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Paris investigations and tributes, and Manila gridlock 巴黎袭击调查、悼念受害者,马尼拉交通拥堵

本集内容

  • Investigations continue into Paris attacks 巴黎袭击事件调查仍在持续
  • Football fans pay Paris tribute 球迷悼念巴黎恐袭中遇难者
  • Traffic chaos at APEC summit 亚太经合组织峰会引起交通拥堵

文字稿

Police have conducted more raids in the wake of Friday's attacks in Paris. They say a second man, a ninth attacker, may be on the run. The investigators have also been examining two buildings in the Paris suburbs they believe were used by the attackers.

在上周五的巴黎袭击事件后警方展开了更多突袭行动。他们说,第二个嫌犯,也就是第九个袭击者,可能正在逃窜。调查人员也对他们认为曾被袭击者使用过的巴黎市郊的两栋大楼进行了严密检查。

Wembley had never seen anything quite like it – armed police on patrol amid a massive security operation – this a legacy of the events in Paris. Four days ago fans were amongst those targeted in the attacks, now despite inevitable anxiety, more than 70,000 came to support and to remember. French values and French colours lighting up the home of English football.

温布利球场从未见过这般场面:全副武装的警察执行安全巡逻,以确保上周在巴黎发生的恐怖事件不会重演。足球爱好者也是上周巴黎恐怖袭击的目标之一。尽管球迷有对安全问题的焦虑,但有七万多人前来观看这场英法友谊赛并悼念在巴黎恐袭中的遇难者。法国的价值观和法国国旗色彩照亮了代表英格兰足球的温布利球场。

World leaders are gathering in Manila for the APEC summit, and with increased security it could make the city's traffic even worse. Manila's gridlocked roads are symptomatic of the significant infrastructure problems in the Philippines and vast amounts of time are lost and huge amounts of pollution generated by the capital's crawling traffic.

世界各国领导人正集聚一堂出席在马尼拉举行的亚太经合组织峰会。由于会议期间增加了安保措施,该市的交通堵塞问题可能会加重。马尼拉道路拥堵现象充分反映和证明了菲律宾的基础设施建设问题。爬行的交通导致大量的时间耗费和严重空气污染。

 

词汇

on the run 窜逃

legacy of  遗留,引发的后果

inevitable anxiety 可以理解的焦虑

symptomatic of 表明,显示

 

练习 

Use one of the words or phrases from Lingohack to complete each of these sentences. Note that you may have to change the form of a word or phrase to complete the sentence correctly.

on the run / legacy of / inevitable anxiety / symptomatic of


1. There was ________ about swimming in the sea again after one man had his arm bitten off by a shark.

2. The popularity of drinking tea in the UK is a ________ the days of the British Empire.

3. The strike is ________ the poor working conditions that exist inside the company.

4. We were told to look out for a dangerous man who had broken out of prison and was _______ .

 

答案

1. There was inevitable anxiety about swimming in the sea again after one man had his arm bitten off by a shark.

2. The popularity of drinking tea in the UK is a legacy of the days of the British Empire.

3. The strike is symptomatic of the poor working conditions that exist inside the company.

4. We were told to look out for a dangerous man who had broken out of prison and was on the run.

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