雅思聽力口語(BBC)聽抄訓練 - 敘利亞政府呼籲簽署停戰協議

BBC News with Jerry Smit.

由Jerry Smit播報的BBC新聞。

The Deputy Prime Minister of Syria has tolda British newspaper the country's civil war has reached a stalemate and thegovernment is ready to call for a ceasefire.

敘利亞副首相告訴英國一家報社說，本國的內戰已經進入了僵局的狀態，政府正準備呼籲簽署停戰協議。

Speaking to the Guardian newspaper, QadriJamil said neither the government forces nor the rebels were capable ofdefeating the other side.

在回答衛報的訪問時，卡德里賈米爾稱無論是政府軍隊力量還是叛軍都無法將另一方打倒。

More details from Jim Muir in Beirut.

更多的詳情由駐貝魯特的Jim Muir進行報導。

“This was (an) unusual talk from a seniorgovernment figure, albeit one who is not a hard-core Baath Party loyalist. ”

“這是政府高級官員的一次不尋常的發言，儘管他並不是十分忠於阿拉伯復興社會黨的骨幹力量。”

In fact, Qadri Jamil is a former communist,his party took part in demonstrations against the regime at the beginning ofthe uprising two and half years ago.

事實上，卡德里賈米爾是前任共產黨員，他所在的黨在兩年半以前的暴動之始，曾經參與過反對舊政府的示威活動。

But in his interview with the Guardian, heinsisted that he was speaking for the government.

但是他在接受衛報的採訪中，堅持認為他是在為政府發言。

“It realized”, he said, “that neither sidecould win the war for the time being, there was a stalemate.” That in itselffront countered to the normal government line that the rebels labeled terroristmust be defeated.”

她說，“我們應當意識到在目前這個階段，雙方都不能獲得戰爭的勝利，持續著僵局狀態。”這個說法本身就和正常的政府立場也就是被認為是恐怖主義分子的叛軍勢必會被打倒的思路相違背。

The American Secretary of State John Kerryhas said that the UN Security Council must be prepared to act on Syria bydrawing up a binding resolution next week.

美國國務卿約翰·克裡表示聯合國安理會通過下周擬定的具有法律約束力的決議，必須準備好對敘利亞採取行動。

He insisted the facts concerning the use ofchemical weapons in the attack of August 21 were beyond dispute and it wasimplausible to think that opposition rebels were responsible.

他堅持認為擔心8月21日那次的襲擊中使用了化學武器的事完全是不在糾紛範圍之內的，並且認為很難令人相信反對黨的叛軍會負上相應的責任。

Mr. Kerry said there was no time for anymore disputes or to pretend that everyone could have their own set of facts.

克裡說已經沒有更多的時間繼續去糾這些問題，也沒有時間一一去理會每個人對於事實的想法是什麼。

It is vital for the international communityto stand up and speak out in the strongest possible terms about the importanceof enforceable action to rid the world of Syria's chemical weapons.

整個國際社會都站出來並且用強有力的語言來說明強制性行動對於消除敘利亞化學武器對於世界的威脅來說十分關鍵。

Financial regulators in the United Statesand Britain have fined the American bank JP Morgan $920m over losses made by atrader known as the London Whale.

英美兩國的財務機關對美國銀行摩根大通集團進行了九億二千萬美元的罰款，這是由一位被稱為“倫敦鯨”的商人所造成的損失而導致的。

The bank lost more than $6bn as a result ofthe trades.

因為貿易問題，該銀行損失了超過60億美元。

Emma Simpson reports.

Emma Simpson進行報導。

“The fines are huge and the findingsdamning for this Wall Street giant, the losses of those through what thefinancial conduct authority described as a high risk trading strategy.

“這樣的處罰數目大得十分驚人的，官方把那些指責華爾街金融巨頭的發現以及由於金融決策所造成的種種損失看作是一種風險性極高的貿易戰略。

The bets were made by Bruno Iksil, a traderin the bank's chief investment office in London, so huge were these bets, hebecame known as the London Whale.

這些所謂的賭注都是Bruno Iksil投下的，他是倫敦一位銀行主要投資部的商人，所有的這些賭注都下得如此之大，以致他已被稱為“倫敦鯨”。

JP Morgan said it had accepted responsibilityfor its mistakes and was working to ensure they would never happen again.”

摩根大通集團表示它已經為它的過失承擔了相應的責任，並且努力承諾說不會再犯同樣的錯誤。

A commission of inquiry into the policekilling of 34 workers at a platinum mine in South Africa has accused the policeof lying about the incident.

