中英双语新闻 泰国国王去世前总理接管责任
时间：2019-01-19 作者：英语课 分类：中英双语新闻
BBC News.
President Obama has warned Americans that “democracy itself” is on the ballot 1 in November’s presidential election. Speaking at rally for Hilary Clinton, he
condemned 2 the threat by the Republican candidate Donald Trump 3 to jail Mrs. Clinton if he were elected. Mr. Obama said this sort of talk belonged to tyrannies, not the
world’s greatest democracy.
A 96-year-old former Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha would take over royal duties in Thailand, following the death of King of Bhumibol Adulyadej. It had been expected that the throne would be taken immediately by the Crown Prince.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has responded to public criticism for his wife by saying “she belongs in his home.” Smiling,Burhary said, “I don’t know which
party my wife belongs to, but she belongs in my kitchen, and my living room and the other room.” He was talking in front of the German Chancellor 4 Angela Merkel during
a visit to Germany.
Turkey says it must be included in the imminent 5 America-led defensive 6 against Islamic State militants 7 in the Iraqi city of Mosul. President Erdogan said that if his
country was excluded from the operation, he would resort to what he called plan B, he didn’t say what that might mean.
Mexico says it is aiming to extradite drug’s lord Joaquin Guzman to the United States early next year. Guzman has escaped from 2 Mexican high security jails in the
past.
United States is ending restrictions 8 on the amount of rum and Cigars that American tourists can bring back from the trips to Cuba. The current 100-dollar limit has
A collection of cave drawings found in the Spanish town of El Castillo has been described as the most spectacular and impressive ever discovered on the Iberian
Peninsula. The pictures are up to 14,000 years old. They depicted 10 horses, bison, goats, and unusually 2 lions. One official called the find a treasure of humanity.
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
- He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
- The black clounds show that a storm is imminent.乌云预示暴风雨即将来临。
- The country is in imminent danger.国难当头。
- Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
- The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
- 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。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。