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A United Nations-backed court has found the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, guilty of aiding andabettingcrimes against humanity, murder, rape and terrorism. The court in The Hague said Mr Taylor was criminally responsible for supporting the Revolutionary United Front rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the civil war in the 1990s. He'll be sentenced next month. Mr Taylor's lawyer described the trial as politically motivated. From The Hague, Peter Biles.

The prosecution had wanted to show that Mr Taylor was the key figure in arming and supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone in the late 1990s. The trial chamber said Charles Taylor's influencefell short ofcommand responsibility, but on all 11 charges he was found criminally responsible for aiding and abetting the rebel forces and planning crimes. The judges also said there had been a continuous supply of diamonds from Sierra Leone provided to Mr Taylor in exchange for weapons.

Reacting to theverdicts, the chief prosecutor Brenda Hollis called it a historic day for the people of Sierra Leone. Alpha Sesay is a human rights lawyer there.

"In the eyes of very many people in Sierra Leone, Mr Taylor has always been guilty. There's excitement. I mean there's confusion, of course, about the findings of thetrial chamber: what does it mean for him to be found guilty of aiding and abetting and not command responsibility was? In the eyes of some other people, a guilty verdict is a guilty verdict, and so a lot of people are really excited in Sierra Leone."

The United States said the judgment delivered a strong message to allperpetratorsof atrocities that they would be held accountable.

Coordinated bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities have killed at least seven people. It follows a warning to journalists last month from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram not tomisrepresentit. Mark Lobel reports from Lagos.

In the capital Abuja, a car carrying explosives sped through the gate of ThisDay newspaper's offices and entered the building. Following an explosion, several people were killed, and parts of the building and printing press were destroyed. Around the same time in Kaduna state, a man was forced from his car after arousing suspicion as he approached offices which house three newspapers, including ThisDay. In the ensuing drama, the driver threw an explosive from the boot. Several people were killed, and the bomber was arrested.

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he's gravely alarmed at reports from Syria that the government was continuing to shell populated areas. He said the UN ceasefire monitors had reported that the Syrian government wasin contravention ofthe peace plan it had agreed to and which had been endorsed unanimously by the Security Council.

A suicide car bomb attack on a coffee shop in the central Iraqi province of Diyala has killed at least eight people. Police said more than 15 people were wounded in the attack, which happened on a mainly Sunni village on the outskirts of Baquba, some 60km from the capital Baghdad.

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The US military in Afghanistan says a man wearing Afghan army uniform has killed an American soldier in the southern province of Kandahar. An Afghan military spokesman said the gunman himself was killed when US troops returned fire. The Afghan spokesman said he was an Afghan special forces officer. The incident happened late on Wednesday night.

A prominent environmental activist in Cambodia has been shot and killed in aconfrontationwith military police in a threatened forest region. The man, Chut Wutty, was travelling with two journalists in the southwest of Cambodia where he'd been helping local people organise protests against land concessions. Guy De Launey has more. There have been suggestions that military police ordered the reporters to delete images from their cameras, but Mr Wutty objected.

Precisely what happened next is unclear, but shots were fired, and the environmental activist was fatally wounded. A military police spokesman said that one of his officers was also killed and had been doing his duty. Mr Wutty was one of the most outspoken activists in Cambodia. He was well-known for his work withindigenoustribes protesting about the destruction of sacred spirit forests by economic landconcessionsgranted to well-connected companies.

A United Nations expert on landmines has reportedly said that unexploded clustermunitionshave been found for the first time in Sri Lanka. The Associated Press news agency says it has seen an email from the expert, Allan Poston, saying small bombs from the weapons were discovered in the north of the country, near to where a child was killed in an explosion last month. The government has denied that it ever used bombs during the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

The European Space Agency has signed a contract to send a spacecraft closer to the Sun than ever before. British firms have been given the task of building the solar orbiter to withstand temperatures of around 500C.

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第二页：中英双语听力稿

A United Nations-backed court has found the former President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, guilty of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity, murder, rape and terrorism. The court in The Hague said Mr Taylor was criminally responsible for supporting the Revolutionary United Front rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the civil war in the 1990s. He'll be sentenced next month. Mr Taylor's lawyer described the trial as politically motivated. From The Hague, Peter Biles.

