美国有线新闻 CNN 2015-04-26
时间：2018-12-02 作者：英语课 分类：CNN美国有线新闻2015年4月
英语课
Welcome to commercial-free CNN Student News. I'm Carl Azuz. Got a story related to Earth Day coming up this April 22nd.First up though, the U.S. is deploying 1 warships 2 to the waters near Yemen, the Middle Eastern country has been at civil war since Houthi rebels took over Yemeni government buildings earlier this year. International officials say the Houthis are supported by Iran, and Iran is believed to be sending a convoy 3 of several ships to Yemen, ships that some officials suspect, may be carrying weapons to the Houthis.
Nine vessels 4 from the U.S. Navy, along with ships from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and others, are monitoring the waters near Yemen. They're prepared to intercept 5 the Iranian ships, if necessary. An Iranian Naval 6 official says Iran's ships in the area are there legally to fight piracy 7 and protect commerce.
All this is raising tensions between the U.S. and Iran weeks after an international agreement was announced concerning Iran's controversial nuclear program.
Next today, from the presidential palace to prison, Egypt's former leader has received a 20-year jail sentence.
Some background. In 2012, Mohamed Morsy became Egypt's first democratically-elected president. He's a member of the Muslim Brotherhood 8, a religious and political group which many Egyptians feared was trying to dominate the Egyptian government. Late in 2012, protests began against then President Morsy and the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsy and 14 others on trial were accused of inciting 9 violence and torturing the protesters in December of 2012. The defendants 10 were all found guilty of that, but acquitted 11 of murder charges in some of the protesters' deaths. Morsy was overthrown 12 in a military coup 13 in July of 2013. Yesterday's sentence came in one of several cases he's standing 14 trial in.
1 deploying
（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的现在分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用
- Provides support for developing and deploying distributed, component-based applications. 为开发和部署基于组件的分布式应用程序提供支持。
- Advertisement, publishing, repair, and install-on-demand are all available when deploying your application. 在部署应用程序时提供公布、发布、修复和即需即装功能。
2 warships
军舰，战舰( warship的名词复数 )； 舰只
- The enemy warships were disengaged from the battle after suffering heavy casualties. 在遭受惨重伤亡后，敌舰退出了海战。
- The government fitted out warships and sailors for them. 政府给他们配备了战舰和水手。
3 convoy
vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
4 vessels
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
5 intercept
vt.拦截，截住，截击
- His letter was intercepted by the Secret Service.他的信被特工处截获了。
- Gunmen intercepted him on his way to the airport.持枪歹徒在他去机场的路上截击了他。
6 naval
adj.海军的，军舰的，船的
- He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
- The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。
7 piracy
n.海盗行为，剽窃，著作权侵害
- The government has already adopted effective measures against piracy.政府已采取有效措施惩治盗版行为。
- They made the place a notorious centre of piracy.他们把这地方变成了臭名昭著的海盗中心。
8 brotherhood
n.兄弟般的关系，手中情谊
- They broke up the brotherhood.他们断绝了兄弟关系。
- They live and work together in complete equality and brotherhood.他们完全平等和兄弟般地在一起生活和工作。
9 inciting
刺激的，煽动的
- What are you up to inciting mutiny and insubordination? 你们干吗在这里煽动骚动的叛乱呀。
- He was charged with inciting people to rebel. 他被控煽动民众起来叛乱。
10 defendants
被告( defendant的名词复数 )
- The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
- As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
11 acquitted
宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现
- The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
- Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。
12 overthrown
n.政变；突然而成功的行动
- The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
- That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。