夏说英语新闻晨读 第97期:英国政坛反犹言论惹争议
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:
Britain’s opposition 1 Labor 2 Party suspended the ex-mayor of London, Ken 3 Livingstone, for making a convoluted 4 and much-criticised argument about Hitler’s Zionism; and Naz Shah MP, for a belatedly unearthed 5 Facebook post saying that Israel should be moved to America. Moderate Labour figures are furious with the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, for dismissing the problem and pandering 6 to left-wing anti-Semitism.
词汇讲解:
Convoluted: 错综复杂的
Zionism:犹太复国运动
Belated:迟来的
Unearth:发现
Moderate:温和派
Dismiss:不予理会
Pander to:迎合
Anti-Semitism:反犹主义
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。
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
n.视野,知识领域
- Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
- Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.
adj.旋绕的;复杂的
- The snake slithered through a convoluted path.蛇在羊肠小道上爬行。
- The policy is so convoluted even college presidents are confused.这项政策太令人费解,甚至连大学校长们也是一头雾水。
出土的(考古)
- Many unearthed cultural relics are set forth in the exhibition hall. 展览馆里陈列着许多出土文物。
- Some utensils were in a state of decay when they were unearthed. 有些器皿在出土时已经残破。
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