2017年雅思閱讀文章《谷歌為何道歉》
每一年每一次的雅思考試都會讓考生懷疑人生，為什麼這麼難!因此考生備考時還是要加倍努力呀。下面，為大家送上一篇2017年雅思閱讀文章，歡迎閱讀。
The Afghan army says at least ten members of the Taliban have been beheaded by rival militants from the Islamic State group in the east of the country. The beheadings followed weeks of fierce fightings between the two groups. Mark Lobell reports from Kabul.
“The revelations emerged in a secret memo from the Afghan army’s 201th Col mistakenly sent to the media on Wednesday. The document says that a Taliban attack on a government-held area in the remote action district close to the border with Pakistan was repelled by the army. Then ten fleeing insurgents were captured by Islamic State militants and beheaded. This is the first known beheadings of Taliban members by Islamic State linked fighters who have reportedly been trying to recruit soldiers from the Taliban.”
South African police have launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country’s football association paid a $10 million bribe to FIFA officials to host the 2010 World Cup. The claim emerged as part of a corruption scandal that engulfed FIFA. South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said he had seen no indication of financial wrong doing.
“We were very vigorous and then all the available information that we save before those instructions were intensely interrogated and I can attest that none of such evidence ever surfaced in those meetings.”
Britain’s Sports Minister John Whittingdale says there’s a strong case for rerunning the bids to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 if there’s evidence of corruption. FIFA awarded the tournaments to Russia and Qatar.
The Chinese authorities say they are planning to right the cruise ship that overturned in the Yangtze River on Monday. More than 450 people on board, but only 14 are known to have survived. From Jianli on the Yangtze River, John Sudworth reports.
“The divers have been battling near 0 visibility and serious risks in trying to search ship’s 150 compartments. The body recovery work had begun to gather pace after holes were cut into the Eastern Star’s exposed upturned hull allowing workers to enter from above, but it now seems the engineers have decided the best option is to raise the 4-decked cruise ship out of the water. Hooks have been well in the place and the net has been stretched around the entire structure.”
Google has apologized to the India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his photo appeared in Internet search results for the world’s top ten criminals. Here's Anberison at Rajkot.
"Google said the way images were described on the Internet could lead to surprising results to specific queries and they were not reflective of the opinions of the company. Google’s apology came after many Indian politicians and commentators expressed concern on social media. Despite the company’s apology, an image search for the world’s top ten criminals still shows pictures of Mr Modi alongside the wanted militants, murders and dictators."
詞彙解釋：
1.behead vt. 砍頭;使河流被奪流
At least one hostage was beheaded in that room.
至少有一名人質在那個房間被斬首。
2.interrogate vt. 審問;質問;[計] 詢問 vi. 審問;質問
I interrogated everyone even slightly involved.
我審問了每個人，即便是稍有關聯的人也在其中。
3.overturn vt. 推翻;傾覆;破壞 vi. 推翻;傾覆 n. 傾覆;周轉;破滅
Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine.
亞歷克斯躍起得太猛，以至於打翻了他的那杯葡萄酒。
4.visibility n. 能見度，可見性;能見距離;明顯性
The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.
庫爾德人的困境受到了全球的關注。
5.toxicology n. [毒物] 毒物學，[毒物] 毒理學
There were no adverse toxicological effects.
沒有毒理學反作用。
6.foul play 嚴重犯規;不公平的比賽;不正當行為;謀殺
The report says it suspects foul play was involved in the deaths of two journalists.
據這份報告推測，兩個記者的`死因可能是謀殺。
7.squabble vi. 發生口角;大聲爭吵 vt. 弄亂(排好的鉛字) n. 爭吵;口角
The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television.
孩子們正在為爭奪電視機的遙控器發生口角。
8.predator n. [動] 捕食者;[動] 食肉動物;掠奪者
With no natural predators on the island, the herd increased rapidly.
