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1、英语文章阅读训练One.BBCNewswithMarionMarshallPresidentObamaispreparingtogiveahighlychargedtelevisedaddresswhichwillproposeanAmericanJobsActdesignedtostemunemployment.Somereportssaythepackagewillincludetaxcuts,infrastructureprojectsandre-hiringoflaid-offteachersandpolice
2、.OurNorthAmericaeditorMarkMardellreports.Somesuggestallthiscouldcostasmuchas$400bn,andit'sveryunlikelythepresidentwillgettheagreementoftheRepublicans,whocontroltheHouseofRepresentatives,toanyincreaseinspending.Heisofcoursesettingapoliticaltrapforthem,daringthemt
3、odefymeasuresthathewillportrayashelpingordinaryAmericans.Buttherearegravedangersforthepresidentaswell;proposingwhathecannotdelivermaynotlooklikeanactiveleadership.Commentators,themarkets,hisopponentsdon'thavehighexpectationsofthespeech,buthispotentialsupportersa
4、relesscynicalandaredesperatelyhopingthiswillbeapivotalmoment.NatoforcesinAfghanistansayaBBCreporterkilledinJulywasshotdeadbyaUSsoldier.AhmedOmedKhpulwak,whoreportedfortheBBC'sPashtoservice,diedduringasuicideattackinUruzganprovince.Initialreportssuggestedhewaskil
5、ledbytheTaliban,butaNatoinvestigationnowconfirmsthathewasshotdeadbyanAmericanwhomistookhimforasuicidebomber.TheBBC'sdirectorofGlobalNews,PeterHorrocks,paidtributetoMrKhpulwak.Hesaiditwasessentialthatjournalistshadthebestpossibleprotectionsothattheworldcouldheart
6、heirstories.TheIsafspokesmanBrigadierGeneralCarstenJacobsonsaidtheAmericansoldierthoughtOmedKhpulwakwasadanger."Hewasholdingatechnicalgadgetinhishandwhichhappenedtobehistelephoneprobably,sothesoldierbelievedthathewasasuicidebomber,athirdsuicidebomberwhowasaboutt
7、odetonatehimself,andthereforetookaction."AidworkerssayhundredsofAfricanmigrantsarefleeingfromLibyaeachdaybecauseofthefearofraciallymotivatedattacks.MarkDoylereports.TheblackAfricansnowleavingLibyatoldtheUNmigrationofficetheyfearedfortheirlives.Theysaidallblackpe
8、opleinLibyawerenowbeingseenasassociatedwiththeblackmercenariesthathadbeenfightingonthesideofColonelGaddafi.TheUNstoppedshortofdirectlyblamingtheanti-GaddafiTransition