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• UK vote on Syria air strikes 英国议会投票表决是否空袭叙利亚
• US to deploy special force to Iraq 美国在伊、叙部署特种部队
• Facebook founder giveaway 脸书创办人捐股份

文字稿

British politicians are going to decide today whether to back air strikes in Syria directed against Islamic State militants. A ten-hour parliamentary debate is going to end in a vote on whether the UK should join the US-led coalition that is bombing the extremists.

英国议会将于今天（12月2日）投票决定是否支持针对叙利亚境内的“伊斯兰国”武装分子的空袭行动。议会将进行10小时的辩论然后投票表决是否加入以美国为首的轰炸极端分子的联军力量。

The American Secretary of Defence Ash Carter says US special forces will be deployed to help fight IS in both – Iraq and Syria. Mr Carter said the ground troops will carry out raids, free hostages and capture IS leaders.

美国国防部部长卡特（Ash Carter）表示，美国将在伊拉克和叙利亚部署特种部队，以协助打击伊斯兰国极端分子。卡特说，地面部队将执行突袭，解救人质和捕获伊斯兰国极端武装头目。

Facebook founder and his wife – they've pledged to their new baby daughter to give away 99% of their shares to good causes. How much is that? That'll be $45bn .

脸书（Facebook）创始人和他的妻子借女儿出生之际，对外承诺将捐出公司99%的股份做慈善事业。这些股份价值多少钱？相当于450亿美元。

词汇

extremists
极端主义分子

raids
突袭，袭击

pledged
许诺

练习  

请从以下词汇中选择适当的答案来完成句子。注意：你可能需要改变单词的时态来完成句子。

extremists / raids / pledged

1. An air _______ on the Italian port of Bari during World War Two led to the deadly release of mustard gas.

2. Mr Jones is very generous. He's _______ to donate his massive book collection to the schools in his neighbourhood.

3. The _______ have been storing weapons to attack the capital and impose their views.

答案

1. An air raid on the Italian port of Bari during World War Two led to the deadly release of mustard gas.

2. Mr Jones is very generous. He's pledged to donate his massive book collection to the schools in his neighbourhood.

3. The extremists have been storing weapons to attack the capital and impose their views.