联合国法庭认定利比里亚前总统查尔斯·泰勒涉嫌帮助并教唆反人类、谋杀和恐怖主义罪行。海牙法庭称，20世纪内战期间，泰勒曾非法支持邻国塞拉利昂的革命联合阵线叛军。他将于下月被判刑，泰勒的律师称审判有政治动机。Peter Biles在海牙报道。

The prosecution had wanted to show that Mr Taylor was the key figure in arming and supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone in the late 1990s. The trial chamber said Charles Taylor's influence fell short of command responsibility, but on all 11 charges he was found criminally responsible for aiding and abetting the rebel forces and planning crimes. The judges also said there had been a continuous supply of diamonds from Sierra Leone provided to Mr Taylor in exchange for weapons.

原告曾想证明泰勒是支持20世纪晚期塞拉利昂叛军并提供武器的主要人物，审判分庭称泰勒的影响力不足以使之承担责任，但根据针对他的11项有罪指控，泰勒涉嫌帮助并教唆叛军并计划罪行。法官称塞拉利昂一直不断向泰勒提供钻石，作为对提供武器的回报。

Reacting to the verdicts, the chief prosecutor Brenda Hollis called it a historic day for the people of Sierra Leone. Alpha Sesay is a human rights lawyer there.

主检察官Brenda Hollis对判决作出评价，称这对塞拉利昂人民来说是历史性的一天。Alpha Sesay是出庭的一名人权律师。

"In the eyes of very many people in Sierra Leone, Mr Taylor has always been guilty. There's excitement. I mean there's confusion, of course, about the findings of the trial chamber: what does it mean for him to be found guilty of aiding and abetting and not command responsibility was? In the eyes of some other people, a guilty verdict is a guilty verdict, and so a lot of people are really excited in Sierra Leone."

“在许多塞拉利昂人民眼中，泰勒一直都是有罪的，这很令人激动，我是说审判分庭的发现令人困惑：这样的人已被证明有勾结和教唆罪，那么不承担责任又是什么意思？在其他人眼中，有罪判决就是有罪判决，所以塞拉利昂很多人实在太激动了。”

The United States said the judgment delivered a strong message to all perpetrators of atrocities that they would be held accountable.

美国称判决向所有施暴者传达了一个很强烈的信号，那就是罪人必然罪有应得。

Coordinated bomb attacks on newspaper offices in two Nigerian cities have killed at least seven people. It follows a warning to journalists last month from the militant Islamist group Boko Haram not to misrepresent it. Mark Lobel reports from Lagos.

尼日利亚两座城市的报社发生连环炸弹袭击案，至少7人丧生。此前，武装伊斯兰组织博科圣地向记者们发出警告，称不要歪曲自己。Mark Lobel在拉各斯报道。

In the capital Abuja, a car carrying explosives sped through the gate of ThisDay newspaper's offices and entered the building. Following an explosion, several people were killed, and parts of the building and printing press were destroyed. Around the same time in Kaduna state, a man was forced from his car after arousing suspicion as he approached offices which house three newspapers, including ThisDay. In the ensuing drama, the driver threw an explosive from the boot. Several people were killed, and the bomber was arrested.

在首都阿布贾，一辆装有炸弹的汽车快速驶过“今日报社”办公室大门，进入大楼。随之就发生了爆炸，几人丧生，大楼和印刷社部分被毁。同时在卡杜纳州，一名男子向包括“今日报社”在内的三家报社所在的办公大楼走去，他的行踪引起怀疑，被迫从车里出来。随后发生了戏剧性的一幕，这名司机从车后备箱扔出一枚炸弹，数人死亡，扔炸弹者被捕。

The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says he's gravely alarmed at reports from Syria that the government was continuing to shell populated areas. He said the UN ceasefire monitors had reported that the Syrian government was in contravention of the peace plan it had agreed to and which had been endorsed unanimously by the Security Council.

联合国秘书长潘基文称，据来自叙利亚的报道称，政府仍在向人口密集区发动轰击，对此他很是忧虑。他说，联合国停火观察员报道说，叙利亚政府违反自己同意的和平方案，该方案曾得到了安理会全体一致表决通过。

A suicide car bomb attack on a coffee shop in the central Iraqi province of Diyala has killed at least eight people. Police said more than 15 people were wounded in the attack, which happened on a mainly Sunni village on the outskirts of Baquba, some 60km from the capital Baghdad.

