1、BBC英语学习与翻译Protests have continued in Brazil with demonstratorsclashing with police ahead of an international footballmatch in the north-eastern city of Fortaleza.Skirmishes began when police stopped a largelypeaceful demonstration approaching Fortaleza's new stadium before the match betweenB
2、razil and Mexico. Leonardo Rocha reports.Skirmishes began when police stopped a march on the road towards the newly-built ArenaCastelao. Brazil has been swept by a wave of protests against bad governance withdemonstrators criticizing the high costs of preparations for the next year's World C
3、up anddemanding more investment on education, health and transport. The head of Fifa, the world'sfootballing authority, Sepp Blatter, said demonstrators should stop using a footballcompetition to have their demands heard.President Obama has called for intensified efforts to limit the spread
4、of nuclear weapons. In amajor speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, he said he wanted to cut America's ownarsenal.“After a comprehensive review, I've determined that we can ensure the security of Americaand our allies and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrent while reducing
5、ourdeployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to 1/3, and I intend to seek negotiated cuts withRussia to move beyond Cold War nuclear postures.”Russia's deputy prime minister said Moscow could not take Mr Obama's proposal seriouslywhile the United States was developing its own missile defence
6、system.Some of the tension surrounding the opening of an Afghan Taliban office in the Gulf state ofQatar appeared to have been defused by an intervention by the US Secretary of State JohnKerry. A spokesman for the Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the BBC that Mr Kerryreassured him that the
7、 United States would maintain assurances given in writing by PresidentObama that the Qatar office would not be used by the Taliban as a de facto embassy. LyseDoucet reports.President Karzai has long been deeply suspicious of any effort to undermine
