STEP BY STEP听透BBC,词汇突破,初级

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Chapter 1 百姓关注

01　Custody of the Japanese Macaque Regained
重获日本猕猴的监护权 / 2
02　CO2 Levels Reaching a Symbolic High
二氧化碳水平创新高 / 5
03　Stop Killing One-horned Rhinoceros
停止猎杀独角犀牛 / 8
04　UNICEF Warns Syria of Losing a Generation of Children
联合国儿童基金会警告叙利亚将失去一代儿童 / 11
05　New York Police Was Charged for “Stop and Frisk”
纽约警方“拦截搜身”被指控 / 14
06　Air France Was Found Guilty of Racial Discrimination
法航被判犯有种族歧视罪 / 18
07　Horsemeat Incident
马肉事件 / 21
08　PIP Was Charged with Supplying Faulty Breast Implants
PIP公司被指控提供劣质隆胸材料 / 24
09　Boeing Will Modify the Battery System for Its 787 Dreamliner
波音公司将改进其787梦想客机电池系统 / 28
10　A Couple Were Jailed for Life for Murdering Their 4-Year-Old Son
一对夫妇因谋杀4岁儿子被判终身监禁 / 32

Chapter 2 法律法治

01　Police Brutality in South Africa
南非警察暴力执法事件 / 36
02　Italian Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Getting into Trouble with the Law
意大利前总理西尔维奥?贝卢斯科尼吃官司 / 39
03　The Widely Concerned Family Breakup of the Former British Cabinet Minister
英国前内阁大臣备受关注的离婚事件 / 42
04　One of the Suspects in India Bus Gang Rape Has Died in Prison
印度公交轮奸案嫌犯之一在狱中死亡 / 46
05　The Congolese War Crime Suspect Handed Himself In
刚果战争罪嫌疑人自首 / 49
06　A South African Police Officer Reported the Crimes of His Colleague
一名南非警官举报其同事罪行 / 53
07　Lawyers Argue for Overturning the Ban on Same Sex Marriage in California
加州律师要求推翻同性婚姻的禁令 / 56
08　Two Senior Bosnian Serbs Were Convicted
2名波黑塞族高级官员被定罪 / 60
09　Eight Police Officers Were Arrested for Not Stopping Drug Violence
8名警察因未能制止毒品暴力而被捕 / 63
10　Death Penalty Will Be Sought for a Criminal in America
美国1名罪犯将被要求执行死刑 / 66

Chapter 3 国际关系

01　Syrian Soldiers Were Ambushed in Iraq
叙利亚士兵在伊拉克遭遇伏击 / 72
02　New Sanctions on North Korea
对朝鲜的新制裁 / 76
03　The Wide-ranging Sanctions on Syrian Rebels Is Over
对叙利亚叛军的大规模制裁已结束 / 80
04　North Korea Will Launch a Possible Attack on U.S. Bases
朝鲜可能会向美军基地发动袭击 / 84
05　The UN Will Shutter Relief Agencies
联合国将关闭援助机构 / 87
06　South Sudan Pumps Oil Again
南苏丹再次抽出石油 / 91
07　The E.U. Pushes to Mend the Kosovars-Serbian Relations
欧盟推动改善科索沃与塞尔维亚的关系 / 94
08　Temporary Asylum for the PRISM’s Whistle Blower Triggered a Crisis in U.S.-Russian Relations
对棱镜计划泄密者的临时庇护引发了美俄关系危机 / 97

Chapter 4 经济危机

01　Government Spending Reduction Is About to Take Effect
政府减支方案即将生效 / 102
02　Greece Taking Measures to Receive International Economic Assistance
希腊采取措施为获国际经济援助 / 106
03　Restricting the Salaries of Top Managers in Switzerland
瑞士将限制高管薪水 / 110
04　The Sovereign Debt Rating of Greece Has Been Raised
希腊主权债务等级被提高 / 114
05　Financial Crisis and Salvation in Cyprus
塞浦路斯金融危机与救助 / 118
06　Banks Forgave Loans of Millions of Euros in Cyprus
塞浦路斯的银行取消数百万欧元贷款 / 122
07　Portugal’s Highest Court Judged the Austerity Budget
葡萄牙最高法院判定紧缩预算 / 126
08　Obama: Budget Proposal for 2014 Helps Stimulate U.S. Economy
奥巴马：2014预算提议将刺激美国经济发展 / 129
09　The European Central Bank Unveiled a New Rescue Program
欧洲央行推出新的解困方案 / 132

Chapter 5 科技发现

01　Probing into the Primitive Life on Mars
探秘火星上的原始生命 / 138
02　The Ancient Sunstone Was Found by French Scientists
法国科学家发现了古代的太阳石 / 141
03　The World’s Biggest Radio Telescope Has Been Inaugurated
世界上最大的射电望远镜投入使用 / 145
04　The Newly Developed Machine Can Keep the Liver Alive at BodyTemperature
新装置可使肝脏在体温环境下存活 / 149
05　Yahoo Bought an App Created by a British Teenager
雅虎购买了一个英国少年发明的应用程序 / 153
06　A New Cancer Study Has Identified Many Genetic Markers
一项新的癌症研究识别出多个遗传标记 / 156
07　Obama Has Unveiled Details of a Human Brain Project
奥巴马公布脑研究计划细节 / 159
08　New Findings About Dark Matter
暗物质的新发现 / 162
09　A New Piece of Software Released by Facebook
脸谱发布一款新软件 / 166

