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BBC News with Jonathan Izard The American State Department has expressed disappointment at Israel's decision not to extend its moratorium on settlement construction. The administration's Middle East envoy George Mitchell is heading back to the region to hold meetings with Israelis and Palestinians. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't rush into a decision about whether to abandon the peace talks over the issue. Kim Ghattas reports from Washington. President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will consult with Palestinian leaders and then Arab foreign ministers at a regional meeting on 4th October. PJ Crowley, the State Department spokesman, said the US was hoping the Arab League would continue to support the negotiations. Despite weeks of international pressure, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not extend the moratorium. There is no deal in sight. But President Abbas is also under pressure not to walk out, and he will not want to be blamed for the failure of the talks. Official media in North Korea say the youngest son of the leader Kim Jong-il has been given the rank of general. Analysts said the promotion of Kim Jong-un could be the start of a succession process. More from John Sudworth in South Korea. Thought to be around 27 years old, Kim Jong-un has never been mentioned by North Korea's government-controlled media until now. His promotion to the rank of four-star general comes just a few hours before a rare national conference of the North Korean Workers Party, the first gathering of its kind in at least three decades. With the country's leader, his father Kim Jong-il visibly frail and sick, speculation has been mounting that the meeting is designed to officially anoint Kim Jong-un as his chosen successor. The opposition in Venezuela has made significant gains in parliamentary elections, overturning the two-thirds majority that President Hugo Chavez's Socialist Party needs to pass major legislation without its support. The opposition says it won just over half the popular vote and supporters have been now celebrating. Will Grant reports from Caracas. The chants of "we are the majority", opposition supporters greeted the results of the parliamentary election with jubilation. The parties under the Democratic Unity Table, an opposition coalition, had obtained a third of the seats in the National Assembly, enough to frustrate Mr Chavez's socialist ambitions for the next five years. For his part, Mr Chavez decided not to address his supporters from the balcony of the presidential palace, choosing to congratulate his supporters via Twitter instead.

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The International Monetary Fund has given its strong backing to the British government's plan for a big squeeze on public spending to cut the country's record budget deficit rapidly. In an annual report on the British economy, the IMF praises the plans of the Conservative-led coalition government, saying they will greatly reduce the risk of a costly loss of confidence in the country's public finances. World News from the BBC The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Iran of the danger of pursuing the country's nuclear programme in defiance of world opinion. Speaking to the BBC after a meeting with his Iranian counterpart, Mr Hague said he wanted Iran to enter into real negotiations over a peaceful nuclear energy agreement and not just play for time. Iran has consistently said its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes. Officials in India who are making preparations for the Commonwealth Games say a fifth of the rooms being built to house athletes are still not ready. Cleaners and other workers are scrambling to tackle dirt, flooding and other problems in the athletes' village less than a week before the opening ceremony. Many in India wanted their hosting of the games to be a matter of great national pride, but correspondents say the delays have become hugely embarrassing. The American actress Gloria Stuart, who played a shipwreck survivor in the film Titanic, has died at the age of 100. Peter Bowes reports from Los Angeles. According to her family, Gloria Stuart passed away in her sleep at her home in Los Angeles. In Titanic, she played the elderly survivor Rose, who's portrayed by Kate Winslet as a young woman. The James Cameron film about the doomed luxury liner became the highest-grossing movie of all time. Her performance earned Ms Stuart an Academy Award nomination for best actress in a supporting role. Then 87, she was the oldest person ever to be nominated for an Oscar. Gunmen have raided a police arsenal in northern Mexico, carrying off dozens of assault rifles as well as ammunition and bullet-proof vests. Officials said the attackers subdued several officers guarding the state police barracks in Chihuahua and forced them to open the armoury. Some reports said the raiders were in police uniform. An investigation is underway into how they managed to get into the complex without the alarm being raised. Chihuahua state on the border with Texas is one of the worst-affected by Mexico's drug-related violence. BBC News 提示：文本转自普特听力论坛

