时间:2018-12-19 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2015年4月


英语课

 For the first time in Nigeria's history, an incumbent 1 president has been defeated in an election. Welcome to CNN Student News.


 
One major challenge facing the African nation is the Boko Haram terrorist group. Nigerian voters apparently 2 felt that the nation's former military ruler, Muhammadu Buhari, would be more effective at fighting them. Buhari is set to replace outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan.
 
To Switzerland. A deadline came and went between Iran and six other countries, including the U.S. The goal? Reaching an agreement concerning Iran's controversial nuclear program. The deadline was extended to today. Talks on this issue have happened several times before in several cities. One sticking point, the international sanctions on Iran's economy. Iran wants those lifted, other countries don't want to lose their leverage 3 in getting Iran to freeze its nuclear program.
 
U.S. sanctions against the Iran date back decades and include a ban on oil, weapons and, of course, anything that might further Iran's nuclear program. The long list essentially 4 cuts off trade and investment between the two countries. In recent years, the United Nations and the European Union have joined the U.S. in pressuring Iran to halt its nuclear ambitions, targeting Iran's energy and financial sectors 5 through a tightening 6 web of sanctions. Since 2006, the U.N. Security Council has passed six resolutions targeting Iran's nuclear program, but perhaps the biggest impact on Iran came in 2012, when the EU agreed to stop buying their oil. Iran's oil exports dropped dramatically. Their currency plummeted 7 in value and their economy lost hundreds of billions of dollars. 
 
All told, sanctions have deprived Iran of more than 200 billion dollars in lost revenue.
 
The sanctions don't stop there. Both the U.S. and EU limit Western firms from doing business in Iran and have increasingly isolated 8 Iran's banks, denying them access to Western markets. Also, millions of dollars in assets from dozens of Iranian nationals, organizations and businesses have been frozen, including top members of Iran's government and military.

1 incumbent
adj.成为责任的,有义务的;现任的,在职的
  • He defeated the incumbent governor by a large plurality.他以压倒多数票击败了现任州长。
  • It is incumbent upon you to warn them.你有责任警告他们。
2 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
3 leverage
n.力量,影响;杠杆作用,杠杆的力量
  • We'll have to use leverage to move this huge rock.我们不得不借助杠杆之力来移动这块巨石。
  • He failed in the project because he could gain no leverage. 因为他没有影响力,他的计划失败了。
4 essentially
adv.本质上,实质上,基本上
  • Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
  • She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。
5 sectors
n.部门( sector的名词复数 );领域;防御地区;扇形
  • Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
6 tightening
上紧,固定,紧密
  • Make sure the washer is firmly seated before tightening the pipe. 旋紧水管之前,检查一下洗衣机是否已牢牢地固定在底座上了。
  • It needs tightening up a little. 它还需要再收紧些。
7 plummeted
v.垂直落下,骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
  • A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》
8 isolated
adj.与世隔绝的
  • His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
  • Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。
学英语单词
aberrometry
abrotanum
adenomyositis
alaria crassifolia kjellm
allocation strategy module
anderton shearer-loader
Andorf
arab-berber
Artfjeld
ashiko
at the behest of
automatic routine
autophagolysosomes
ball platform scale
bankrupcies
Barkley, Lake
be straight with sb
bleachers
blockader
borrow memory control
cam shaft sprocket
canonical case
chloroserpidine
Choeropotamidae
cock body
cold-sensitive mutant
colors
common peppers
congenital cyst of sublingual gland
conical stiffener
contending passions
control requirement
cramoysen
dediploidization(buller 1941)
doors and windows
drive away at
dumbard
ekiti
fabrication platform
fatty acid activating enzyme
flouncer
flour milling
foundry mould
freestylers
generalized two-phase model
genus botrychiums
Goniothalamus yunnanensis
Hanover County
health-insurance
helicopter land ing gear
heterocarpy
homeware
indifference curve
interfering nuclear reaction
interradial piece
interrogation-inquiry
iron mts.
kalkilya
koevermans
lineae parasternalis
lost ground
magnify oneself against sb.
marching problem
moisture examining instrument
nautical meteorology
newly built
normal reactive force
occult tail
pabulums
Pelagonisou, Diavlos
plan bracing
polyaromatic amide (aramid) pulp reinforcement
put on side
quarantinable diseases
Quercus chingsiensis
rbol
rejiggering
Republic of Moldova
restriction fragment
roll tite hathcover
sctinography
semi-floating axle
serratamolide
share responsibility for
small horse hides
soup-spoon
station pressure
system programmed operator
television relay car
thain
the mode
three-statest
tit fucks
turntabling
uncommerciable
unpieces
veto vacuum unloading gear
virtual O device
voidableness
vriesea carinata
web of Penelope
yakalo