伊拉克迪亚拉省中部一家咖啡馆发生自杀式汽车爆炸弹，至少8人丧生。警方称，还有超过15人在袭击中受伤，这次袭击发生在巴古拜郊区一个主要由逊尼派聚居的村庄，距首都巴格达大约60公里。

The US military in Afghanistan says a man wearing Afghan army uniform has killed an American soldier in the southern province of Kandahar. An Afghan military spokesman said the gunman himself was killed when US troops returned fire. The Afghan spokesman said he was an Afghan special forces officer. The incident happened late on Wednesday night.

美国驻阿富汗部队称，一名身穿阿富汗军装的男子在南部坎大哈省杀害了一名美国士兵。阿富汗军方发言人称，这名武装人员本人也在美军回击中身亡。阿富汗发言人称，此人一名阿富汗特种兵官员，这起事故发生在周三晚间。

A prominent environmental activist in Cambodia has been shot and killed in a confrontation with military police in a threatened forest region. The man, Chut Wutty, was travelling with two journalists in the southwest of Cambodia where he'd been helping local people organise protests against land concessions. Guy De Launey has more. There have been suggestions that military police ordered the reporters to delete images from their cameras, but Mr Wutty objected.

在哥伦比亚一处遭受威胁的森林区，一名著名环保人士在与武装警察的对峙中被开枪打死。这位名叫Chut Wutty的男子当时与两位记者在哥伦比亚西南部旅行，帮助当地人组织反对征地的抗议活动。Guy De Launey报道。

Precisely what happened next is unclear, but shots were fired, and the environmental activist was fatally wounded. A military police spokesman said that one of his officers was also killed and had been doing his duty. Mr Wutty was one of the most outspoken activists in Cambodia. He was well-known for his work with indigenous tribes protesting about the destruction of sacred spirit forests by economic land concessions granted to well-connected companies.

据悉，武装警察下令记者删除相机中的图片，但Wutty拒绝了。后来具体发生了什么并不清楚，只听得枪响了，这位环保人士就受了致命伤。武警发言人称，一名警官在执行任务时也被杀。Wutty是哥伦比亚最直言不讳的活动家，他与土著部落一起抗议毁坏神圣森林、为了经济目的给有关系的公司征地的行为，并因此而得名。

A United Nations expert on landmines has reportedly said that unexploded cluster munitions have been found for the first time in Sri Lanka. The Associated Press news agency says it has seen an email from the expert, Allan Poston, saying small bombs from the weapons were discovered in the north of the country, near to where a child was killed in an explosion last month. The government has denied that it ever used bombs during the civil war with Tamil Tiger rebels.

据悉，美国一名地雷专家称首次在斯里兰卡发现未爆炸的子母弹。联合通讯社称已浏览过专家Allan Poston发来的邮件，他说在该国内部发现武器中有小炸弹，地点是距上月一名儿童因爆炸丧生地不远处。斯里兰卡政府否认在与猛虎叛军的内战中使用过炸弹。

The European Space Agency has signed a contract to send a spacecraft closer to the Sun than ever before. British firms have been given the task of building the solar orbiter to withstand temperatures of around 500C.

欧洲太空局签署一份协议，准备将一艘航天器发送到离太阳更近的地方，比以前任何时候都要近。英国公司得到这项任务，将建造能承受约500摄氏度的太阳轨道。

第三页：词汇解析

abet

英汉解释

vt. 煽动，教唆；支持

参考例句

1. This means she must make, orabetRepublican attacks in making, Mr Obama seem unelectable.

这也意味着希拉里应该促使，甚至怂恿共和党对奥巴马猛烈进攻，使他看起来毫无竞选价值。

2. The vigorous tour activities promote consumption, flourish economy, enrich people's life, andabetluxury as well.

同时，旅游活动的勃兴促进了消费，繁荣了经济，丰富了人民生活，但也助长了奢侈之风。

3. Mast cells may also incite orabetconditions as diverse as atherosclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, autism, and migraines.

