The Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has told the BBC she is the innocent victim of efforts to unseather a week before the senate vote of whether to holdan impeachment trial. She denies allegations of illegally concealing the size of the budget deficit ahead of her reelection in 2014. Mrs Rousseffspoke to the BBC's Wyre Davies.
The president again insisted she did nothing illegal that the charges against her over illegally hiding the size of the budget deficit were baseless. Moreover, she told me this was not theend. We are going to resist, resist and resist again. My supporters and I, we believe the impeachment process is illegitimate and illegal. Dilma Rousseff is a tough political character perhaps in denial of the strength of opposition to her. The reality is by the end of next week,she may be out of office for good.
A massive wild fire which has prompted a state of emergency in the Canadian province of Alberta is continuing to spread. 16000 homes and other buildings in Fort Mc Murray have been destroyed. One police officer estimated that half the city have been lost to the flames. Alberta's premiere Rachel Notley explained the government's decision.
The province has declared a state of provincial emergency and so what that means is that theregional district will report through the province and will be in a better position to coordinateall of the resources that need to be brought to bear on dealing with this situation.
John Kasich has withdrawn from the race for the US Republican Party's presidential nomination, leaving Donald Trump as the only candidate. Mr Kasich made the announcement at an emotional news conference in his home state Ohio. The decision clears the way for Mr Trump to run for the White House in the presidential election in November.
A leading opposition politician of Democratic Republic of Congo Moise Katumbi has confirmedthat he'll run in the presidential election scheduled for November. Mr Katumbi, a millionairebusinessman and former governor of Katanga province made the announcement on socialmedia. Moore Julianne reports from Kinshasa.
Moise Katumbi's role in football have made a popular figure and he's wealthy enough to run abig campaign. But there are many obstacles ahead. None of the bigger opposition nameshave rallied him. It's looking increasingly unlikely that there will be an election at all this year.The Electoral Commission has already announced that there will be delays and a law suit wasopened against Mr Katumbi yesterday. He's accused of recruiting foreign mercenaries for hispersonal security.
The head of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party has lost a final appeal against the deathpenalty. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence imposed on Motiur Rahman Nizami of theJamaat-e-Islami Party. He was convicted for his role in crimes committed during the country'swar of independence against Pakistan 45 years ago. He can now seek clemency from thepresident.
The Australian government says the country's most dangerous IS militant has been killed in aUS airstrike in Iraq. Neil Prakash, also known as Abu Khaled al-Cambod, was killed in Mosul onFriday. Australian officials said he was a senior recruiter for IS and was linked to militant blocsin Australia.
The Israeli military says it conducted airstrikes overnight in the Gaza strip, hitting four sitesused by the militant group Hamas. It follows increased tension on the border of the Palestinianterritory on Wednesday with the Israeli forces and militants exchanging fire.
Researchers in Britain have suggested that the health benefits of cycling and walking outweighthe harm from inhaling traffic fumes in all of the world's most polluted cities. Claire Marshallreports.
Regular exercises reduce the rate of diseases, such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Anew piece of research found that the health benefits of getting on your bike far outweighed thedamage done by the fume you may inhale. The researchers use computer simulations tocompare data on different kinds of physical activities and different levels of air pollution inlocations around the world. Delhi has pollution that was ten times those of London. Eventhere, people would have to cycle 5 hours a week before the pollution risks outweigh thehealth benefits.
The authorities in Mexico city have ordered 40 percent of cars and lorries to keep off the roadson Thursday, extending for a third day a measure aimed at reducing air pollution. Acombination of high temperatures and low winds has added to long-standing problems with airquality in the Mexican capital.
There has been a big increase in the number of Asian universities ranked among the best in theworld. 17 appear in the top 100 of this year's Time's high education world rankings. That's upfrom 10 last year.
I only resist things like chocolate if I feel really gross.
我只有在觉得自己胖得很难看的时候才能拒绝巧克力这类东西的诱惑。
5.prompt v.促使; 导致
Japan's recession has prompted consumers to cut back on buying cars...
日本经济的不景气使得消费者在购买车辆上减少了开支。
6.coordinate vi.协调; 协同
You must coordinate what you said with what you did.
你必须使你的言行一致。
7.obstacle n.障碍(物)
A further obstacle has presented itself, however.
然而,突然又出现了一个障碍。
8.clemency n.宽容,仁慈; (尤指气候等)温和
Perform meritorious service to atone for one's crimes so as to obtain clemency from thepeople.
立功赎罪,以求得人民的宽恕。
9.outweigh vt.在重量上超过; 比…重要; 胜过,强过; 比…有价值
The advantages of this deal largely outweigh the disadvantages.
这笔交易的利远远大于弊。
内容分析
1.Dilma Rousseff is a tough political characterperhaps in denial of the strength of oppositionto her.
in denial of否认
We are not in denial of impending, dreadfulpossibilities.
我们并不否认有随时发生可怕情况的可能性。
2.The authorities in Mexico city have ordered 40 percent of cars and lorries to keep offthe roads on Thursday, extending for a third day a measure aimed at reducing airpollution.
keep off(使)不接近
He told the boys playing football to keep off the grass.