时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:中英双语新闻


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BBC news with Marion Marshall.


Fire fighters in Guatemala say at least 19 children have died in a blaze at a government-run children’s home southeast of the capital Guatemala City. Many others were injured. It’s not yet clear what caused the fire but on Tuesday, the police had to intervene after a riot broke out the home. About 60 children escaped.


The German Chancellor 1 Angela Merkel has rejected claims that her government was negligent 2 in its handling of the emissions 4 cheating scandal at the car giant Volkswagen. Inquiry 5 is seeking to establish what the German government knew about breaches 6 of emission 3 standards.


Officials in Afghanistan say more than 30 people died in an attack of military hospital in the capital Kabul. Four men launched the attack. Some arrived dressed as doctors. The Islamic State group says it carried out the attack.


In its latest advance against Islamic State group in Mosul, the Iraqi army says it’s retaken the prison while jihadists reportedly carried out massacre 7 executions. It said it also gained control of a key route nearby, cutting the jihadists last route west.


Two US congressional committees are considering proposals to replace Obamacare--the health insurance law set up by President Barack Obama. The House Speaker Paul Ryan described it as an exciting conservative reform, but many Republican Congressman 8 opposed the new plan.


Police in the Gambia have confirmed they exhumed 9 the body of a political activist 10 in order to establish the cause of his death. Solo Sandeng did not die in police custody 11 after leading a pro-democracy demonstration 12 against the former President Yahya Jammeh.


New evidences suggest that our closest extinct relatives the Neanderthals used doses themselves with medicinal plants while they felt unwell. Traces of Neanderthal dental club revealed they used natural versions of aspirin 13 which they found in the bulk of the poplar tree and antibiotics 14.


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危地马拉的消防队员称,至少有19名儿童在危地马拉首都——危地马拉城东南部某官办儿童收养中心的一次大火中丧生。另有多人受伤。虽然起火原因尚不明确,但周二警方曾强制介入该收养中心爆发的一次暴动。有近60名儿童逃跑。


德国总理默克尔否认关于政府在处理车企巨头大众汽车“尾气门”事件时存在渎职的指控。调查部门正寻求确认德国政府是否对大众违反尾气排放标准一事知情。


阿富汗工作人员表示,有30多人在首都喀布尔的军事医院袭击中丧生。4名男子发动了这场袭击。其中有人假扮成医生。IS方面承认是其发动了这次袭击。


在最近迫近IS位于摩苏尔的根据地时,伊军表示其已收复了据称是圣战者屠杀行刑所在地的监狱。伊军还表示其已掌控了附近的一处要道,这样便可切断圣战分子西部的最后一条通路。


美国议院的2个委员会正在考虑替换奥巴马总统所创立的医疗法案——奥巴马医改方案的提议。众议院发言人莱恩称此举为令人兴奋的保守式改革,但很多共和党议员反对新方案。


冈比亚警方确认其已将某位政治活动家的尸体重新开棺,以确认其死因。桑登(Solo Sandeng)并非是在警方拘留期间离世的,虽然她因领导一场反对前总统贾梅(Yahya Jammeh)并支持民主的示威而遭到拘留。


有新证据显示,人类的近亲穴居人在身体不适时会自己使用草药。从穴居人治牙的痕迹可以发现,他们曾使用阿司匹林的自然草药,这些自然草药是从大批量的杨树和抗生素中发现的。



1 chancellor
n.(英)大臣;法官;(德、奥)总理;大学校长
  • They submitted their reports to the Chancellor yesterday.他们昨天向财政大臣递交了报告。
  • He was regarded as the most successful Chancellor of modern times.他被认为是现代最成功的财政大臣。
2 negligent
adj.疏忽的;玩忽的;粗心大意的
  • The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
  • If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽,就应支付赔偿。
3 emission
n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发
  • Rigorous measures will be taken to reduce the total pollutant emission.采取严格有力措施,降低污染物排放总量。
  • Finally,the way to effectively control particulate emission is pointed out.最后,指出有效降低颗粒排放的方向。
4 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。
5 inquiry
n.打听,询问,调查,查问
  • Many parents have been pressing for an inquiry into the problem.许多家长迫切要求调查这个问题。
  • The field of inquiry has narrowed down to five persons.调查的范围已经缩小到只剩5个人了。
6 breaches
破坏( breach的名词复数 ); 破裂; 缺口; 违背
  • He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
  • This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来,婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。
7 massacre
n.残杀,大屠杀;v.残杀,集体屠杀
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中,这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀,大屠杀就有可能再次发生!
8 Congressman
n.(美)国会议员
  • He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
  • The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
9 exhumed
v.挖出,发掘出( exhume的过去式和过去分词 )
  • Marie Curie's remains were exhumed and interred in the Pantheon. 玛丽·居里的遗体被移出葬在先贤祠中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens, New York City. 他的遗体被从纽约市皇后区的墓地里挖了出来。 来自辞典例句
10 activist
n.活动分子,积极分子
  • He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
  • He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
11 custody
n.监护,照看,羁押,拘留
  • He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
  • He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后,他立即被押了起来。
12 demonstration
n.表明,示范,论证,示威
  • His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
  • He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
13 aspirin
n.阿司匹林
  • The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
  • She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店,买了些阿司匹林。
14 antibiotics
n.(用作复数)抗生素;(用作单数)抗生物质的研究;抗生素,抗菌素( antibiotic的名词复数 )
  • the discovery of antibiotics in the 20th century 20世纪抗生素的发现
  • The doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics. 医生给我开了抗生素。
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abscessed teeth
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