肥大细胞也可能为多种疾病的产生和发作创造条件，如动脉硬化、风湿性关节炎、孤独症和偏头疼。

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verdict

英汉解释

n. 结论；裁定

同义词

n.finding of fact

参考例句

1. Verdict of not guilty!

一份有罪的判决！

2. To pronounce a judgment; announce averdict.

'裁定'。''，判定宣布判决；宣布裁决。

3. The magistrate retired to consider theirverdict.

治安法官离开法庭思考裁决。

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perpetrator

英汉解释

n. 犯罪者；作恶者；行凶者

同义词

n.culprit

参考例句

1. That notoriousperpetratorof robbery was sentenced to death yesterday.

那个臭名昭著的抢劫犯昨天被判处死刑。

2. Since thisperpetratorenjoys letting his victims know what is he doing to them, he never bother keeping his "business" secret to himself.

自从这个犯罪者享受着让他的受害者知道他正对他们做什么，他就永远不担心保持他自己的“生意”秘密。

3. As one releases karma with theperpetrator, replaces the Record Keeper and retrieves what has been lost, one recovers from such an encounter.

当你释放与来犯者的业力，替换记录持有者并恢复所丢失的事物时，你就从这样一个遭遇中康复。

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misrepresent

英汉解释

vt. 歪曲，误传；不合适地代表

vi. 虚伪陈述；歪曲报道

同义词

v.belie，cook，fake，falsify

参考例句

1. The companymisrepresented its products in the advertisement.

该公司为其产品做虚假广告。

2. If youmisrepresentwhat's in the plan, we will call you out.

如果你歪曲了计划中的内容，我们将告诉你。

3. Nevermisrepresenta subordinate's performance during performance appraisals.

在评估绩效时，千万不要错估了部属的表现。

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confrontation

英汉解释

n. 对抗；面对；对质

同义词

n.encounter，face-off，opposition，showdown

参考例句

1. We can't risk anotherconfrontationwith the union.

我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。

2. Of all the possible boundary experiences,confrontationwith death is by far the most potent.

在所有可能的边界体验中，濒临死亡的体验是目前来看最有力的。

3. Local police said some of the terrorists to occupy a number of buildingsconfrontationwith the police.

中英文对照：当地警方称，部分恐怖分子占据了一些建筑物与警方对抗。

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concession

英汉解释

n. 让步；特许（权）；承认；退位

同义词

n.conceding，grant，yielding

参考例句

1. Can we each make someconcession?

我们能各自都做些让步吗？

2. To reach agreement, both side must makeconcession.

为达成协议，两方都必须做让步。

3. There are otherconcessionto agriculture, forestry and small businesses.

对农业、林业及小企业也给予其它优惠。

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indigenous

英汉解释

adj. 本土的；土著的；国产的；固有的

同义词

a.autochthonal，autochthonic，autochthonous，endemic

参考例句

1. Theindigenousfood may help foreigners have a better knowledge of my hometown and our people.

本土的食物可以帮助外国友人更好的了解我的家乡和这儿的人们。

2. They say the "Westernization" of diets has exacerbated health problems. Manyindigenouspeople now eat foods loaded with excessive sugar, salt and fat.

他们表示，”西方化”的饮食使健康问题恶化。许多土著现在的食物含有过多的糖分，盐分和脂肪。

3. In the long term, we also seek opportunities to work hand in hand with Christian formal education centers to provide quality training forindigenousorganizations/churches.

此外，我们也寻求机会与正规的基督教教育中心进行长期性的配搭以提供高素质的训练给当地的机构或教会。

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munition

英汉解释

vt. 供给军需品

vi. 从事军需品生产

n. 军需品；军火

adj. 军需品的；生产军需品的

同义词

n.arms，fortification，implements of war，ordnance

参考例句

1. We have beenmunitioned and ready for the battle.

我们军需品齐备，已做好了战斗准备。

2. With a small whoosh, one of four 15- millimeter projectiles streaks from themunitionpod strapped to his wrist.

“只听”嗖“的一声，一枚15毫米的火箭弹便从缚在他手腕上的弹药箱中飞了出去。

3. Information fusion of millimeter wave radiometer/infrared sensor/laser radar applied in the smartmunitionis researched.

该文以灵巧弹药为应用背景，对毫米波辐射计／红外敏感器／激光雷达三模探测器的信息融合技术进行研究。