欧洲理事会主席访问希腊和土耳其

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North Korea has fired several short-range missilesinto the sea off its eastern

coast. It's an apparentresponse to tough new sanctions imposed by theUN Security Council following a North Korean nucleartest in January. China, the North's ally and a permanent number of the Security Council votedin favor of the sanctions. But our correspondent John Sudworth who was at China's borderwith North Korea says Beijing is wary of their impact.

Were it to do anything to push an already fragile neighbor to the brink of economic collapse,then it would lead to chaos and disaster right upon this border, a refugee crisis, seriousstrategic questions about what to do about the existing assets, the military assets south ofthat border. China does't want that. So its real priority is stability. And to that end, I thinkthere is big question mark, not over the toughness of the sanctions but over the willingnessof China in particular to enforce them.

A monitoring group in the Central African Republic says the rebel Lord's Resistance Army hasabducted more than 200 people in recent weeks including 54 children during a sharp rise inattacks. It says the group led by Joseph Kony may have forced the children to become soldiers,sex slaves or camp laborers. Sean Poole is a member of the monitoring group.

This is a huge change in the modus operandi of the group. And we'll probably see that LRA haslost a large chunk of its fighting force over the past four years. It's having to replenish thatgroup and they're utilizing children to do so. That's what they've done in the past. It seems likethey are doing currently.

The president of the European Council Donald Tusk is visiting Greece and Turkey in an attemptto resolve the crisis over migration which is threatening the stability of the European Union.European countries along the main migra

nt routes have tightened their borders, strandingthousands in the main country of entry, Greece,with new arrivals crossing from Turkey everyday. Chris Morris reports from the Greek island of Lesbos.

Donald Tusk has been touring capital cities in central and southeast in Europe this week, tryingto ease tensions caused by the migration crisis. But nothing he says and nothing theEuropean Union does will make much difference unless the number of refugees and migrantsarriving on the Greek islands starts to fall significantly. So far this year, some 75,000 peoplehave already reached Lesbos alone on small boats that set out from the Turkish coast.Smuggling remains a hugely lucrative business and the demand is still high.

The French finance minister says his country could allow migrants to travel unchecked toBritain if voters in the UK choose to leave the European Union. Emanualle Macron said the nextexit vote in the June referendum could end a bilateral deal allowing Britain to vet new arrivals onFrench territory.

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A Ukrainian helicopter pilot who is accused of killing two Russian TV journalists will make hisfinal address to a court in Russia later today. Prosecutors say Nadia Savchenko acted as anartillery spotter and deliberately guided a strike that killed the Russian journalists duringfighting in East Ukraine. Nadia Savchenko denies the charge.

Hongkong police say three book sellers from the territory who have been held in mainlandChina will be released within days. The men have all appeared on state TV, apparentlyconfessing to smuggling illegal books into China. Their supporters say they were abducted andforced to make the confessions because they published books critical of the ruling Communistparty.

Australian transport minister says the debris from a plane which washed up on a beach inMozambique would be transferred to Australia to see if its part of a missing Malaysian airliner.The minister Darren Chester said the metal panel was about 1 meter long but would notspeculate about whether it came from flight MH370. Grace Nathan whose mother was onboard of the missing plane says the families are urging the authorities to keep searching.

We are basically trying to just emphasize once again that giving up is not an option. And wereally really hope that the governments listen to us and hear our plead to continue searchingeven if it means reevaluating, restarting from the beginning.

Environmentalists say they're worried about the emergence of Facebook as an online marketplace for the trade in endangered species. The wildlife monitoring network Traffic foundhundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia including sun bears,gibbons and binturongs also known as bearcats.

A man who was filmed swimming with pet snake on the Australia Gold Coast could face animalcruelty charges. The man drew attention by swimming with his pet carpet python while holdinga a can of beer at a creek in Queenland. Steven Brimelow told the local newspaper that thesnake was the love of his life and that he often took it to the pub.

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词汇学习 1.brink n. （峭壁的）边缘

Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse.

他们的经济正摇摆于崩溃的边缘。

2.modus operandi (独特的)做法; 方法 [正式]

An example of her modus operandi was providedduring a terse exchange with the defendant.

与被告的简短交流体现了她独特的办事方式。

3.replenish vt.补充，再装满；把…装满；给…添加燃料

Three hundred thousand tons of cereals are needed to replenish stocks. 需要30万吨谷物才能重新装满仓库。

4.strand n. 线；串；海滨 vt.使搁浅；使陷于困境；弄断；使落后 vi. 搁浅 The climbers had been stranded by a storm.

这些登山者被暴风雨困住了。

5.lucrative adj. 有利可图的，赚钱的；合算的

It was quite a lucrative sideline.

这份兼职很赚钱。

6.unchecked adj. 未经核对的；未加抑制的

If left unchecked, weeds will flourish.

如果不加遏制，杂草就会疯长。

7.python n. 巨蟒；大蟒

He opened up a cage and lifted out a 6ft python.

