A meal in a restaurant without constant glances toward the door, a long, relaxing bus ride。

BBC新闻讲解附字幕:澳洲遭遇半世纪最严重洪水(2011-01-4)BBC News with Nick KellyA bomb has exploded in a market close to a military barrack s in the Nigerian capital Abuja, killing a number of people. Our correspondent Tomi Oladipo has the latest details.It's in an area which is a market, which has a bar, an open-air bar, where people come to drink. And I've spoken to witnesses who were at the scene, and they say they've seen bodies being carried out. So far, the sources within the ministry are telling me 11 people have been killed in the attack, but I still can't confirm that because the place has been cordon ed off by police and the ambulance services which are there.The man who's refusing to step down as president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, has said the country could face greater violence if he were removed from office. The international communityis demanding that he hand over power to his rival Alassane Ouattara, who's believed to have won the election. Speaking to the Euronews television channel, Mr Gbagbo indicated he might consider resigning if the regional group Ecowas were to intervene militarily to try to remove him."I will see, but it's not on the agenda for the moment. What's on the agenda is to negotiate, so we are negotiating. I ask myself why those who pretend to have beaten me oppose a recount of votes.That's what I want to know. I ask those people to support a recount."The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says she has warned senior Ivorian officials including Mr Gbagbo that they could be held criminally accountable for human rights violations in Ivory Coast. The UN has accused security forces loyal to Mr Gbagbo of killing and abducting people associated with the opposition. It says officials have been unable toinvestigate allegations of atrocities including at least two mass graves.In Australia, thousands more people are getting ready to evacuate their homes in the northeastern state of Queensland, where some of the worst flooding in half a century has affected more than a million square metres of territory. In the town of Rockhampton, the Mayor Brad Carter described what the emergency services were facing."We are going to have a very tough situation whereby we may have to use only indisaster,processes of forced evacuations, and this is a very difficult issue. As you can appreciate, you can have, for example, some very elderly people that are very reluctant to leave their home, and for their own safety and goodwill, we will have to look at ways and means of relocating them, and we hope that that these are isolated and extreme cases."Rescue workers in southern Egypt say they've recovered the bodies of 11 children who were on board a bus swept away by floods on Wednesday. The bus was carrying 75 children and teachers returning home after dark from a school outing when it was dragged into a sand-filled trench by the water. More than 60 managed to escape with minor injuries, but an ambulance driver who'd helped rescue some of the girls was killed. World News from the BBCOn his last full day in office, the Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has decided not to extradite a former left-wing militant to Italy. Cesare Battisti escaped from an Italian jail nearly 30 years ago while awaiting trial and eventually fled to Brazil. In his absence, he was convicted of four murders. Italy has recalled its ambassador to Brazil in protest at President Lula's decision. The former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has appeared for further questioning by prosecutors investigating allegations of abuse of power. In a BBC interview, she again accusedPresident Viktor Yanukovych of being behind the charges so as to destroy political opponents. The army in Bolivia has begun selling bread in response to a strike by bakers angry at the government's decision to scrap fuel subsidies. Loaves baked in military ovens are being sold by troops from 12 locations in the city of La Paz and El Alto. The Bolivian government says the aim is to prevent shortages and counter a threat by bakers to raise bread prices. Mass protests against the fuel price hike, suspended for the New Year's weekend, are expected to resume on Monday. And the 19th century Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid has been denied a pardon 130 years after his death. The possibility was first suggested when historical documents appeared to show that Billy the Kid had been promised a pardon in return for testifying in a murder case. Ann Busby reports. Billy the Kid, whose real name was William Bonney, was only 21 when he was shot dead, but his brief life inspired dozens of books and films. It's not clear how many people he killed; some say more than 20. But his undoubted skill with a gun and his personal charm made him more of a folk hero than a notorious criminal. Supporters campaigned for a pardon, but the Governor of New Mexico Bill Richardson has refused one after extensive research. "The romanticism appealed tome," he said, "but the evidence didn't support the idea." BBC News第二部分：参考翻译尼日利亚首都阿布贾一座军营附近的市场内一枚炸弹爆炸，造成多人死亡。

Week 12BBC News with Jonathan Izard. 乔纳森·伊泽德为你播报BBC新闻。

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has refused to deny reports that border officials paid people-smugglers to take boats full of asylum-seekers back to Indonesia. 有报道称澳大利亚边境官员向人贩子付款，使其将满载难民的船只返回印尼，对此澳大利亚总理托尼·阿博特拒绝否认。

An Indonesian police chief reportedly said that Austrialian officials paid 30,000 dollars to people-smugglers to abort their journey. John Donnison reports. 据悉印尼一名警察局长称澳大利亚官员向人贩子支付了3万美元，使其放弃其旅程。

约翰·唐尼森报道。

"When asked about the claim, Tony Abbott would neither confirm or deny, but said creative strategies were being used to stop asylum-seekers'boats. “在被问及该传闻时，托尼·阿博特既不承认也不否认，他只是说已经采取创意策略来阻止难民船。

He said Australia has been suceessful at stopping boats by hawk or by crawk, adding that he was proud of the county’s border protection authorities. 他说澳大利亚通过各种手段阻止移民船，且一直很成功，他说他对本国的边境保护当局感到骄傲。

bbc新闻文本（BBC News Text）BBC UN special envoy for Syria says the date of peace conference cannot be setOne of the major sticking points in any peace talks is President Assad. Some opposition leaders say he must step down at some point in the political transition. Others insist he must go before talks can even start. But the president's advisor Doctor Bouthaina Shaaban was clear this issue was not on the table. In a rare interview, she emphasized the president's role would be decided by the Syrian people at the ballot box, in elections or in a referendum. Doctor Shaaban was also scathing about the opposition describing rebel groups as creations of powerful backers like Saudi Arabia.Ballot: voteScathe: severe criticismThe main crux of all peace talks from President Assad, the opposition said that he must step down at a time of political transition, and other opposition even insists that he should leave in peace talks before the start. But Dr. Busina Shaaban, the president's adviser, made it clear that the president's departure was not in the negotiations. In a rare interview, Dr. Shaaban stressed that the president's fate should be decided by the people of Syria in the ballot or referendum. Dr. Shaaban also criticized the opposition and described rebel groups as the product of powerful supporters like Saudi ArabiaBBC UN special envoy for Syria says the date of peace conferencecannot be setBBC News with Julie CandlerA day of an intense diplomacy has failed to set a date for a long-awaited Peace Conference on Syria after the talks in Geneva involving officials from the US, Russia and other members of the UN Security Council. The international envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said he'd been hoping to be in a position to announce a date today, but unfortunately was unable to do so. Lyse Doucet reports from Damascus.Julie Candler reports BBC news for youOne day of strained diplomacy failed to set a date for Syria's long-awaited peace talks, after talks were held in Geneva by officials from the United States, Russia and other members of the UN Security council. Lakhdar Brahimi, the international ambassador to Syria, said he had hoped to announce the date today, but unfortunately he failed to do so. Les Duce reports from Damascus.BBC Zidane, the statue of Materazzi over his head was removedWine lovers are facing the threat of a global shortage of the drink according to new research. Last year production dropped to its lowest level in according to analysts leaving 40 years demand outstripping supply by some million cases. Global production has been 300 declining since 2004 while consumption has risen.A five-meter high bronze statue commemorating the French footballer Zinedine Zidane s infamous head butt in "the Cup final has been 2006 World removed from a prominent position in the Qatari capital.它只在多哈展出了几个星期，但却引起了保守穆斯林对偶像崇拜的指责。