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英语课

By Amy Katz
Washington, D.C.
30 January 2006
 
watch Border report

Mexico drops plans to distribute maps to guide immigrants safely across the U.S.-Mexico border... another tunnel on that border is discovered… and Colombian authorities say they have dismantled 1 a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and the Islamic militant 2 group Hamas.  Amy Katz takes a look at these stories -- which illustrate 3 the challenges the U.S. faces in securing its borders.

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Part of the tunnel found under the US-Mexican border (photo courtesy ICE)   
  

U.S. and Mexican authorities have discovered what officials call the longest and most sophisticated tunnel yet -- running from the Mexican town of Tijuana to just across the border in the U.S. state of California.  U.S. officials say it is about one kilometer long. 

Mike Unzueta of U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement announced, "As part of this we have seized approximately 200 pounds (91 kilograms) of marijuana that were on the U.S. side of the tunnel.  Reports from Mexico are that the Mexican authorities have seized approximately 4,000 pounds (1800 kilograms) of marijuana."

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency says the tunnel was a major gateway 4 for illegal immigrants and drugs coming from Mexico into the U.S.  At least 20 tunnels have been found along the U.S. border with Mexico since the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.  Four have been found in California this month alone.

 
A portion of the map showing water stations and rescue beacons 5 to assist illegal crossing of the border in the southwest U.S.
  
In another development, Mexico has suspended a plan to distribute maps intended to guide migrants safely across the U.S.-Mexico border.  The map shows migrants the safest routes, including water stations manned by a U.S. humanitarian 6 group.  U.S. officials objected to the maps, which they said would encourage more people to cross the border illegally.  Mexico says they were meant to warn people of the risks they might face in desert areas along the border where hundreds of migrants died last year.  


Counterfeit 7 passports and other documents   
  
Meanwhile, officials in Colombia say they have broken up a false passport ring with links to al-Qaida and the Islamic militant group Hamas.  Colombian authorities say they have arrested 19 people in connection with the case, whom they say sent the forged Colombian passports to citizens of Pakistan, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt.  The passports were then reportedly enabling foreign nationals, possibly terrorists, to travel as though they were Colombians, to the U.S. and Europe. 



拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消
  • The plant was dismantled of all its equipment and furniture. 这家工厂的设备和家具全被拆除了。
  • The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled. 日本帝国很快被打垮了。
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士
  • Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
  • He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
v.举例说明,阐明;图解,加插图
  • The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
  • This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。
n.大门口,出入口,途径,方法
  • Hard work is the gateway to success.努力工作是通往成功之路。
  • A man collected tolls at the gateway.一个人在大门口收通行费。
灯塔( beacon的名词复数 ); 烽火; 指路明灯; 无线电台或发射台
  • A chain of beacons was lit across the region. 整个地区点起了一系列灯塔。
  • Lighthouse and beacons flash at night. 晚上灯塔与信号台闪着光。
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
vt.伪造,仿造;adj.伪造的,假冒的
  • It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
  • The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远,实际是最近的一幅赝品。
学英语单词
abandoned land
above and beyond the call of duty
anuwats
armed riots
arrangement in parallel
asynchronous communication interface
audio tracks
berailroaded
Breit-Tuve's theorem
bridge ratio resistance
carboxytransferase
chaulmoogryl alcohol
chin barbel
cold strip mill
colour fidelity
come out of nowhere
complementary convex program
consolidated accounts
cottage bread
cryptic mutant
damp blocking spleen Yang
decoupages
Department of Textitles
Duane syndrome
DYNAMOSPHERE
ecclesiasticism
electric installation
elliptic coordinates
empirical-rational
enechema
ether extract
event history data
factorships
flyweight
fuel return pipe port
gentiobiose
habit pattern interference
hardware origin
hoover digger
Ilex hirsuta
immodesty
indevour
indigo copper (covellite)
injection port
instruction execution phase
interferoetalon
iscoes
isothermal quench
jewish holy days
keyway broaching
kobilinsky
lenitive
limit of tidal current
list of lists
matrix operation
metrological certification
network of cutting-series
neutron depolarization effect
non interest bearing currency
nose wheelie
obes-
object value
objective lens adjustment
outfields
paper scarlet
parallel processing system evaluation board
pea-type
pectorimyon
Petrocosmea kerrii
photodechlorination
pisarev
pistillidia
polycondense
precise radar significant location
proteiform
radial convergence shift
reactionists
rollercoaster tycoon
self-exhibition
Shenmai
site grade level
son of a sea cook
staged
subtilise
surprisings
symmetrical wavelet
take someone red-handed
talk through one's neck
taxitic
tetanus nascentium
tetradecagons
the appalachian mountains
three-puttings
to do some shopping
trapezoid nucleus
unresistible
virtual size
white muscular disease
workboats
z-values
Zimmerwaldian
znik