他打开笼子，拎出一条6英尺长的蟒蛇。

内容解析 1.But our correspondent John Sudworth whowas at China's border with North Korea saysBeijing is wary of their impact.

wary of谨防，当心，注意，惟恐

He was cautious of his footing, wary of the edge.

他小心翼翼地站在边缘。

People did not teach their children to be wary of strangers.

过去人们不会教育孩子提防陌生人。

2.But nothing he says and nothing the European Union does will make much differenceunless the number of refugees and migrants arriving on the Greek islands starts to fallsignificantly.

make difference 关系重大；有所作为；造成差别；有不同之处

It is debatable whether or not antibiotics would make any difference. 抗生素能否起到什么作用还无法定论。

Perhaps your force of argument might have made some difference.

或许是你的雄辩使情况发生了变化。

3.Australian transport minister says the debris from a plane which washed up on abeach in Mozambique would be transferred to Australia to see if its part of a missingMalaysian airliner.

wash up 洗餐具；洗手洗脸； (被) 冲上岸

He headed to the bathroom to wash up.

他去盥洗室洗漱。

Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm.

成千上万的鲱鱼和螃蟹每逢暴风雨都会被冲上岸。

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朝鲜在东部海域向海上发射了几枚短程导弹，这显然是对联合国安理会针对其1月份的核测试所采取新制裁措施的应对。朝鲜的盟友、安理会常任理事国中国投票支持制裁措施，但目前在中朝边境的记者约翰·苏德沃斯称北京对制裁的影响保持警惕。

如果将这个已经脆弱的邻国推到经济崩溃的边缘，那么会导致边境出现乱局、灾难和难民危机，然后再提出如何处理边境南部军事力量的策略。中国不希望看到这个局面，中国最关心的是稳定，为了实现这个目的，我想最大的问题不是制裁的力度，而是中国是否有实施制裁的意愿。

中非共和国一个观察组织称叛军上帝抵抗军最近几周发动的袭击次数骤增，并绑架了200多人，其中包括54名儿童。该组织称约瑟夫·科尼领导的这个组织可能迫使儿童成为童子军、性奴和营地劳工。肖恩·普尔是该观察组织的成员。

该组织的犯罪手法发生了很大改变，过去4年我们看到上帝抵抗军严重损兵折将，所以必须扩充军力，他们现在利用儿童来扩大力量，他们过去就是这么做的，目前看来他们还在这么做。

欧洲理事会主席唐纳德·图斯克在访问希腊和土耳其，希望解决威胁到欧盟稳定的移民危机。移民路线沿线上的欧洲国家均已加强边境控制，使得数千人滞留在欧洲的入口国希腊，而每天仍有新移民从土耳其越境而来。克里斯·莫里斯在希腊的莱斯博斯岛报道。

唐纳德·图斯克本周访问了欧洲中部和东南部的首都城市，试图缓解移民危机带来的紧张局面。但除非希腊岛上的难民和移民数量骤减，否则他所说的话和欧盟所采取的行动都起不到多大作用。今年到目前为止，已有大约7.5万人从土耳其海岸出发乘小船抵达莱斯博斯岛。走私仍是个赚钱的行当，其需求仍很大。

法国财长称如果英国选民选择离开欧盟，那么法国将允许移民无限制地进入英国。马克隆称6月份的公投将促成一个双边协议，让英国能在法国领土内审查新抵达的移民。 BBC世界新闻。

一名被控杀死两名俄罗斯电视台记者的乌克兰直升机飞行员今天将在俄罗斯法庭上做最后陈述，检察官称纳迪亚·萨伏琴科当时作为炮兵观测员故意误导乌克兰东部一场袭击的发生，导致俄罗斯记者丧生。纳迪亚·萨伏琴科否认这些指控。

香港警方称三名被囚禁在大陆的书店老板将在几天内获释，这三个人已经出现在国家电视台上，显然承认向中国走私非法书籍。他们的支持者称因为他们出版的图书批评了执政党，所以他们遭到绑架并被逼供。

澳大利亚交通部长称被冲到莫桑比克海滩的飞机残骸将被运到澳大利亚，看其是否是失踪的马航飞机的部件。达伦·切斯特部长称这块金属板大约一米长，但无法得知是否属于MH370航班。格蕾丝·南森的母亲当时就在这架失踪的飞机上，她说家人在敦促当局继续搜索。 我们一直在强调，放弃不是一种选择，我们真的希望政府能够聆听我们的心声和请求，能继续搜索下去，即使这意味着重新评估和从头开始。

环保人士称担心脸书作为在线濒危物种交易平台这一现象的出现，野生物监控网络Traffic发现马来西亚脸书组织交易了数百头保护动物，包括太阳熊、长臂猿和人称熊猫的熊狸。 一名被人拍摄到在澳洲黄金海岸带着宠物蛇游泳的男子将面临虐待动物罪指控，这名男子在昆士兰一条小河里带着宠物地毯蟒游泳，手里还拿着一罐啤酒，这就引起别人的注意。史蒂芬·布赖姆洛告诉当地报纸，这条蛇是自己的最爱，他经常带它去酒馆。

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