夏说英语新闻晨读 第146期:关停关塔那摩监狱
时间：2019-03-02 作者：英语课 分类：夏说英语新闻晨读
英语课
本期内容：
The United Arab Emirates agreed to take in 15 inmates 1 from Guantánamo Bay, reducing the number held at America’s c**troversial offshore 2 prison to 61. Barack Obama wants to close the facility, which has housed almost 800 suspected terrorists since opening in 2001, but has faced Republican opposition 3. If the number keeps dropping, Gitmo could be empty by the end of Mr Obama’s term.
词汇讲解：
The United Arab Emirates: 阿联酋
Take in：接纳
Inmate：囚犯
Offshore：海外
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.海面的，吹向海面的；adv.向海面
- A big program of oil exploration has begun offshore.一个大规模的石油勘探计划正在近海展开。
- A gentle current carried them slowly offshore.和缓的潮流慢慢地把他们带离了海岸。
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
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