BBC news 2014-05-29

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Polling stations have closed in all 28 European Union member countries, following four days of voting for the European parliament. Exit polls suggest anti-immigration parties hostile to the EU have done well. The far-right Front National party is claiming victory in France, ahead of the release of the official results. The French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said such result would be shocking. Chris Morris reports from Brussels.

“The first exit polls have been published in several European countries, already there are some striking predictions. The National Front in France, which wants to quit the EU, says it's clearly in the lead there. In response, the French Prime Minister has spoken of a political earthquake. In Germany, by contrast, main-stream parties of the center-right and center-left have performed well. But anti-Euro campaigners are also said to win seats in the next European parliament.”

Exit polls suggest that the billionaire confectionary magnate Petro Poroshenko has won an out-right first-run victory in the Ukrainian presidential elections with about 56% of the vote. Official results won't be announced until Monday. However, Mr Poroshenko is already claiming victory.

“All exit polls without exception which were conducted by the most authoritative sociological agencies of the country and the world, with very small differences, confirm that the election was completed in one round, and the country has a new president.” Mr Poroshenko said his intention was to end war and bring peace to the country, and added that Ukraine would never accept, what he called, Russia's occupation of Crimea.

President Obama has made an unannounced visit to Afghanistan to see American troops ahead of the planned withdrawal of combat forces by the end of the year. Addressing soldiers at the base, he promised that the war would be over this year. He said that Al Qaeda had been decimated and the Taliban's momentum reversed.

Poland's last Communist leader General Wojciech Jaruzelski has died at the age of 90. General Jaruzelski was bestknown for declaring martial law in 1981 in the face of growing resistance to Communist rule from Lech Walesa’s solidarity movement.

“I announce that today the military council for national salvation was constituted. The state council in accordance with the constitution imposed today at midnight a state of war in the territory of the whole country.” After the demise of communism, General Jaruzelski was defended this decision, saying it was the only way to avoid a Soviet invasion of Poland.

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Pope Francis has made an unexpected invitation to the Israeli and Palestinian presidents to visit the Vatican to pray for an end to the conflict between the two peoples. Both Shimon Peres and Mahmoud Abbas have accepted. Earlier, he made an unscheduled visit to the concrete barrier Israel is building in and around the west bank.

A special day of Muslim prayers for peace and security has been held in the Nigerian capital Abuja. The event was called by the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims who said terrorism had no place in Islam. Will Ross reports from the Nigerian capital.

“From all corners of the country, the Muslim faithful, including Islamic scholars and imams, headed to Abuja's gold domed national mosque. As the insurgency rages in the northeast, there were prayers for peace and security. They were invited by the spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims. The sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar the third said terrorism had no place in Islam, and then singled out corruption as the root cause of the country's woes. He berated people for expecting their prayers to be answered when they themselves he said were morally bankrupt. The sultan called on leaders to end corruption.”

Police in Malaysia have arrested three Sri Lankan men suspected of attempting to revive the Tamil Tiger rebel group. A police spokesman told the BBC they’d engaged in fund-raising and propaganda. He said the suspects were being held under immigration laws and could face deportation from Malaysia.

The South African president Jacob Zuma has appointed a black African to head the country's finance ministry for the first time. He is Nhlanhla Nene, who has served as deputy finance minister. Mr Zuma was sworn in for a second term on Saturday, promising radical social economic transformation. In the 20 years since the end of apartheid rule, economic wealth remains predominantly in white hands.

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词汇解释

1.hostile adj. 敌对的，敌方的;怀敌意的 n. 敌对

Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.

许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

2.confectionary n. 糖果;糖果店;糕饼 adj. 糖果的;糖果商的;糕饼的

The confectionary turns over 40,000 yuan a month.

这家糖果店每月营业额达4万元.

3.magnate n. 巨头;大资本家;要人;富豪;……大王

The newspaper was owned by a famous publishing magnate.

这家报纸为一位著名的出版业巨头所有。

4.decimate vt. 十中抽一，取十分之一;大批杀害

The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.

污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。

5.martial law 戒严令;戒严法;军事管制

The military leadership has lifted martial law in several more towns.

军方领导层又解除了几个城镇的军事管制。

6.demise n. 死亡，终止;转让;传位 vt. 遗赠;禅让

The war brought about the industry's sudden demise.

战争道致这个行业就这么突然垮了。

7.berate vt. 严责;申斥

Marion berated Joe for the noise he made.

玛丽恩指责乔制造的噪声。

8.propaganda n. 宣传;传道总会

The party adopted an aggressive propaganda campaign against its rivals.

该党采用了一场对抗其对手的咄咄逼人的宣传运动。

内容解析

1.The sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar the third said terrorism had no place in Islam, and then singled out corruption as the root cause of the country's woes.

single out 挑出;挑选

The gunman had singled Debilly out and waited for him.

枪手单单挑出德比利，并等着他出现。

His immediate superior has singled him out for a special mention.

他的顶头上司专门提到他。

2.Mr Zuma was sworn in for a second term on Saturday, promising radical social economic transformation.

swear in 使宣誓就职

She was sworn in, along with eleven other jurors.

她与其他十一位陪审员一起宣誓就职。

The new Governor is being sworn in next week.

下星期新总督要宣誓就职。

参考译文

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“尽管存在一些小的差异，所有由该国和全世界最权威社会学机构进行的民调结果都表明，第一轮选举已经结果，这个国家有了一位新总统。”波罗申科称他的目的是结束战争，给本国带来和平，称乌克兰永远不会接受俄罗斯对克里米亚的占领。

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波兰最后一位共产主义领袖沃依切赫·雅鲁泽尔斯基将军去世，终年90岁。雅鲁泽尔斯基将军因1981年宣布军事戒备知名，当时列赫·瓦文萨抵抗共产主义统治的团结运动正渐涨。

“我宣布今天救国军事委员会成立，国家委员会依据今天实施的宪法从午夜开始在本国领土内实施战时状态。”共产主义灭亡后，雅鲁泽尔斯基将军仍在为该决定辩护，称这是避免苏联对波兰入侵的唯一办法。

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尼日利亚首都阿布贾的穆斯林祈祷者为和平和安定度过特殊的一天，这一活动是尼日利亚穆斯林精神领袖发起的，他说恐怖主义在伊斯兰教无立足之地。威尔·罗斯在尼日利亚首都报道。

“包括伊斯兰学者和伊玛目在内的穆斯林信众从该国各地赶到阿布贾金色穹顶的国家清真寺，由于东北部叛乱四起，他们为和平和安定进行了祈祷。他们是应尼日利亚穆斯林精神领袖的邀请而来的，索科托州苏丹阿布巴卡尔三世称恐怖主义在伊斯兰教无立足之地，并指出腐败是该国苦难的根源。他指责人们期待自己的祈祷得到回应，但他们自己却存在道德问题。这位苏丹呼吁领导人们结束腐败。”

马来西亚警方逮捕了涉嫌企图重振泰米尔猛虎叛军组织的三名斯里兰卡男子，警方发言人告诉BBC这些人从事筹资和宣传活动。他说根据移民法逮捕的这些嫌犯，他们可能会被驱逐出马来西亚。

南非总统雅各布·祖玛任命一名黑人非洲人担任该国财长，这是该国历史上的首次。恩兰拉·内内曾担任副财长，祖玛于周六宣布开始第二任期，他承诺进行彻底的社会经济转型。自结束隔离统治的20年来，经济财富仍主要被白人所占据。

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