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1、听力文本A senior Vatican official is giving evidence from Rome via video link to an Australian inquiryinto child sex abuse. Cardinal George Pell, a former archbishop of Sydney, is being askedwhether he knew if pedophiles were active in churches under his ward. He denies anywrongdoing. From Sydney, heres
2、 Phil Mercer. Cardinal Pell denies knowing that priests wereabusing children during his time working in the diocese of Ballarat in the southern Australianstate of Victoria, but speaking broadly about the churchs response to allegations of sexual abuse. The Cardinal admitted mistakes had been made an
3、d that people had been let down. Hesaid that some complaints had been dismissed in absolutely scandalous circumstances. Severalsurvivors of abuse have travelled from Australia to witness Cardinal Pells testimony in theItalian capital. The United Nations says it plans to expand aid deliveries to comm
4、unities under siege in Syriatoday. It hopes to reach more than 150,000 people. The UN statement came on the second lapefforts to hold the fighting in Syria. Simon Jones reports. The UN has described the cessationof hostilities as the best opportunity the Syrian people have had over the past five yea
5、rs forlasting peace and stability. On Monday, it would begin delivering food, water and medicine toresidents trapped in besieged towns and cities across the country. Over the next three months,the UN is aiming to offer humanitarian assistance to more than 1.5 million people. But itestimates that a t
6、otal of 4.5 million peopleare living in hard-to-reach areas. Supporters of Irans president Hassan Rouhani have hailed the result of general elections as thestart of a new era. Partial results suggest hardline conservatives may have lost their majority inparliament and reformers and moderates have wo
7、n all the seats in Tehran. Outside the capital,the results were more mixed. An adviser to Mr. Rouhani said the voter revealed a big shift fromhardliners to moderates. Analysts say the result may enable the reformists to engage indeeper dialogue with the west. A teacher at a school in western Sri Lan
8、ka says she has only one pupil left because of rumorsthat he has HIV. The 6-year-old boys mother told the BBC hestarted being stigmatized whenhis father died, something she said was also falsely attributed to HIV. Anbarasan Ethirajan hasmore detail. Chandani De Soysa is a single mother and has been
9、running from pillar to post tofind a school for her son. She finally managed to place him in a school in Kurunegela districtafter ten others rejected him. But on his first day, parents of 186 other students withdrew theirchildren ignoring a certificated proving he doesnt have HIV. Mrs. Soysa says af
10、ter rumorssurfaced about his health, even she is having difficulty finding work. World news from the BBC. Colombias indigenous rights authority has expressed concern over the present of rebelfighters from the ENN group in areas traditionally held by the countrys largest insurgentmovement the FARC. R
11、eports say the ENN appearsto be recruiting FARC rebels who opposea historic peace deal the group is due to sign with the Colombian government next month. Therights agency has urged the authorities to investigate. A female police officer in the United States is shot dead during her first shiftafter b
12、eing swornin on Friday. Ashley Guindon was answering a domesticviolence call at a house in WoodbridgeVirginia on Saturday evening. Ronald Hamilton, an army staff sergeant who works at thePentagon has been arrested for shooting his wife and officer Guindon. Two other officers wereinjured. A child at
13、the house was unharmed. The Nigerian finance ministry says its purged 23,000 workers from its pay roll after itdiscovered they didnt exist. It follows an audit that began in December by the new financeminister Kemi Adeosun. The move will save the ministry11.5 million dollars every month. The 88th Ac
14、ademy Awards will take place in Los Angeles shortly at the most highly chargedatmosphere for many years. Protests and boycott are expected over the Oscars shortlist inwhich only white actors are being nominated for their performances. James Cook in Los Angeleshas more. The Academy has announced plan
15、s to diversify its membership, but the movecame too late to avertcontroversy. Several black actors say they will boycott the ceremonyand the civil rights activist, the reverent Al Sharpton will lead a protest nearby. Hollywood, hesays, is like the Rocky Mountains, the higher up you go, thewhiter it
16、gets. As for the filmsthemselves, the big question is whether Leonardo DiCaprio will win his first Oscar for hisperformance in The Revenant which is thought to be in a three-way fight for Best Picture withSpotlight and The Big Short. BBC news. 词汇学习1.charged adj.紧张的例句 :There was a highly charged atmosphere. 气氛高度紧张。2. boycott n/v.抵制例句 :Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote. 反对党领袖已号召人们拒绝投票。3. controversy n. 争议例句 :The proposed cuts have caused considerablecontrover
