时间:2019-02-18 作者:英语课 分类:新西兰英语


英语课

  A New Zealand soldier was killed today in Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. He was Lieutenant 1 Tim O’Donnell, aged 2 28. Two other New Zealand soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were also injured.

He is the first New Zealand soldier to die in Afghanistan. 109 New Zealand soldiers are in Bamiyan province helping 3 to build hospitals, schools and roads. They are also helping to train Afghan police. The New Zealand soldiers are very popular with the people in Bamiyan province. However, three vehicles were travelling through a valley when they were attacked from the hills above them.

New Zealand also has 86 soldiers fighting in Kabul. These are SAS soldiers. Their work is usually much more dangerous. Listen to May 4th 2010 for more about our soldiers in Afghanistan.

NZ has had soldiers in Afghanistan since 2003. The Prime Minister said New Zealand will continue to send soldiers to Afghanistan for another year and maybe for longer. The soldiers serving in Bamiyan will return to New Zealand next month but more soldiers will replace them in October.

The death of Tim O’Donnell is a very sad day for his family, friends and all who knew him. He was a fine young man. In 2008, he received a medal for bravery when he saved the lives of other soldiers in East Timor. The army is planning a military funeral for him. The New Zealand flag was flying at half mast 4 on Parliament buildings today. This shows that someone important has died.

Questions

1. Do you think New Zealand should continue to send soldiers to Afghanistan?

2. The soldiers in Bamiyan are helping to re-build the country. Why were they attacked?

3. The USA has lost more than 1200 soldiers in the war in Afghanistan. Why are we so sad about the death of one soldier?



n.陆军中尉,海军上尉;代理官员,副职官员
  • He was promoted to be a lieutenant in the army.他被提升为陆军中尉。
  • He prevailed on the lieutenant to send in a short note.他说动那个副官,递上了一张简短的便条进去。
adj.年老的,陈年的
  • He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了,也老点了。
  • He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老,然而记忆力还好。
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • 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。
n.船桅,桅杆,旗杆,天线杆
  • Flags are flying at half-mast across China.全中国将半旗。
  • The sails were flapping against the mast.帆拍打着桅杆。
学英语单词
A.P.C. (automatic power control)
actinomucor repens
ad hoc on-demand distance vector
ammonia ash
angiulo
anomalous line condition received
autotronic system
AVRCP
Badenheim
badger dog
balmifying
beck's hydrometer
Buckley ga(u)ge
commutation of penalty
comparative feeding experiment
compositive criteria
contracted curvature tensor
croson
curator-in-charge
cyclophosphamide(CP)
deleterious substances
design transition temperature
diluent agent
distelfinks
doltons
dry blast cleaning
duodena
empurple
entertainments tax
equivalent multiply rate
Euro-farmer
exit phase
extra bright
fulminants
grip strength
gyrostabilizers
hallettsville
hamsin
hemorrhagic white eye
heteropatriarchy
high annealing
hoarsened
human factors evaluation
inductive loop detector
krashen
Lagrange-Hamilton theory
legal situation
licuala spinosa
long-period test
Loose Credit
lyncury
machinery repairman
macrophthalmus abbreviatus
magnetic amplifier type magnetic core circuit
metritic
Mount Juliet
nagal
near drowning
Negri Sembilan
oblique grooving iron
orthogonal orthomorphism
overconnected
patinoes
pennsylvanias
Pinkertonian
planty
pnictides
Politzer's plug
polyynic
preferential direction
regulation of water intake
responsible accident
rhacomitrium cucullatum broth
rhinolaryngological
roes
Roncal, V.de
Schneider Trophy
sclerotium oryzae
seeder unit
seropneumothorax
service completion time
silden
sour mushroom
sputum tubes
stimulation-escape
supress
synchronous optical transmission
taarof
taylers
telescopic belt conveyor
tend on/upon
tenthredo formosana
tetramerous flower
thiocarbazides
track start
transmarginal inhibition
triangular oscillation blade
tubular boiler
verminous abscess
vestas
wallet-size
within-participants design