BBC新闻附字幕:标准普尔将法国信用评分降为2A

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The French finance minister says the country has lost its AAA credit rating. Francois Baroin said that Standard & Poor's had lowered the rating to AA+, but he said that France would not allow the agencies todictateits policies. From Paris, Hugh Schofield.

This news does not come as a surprise for France - there had been warnings for weeks that the downgrade was coming - but it's still a bigblow. Economically, it means that the cost of borrowing to cover the country's huge debt will probably become more expensive. Politically, it's very bad news for President Sarkozy, whoset such store onkeeping the AAA. And for the eurozone, it's also a setback. Combined with bad news from Greece about the debt talks going on there, it shows that the euro crisis is well and truly back on the agenda.

The United States has described the release of political prisoners in Burma as a substantial step towards democratic reform. President Obama said the granting ofamnestyto some 600 prisoners, including leadingdissidents, was crucial for Burma's national reconciliation. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US would now strengthen ties.

"We will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Burma. We will identify a candidate to serve as US ambassador to represent the United States government and our broader efforts to strengthen and deepen our ties with both the people and the government. This is a lengthy process, and it will of course depend on continuing progress and reform."

Earlier, large crowds gathered outside jails across Burma to greet leaders of the democracy movement and dissident monks as they walked free.

Turkish police have raided more than 100 homes and offices in 17 cities as part of an operation against the Kurdish nationalist movement. At least 32 people have been detained. From Istanbul, here's Jonathan Head.

There are now two parallel operations underway by the Turkish state against the Kurdish nationalist movement. In the mountains of the southeast, the Turkish armed forces continue to fight armed insurgents of the Kurdish Workers' Party, the PKK. But in urban areas, many hundreds, perhaps thousands of civilians have also beenrounded upin successive police raids. There have been so many no one is sure of the total number detained. They include lawyers, human rights activists and journalists. Turkey now has more journalists in jail than any other country.

A court in Norway has ordered a newpsychiatricevaluation of Anders Behring Breivik, who was found to have been legally insane when he carried out a bomb attack and mass shooting last July. The court said the special and extremely serious nature of the case meant that the issue of Mr Breivik's criminal responsibility had to be studied more closely. The earlier assessment found that Mr Breivik was psychotic, but that assessment has been widely criticised.

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The long-time leader of the Turkish Cypriots, Rauf Denktash, has died. He was 87 and had suffered from ill health for a long time. Mr Denktash was astaunchdefender of the interests of Turkish Cypriots and became the first president of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983. He refused to stand again in 2005 after Turkish Cypriots against his advice voted in favour of a plan to reunify the divided island. The plan was rejected by Greek Cypriots.

The US State Department says it's raised concerns with Moscow and Cyprus about a Russian-operated ship carrying what's been described as a dangerous cargo to Syria. Media reports in Cyprus the boat's last port of call suggested that the vessel was carryingammunition.

A court in London has ruled that a British student, Richard O'Dwyer, can beextraditedto the United States, where he faces allegations of US copyrightinfringement. He's accused of creating a website that allowed people to view films and television shows for free. Lawyers have argued that the website simply directed users to other sites, and they say they'll appeal. Richard O'Dwyer and his mother Julia spoke outside the court.

"I'm obviously disappointed with the judge's decision today. I think I've got faith in the High Court in making the right decision. It just seemed like a bit of aguinea pigactivity."

"Disgusted. I'd hoped for better from the judge. Disappointed with this government for signing us up to this treaty which has opened the floodgates to America to come and seize British citizens without even having set foot out of this country."

The World Boxing Association has ordered a rematch between the British boxer Amir Khan and the American Lamont Peterson after a controversial fight last month. The WBA said it was concerned about a number of questionable decisions by therefereeand the presence of an unauthorised man apparently distracting the judges during the scoring process. Khan was defeated on points and lost his WBA and IBF titles.

第二页：中英双语听力稿

The French finance minister says the country has lost its AAA credit rating. Francois Baroin said that Standard & Poor's had lowered the rating to AA+, but he said that France would not allow the agencies to dictate its policies. From Paris, Hugh Schofield.

法国财长称本国已失去3A信用级别，Francois Baroin称标准普尔将法国信用评分降为2A，不过他说，法国不会允许该机构主宰本国政策。Hugh Schofield在巴黎报道。

This news does not come as a surprise for France - there had been warnings for weeks that the downgrade was coming - but it's still a big blow. Economically, it means that the cost of borrowing to cover the country's huge debt will probably become more expensive. Politically, it's very bad news for President Sarkozy, who set such store on keeping the AAA. And for the eurozone, it's also a setback. Combined with bad news from Greece about the debt talks going on there, it shows that the euro crisis is well and truly back on the agenda.

