夏说英语新闻晨读 第16期:借我那把枪吧
时间：2019-02-17 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
As investigators 1 search for a motive 2 behind the deadly rampage in San Bernardino, politicians are searching for a way to talk about it. The details of the California massacre 3 at a holiday party point at a possible link to Islamic Militants 4 and raised questions about domestic extremism. Democrats 5 who have vowed 6 to use every mass shooting as a moment to call for new gun laws will temper their rally cries. Republicants who point to mental health services as solution had to began blame extreme views.
词义解析:
rampage 暴乱
massacre 屠杀
militants 激进分子
extremism 极端主义
temper 调和
rally 集会
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.动机，目的；adv.发动的，运动的
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- 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。
n.民主主义者，民主人士( democrat的名词复数 )
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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