President Xi Jinping in the UK, Syrian conflict and Tutankhamun's beard 習(xí)近平主席訪英、 敘利亞沖突和圖坦卡蒙的胡須
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British-Chinese relations 習(xí)近平主席訪英女王談英中關(guān)系
Thousands of people flee Aleppo 數(shù)萬人逃離敘利亞城市阿勒頗
Restoring Tutankhamun's beard 圖坦卡蒙的胡須的復(fù)原工程
文字稿
In a speech at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth has described the emerging relationship between China and the UK as a global partnership. She said the state visit of China's president Xi Jinping, is a defining moment.
英國女王伊麗莎白二世在白金漢宮的講話中把新興的中英關(guān)系形容為全球伙伴關(guān)系。她說，中國國家主席習(xí)近平的英國國事訪問是一個決定性的時刻。
It's estimated 35,000 people have been displaced by an upsurge in fighting around the Syrian city of Aleppo. It's one of five areas where government forces have launched offensives since Russia began supporting their operations with airstrikes at the end of September.
據(jù)估計大約有35000人在敘利亞城市阿勒頗周圍急劇上升的戰(zhàn)斗中流離失所。這是敘利亞政府軍隊在9月底以來俄國空襲配合下發(fā)起進攻的五個地區(qū)之一。
A year ago the beard of Tutankhamun in a museum in Cairo was accidently knocked off. It was then very hastily reattached amid much controversy. Well it's now confirmed that a team of experts is to remove the beard and reattach it more carefully. It could all take up to two months.
一年前，開羅一家博物館內(nèi)的圖坦卡蒙的胡子被人不經(jīng)意碰掉。接著在紛紛揚揚的爭議中被人匆匆粘回到原處?，F(xiàn)在有消息證實說，胡須復(fù)原工程將由一個專家小組來完成，他們要把現(xiàn)在的胡須摘掉，然后以更為精心地將其重新復(fù)原固定。完成這項工作有可能需要長達兩個月的時間。
詞匯
defining moment?決定性的時刻
displaced?流離失所
launched offensives?發(fā)起軍事進攻
controversy 爭議
練習(xí)
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)拇鸢竵硗瓿删渥印Ｗ⒁猓耗憧赡苄枰淖儐卧~的時態(tài)來完成句子。
displaced / launched offensives / defining moment / controversy
1. The invention of the motor car was a _______ for the future of people's mobility.
2. People in the village were _______ after weeks of rain caused a terrible flood.
3. It was a dangerous situation for everyone as the enemy army _______ on the city.
4. There was much ______ about plans to build a wind farm in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
答案
1. The invention of the motor car was a defining moment for the future of people's mobility.
2.People in the village were displaced after weeks of rain caused a terrible flood.
3.It was a dangerous situation for everyone as the enemy army launched offensives on the city.
4. There was much controversy about plans to build a wind farm in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