这个消息对法国来说并不新鲜，数周来法国一直受到有关降级的警告，不过这个事实仍是不小的打击。从经济方面来说，偿还本国巨额债务的借债成本变得更高。从政治方面来说，这对希望保持3A级别的总统萨科齐算是个坏消息。对欧元区来说，这也是个倒退。同时，来自希腊债务谈判的消息也表明，解决欧元危机问题要依靠评级机构的帮助。

The United States has described the release of political prisoners in Burma as a substantial step towards democratic reform. President Obama said the granting of amnesty to some 600 prisoners, including leading dissidents, was crucial for Burma's national reconciliation. The Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US would now strengthen ties.

美国称缅甸释放政治犯的举动为朝向民主改革的重大一步，缅甸准许释放了包括主要异见者的约600名囚犯，奥巴马说这对缅甸全国和解至关重要。国务卿希拉里说美国将加强两国的联系。

"We will start the process of exchanging ambassadors with Burma. We will identify a candidate to serve as US ambassador to represent the United States government and our broader efforts to strengthen and deepen our ties with both the people and the government. This is a lengthy process, and it will of course depend on continuing progress and reform."

“我们将开始与缅甸交换大使的进程，我们会选出一名候选人担任美国大使，来代表美国政府，我们还会继续努力加强并深化同缅甸人民和政府的联系。这是个漫长的过程，这当然要依靠继续的进步和改革。”

Earlier, large crowds gathered outside jails across Burma to greet leaders of the democracy movement and dissident monks as they walked free.

早些时候，大批人聚集在缅甸各个监狱门外，迎接获释的民主运动领导人和持异见的僧人。

Turkish police have raided more than 100 homes and offices in 17 cities as part of an operation against the Kurdish nationalist movement. At least 32 people have been detained. From Istanbul, here's Jonathan Head.

在武装对抗库尔德全国运动的行动中，土耳其警方突袭了17座城市的100多处房屋和办公室，至少32人被捕。Jonathan Head在伊斯坦布尔报道。

There are now two parallel operations underway by the Turkish state against the Kurdish nationalist movement. In the mountains of the southeast, the Turkish armed forces continue to fight armed insurgents of the Kurdish Workers' Party, the PKK. But in urban areas, many hundreds, perhaps thousands of civilians have also been rounded up in successive police raids. There have been so many no one is sure of the total number detained. They include lawyers, human rights activists and journalists. Turkey now has more journalists in jail than any other country.

库尔奇政府实行两个平行的部署行动以对抗库尔德全国运动。在东南山区，库尔德武装军继续与库尔德工人党(PKK)叛乱分子作战。而在城市地区，或许数千平民不断受到警察的突袭。人数太多，没人知道被捕者到底多少。其中包括律师、人权活动家和记者。目前入狱的土耳其记者比其他任何国家都要多。

A court in Norway has ordered a new psychiatric evaluation of Anders Behring Breivik, who was found to have been legally insane when he carried out a bomb attack and mass shooting last July. The court said the special and extremely serious nature of the case meant that the issue of Mr Breivik's criminal responsibility had to be studied more closely. The earlier assessment found that Mr Breivik was psychotic, but that assessment has been widely criticised.

挪威一家法院下令对Anders Behring Breivik重新进行心理评估，Breivik于去年7月实施了炸弹袭击并对人群射击，当时他被认定精神失常。这家法院说，这起案件很特别，情节很严重，这意味着必须认真研究Breivik的刑事责任。早期评估认为Breivik心理有问题，但这一说法已遭到广泛的批评。

The long-time leader of the Turkish Cypriots, Rauf Denktash, has died. He was 87 and had suffered from ill health for a long time. Mr Denktash was a staunch defender of the interests of Turkish Cypriots and became the first president of the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983. He refused to stand again in 2005 after Turkish Cypriots against his advice voted in favour of a plan to reunify the divided island. The plan was rejected by Greek Cypriots.

土耳其塞浦路斯在位已久的领导人Rauf Denktash已经去世，享年87岁，多年来他的健康状况都不好。Denktash勇敢捍卫土耳其塞浦路斯人的利益，于1983年成为北塞浦路斯土耳其共和国首位总统。2005年，因土耳其塞浦路斯人反对他提出的统一这个分裂岛国的计划，他拒绝继续任职。该计划也遭希腊塞浦路斯人的反对。

The US State Department says it's raised concerns with Moscow and Cyprus about a Russian-operated ship carrying what's been described as a dangerous cargo to Syria. Media reports in Cyprus the boat's last port of call suggested that the vessel was carrying ammunition.