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第二部分：参考翻译
美国国务院对以色列不延长定居点建设禁令的决定表示失望。美国政府中东特使乔治·米切 尔正在返回该地区，主持以色列和巴勒斯坦之间的会议。巴勒斯坦总统阿巴斯表示，在是否 因为该问题而放弃和平对话方面，他不会仓促作出决定。Kim Ghattas 在华盛顿报道。 阿巴斯总统表示，他将与巴勒斯坦领袖进行磋商，随后在 10 月 4 日的区域会议上与阿拉伯 国家外交部长进行协商。国务院发言人 PJ Crowley 表示，美国希望阿拉伯联盟继续支持谈 判。尽管承受了几周的国际压力，以色列总理内塔尼亚胡并未延长冻结定居点建设的时间。 目前还没有任何达成协议的迹象。 但是阿巴斯总统也承受着不要退出和谈的压力， 他不希望 因对话失败而受指责。 朝鲜官方媒体报道称，朝鲜领袖金正日最小的儿子获得了将军级别的头衔。分析人员表示， 对金正银(Kim Jong-un)的提拔将是他继承领导人职位的开始。John Sudworth 在韩国报道更 详细内容。 据称，金正银现年 27 岁，此前，政府控制的媒体从未提到过他。朝鲜劳动党召开罕见的全 国会议之后，他被授予四星将军衔。这是至少三十年来劳动党首次类似的会议。他的父亲， 国家领袖金正日衰弱多病，有人猜测，这次会议旨在任命金正银为他的接班人。 委内瑞拉反对派在议会选举中取得重大进展， 推翻了总统查韦斯的社会党独力通过重大立法 所需的三分之二的大多数。反对派称，他们已经赢得了超过一半的选票，支持者现在正在欢 呼庆祝。Will Grant 在卡拉卡斯报道。 反对派支持者高呼“我们是大多数”的口号， 欢呼庆祝议会选举结果。 在“民主团结之桌”(Table for Democratic Unity)领导下的各党派获得了议会三分之一的席位， 足以挫败总统查韦斯的社 会党在未来五年之内的野心。 查韦斯决定不在总统府的阳台上向支持者发表讲话， 而是选择 通过社交网站 Twitter 向他的支持者表示祝贺。 英国政府计划大幅削减公共支出， 以快速解决英国创纪录的财政赤字。 国际货币基金组织表 示强烈支持。在关于英国经济的年度报告中，IMF 赞扬了保守党领导的联盟政府的计划， 称 这将会大幅降低民众对该国公共财政丧失信心的风险。 BBC 世界新闻。 英国外交大臣威廉·黑格(William Hague)警告伊朗如若无视国际社会意愿，一意孤行研制核 武器将面临的危险。与伊朗外长会晤之后接受 BBC 采访时，黑格表示，他希望伊朗针对和 平的核能协议进入实际性的谈判， 不要玩时间游戏。 伊朗一直坚称他们的核项目是用于和平 目的。 准备英联邦运动会的印度官员表示，为容纳运动员而建造的房屋仍有五分之一没有准备好。 距离运动会开幕式还有不到一周的时间， 清洁工和其他工人正在抓紧时间处理运动员住宿村 的垃圾，洪水和其他问题。许多印度人希望他们举办的英联邦运动会能够成为全国的骄傲， 但是记者称，一再的延误使他们非常难堪。

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美国女演员，在泰坦尼克号中扮演幸存的老年罗斯的 Gloria Stuart 去世，享年 100 岁。Peter Bowes 在洛杉矶报道。 据她的家人说，Gloria Stuart 在洛杉矶的家中在睡眠中去世。在泰坦尼克中，她扮演老年的 幸存者罗斯。罗斯年轻时由温斯莱特扮演。 James Cameron 的这部好莱坞灾难大片成为票 房最高的影片。她的表演让 Gloria Stuart 赢得了奥斯卡最佳女配角提名。当时 87 岁的她是 奥斯卡提名的年龄最大的女演员。 持枪分子袭击了墨西哥北部一座兵工厂， 抢走了数十把机关枪， 弹药和防弹衣。 官员们表示， 这些持枪分子制服了守卫营房的几名警察，强迫他们打开军械库。一些报道称，袭击者身穿 警服。目前，相关部门正在调查，持枪分子如何在没有响起警报的情况下进入营房。奇瓦瓦 州位于墨西哥与德克萨斯州边境，受墨西哥与毒品有关的暴力影响最为严重。 BBC 新闻。

