2016年6月英语四级听力改革短篇新闻练习(13)
听力材料：BBC News with Nick Kelly
After a day of speculation about an imminentceasefire, sporadic violence
has continued on theGaza Strip into the night. Earlier several
Palestiniansources said a truce between Hamas and Israelwould be announced
tonight, but Israel said it hasn't finalized a deal and some Palestinian
andEgyptian officials indicated that while an agreement was close it wasn't yet
fully agreed. Israeligovernment spokesman Mark Regev has told the BBC that until
a diplomatic solution isachieved its military operation in Gaza will continue.
At least 20 Palestinians are reported tohave been killed today in Gaza as
Israeli rocket strikes intensified. Jon Donnison is in Gaza.
Despite the growing clamour of voices saying a ceasefire is imminent. The
noise in Gaza todaycontinues to be that of war. There have been scores more
Israeli air strikes and the death toll isrising fast among those killed today,
two brothers, aged two and four, as well as their parents,also two journalists
from a Hamas-linked television channel. And Hamas continues to firerockets. This
one, it says, was aimed again at Jerusalem. It fell short, nobody was hurt.
The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has meanwhile arrived in Israel
for talks on the wayforward.
Rebels in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the
regional capital Goma.Fighters from the M23 rebel group entered the city with
little resistance from the Congolesearmy or United Nations peacekeepers. Gabriel
Gatehouse is in Goma.
For nearly two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has been in a
state of almostpermanent conflict. The United Nations' mission here is the
largest peacekeeping forceanywhere in the world, and yet, Goma fell today to
just few hundred men. The UN and theCongolese government have accused Rwanda of
supporting the rebels. Rwanda denies theaccusation. But this mineral-rich part
of eastern Congo now once again threatens to pullneighbouring countries into a
wider African war.
Efforts to allow women to become bishops in the church of England have been
defeated. Theproposal failed by a few votes to get the required two thirds'
backing among lay members ofthe general synod that church's governing body.
Bishops and clergy backed the plan by a clearmargin. Supporters have called the
vote disastrous and damaging. The Reverend RoseHudson Wilkin says she's
disappointed by the result.
I believe passionately that women should be in leadership within the House
of Bishops, and so Ithink it is a sadness today for the church. When I came out
and felt the rain, I thought showersof blessing, but actually no, tears from
God, tears at the decision we've just made.
Opponents say there is no scriptural backing for women bishops although
many otherProtestant churches already consecrate them.
World News from the BBC
The United Nations says there has a dramatic fall in the rates of HIV
infections in manycountries, where more people are receiving treatment than ever
before. The UNAIDS programcalled it as a historic slowing down of the epidemic.
The most marked changes have been in theworst affected African countries. In
Malawi and Botswana, infection rates fall by more than70%.
Four men have been charged in California with plotting to kill Africans and
destroy overseas UStargets. One of four is a former member of the United States
air force. David Willis reports.
The FBI says a former US air force man serving in Afghanistan help to
introduce the other threemen to the doctrine of a former al-Qaeda leader. Sohiel
Omar Kabir, a US citizen who was bornin Afghanistan is alleged to offered
accommodation and meetings with terrorists in Skypeconversations with the
others. One of whom was born in Mexico, another in the Philippines, andthe third
is a US citizen. Together the FIB says the group was planning to to engage in
what itcalls a violent Jihad which was included bombing military bases and
government facilities inboth Yemen and Afghanistan.
A strike called by two of Argentinas biggest unions has paralysed much of
Buenos Aires andother cities. Most trains and subway lines were close, flights
were cancelled, and the streets inBuenos Aires remained empty as roadblocks were
set up to access routes to the capital.
And a Greek man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing nine million
personal data files in amass breach of private information. Police said the
45-year-old was found have taken data filescontaining Greek tax numbers, vehicle
license plate numbers and home addresses. Some ofthe files may have been
duplicated. The police now trying to work out how the data found afterthey
raided the man's home, came to be in his procession and whether he intended to
sell it.
