时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年5月


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Our first story this April 25th involves alleged 1 human trafficking. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as modern day slavery. It involves deceiving people, defrauding 2 them or forcing them into a type of labor 3 or prostitution.


The DHS says trafficking brings billions of dollars of yearly profit to people who illegally trade human lives. And according to the Global Slavery Index, some form of slavery traps more than 48 million, men, women and children, in 167 countries.


In Brazil, South America's largest and most populated country, slavery was officially abolished in 1888. But like in so many other countries, including the U.S., human trafficking continues in Brazil. In one area where people are taking advantage of is in agriculture. It accounts for more than 6 percent of the country's gross domestic product. More than 15 percent of its labor force.



1 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
2 defrauding
v.诈取,骗取( defraud的现在分词 )
  • Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二,行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
  • Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此,戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
学英语单词
alternate return specifier
ambuatory chattel
anap(a)estically
anti-tetanus
baby biography
blast furnace stack casing
Bond System
bow down one's ear to someone
briquette strength
burden of taxation
calculus of hyperdeterminants
champion cluster cotton
chimborazoes
cold cardioplegia
Congea chinensis
corpora luteum liberum
cost. insurance. freight
creased
cyclophosphamidum
cytosteatonecrosis
defined calorie(cal)
dieselize
dimensioning by radii
diurella dixon-nutalli
droop setter
DRSG
Eatorula
electronic network
elkay
Emmett
environmental threat
etersalate
explorator
external coordinates
finance purchase
flasing over
fluid sealant
forcible flexion
give-away
Greek Civil War
grimness
hang over one's head
hartmannellids
headless fastener
heliotrope-carnation
hurlet
industrial irradiator
Jena glass
JENER (Joint Establishment for Nuclear Energy Research)
khawiasis
Latin American Monetary Union
laverie
left extremity
Lepionurus sylvestris
litigious right
loum
mandibular arch musculature
mayer
Mexocine
monolithic mold
moving boundary method
Oceanica
operational guidance
optical laser unit
peak enrichment
peripheral node
pioned
plot of ground
point of split off
post-ops
pruitt-igoe
pseudovitamin
pucciniostele ampelopsidis
r-process
Ravn, Kap
redhand
reserved stock
rosenthal oscillation
safety construction
salicetums
San Pedro B.
saturable-core oscillator
schischimskit (shishimskite)
seacrust
self check program
servile war
signal transistor
synchronizer cone
three-goals
throwing under the bus
Tinga, Jab.(Tinga)
to discover
Topolobampo
tremil
turret defilade position
unstable wave
upstream range
Vlčany
white lead paint
wiping them out
Wrongful Discharge
Yorodougou