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Sinai plane crash  西奈墜機(jī)黑匣子線索

Germany Fifa crisis 德國(guó)國(guó)際足聯(lián)危機(jī)四伏

Famous fountain flows again 古羅馬噴泉修復(fù)竣工

文字稿

The black boxes of the Russian flight which crashed on Saturday over the Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 on board, are now being investigated for clues to what might have brought down the plane. In the US there are reports that satellite imagery detected heat infrared flashes around the passenger jet just before it went down.

周六在西奈半島墜毀的俄羅斯飛機(jī)上的224人全部遇難?，F(xiàn)在專家正在對(duì)飛機(jī)黑匣子數(shù)據(jù)進(jìn)行分析尋找事故原因。在美國(guó)有報(bào)道稱，衛(wèi)星圖像探測(cè)到飛機(jī)下降之前客機(jī)周圍呈現(xiàn)出的熱紅外線閃光。

Police in Frankfurt have raided the headquarters of the German Football Association – all part of an investigation into the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup. There are allegations that money was paid to Fifa to secure votes to host the tournament.

法蘭克福警方突襲了德國(guó)足協(xié)的總部。這是2006年世界杯舉辦前一系列調(diào)查的一部分。有指控說， 有人向國(guó)際足聯(lián)出了錢賄賂以便把這次世界杯的主辦權(quán)投票弄到手。

These crowds have come to see something that nobody here in Rome's been able to see for almost two years: the Trevi fountain, one of the city's biggest attractions. For a long time artisans worked behind scaffolding to restore the fountain that was begun back in the 18th Century. Rome's city hall worked out that it didn't have the money to renovate all this itself so it asked for donations and in the end a major fashion house decided that it would spend around two million euros to restore this site.

人們蜂擁而至來觀看羅馬最大之一的景觀：特萊維泉。羅馬城里人們已經(jīng)有近兩年都未見這一景觀了。過去很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間里工匠們一直在腳手架背后修復(fù)這座18世紀(jì)的噴泉。最初羅馬市政廳估算單靠自身財(cái)力無法完成整個(gè)修復(fù)工程，于是發(fā)出捐款呼吁。最后一家時(shí)裝公司決定拿出約二百萬歐元來資助這項(xiàng)修復(fù)工程。

詞匯

investigated      調(diào)查

to secure          弄到手

artisans            工匠，手藝人

donations         捐款，捐獻(xiàn)

練習(xí)

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

investigated / to secure / artisans / donations

1. The bread baked by the _______ bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.

2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many _______ for the charity that cared for him.

3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being _______ by the police.

4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed _______ the signing of one of the world's best strikers.

答案

1. The bread baked by the artisan bakery tasted so much better than the stuff I bought in the supermarket.

2. Since my father died of cancer we have received so many donations for the charity that cared for him.

3. A series of crimes in our neighbourhood is being investigated by the police.

4. My football team is going to do well now that they've managed to secure the signing of one of the world's best strikers.