2017年雅思英文新闻时事阅读

　　雅思的阅读理解词汇量较大，而且出题内容广泛，考生难以应付如此多变的雅思阅读理解。但是多看一些英文新闻时事阅读，也许会好一点哦。

2017年雅思英文新闻时事阅读

　　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.

　　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.