时间:2019-01-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2014年(八)月


英语课

 Today's show starts with a dramatic rescue out of Iraq. ISIS, or Islamic State, is the name of a brutal 1 terrorist group that is fighting for control of Iraq. It's then murdering civilians 2 who don't practise ISIS's strict interpretation 3 of Islam. That includes the Yazidis, a group whose religion is older than Islam. ISIS trapped tens of thousands of Yazidis on Mount *, northwestern Iraq. Conditions are so bad for these civilians that about 20,000 of them fled to Syria, a country currently at civil war. A CNN reporter was aboard a helicopter delivering supplies, *, food, shoes. When the aircraft landed, a desperate group of people pushed children, the injured, the elderly, about 20 in all, aboard the * for rescue. Despite being shot at by ISIS fighters on this flight, a rocket forces had been able to rescue about 100 to 150 people a day like this. But dozens of Yazidis have died on this mountain. They are facing hunger, thirst and extreme temperatures.  


 
 
We mentioned yesterday that so much had happened over the summer. Another nation in conflict is Ukraine. On one side, there is the relatively 4 new Ukrainian government. Its president was elected in May, a couple months after Ukraine previously 5 was forced out. The new government has allies itself and signed a trade deal with the European Union. It also has the support of the United States. On the other side, separatists toward Ukraine have closer ties with Russia. They are fighting for control of areas in eastern Ukraine. And US accuses Russia of helping 6 these rivals. It is increased sanctions, economic punishment on Russia to * * Ukraine. As the fighting between Ukrainian forces and separatists * over the summer, a Malaysia Airline's plane, Flight MH17, was apparently 7 shot down as it flew over eastern Ukraine. All 298 people aboard were killed.

adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的
  • She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
  • They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼,骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.解释,说明,描述;艺术处理
  • His statement admits of one interpretation only.他的话只有一种解释。
  • Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.分析与说明是个很主观的事情。
adv.比较...地,相对地
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
adv.以前,先前(地)
  • The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
  • Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿,解释原先发生了什么。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
学英语单词
Abbe's string method
acropetal succession
ageing gene
Amidosan
ampul cutting machine
arctose
auto accessory
Batayurt
Birmitrapur
calepitrimerus proprius
Caleta Pabellón de Pica
can you beat it
card back
carpet burn
chloromix tower
Cibacthen
class up
corn-hoarder
couple unbalance value
critical reference surface
curb marking
custom of port
dashed-off
data base key
delta-sigma modulation
disgorged
distribution piller (link box above ground)
Dividose
drape unconformity
edwardian-era
egg white protein
faplas
field pick up
first generation neutron
fMettRNA
four way box
freight flow
garden trowels
Gilbert River
hammer test machine
HLAg
horizontal band-saw
hydroaerodrome
hydroformate
immortality
impen
inactive tuberculosis
incarceration symptom
infrastructural
interferer
intermission
international union of geodesy and geophysics (iugg)
Kambang
lender of last resort system
lepiota cristata
likewise
line of apsides
linguocervical
Mexican bean
migeat
milking interval
Mkunumbi
naphthylamine hydrochloride
newfie
nondiscursive
Norolon
not always afloat but safely aground
Nyalam
obsessional
Oksko-Donskaya Ravnina
omegatrons
oxalation
Paulownia catalpifolia
Pedicularis artselaeri
pietersburg (polokwane)
polysorbate 80
Populus iliensis
postexilic
punch a ticket
pyrognostics
Rahman Kalay
relatively prime polynomials
rest satisfied with
seed-times
shorebank
smartwatches
stibiocolusite
strong acidic glutaraldehyde
supreme state conference
tailpipe chamber
three stator winding synchro
threomycin
tweeter
umra
universal tool maker's microscope
up to date type
urinod
ustilagotoxine
vomitlike
wepp
work cure
yolk sac tumor