美国国务院称一艘装载“危险货物”的俄罗斯轮船驶向叙利亚，对此美国和莫斯科及塞浦路斯都表示非常担忧。塞浦路斯是这艘船的最后港口，塞媒体称这艘船装有弹药。

A court in London has ruled that a British student, Richard O'Dwyer, can be extradited to the United States, where he faces allegations of US copyright infringement. He's accused of creating a website that allowed people to view films and television shows for free. Lawyers have argued that the website simply directed users to other sites, and they say they'll appeal. Richard O'Dwyer and his mother Julia spoke outside the court.

伦敦一家法院判定将英国学生Richard O'Dwyer引渡到美国，在那里他将面临侵犯美国版权的指控。他被指控创立一家让人们免费欣赏电影和电视节目的网站，律师称这家网站只是将用户引到其他网站，并表示将会上诉。Richard O'Dwyer和母亲Julia在庭外说：

"I'm obviously disappointed with the judge's decision today. I think I've got faith in the High Court in making the right decision. It just seemed like a bit of a guinea pig activity."

“我对法官今天的判决非常失望，我原来对高级法院做出正确判决很有信心，不过如今看来不过是拿这件事做实验。”

"Disgusted. I'd hoped for better from the judge. Disappointed with this government for signing us up to this treaty which has opened the floodgates to America to come and seize British citizens without even having set foot out of this country."

“好恶心，我原来希望法官能表现好点，政府让我们签署这个协议，就向美国人打开大门，让他们不出国门就抓住英国公民。”

The World Boxing Association has ordered a rematch between the British boxer Amir Khan and the American Lamont Peterson after a controversial fight last month. The WBA said it was concerned about a number of questionable decisions by the referee and the presence of an unauthorised man apparently distracting the judges during the scoring process. Khan was defeated on points and lost his WBA and IBF titles.

世界拳击协会(WBA)下令英国拳手Amir Khan和美国Lamont Peterson重新进行比赛，上月他们的决斗引发争议。WBA称，裁判的一些决定很有问题，计分时一名男子未经授权擅自出现打扰了裁判，WBA对这些问题很关心。Khan因几分失利而败，还失去了他在WBA和IBF的头衔。

第三页：词汇解析

dictate

英汉解释

vt. 命令；口述；使听写

vi. 口述；听写

n. 命令；指示

同义词

v.order，prescribe

参考例句

1. The president hasdictated some letters to his secretary.

总裁已向秘书口授了一些信稿。

2. He prefers to write his letters rather thandictatethem.

他喜欢自己写信，不愿意口授自己的信。

3. Most people on Earth allow others to create anddictatetheir reality to them.

在地球上许多人允许其他人创造与指定他们的实相给他们。

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blow

英汉解释

n. 吹；打击；殴打

vi. 风吹；喘气

vt. 风吹

同义词

n.black eye，bump，gust，shock

v.drift，fellate，flub，squander

反义词

v.conserve，economise，economize，husband

参考例句

1. Dust blew through every crack in the room.

灰尘随风从每个裂缝钻进房间里。

2. Dear lady, can you hear the windblow.

亲爱的夫人，你能听到风的打击。

3. Blow your house in.

把你的房子吹到。

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amnesty

英汉解释

n. 大赦，特赦

vt. 对…实行大赦

同义词

n.free pardon，pardon

参考例句

1. Some people amnestied in the past could face legal action in the future.

过去被赦免的某些人以后仍可能被起诉。

2. Amnesty mobilises thousands of people who have never been tortured or imprisoned for their beliefs to act on behalf of those who have.

大赦国际动员了数千位没有因为信仰问题而被拷问或入狱的人，让他们来代表那些经历过这些的人行动起来。

3. Another of Amnesty's 12 campaigns is on "Poverty and Human Rights" which asserts: "Everyone, everywhere has the right to live with dignity.

大赦国际12项活动中的另一项是关于“贫穷与人权”，它声称：“每个人在每一处都有权活得有尊严。

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dissident

英汉解释

n. 持不同政见者，意见不同的人

adj. 持不同政见的，意见不同的

同义词

n.contestant，dissenter，objector，protester

a.dissentient，dissenting，heretical，heterodox

参考例句

1. That was thedissidentmovement in Poland.

那是波兰的持不同政见者的运动。

2. The CCP has already demonstrated its remarkable ability to contain and suppress chronic social protest and small-scaledissidentmovements.

