时间:2018-12-16 作者:英语课 分类:2014年VOA慢速英语(十)月


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US Officials: 100 People in Dallas May Have Had Contact with Ebola Patient 美国官员称多达100人接触过埃博拉患者


U.S. health officials say as many as 100 people may have had contact with an Ebola patient in Texas. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan is the first person to be identified with the virus in the United States. He arrived in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago.


Officials in Dallas, Texas say 12 to 18 people had direct contact with Mr. Duncan. The officials also say they have ordered a family with whom the man stayed to remain in their home as a safety measure.  No one has shown signs of infection, the officials say.


Officials say the U.S. healthcare system is fully 1 prepared to contain a spread of Ebola in the country. There have been more than 7,100 cases of Ebola reported in West Africa. More than 3,300 people have died of the disease.


Hong Kong Government Offers Talks with Protesters


Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying has offered to hold talks with pro-democracy student protesters. But he said he will not accept their call for him to resign.


Mr. Leung spoke 2 at a news conference late Thursday night. He said he is going to send his chief secretary, Carrie Lam, to meet with protesters to discuss “constitutional developments.”


Ms. Lam said she would contact to the Hong Kong Federation 3 of Students, which requested the meeting as soon as possible.


Student protesters had threatened to occupy government buildings if Mr. Leung did not resign by the end of Thursday.


Putin Says He Hopes Election Will Bring Security to Ukraine


Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped Ukraine’s parliamentary election would help secure the country. The voting is set for October 26.


Mr. Putin said that Russia would welcome stability in Ukraine.


He spoke to a gathering 4 of investors 5 in Moscow.  He said the ending of the political and economic crisis in Ukraine is in Russia’s national interests. Mr. Putin also called Ukraine Russia’s “most brotherly” nation.



1 fully
adv.完全地,全部地,彻底地;充分地
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气,然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
2 spoke
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
  • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
  • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
3 federation
n.同盟,联邦,联合,联盟,联合会
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
4 gathering
n.集会,聚会,聚集
  • He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
  • He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
5 investors
n.投资者,出资者( investor的名词复数 )
  • a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
  • a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
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