读BBC练习雅思阅读：推特总裁迪克辞职

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　　原文与译文

　　BBC News with Sue Montgomery.

　　French investigators say they are opening a fresh inquiry into the case of the Germanwings co-pilot, who deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps. It follows confirmation that some doctors, who treated Andreas Lubitz, judged him unfit to fly, but failed to alert his employers, because of patient confidentiality laws. The French Prosecutor, Brice Robin, speaking through a female translator, said an investigation was trying to establish whether manslaughter charges should be brought in connection with the case.

　　He was taking antidepressants, and he had been on sick leave for ten days. And some of the doctors found that he was very down, very unsure of himself, tense. And some of them believed that he was not apt to fly. Andreas Lubitz told doctors that he was only sleeping two hours at night and feared he was going blind. All one hundred and fifty people on board the plane were killed.

　　The Chief Executive of Twitter, Dick Costolo, is stepping down at the end of June. The company gave no reason for his departure. But the firm's financial performance has disappointed investors. Michelle Fleury is in New York.

　　While the announcement, not surprisingly, given what Twitter is, was made over their website on their investor relations, Twitter Feed. They said that Dick Costolo would be stepping down at the end of the month. Jack Dorsey returns to the home, while the Board starts the search for permanent replacement. The reaction on Wall Street has been fairly swift. The share prices have been up. There has been a sense amongst investors. They were concerned that Twitter was generating enough profit quick enough.

　　International creditors have warned Greece that time was running out for a deal over its debts. The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, said the Greek government had to become more realistic and commit to reforms, in order to receive the remaining eight-billion dollars from its international bailout.

　　A surgeon in South Africa has confirmed that the man, who had the world's first penis transplant, is to become a father. Professor Andre van der Merwe, who performed the operation in December, said the patient's partner is four-month pregnant.

　　An Egyptian court has sentenced a policeman to fifteen years in jail for shooting dead an unarmed woman protester. Shaima al-Sabbagh was killed in January, when she was hit by shotgun pellets fired from a close range, while taking part in a peaceful demonstration in Cairo. Alan Johnston reports.

　　Shaima al-Sabbagh was a mother, a poet and a political activist. The march she went on was peaceful, but it hadn't been officially authorised. The riot police moved in to break it up, and Ms. Al-Sabbagh was blasted at a close range with a shotgun. For many, the scene came to symbolise the ruthlessness with which dissent is now being stamped out in Egypt.

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　　法国调查人员称正重新对故意将飞机坠落在法国阿尔卑斯山的德国之翼副驾驶员进行调查，此前，给安德烈亚斯·卢比茨提供过治疗的医生证实曾判定他不适合飞行，但因为患者保密法的限制，他们未能将这一情况告知其雇主。法国检察官布莱斯·罗宾通过一位女翻译发表讲话，他说这次调查是为了确定是否应该将此案确定为杀人罪。

　　他一直在服用抗抑郁剂，当时已经因病休假10天了，有的医生发生他状态很不好，很紧张，有的认为他不适合飞行。安德烈亚斯·卢比茨告诉医生自己晚上只睡觉两小时，还担心自己会失明。当时机上150人全部遇难。

　　推特总裁迪克·科斯特罗将于六月底辞职，该公司尚未透露辞职原因。但该公司的财务业绩已令投资者失望，米歇尔·弗勒里在纽约报道。

　　推特是在其网站上的推特简讯上宣布这一消息的，考虑到推特一贯的做法，这并不令人吃惊。声明称迪克·科斯特罗将于六月底辞职，杰克·多西将暂时担任总裁，同时董事会在寻找长期候选人。华尔街对此反应很迅速，股价已经在上升，投资者认为推特将很快产生足够多的利润。

　　国际借贷者警告希腊，称已经没有多少时间协商其债务协议了。欧洲理事会主席唐纳德·图斯克称希腊政府必须更加务实并致力于改革，这样才能从其国际纾困方案那里获得剩下的80亿美元。

　　南非一名外科医生证实，全世界首位进行阴茎移植手术的男子即将做父亲了。去年12月为此人做手术的安德雷·范德尔莫维教授称患者的伴侣已经怀孕四个月了。

　　埃及法庭判定一名开枪打死手无寸铁女性抗议者的警察15年徒刑，抗议者Shaima al-Sabbagh一月份被杀，当时在开罗参加和平游行的她被霰弹枪子弹近距离击中。艾伦·约翰斯顿报道。

　　Shaima al-Sabbagh是一名母亲、诗人和政治活动家，她当时参加的游行是和平进行的，但未能得到官方授权。防暴警察前来驱赶游行者，Al-Sabbagh被警察用霰弹枪近距离击中。对很多人来说，这一事件象征着埃及的异见人士被无情镇压。

　　词汇解释

　　1.confidentiality n. 机密，[计] 机密性

　　They signed a confidentiality agreement.

　　他们签署了一份保守机密的协议。

　　2.antidepressant n. 抗抑郁剂 adj. 抗抑郁的(等于antidepressive)

　　Exercise is a powerful antidepressant.

　　锻炼能够使人一扫阴霾。

　　3.penis n. 阳物;[解剖] 阴茎

　　The penis is usually in a flaccid state.

　　阴茎常处于萎软状态。

　　4.ruthlessness n. 无情;冷酷;残忍

　　His patriarchal generosity is counter-balanced by his ruthlessness.

　　他有着族长式的慷慨大方，同时却又冷漠无情。

　　5.engulf vt. 吞没;吞食，狼吞虎咽

　　The monkey engulfed the food whole.

　　这只猴子囫囵吞下食物。

　　6.downfall n. 垮台;衰败;落下;大雨

　　His lack of experience had led to his downfall.

　　他的缺乏经验导致了他的垮台。

　　7.descendant adj. 下降的;祖传的 n. 后裔;子孙

　　They are descendants of the original English and Scottish settlers.

　　他们是最初的英格兰和苏格兰移民的后裔。

　　8.stake n. 桩，棍子;赌注;火刑;奖金 vt. 资助，支持;系…于桩上;把…押下打赌 vi. 打赌

　　The boy tethered the goat to a stake.

　　男孩把山羊拴在木桩上。