由於島上沒有天然食肉動物，牧群的數量迅速增加。
每一年每一次的雅思考試都會讓考生懷疑人生，為什麼這麼難!因此考生備考時還是要加倍努力呀。下面，為大家送上一篇2017年雅思閱讀文章，歡迎閱讀。
The Afghan army says at least ten members of the Taliban have been beheaded by rival militants from the Islamic State group in the east of the country. The beheadings followed weeks of fierce fightings between the two groups. Mark Lobell reports from Kabul.
“The revelations emerged in a secret memo from the Afghan army’s 201th Col mistakenly sent to the media on Wednesday. The document says that a Taliban attack on a government-held area in the remote action district close to the border with Pakistan was repelled by the army. Then ten fleeing insurgents were captured by Islamic State militants and beheaded. This is the first known beheadings of Taliban members by Islamic State linked fighters who have reportedly been trying to recruit soldiers from the Taliban.”
South African police have launched a preliminary investigation into allegations that the country’s football association paid a $10 million bribe to FIFA officials to host the 2010 World Cup. The claim emerged as part of a corruption scandal that engulfed FIFA. South Africa’s Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said he had seen no indication of financial wrong doing.
“We were very vigorous and then all the available information that we save before those instructions were intensely interrogated and I can attest that none of such evidence ever surfaced in those meetings.”
Britain’s Sports Minister John Whittingdale says there’s a strong case for rerunning the bids to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022 if there’s evidence of corruption. FIFA awarded the tournaments to Russia and Qatar.
The Chinese authorities say they are planning to right the cruise ship that overturned in the Yangtze River on Monday. More than 450 people on board, but only 14 are known to have survived. From Jianli on the Yangtze River, John Sudworth reports.
“The divers have been battling near 0 visibility and serious risks in trying to search ship’s 150 compartments. The body recovery work had begun to gather pace after holes were cut into the Eastern Star’s exposed upturned hull allowing workers to enter from above, but it now seems the engineers have decided the best option is to raise the 4-decked cruise ship out of the water. Hooks have been well in the place and the net has been stretched around the entire structure.”
Google has apologized to the India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his photo appeared in Internet search results for the world’s top ten criminals. Here's Anberison at Rajkot.
"Google said the way images were described on the Internet could lead to surprising results to specific queries and they were not reflective of the opinions of the company. Google’s apology came after many Indian politicians and commentators expressed concern on social media. Despite the company’s apology, an image search for the world’s top ten criminals still shows pictures of Mr Modi alongside the wanted militants, murders and dictators."
詞彙解釋：
1.behead vt. 砍頭;使河流被奪流
At least one hostage was beheaded in that room.
至少有一名人質在那個房間被斬首。
2.interrogate vt. 審問;質問;[計] 詢問 vi. 審問;質問
I interrogated everyone even slightly involved.
我審問了每個人，即便是稍有關聯的人也在其中。
3.overturn vt. 推翻;傾覆;破壞 vi. 推翻;傾覆 n. 傾覆;周轉;破滅
Alex jumped up so violently that he overturned his glass of wine.
亞歷克斯躍起得太猛，以至於打翻了他的那杯葡萄酒。
4.visibility n. 能見度，可見性;能見距離;明顯性
The plight of the Kurds gained global visibility.
庫爾德人的困境受到了全球的關注。
5.toxicology n. [毒物] 毒物學，[毒物] 毒理學
There were no adverse toxicological effects.
沒有毒理學反作用。
6.foul play 嚴重犯規;不公平的比賽;不正當行為;謀殺
The report says it suspects foul play was involved in the deaths of two journalists.
據這份報告推測，兩個記者的`死因可能是謀殺。
7.squabble vi. 發生口角;大聲爭吵 vt. 弄亂(排好的鉛字) n. 爭吵;口角
The children were squabbling over the remote-control for the television.
孩子們正在為爭奪電視機的遙控器發生口角。
8.predator n. [動] 捕食者;[動] 食肉動物;掠奪者
With no natural predators on the island, the herd increased rapidly.
由於島上沒有天然食肉動物，牧群的數量迅速增加。
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