Chapter 6 风云人物

01　John Kerry Was Nominated as the Next Secretary of State
约翰?克里被任命为下任美国国务卿 / 172
02　Nelson Mandela in a Serious but Stable Condition
纳尔逊?曼德拉病情严重但稳定 / 175
03　Susan Rice as the New National Security Adviser
苏珊?赖斯任美国新国家安全顾问 / 178
04　British Queen Elizabeth in Bad Health
英国女王伊丽莎白身体抱恙 / 182
05　Venezuelans Bidding Farewell to Hugo Chavez
委内瑞拉人民向乌戈?查韦斯告别 / 185
06　The World War II Secret Agent Nancy Wake Died
二战特工南希?韦克去世 / 189
07　The Injured Pakistani Girl Going Back to School
受伤的巴基斯坦少女返回校园 / 192
08　The Exiled Russian Businessman Died in Britain
俄罗斯流亡大亨于英国去世 / 196
09　Tiger Woods Has Reclaimed the World No.1 Ranking
泰格?伍兹重获世界第一的排名 / 200
10　The Economic Legacy of Baroness Thatcher
撒切尔夫人的经济遗产 / 204

Chapter 7 文艺体育

01　David Moyes Will Succeed Sir Alex Ferguson of Manchester United
戴维?莫耶斯将接替曼联主帅亚历克斯?弗格森 / 210
02　Jason Collins Coming Out as Gay
贾森?科林斯出柜 / 214
03　Liverpool’s Luis Suarez Banned for 10 Matches
利物浦队的路易斯?苏亚雷斯遭禁赛10场 / 218
04　Two High School Football Players in Ohio Were Sentenced to Juvenile Jail
俄亥俄州2名高中足球员被判入少年所 / 222
05　Brazil’s Preparations for the 2014 World Cup
巴西的2014年世界杯准备情况 / 225
06　France’s Chief Rabbi Is Leaving His Post for Plagiarism
法国大拉比因学术剽窃辞职 / 228
07　Britain: A Trainer of the Godolphin’s Stable Has Been Disqualified for Doping Horses
英国戈多尔芬马场一名驯马师因使用马兴奋剂被吊销资格 / 232
08　Russia Has Banned the Performance of an American Rock Group
俄罗斯对一支美国摇滚乐队实行禁演 / 236

Chapter 8 灾难事故

01　A Monster Tornado Rolling Through Oklahoma City
可怕的龙卷风席卷俄克拉荷马市 / 240
02　A Woman Rescued from the Collapsed Garment Factory
一名妇女从倒塌的制衣厂中被救出 / 244
03　The Cholera Epidemic in Haiti
海地霍乱 / 247
04　Three Men Were Charged for Assisting the Suspects in the Boston Marathon Bombings
3名男子被起诉曾协助波士顿马拉松爆炸案嫌疑犯 / 250
05　The Fire Triggers the Suspicion of Racist Attack in Germany
德国火灾事故引发种族主义袭击的嫌疑 / 254
06　A Landslide Striking Lhasa China
中国拉萨发生山体滑坡 / 257
07　The Earthquake in Iran
伊朗地震 / 260
08　A Huge Explosion at a Fertilizer Plant in Texas
得克萨斯一家化肥厂爆炸 / 263
09　A Devastating Earthquake Struck Sichuan Province
四川省发生强烈地震 / 266

Chapter 9 政策动向

01　Curbing Gun Violence
控制枪支暴力 / 270
02　A Two-year Ban on Some Pesticides
对某些杀虫剂实施2年禁用 / 273
03　Cameron Presented the Regulating Plans on the Press
卡梅伦提出了新闻行业监管计划 / 276
04　Paris: Gay Marriage and Adoption’s Legalization Met Objector’s Demonstrations
巴黎：同性婚姻及收养合法化遭遇反对者的抗议游行 / 279
05　The British Plans to Tighten the Rules on Immigrants
英国计划收紧移民政策 / 283
06　The UN General Assembly Approves the Arms Trade Treaty
联合国大会通过了《武器贸易公约》 / 286
07　35 Million-dollars Initiative Against Rape in Wartime
涉资3500万美元反对战时强奸罪的计划 / 290
08　AL-Qaeda Will Possibly Launch a Wave of Attacks
基地组织将可能发动一轮攻击 / 293

Chapter 10 政坛风云

01　Kenya’s Presidential Election
肯尼亚总统大选 / 298
02　Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in His Most Difficult Hours
委内瑞拉总统乌戈?查韦斯病危 / 302
03　Kenya’s Presidential Election Has Stagnated
肯尼亚总统选举暂停 / 305
04　An Emergency Manager of Detroit Was Appointed
底特律应急管理人被任命 / 309
05　The Elected Government Became the First One Completing Its Term in Pakistan
巴基斯坦民选政府首次完成正常任期 / 312
06　Dhaka: A Two-day General Strike Held by the Opposition
达卡：反对派举行为期2天的大罢工 / 316
07　Italians Hold Little Hope for Their Coalition Government
意大利民众对联合政府的组建不抱太大希望 / 319
08　Jordan: New Cabinet to Cut Its Deficit
约旦：新内阁旨在削减赤字 / 322