当前浏览器不支持播放音乐或语音，请在微信或其他浏览器中播放  0:48 刚果东部发生越狱未遂事件 来自百日英语教育李鹤老师 【新闻背景】
刚果（金）南基伍省首府布卡伍市中央监狱2012年1月１日发生一起越狱事件。囚犯与狱警发生冲突导致9人丧生，50人受伤。 当地警方称，试图越狱的囚犯拿着手雷，但拉开拉环后没有及时投掷出去，结果在手中爆炸。死者包括几名囚犯和几名狱警，受伤人员已被送往附近医院接受救治。就在前一天晚上，另3名囚犯身穿教士长袍，骗过狱警，逃出监狱。 警方正在调查囚犯是如何在狱中拿到手雷的。布卡伍所属南基伍省的警方首席长官卢宰姆博称，一名正在服刑的前陆军中校显然是这次未遂越狱的幕后主使。 刚果（金）监狱人满为患，条件恶劣，不时发生暴力冲突和越狱事件。2011年9月，将近1000名囚犯从一座号称安保严密的监狱逃脱。
【听力破解】
1. 0’01” Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo say nine people were killed and nearly 50 others injured during an attempted prison escape in the east of the country.此句中的an以辅音[n]结尾，遇到以元音[?]开头的attempted要发生连读[?n?'temptid]。而attempted以爆破音[d]结尾，遇到以爆破音[p]开头的prison，前者要发生不完全爆破，读为[?'tempti]。attempted表明了囚犯越狱“未遂”的状态。 2. 0’19” According to the police, two men—one a jailed army colonel, another a civilian prisoner—were behind the plot to blow open the gates in an attempt to escape.此句较长，但播音员在two men处语调的上扬和colonel与prisoner两处的停顿，暗示了one a jailed army colonel和another a civilian prisoner是用来补充说明two men的具体情况的。而be动词的复数形式were也向我们提示了其主语是two men。也就是说越狱事件的主谋有两个人：一个是军队上校，另一个是平民囚犯。
【新闻正文】
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo say nine people were killed and nearly 50 others injured during an attempted prison escape in the east of the country. The casualties occurred at the Bukavu central prison when a grenade exploded. Jonny Hogg takes up the story. According to the police, two men—one a jailed army colonel, another a civilian prisoner—were behind the plot to blow open the gates in an attempt to escape. The provincial head of police said that the civilian had pulled the pin of the grenade but failed to throw it, killing at least nine and injuring nearly 50 more, some seriously. The deaths come a day after three other prisoners, all jailed in relation to the murder of a human rights activist, had successfully escaped from the same jail.
【参考译文】 刚果民主共和国警方称，本国东部发生越狱未遂事件，至少9人死亡，近50人受伤。这次伤亡事件发生在布卡伍中心监狱，当时有一颗手榴弹爆炸。吉尼霍格报道。 据警方称，两个人——一名在押的军队上校和一名平民囚犯——是这次越狱的策划者，他们企图炸开大门逃走。省警察局长称，这名平民囚犯已经拔出了手榴弹上的安全栓，但未能投出，造成至少9人丧生，近50人受伤，有的人伤势严重。就在三天前，另外三名均与谋杀人权活动分子有关的囚犯从同一所监狱成功越狱。
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