一個調查委員會正在調查警方殺害了34名在南非鉑金礦山的員工的事實，其指控警方對該事件撒謊。

The commission said police had hidden somedocuments, falsified others and given a false version of the events.

該委員會稱警方已經把一些檔藏起來了，偽造了一些其他的資料並且對這件事的解釋給了一個假口供。

It said it had thousands more documents toexamine and will postpone the inquiry for several days.

它表示上千份甚至更多的檔有待查驗，並且將會把該調查往後推遲幾天。

The BBC Africa correspondent says it's anextraordinary attack on the credibility of the South African police.

BBC駐非洲的記者報導說，據南非警方稱，這是一起十分不同尋常的襲擊。

The commission was set out following thekillings of the striking miners in August last year.

該調查委員會在去年八月就已經開始著手追蹤那些襲擊曠工的殺害事件。

World News from the BBC

BBC的國際新聞。

The environmental group Greenpeace says 29of its activists have been held at gun point by armed Russian men believed tobe members of the Russian security service, the FSB who stormed their ship ininternational waters.

環境組織“綠色和平”表示29名活動積極分子被俄羅斯武裝人員用槍挾持著,這些人被稱為是俄羅斯安全服務部隊的成員，前端匯流排的成員在公海領域內對他們的船隻進行了攻擊。

The activists' vessel has been taken partin a protest against drilling by Gasprom in the Arctic Ocean.

這些活動者的船艦被用在一次反對天然氣工業公司在北冰洋進行鑽探石油活動的抗議當中。

Daniel Sandford reports.

Daniel Sandford進行報導。

“The Greenpeace protest began when fourpeople try to board Gasprom's Prirazlomnaya drilling rig, the Russian coastguard immediately detained two activists who managed to get on to the side ofthe platform.

“‘綠色和平’的抗議行動開始時，有四個人想登上天然氣工業公司的Prirazlomnaya鑽探平臺，俄羅斯海岸的防衛隊立即將兩個企圖想到達平臺另一邊的活動分子扣押起來。

All the other activists returned to theirship, the Arctic Sunrise.

所以其他的活躍分子均回到他們的船裡，也就是‘極地曙光號’。

But helicopters flew to the Arctic Sunriseand around 15 armed men in balaclavas abseiled onto the deck.

但是直升飛機飛向‘極地曙光號’的同時，大約有十五個戴著巴拉克拉法帽的武裝分子沿著繩索爬上甲板。

One of the activists on the ship told theBBC that the armed men were holding 29 of them in the galley while the captainwas being detained on the bridge.”

其中一位在船上的活躍分子告訴BBC說，這些武裝分子正在軍艇上挾持著他們，當船長被扣押在橋上時。”

The Mexican authorities say almost 100people have been killed by two hurricanes that hit the country earlier in theweek.

墨西哥官方表示幾乎100人于本周稍早時候在襲擊全國的兩大颶風中遇難。

The Pacific coast has been battered byHurricane Manuel while Mexico's Gulf coast has been hit by Hurricane Ingrid.

太平洋海岸遭到颶風Manuel的嚴重破壞，與此同時，墨西哥海灣的海岸地區也被颶風Ingrid襲擊。

A court in Texas has overturned theconviction of Tom DeLay, who was once one of the most powerful politicians inthe United States.

德克薩斯州的法庭已經撤銷了對Tom DeLay的判罪，他曾經是美國最強大的政治家之一。

He was found guilty of money launderingthree years ago in a case linked to the 2002 election.

他對自己三年前在一宗與2002年選舉事件有關的案件中涉及非法洗錢的事感到很愧疚。

But the appeal judges decided there hadbeen insufficient evidence to support his conviction.

但是，這位上訴法官判決時稱，沒有足夠的證據來支持他的罪名成立。

The acquittal of Mr. Delay, a conservativeRepublican and former majority leader in Congress, means he can't be retried.

Delay是保守派的共和黨人，也是國會前任多數党的領袖，他的無罪釋放表明了他不可以再次接受審判。

Pope Francis has said the Catholic Churchneeds to find a new balance between its preaching on abortion, gay marriage andcontraception and a great need to be inclusive.

教皇法蘭西斯說天主教教堂需要在兩大方面找到一個新的平衡點，就是關於人工流產、同性婚姻以及避孕問題的佈道和相容性的極大需要。

He said he'd been criticized for notspeaking much on those issues himself, but he said that the church did not finda new balance its moral edifice could collapse like a house of cards.

他說，由於沒有太多地講到關於自己的一些事情而受到批評，但是他說該教堂沒有找到一個新的平衡點，其道德體系會像堆滿了一屋子的卡片一樣，有著隨時崩塌的危險。

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