中共已经展示了它在控制和镇压长期的社会抗议和短期的异见活的能力超凡能力。

3. Earlier in the day, U. S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and urged the release of a jailed politicaldissident.

星期四早些时候，美国国务卿赖斯会见了利比亚领导人卡扎菲的儿子，并敦促利比亚释放一名被关押的持不同政见者。

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psychiatric

英汉解释

adj. 精神病学的；精神病治疗的

同义词

a.psychiatrical

参考例句

1. Researchers at the New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University in New York City did the study.

纽约州精神病理学院及纽约市的哥伦比亚大学的研究人员做了这项研究。

2. The Society for Neuroscience addresses the study of brain development, sensation and perception, learning and memory, movement, sleep, stress, aging and neurological andpsychiatricdisorders.

神经科学协会发表研究，内容关于大脑发育、感觉和知觉、学习和记忆、运动、睡眠、应激、衰老和神经精神疾病。

3. The Society for Neuroscience addresses the study of brain development, sensation and perception, learning and memory, movement, sleep, stress, aging and neurological andpsychiatricdisorders.

神经科学协会从事脑的发育，感觉和知觉，学习和记忆，活动，睡眠，压力，老化，神经病学和精神病学上的紊乱的研究。

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staunch

英汉解释

adj. 坚定的；忠诚的；坚固的

vt. 止住；止血

同义词

v.halt，stanch，stem

a.steadfast，unswerving

参考例句

1. But he wasstaunchin defence of American interests, and made it plain that partnership would come with a price.

但是他是坚定地捍卫美国利益的，因此他表明建立伙伴关系是要付出一定代价的。

2. After centuries of supernatural exploration, the tribe's mystics have gained a legendary knowledge of spirits and astaunchrespect for prophecy.

经过几个世纪对超自然的探索，部族的神秘家增进了关于传奇的知识，坚定了对于预言的信任。

3. Adhering to peaceful development and as astaunchforce safeguarding and promoting world peace and stability, China will not pose a threat to any country in its development.

中国始终坚持走和平发展的道路，是维护世界和平与稳定的坚定力量，中国的发展不会对任何国家构成威胁。

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ammunition

英汉解释

n. 弹药；军火

vt. 装弹药于

vi. 装弹药

同义词

n.ammo

参考例句

1. Ammunition Feed cannot be used now.

弹药供给现在无法使用。

2. They could not fight withoutammunition.

没有军火他们就不能打仗。

3. While understanding your enemy may well lead you to agree with him, it also gives you moreammunitionagainst him as well as a higher probability of reaching a compromise.

如果说理解你的敌人有可能会使你同意他们的观点，这也会同时给予你更强大的火力与他们作战和更高的几率与他们达成妥协。

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extradite

英汉解释

vt. 引渡；获取…的引渡

同义词

v.deliver，deport

参考例句

1. The American murderer was caught by the English police andextradited to America.

那名美国杀人犯在英国被警方抓获后被引渡到美国。

2. The police arranged toextraditethe jewel thief from the island state.

警方设法把珠宝盗窃犯从那个岛国引渡回国。

3. The spanish police have refuse toextraditea man want for a bank robbery in france.

西班牙警方拒绝引渡一个在法国抢劫银行而被通缉的人。

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infringement

英汉解释

n. 侵犯；违反

同义词

n.infraction，misdemeanor，misdemeanour，violation

参考例句

1. An intrusion orinfringementon another.

打扰对别人的侵入或''。'侵害'。''。

2. First, the Commission must have regard both to the gravity and to the duration of theinfringement.

首先，欧盟委员会必须关注违法行为的严重性和持续期间两方面。

3. On the other hand, we should guard againstinfringementby others, picking up the weapon of law to protect our own rights.

另一方面也要防止被别人侵权，在自己的版权受到侵害时要拿起法律武器维护自己的权利。

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referee

英汉解释

n. 裁判员；调解人；介绍人

vi. 仲裁；担任裁判

vt. 为…当裁判；调停

同义词

n.reader，ref，reviewer

v.peer review，umpire

参考例句

1. Herefereed a basketball game yesterday.

他昨天为一场篮球赛作裁判。

2. Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a footballreferee.

在选择足球裁判时不应该 把年龄首要的考虑 因素。

3. Referee : Experiencedreferees will be invited to renderrefereeservices.

裁判：大会将邀请资深裁判提供裁判服务。