2014年大學專四英語聽力文本素材（11）

Five civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. They were all passengers in a minivan travelling in Helmand province. Earlier this week, the United Nations said the number of Afghan civilians dying in war-related violence had gone up 15% this year.

五名平民在阿富汗一枚路邊炸彈爆炸時被殺害。他們都是赫爾曼得省一輛小型貨車的乘客。本周早些時候，聯合國稱，今年死于戰(zhàn)爭相關暴力的阿富汗平民人數已經同比增長了15%。

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Western and Arab foreign ministers have agreed to recognise the Libyan rebels’ National Transitional Council as the country’s legitimate governing authority. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the rebel council had given important guarantees on transparency and democratic reform. Kim Ghattas reports from Washington.

西方和阿拉伯國家外交部長已經同意承認利比亞叛軍國民過渡委員會為合法的執(zhí)政機構。美國國務卿希拉里?克林頓稱，叛軍委員會保證透明執(zhí)政，并進行民主改革。Kim Ghattas從華盛頓報道發(fā)回。