美国国家航空航天局深空探测船朱诺进入环绕星轨道后向地球传送了第一张木星的照片。NASA'S deep space probe Juno has sent back its first image of the planet Jupiter since arriving at the interstellar gas giant.
今天我们要学的词是 trial. Trial 作为名词,有选拔赛的意思。
今天我们要学的词是 malnutrition. Malnutrition 营养不良。
成千上万委内瑞拉人星期天通过边界涌入哥伦比亚,购买生活必需品。他们无法在国内买到这些必需品,原因是委内瑞拉发生严重经济危机,市场供应短缺。Thousands of Venezuelans streamed across the border into Colombia Sunday to purchase essential goods that have become impossible to find or purchase in their home country because of a severe economic crisis that has caused critical shortages.
Anna has many things to do. She needs to go to the library, post office, bank, and store. Marsha helps her find these places in their neighborhood. Anna有很多事要做,她得去图书馆,邮局,银行和商店。Marsha帮她在住处附近找到这些地方。
今天我们要学的词是 date back. Date back 追溯到。
今天我们要学的词是 orderly. Orderly 形容词,有序的,有条不紊的。
美国和韩国宣布,计划在朝鲜半岛部署终端高空区域防御系统萨德,以抵御朝鲜正在进行的核武器及弹道导弹研发项目。The U.S. and South Korea have announced plans to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense - THAAD - on the Korean peninsula to counter North Korea’s ongoing nuclear and ballistic missile development programs.
今天我们要学的词是 genocide. Genocide 名词,种族灭绝。
美国第一次把朝鲜领导人金正恩列入侵犯人权制裁名单上。For the first time, the United States has put North Korea's leader on the U.S. sanctions list for human rights abuses.
记得大学毕业时,我们班同学纷纷找机会留在大城市或者出国,可是有个男生却毅然决然回到自己的家乡就业。我们问他为什么,他说自己的学历和能力回家乡肯定能受到重用,可是留在大城市里就显不出来了,因为这里人才扎堆,竞争太激烈。他的这种心态,让我想到一个习惯用语:big fish in a small pond.
今天我们要学的词是 overturn. Overturn 动词,推翻。
一份外界期待已久的有关英国介入伊拉克战争的官方报告认为,13年前在英美领导下的同盟国侵入伊拉克的行动“完全没有必要”,伊拉克独裁者萨达姆∙侯赛因对英国或是西方国家不构成迫在眉睫的威胁。The invasion of Iraq 13 years ago by an American- and British-led coalition was “unnecessary” and Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein represented “no imminent threat” to Britain or the Western powers, according to a long-awaited official report into Britain's involvement in the Iraq War.
巴格达星期天发生的重大袭击事件引起政治效应,伊拉克内政部长提出辞职。Iraq's interior minister has offered to resign, part of the political fallout from Sunday's devastating attack in Baghdad.
今天我们要学的词是 flash flooding. Flash flooding 名词,骤发洪水。
今天我们要学的词是 mistreatment. Mistreatment 名词,有虐待的意思。
美国一位联邦法官叫停了密西西比州一项即将生效的法律,该法律允许该州居民以宗教信仰为由拒绝为同性伴侣提供服务。A U.S. federal judge has blocked a Mississippi law that would have allowed residents to refuse services to same-sex couples based on religious beliefs.
Anna meets her friend Pete in a coffee shop. Pete needs a job. Can Anna help him to find the right job for him? Anna 在咖啡厅见到朋友Pete,Pete要找工作,Anna能帮他找到合适的工作吗?
今天我们要学的词是 sweeping. Sweeping 形容词,有全面彻底的意思。
塔利班星期四在阿富汗首都喀布尔对一个警察车队发动自杀汽车炸弹袭击,据报至少30名保安人员丧生。Taliban suicide car bombers struck a police convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, Thursday, with reports saying at least 30 security personnel were killed.
我们社区委员会上周末举行选举,结果,一个默默无闻的人当上了委员会主席。后来我听说,这个人在选举前一直在家里办宴会,把好多委员请去吃饭,拉关系,拉选票。这让我想到了一个习惯用语。那就是:behind the scenes。
今天我们要学的词是 boycott. Boycott 动词,抵制。
土耳其伊斯坦布尔的阿塔图尔克国际机场自杀袭击造成的死亡人数仍在上升之际,比纳利·耶尔德勒姆总理星期三凌晨发出全国团结的呼吁。这次袭击导致至少36人死亡。Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim issued a call for national unity early Wednesday, as his country faced a rising death toll from a suicide attack that killed at least 36 people at Istanbul's Ataturk international airport.
今天我们要学的词是 restrict. Restrict 动词,限制。
人权观察组织星期一说,俄罗斯首次根据含混的所谓“外国代理人法”起诉人权活动人士。Russia has for the first time charged a human rights activist for failing to comply with its vague "foreign agents" law, Human Rights Watch said Monday.
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