第三部分：词汇学习
1.succession n.继承, 继任; 继承权 例句：His succession as headmaster was not in any doubt. 他继任校长是确定无疑的。 2.visibly adv.显然，明显地 例句：The factors for war were visibly increasing. 这时战争因素有明显增长。 3.overturn vt.使垮台; 推翻 例句：The rebels overturned the government. 反叛者们推翻了政府。 4.jubilation n.欢腾,欢庆;庆祝活动 例句：The goal was greeted by jubilation from the home fans. 主场球迷为进球欢呼。 5.squeeze n.给…造成财务困难；使财政受限制 6.counterpart n.与对方地位相当的人, 与另一方作用相当的物 例句：The sales directress phoned her counterpart in the other firm. 销售部的女经理给另一家公司的销售部经理打了电话。 7.embarrassing adj.使人尴尬的，令人为难的，使人害羞的（或难堪的、惭愧的）

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例句：a deeply embarrassing moment 非常令人尴尬的时刻 It was acutely embarrassing for us all. 这让我们全体感到非常尴尬。 8.shipwreck n.海难, 船只失事 例句：The danger of shipwreck is much greater in dense fog. 在浓雾中船只失事的危险要大得多。 9.subdue vt.征服; 克制;制服;征服;控制 例句：The country was subdued by the enemy. 这个国家被敌人征服了。

第四部分：内容解析
1.The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he won't rush into a decision about whether to abandon the peace talks over the issue. rush into a decision 匆匆作出决定 2.There is no deal in sight. But President Abbas is also under pressure not to walk out, and he will not want to be blamed for the failure of the talks. in sight 看得见,在视线内 例句：There wasn't a sail in sight. 一条船也看不见。 walk out 退出(会议等)以示抗议 例句：At that meeting one of the delegates walked out in protest. 在那次会议上一个代表退席以示抗议。 Representatives of six nations walked out to show their opposition to the vote. 六个国家的代表退出以示反对投票表决。 3.The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has warned Iran of the danger of pursuing the country's nuclear programme in defiance of world opinion. in defiance of 不管…; 无视… 例句：She acted in defiance of my orders. 她无视我的命令行动了。
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He climbed the ladder in defiance of the warning. 他蔑视警告爬上了那架梯子。 4.Many in India wanted their hosting of the games to be a matter of great national pride, but correspondents say the delays have become hugely embarrassing. be of 结构用法很灵活，在句中可作表语、后置定语或宾补。 一、“be of+ 表示年龄（ age ）、大小（ size ）、颜色（ color ）、重量（ weight ） 、 高度（ height ）、价格（ price ）、意 见（ opinion ）、形状（ shape ）、种类（ kind ）和方法（ way ）等的名词”，表示“具 有……”，说明主语的特征。例如： When I was of your age， I entered the war. 当我是你这个年龄的时候，我就去打仗了。 These flowers are of different colors. 这些花的颜色都不同。 注意： 在此结构中， 如果后面的名词前有不定冠词 a / an ， 则这个冠词相当于 the same . 例如： The two boys are of an / the same age. 这两个男孩同龄。 二、“be of + 物质名词”，表示主语是由某种材料制成或由某种成分构成，相当于 be made of，be built of，be made up of 等。例如： The necklace is （made） of glass. 这条项链是由玻璃制成的。 Our class is （made up） of over 50 students. 我们班有 50 多个学生。 三、 be of 还可以表示所属关系，相当于 belong to .例如： China and India are of the third world. 中国与印度同属于第三世界。

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Workers and peasants are of one family. 工人和农民是一家。 四、“be of + 形容词最高级”，相当于 be one of… .例如： His temper is of the quickest. 他的脾气是最急躁的。 Mr Liu is of the best teachers in our school. 刘老师是我们学校最好的老师之一。 五、“be of+ 抽象名词（ value， importance， use， help， interest 等）”相当于“be + 该抽象名词相对应的形容词”。其中 of 表示“具备；具有”， of 不可以省略。例如： They are of great help / very helpful to learners of English. 他们对英语学习者来说是很有帮助的。 The press conference seems of great importance / very important. 这个新闻发布会看来很重要。

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