时间:2019-01-14 作者:英语课 分类:VOA标准英语2009年(十一月)


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By Elizabeth Arrott
Cairo, Egypt
16 November 2009


 
Iraqis pick through the remains 1 of a suicide car bombing at a market in Kirkuk, 240 km from Baghdad, 16 Nov 2009
Iraqi security officials say gunmen have killed 13 people west of Baghdad, while in the northern city Kirkuk, a car bomb exploded in a market, killing 2 at least five.


The latest violence comes as Iraqis gear up for general elections planned for January. While overall security has improved, the attacks are a reminder 3 of how precarious 4 the situation is.


Iraqi security spokesman General Qassem Mohammed Atta addressed the execution-style killings 5 in the mostly-Sunni area west of Baghdad.


Atta described them as "cowardly, terrorist" acts. He said a preliminary investigation 6 indicated that the attackers had disguised themselves as members of the Iraqi army.


No one has claimed responsibility for the killings or the bombing in Kirkuk. 


Tensions are high in the oil-rich northern city, a point of contention 7 that led to delays in Iraq's recently-approved electoral law.


Most Kurds in Kirkuk want to be part of the Kurdistan Regional Government, while Arab and Turkomen residents want to be under the central control of Baghdad. Lawmakers reached a provisional compromise that could leave open the future of the city. 
 
Passage of the electoral law was hailed by U.S. President Barack Obama as an important milestone 8. American plans to withdraw troops from Iraq are based in part on having the elections go forward.


But Iraq's Vice 9 President Tareq al-Hashemi, a member of Iraq's Sunni minority, has raised objections to the current law. He said Monday he wants the number of parliamentary seats set aside for minorities to be raised, threatening to use his veto power over the law if the number is not changed.



n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹
  • He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
  • The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
n.提醒物,纪念品;暗示,提示
  • I have had another reminder from the library.我又收到图书馆的催还单。
  • It always took a final reminder to get her to pay her share of the rent.总是得发给她一份最后催缴通知,她才付应该交的房租。
adj.不安定的,靠不住的;根据不足的
  • Our financial situation had become precarious.我们的财务状况已变得不稳定了。
  • He earned a precarious living as an artist.作为一个艺术家,他过得是朝不保夕的生活。
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
n.调查,调查研究
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
n.争论,争辩,论战;论点,主张
  • The pay increase is the key point of contention. 加薪是争论的焦点。
  • The real bone of contention,as you know,is money.你知道,争论的真正焦点是钱的问题。
n.里程碑;划时代的事件
  • The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
  • I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。
n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
学英语单词
AAAB
Abou Châch
addition record
agrosterol
andison
antioedematous
Antrozous pallidus
architectural perspective
Artfjeld
articulus incudomallearis
ARTISS
auga
Auriculariineae
balanced safety valve
bilocular capsule
Borspar
breakaway voltage
britil
burgomeisters
C.B.E.
Chalfont St Peter
chart reading glass
chondropathy
chysly
cognised
contra-flow
crosshandedness
decoding viterbi
dehydroform
department for education and employment (dfee)
dithiirane
dolus antecedens
edibile
energy-industry
enynic acid
exciting admittance
five-pages
flow corrector
gas-turbine booster propulsion set
general replication
gravity roller carrier
guiding discharge
Gynochrome
hammals
hand slitting
Helechosa
hermeneuticists
home quality
hull form
indigofera cooperi craib
integrating measuring instrument
inverse markov chain
invocation procedure
Kavousi
kxjz
Las Tunas, Prov. de
liquid-oxygen-alcohol unit
locomotive kilometrage
Maka Yop
Manacor
medium term economic
mennella
micropublisher
multiplication theorem
Naranjos, R.
niromycin
non-sugars
OFK
ojibway
omarion
open-loop gain characteristic
outdoor switchgear and controlgear
palaeoslope
pedestrian subway
perfectly inelastic collision
pethanol
phylogenetic series
PIF
posterior intermediate septum
preps
Primula flaccida
pseudoparaphrasia
rachicentesis
Rossbeg
sample valve septum
scuffle hoes
side effect
skip type charger
spectral transmittance
sphaceloma theae kurosawa
spiral ganglion
starting hole
subsidiary wire
telechelic polymer
tullium
two-crop-paddy
unastronomical
unstressing
ursus arctos syriacuss
vert ramps
VGA cable
zaibatsus