BBC News
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整个一天人们对即将来临的停火猜疑纷纷，结果到了晚上加沙地带又发生了零星暴力事件。早些时候，来自巴勒斯坦的消息称今晚将宣布哈马斯和以色列的休战决定，但以色列称尚未达成协议，一些巴勒斯坦人和埃及官员称尽管即将达成协议，但尚未最终得到认可。以色列政府发言人马克·雷格夫告诉BBC，除非采取外交手段，否则加沙的军事行动还会继续。据悉，今天以色列的火箭弹袭击加剧，至少20名巴勒斯坦人丧生。Jon
Donnison在加沙报道。
尽管即将停火的流言四起，但今天加沙传来的声音表明战争仍在继续。以色列发起多次空袭，死亡人数还在上升，今天的死者中有两名兄弟，一个两岁，一个四岁，他们的父母以及来自与哈马斯有关联的电视台的两名记者也丧生了。哈马斯继续发射火箭弹，称这次袭击是针对耶路撒冷的，但炮弹未击中目标，无人受伤。
刚果民主共和国东部的叛军占领了地区首府戈马。M23叛军组织的武装分子轻易就进入了该市，刚果军队和联合国维和人员未作多大反击。Gabriel
Gatehouse在戈马报道。
近二十年来，刚果民主共和国都一直处在冲突中。联合国驻该国使团是全世界最大的维和部队，然而，今天戈马轻易落在寥寥数百人手中。联合国和刚果政府均指责卢旺达支持叛军，卢旺达对此表示否认。这里是刚果东部矿藏丰富的地区，目前这里的局势有将邻国拖入非洲大战的危险。
允许女性成为英格兰教堂主教的努力已告失败。在教堂管理机构的总议会上，只要再争取几票的支持，这项提议就能满足所需的2/3支持率。大部分主教和牧师们都支持该提议，支持者称这次投票是场灾难，很糟糕。教士哈德逊·威尔金说她对结果很失望。
我强烈支持允许女性在主教院担任领导职位，我认为今天对教堂来说是伤心的一天。我走出来时感到下雨了，我想到了恩雨大降，但事实上不是如此，上帝对我们的决定流下了眼泪。
反对者称尽管许多异教徒教堂允许女性担任助教，但是圣经上没有理论依据。
联合国称许多国家艾滋病感染者的比率大幅下降，与以前相比，更多人可以得到治疗。联合国艾滋病规划署称艾滋病感染实现了历史性的减少。最显著的下降发生在受摧残最严重的非洲国家。在马拉维和波斯瓦拉，感染率下降了70%以上。
加利福尼亚州四名男子被指控阴谋杀害非洲人并破坏海外的美国设施。其中一人曾是美国海军军人。DavidWillis报道。
联邦调查局称一名曾在阿富汗服役的美国前海军军人帮助另外三人接受基地组织前领导人的教义。SohielOmar
Kabir是出生在阿富汗的美国人，他被指控与另外三人向恐怖分子提供住宿并通过Skype与之举行会议。其中一人出生在墨西哥，另外一人出生在菲律宾，第三位是美国公民。联邦调查局称这四人策划了名为暴力圣战的活动，包括轰炸在也门和阿富汗的军队基地和政府设施。
阿根廷两个最大工会举行的罢工使布宜诺斯艾利斯等市陷入瘫痪。大多数列车和地铁关闭，航班被迫取消，通往首都
的道路上设置了路障，布宜诺斯艾利斯的街道上空无一人。
一名希腊男子因盗取900万份个人数据资料以违反隐私罪被捕。警方称发现这名45岁的男子获得了包括希腊税号、机动车牌号和家庭住址的资料文件。一些文件可能已被复印，警察突袭了此人的房屋后发现这些资料的，警方目前正调查此人是如何获得这些资料的，以及他是否准备将资料出售。
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