VOA慢速英语2014 印尼人欢迎新总统
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2014年VOA慢速英语(十)月
Indonesians Welcome New President 印尼人欢迎新总统
Now, the day's news, from the Voice of America.
Indonesia has a new president. Joko Widodo was sworn in as president on Monday at the national parliament building in Jakarta. Leaders of Australia, Malaysia and Singapore attended the swearing-in ceremony. So did America’s top diplomat 1, Secretary of State John Kerry.
Turkey and US help Kurds to stop Islamic State
A Turkish official said on Monday the country is helping 2 Iraqi Kurds cross into Syria to aid Kurdish fighters in Kobani, as they try to stop an advance by Islamic State militants 3.
The country’s foreign minister made the announcement as the U.S. dropped weapons, ammunition 4 and medical supplies from airplanes to help Kurdish forces defending Kobani.
More good news on the fight against Ebola
The World Health Organization said Nigeria is free from Ebola after 42 days with no new cases of the deadly virus reported.
A WHO spokesman 5 said the development is a “spectacular success story."
Last week, the WHO also declared Senegal Ebola-free.
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- 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。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
- They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。