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The world this week
本周国际要闻

Politics
政治

Joe Biden named Kamala Harris, a senator from California, as his running-mate.
乔·拜登任命加州参议员卡玛拉·哈里斯为他的竞选伙伴。

The daughter of a Jamaican-American economist and an Indian-American cancer researcher, she is the first black woman or Asian-American on a major-party presidential ticket.
哈里斯的父亲是牙买加裔美国经济学家，母亲是印裔美国癌症研究人员。她是美国历史上第一位获得主要政党总统候选人提名的黑人女性和亚裔美国人。

Democrats largely praised her as a safe, charismatic choice, though some queried her respect for civil liberties, noting her record as a tough-on-crime prosecutor.
民主党人普遍称赞哈里斯是一个可靠、有魅力的人选，但也有一些人质疑她对公民自由的尊重，强调她作为严厉打击犯罪的检察官背景。

The director of America's counter-intelligence service warned that Russia was using a "range of measures" to undermine Mr Biden's campaign, primarily because of his support for Ukraine.
美国反情报部门的负责人警告称，俄罗斯正在使用“一系列措施”来破坏拜登的竞选活动，主要是因为拜登支持乌克兰。

Chicago endured a night of looting, after police officers shot and injured a black man who they said was firing a gun at them.
芝加哥经历了一夜的抢劫，警察开枪打伤了一名黑人，他们说，这名黑人当时朝警方开枪。

Bridges were raised to stop looters roaming.
为了阻止劫掠者游荡，该不得不将将桥梁高高悬起。

Seattle's council voted to slash the police budget and refocus the city's force on "public safety".
西雅图议会投票决定削减警察预算，并将城市警力重新集中在“公共安全”方便。

The police chief, Carmen Best, said she would resign, decrying an "overarching lack of respect" for her officers.
警察局长卡门贝斯特(Carmen Best)表示，她会辞职，谴责对她手下的警察“普遍缺乏尊重”。

She was the first black woman to hold the job.
她是第一位担任该职位的黑人女性。

The Milne ice shelf, the last one that was intact in the Canadian Arctic, split apart during a heatwave.
米尔恩冰架是加拿大北极地区最后一个完整的冰架，这块冰架在热浪中断裂。

The breakaway piece made up 40% of the ice shelf's surface area.
破裂的冰架占冰架表面积的40%。

Protests by allies of Bolivia's former president, Evo Morales, over the postponement of an election due to COVID-19, have blocked roads and exacerbated shortages of oxygen.
玻利维亚前总统埃沃·莫拉莱斯(Evo Morales)的盟友就因新冠肺炎而推迟选举举行抗议活动，导致道路堵塞，并加剧了氧气短缺。

The interim government, led by Jeanine á?ez, a conservative, says 30 people have died as a result.
由保守派珍妮·阿涅斯（Jeanine Anez）领导的临时政府表示，这一活动导致30人丧生。

A new election, in which Ms á?ez is running and Mr Morales is not, is scheduled for October 18th.
新一轮选举计划在10月18日举行，届时阿涅斯将参加选举，而莫拉莱斯无法参选。

Mexican prosecutors began a corruption investigation into a former president, Enrique Pena Nieto.
墨西哥检察官开始对前总统恩里克·培尼亚·涅托(Enrique Pena Nieto)进行腐败调查。

They are looking into claims that before he became president Mr Pena used bribes from Odebrecht, a Brazilian construction firm,
他们正在调查的指控是，在成为总统之前，涅托利用一家巴西建筑公司Odebrecht的行贿，

to help finance the election campaign in 2012, and that during his presidency he paid legislators to vote for a big energy reform.
来资助2012年的竞选活动，以及在他担任总统期间，他贿赂立法委员投票支持一项重大的能源改革。

Alexander Lukashenko claimed a sixth election victory in Belarus, with 80% of the vote.
亚历山大·卢卡申科(Alexander Lukashenko)以80%的选票赢得白俄罗斯第六次选举。

Huge crowds protested, saying the count was rigged and the real victor was Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, an ex-teacher. Police arrested and beat thousands.
大批民众抗议，称计票被操纵，真正的胜利者是前教师斯维特拉娜·蒂哈诺夫斯卡娅。警方逮捕并殴打了数千人。

Ms Tikhanovskaya, who had promised to free political prisoners and hold a fair election, fled the country after a long involuntary interview with the security services.
蒂哈诺夫斯卡娅曾承诺要释放政治犯并举行一次公平的选举，但在与安全部门进行了长时间的非自愿谈判后，她逃离了这个国家。

Her supporters assume she was threatened. Her husband, who was barred from standing, remains in jail.
她的支持者认为她受到了威胁。她的丈夫被禁止参选，目前仍在狱中。

Tanzania banned the broadcasting of news produced by foreign media without the government's permission.
在未经政府许可的情况下，坦桑尼亚禁止播放外国媒体制作的新闻。

Local journalists working for foreign media or with foreign correspondents must now be accompanied by an official minder, as in North Korea.
为外国媒体工作或与外国记者合作的当地记者现在必须有一名官方人员监督，就像朝鲜一样。

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1.broadcast 直播

The speech was broadcast via a satellite link.
这次演讲是通过卫星直播的Vvcs=7nrVhgc^7g8。

2.permission 允许

He asked permission to leave the room.
他请求离开房间的许可U&nUQ[&@1GsI@。

3.journalist 记者

He daydreams of being a famous journalist.
他梦想成为一个有名的记者je8Mad)B(8S1_Yh.7]&u。

4.accompanied 陪伴

His wife accompanied him on the trip.
那次旅行他由妻子陪同Dkzlk=N@XI3_PO3#。

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charismatic	[.kæriz'mætik]	想一想再看 adj. 有魅力的	联想记忆 X 单词charismatic 联想记忆： charisma个人魅力+tic表形容词，通常放在一个名词前，“与…相关的，…的”→有魅力的
election	[i'lekʃən]	想一想再看 n. 选举	联想记忆 X 单词election 联想记忆： elect选择，收集+ion→选举
intact	[in'tækt]	想一想再看 adj. 完好无缺的，原封不动的，未经触碰的	联想记忆 X 单词intact 联想记忆： in不，tact接触－未接触过的
split	[split]	想一想再看 n. 劈开，裂片，裂口 adj. 分散的
victor	['viktə]	想一想再看 n. 胜利者 Victor: 维克托(男子名)	联想记忆 X 单词victor 联想记忆：源于：victory（n 胜利）
assume	[ə'sju:m]	想一想再看 vt. 假定，设想，承担; (想当然的)认为	联想记忆 X 单词assume 联想记忆： as朝向，sume拿，取－拿住－承担（责任、职务）
permission	[pə'miʃən]	想一想再看 n. 同意，许可，允许	联想记忆 X 单词permission 联想记忆： per始终＋miss送，放出＋ion→始终放入→允许
conservative	[kən'sə:vətiv]	想一想再看 adj. 保守的，守旧的 n. 保守派(党),	联想记忆 X 单词conservative 联想记忆： con全部+serve保持+ative→保守的
campaign	[kæm'pein]	想一想再看 n. 运动，活动，战役，竞选运动 v. 从事运	联想记忆 X 单词campaign 联想记忆： camp（n 田野，营地），aign名词后缀－营地－备战的地方
construction	[kən'strʌkʃən]	想一想再看 n. 建设，建造，结构，构造，建筑物	联想记忆 X 单词construction 联想记忆： con共同+struct建立+ion→建设