时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2016年9月


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Today's news starts in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. China was the site of the annual G20 Summit 1.


G20 stands for group of 20, powerful world leaders from 19 countries, plus the European Union, who met on Sunday and Monday. Their focus: international economic cooperation. There were a lot of subjects discussed here, both at the summit itself and on the sidelines — weaker than expected economic growth around the world, the threat of terrorism, the challenges of immigration.


It was U.S. President Barack Obama's last G20. He and Chinese President Xi Jinping promised to move forward on a previous agreement to reduce their nation's greenhouse 2 gas emissions 3. But he and Russian President Vladimir Putin did not reach an agreement on how to end the violence in Syria. The U.S. leader saying that there were, quote, "gaps 4 of trust" between the two governments.


While world leaders agreed to keep working together to think up their economic plans, this particular G20 meeting was reportedly inclusive 5, without any major agreements or breakthroughs.


The Great Fire of London, which took place in 1666 was an extraordinary event for London. It was a fire that destroyed the majority of the city. Eighty thousand people were made homeless and ended up living in refugee 6 camps on the fringes 7 of London for many years afterwards.



1 summit
n.最高点,峰顶;最高级会议;极点
  • They climbed up the mountain and reached the summit.他们爬山,最终达到了山顶。
  • The summit of the mountain is lost in the cloud and mist.山顶隐没在云雾之中。
2 greenhouse
n.花房,温室,玻璃暖房
  • Behind the green house was a greenhouse.在那所绿房子后面是一个花房。
  • The tomatoes were grown in the greenhouse.这些西红柿是在温室栽培的。
3 emissions
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体)
  • Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
  • Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。
4 gaps
n.缺口( gap的名词复数 );不同;间隔;[植物学]裂
  • Contraction of the timbers left gaps in the fence. 木料收缩,结果围墙露出缝来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The record is not complete; there are several gaps in it. 这份纪录不完整,中间有几处间断。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 inclusive
adj.(of)包括的,包含的;范围广的
  • The bill is inclusive of the food and lodging.账单包括吃、住费用。
  • It's an all inclusive price;there is nothing extra to pay.这是一个包罗一切的价格,不需再额外付款了。
6 refugee
n.难民,流亡者
  • The refugee was condemned to a life of wandering.这个难民注定要过流浪的生活。
  • The refugee is suffering for want of food and medical supplies.难民苦于缺少食物和医药用品。
7 fringes
(头发的)刘海( fringe的名词复数 ); (外衣,小地毯等的)饰边; 毛边; 边缘
  • The woodcutter had a little house on the fringes of the forest. 那位伐木工人在森林的外缘有一间小屋。
  • The jacket had leather fringes. 这件夹克有皮流苏。
学英语单词
alizarin dye
alphabet rhyme
aminoacyltransferase
amp-hours
ampliator winding
analog sensor
and-answer
back pack camera
barrel shroud
bituminous composition
brinfir
Brynilen
builds-in
Burchak
capacitive impedance
Castanopsis ferox
catechumenists
cephalohematocele
chalkes
chamberstick
chanciest
christened
classical decision
coalbumin
colour-serjeant
coordinate measuring instrument
Corydalis borii
Debno
DEC (distance echo correction)
dorotheos
ecology-minded
efters
electric multipole field
electrochemical amplifier
extramembranous pregnancy
F-reactive dye
Faial, Can.do
film pressure
flat plug
force into
functionally-distributed data base
geckotians
glyhexamde
hagiolatrous
high orbital bombardment system
holism
image iconoscope
Information Technology Infrastructure Library
insulation moisture content of a transformer
jackaroo
James Gillray
key sequence number
Lami theorem
log billet
mallanders
mckibbin
mental quickness
metallurgical-microscope
metatect
methylidene
microdots
minispheres
multi die machine
Muntadgin
Musculus chondroglossus
naclex
nailfolds
net before petroleum revenue tax
nonforensic
nonsensing
optical black
outline feed
papilloretinopathy
past consideration
pericardiaco-phrenic ligament
petroleum base hydraulic oil
portable battery
post-contractual
pre-electric shave lotion
punch forming
quixotries
rainshadows
Ramanathapuram
right engine pylon
rocker beam
royal osmunds
sparkover
specmarks
spunin
Stearophanic
Sudan grass
tenebrousnesses
turnip cutter
umms
underfeatured
Unimycin
user's block diagram
Vagabondia
Vas lymphocapillare
wizardlings
woollyflower paullinia
X bosons