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BBC news with Jerry Smit. President Putin hasaccused Ukraine of resorting to terror after theRussian security service said it had prevented aUkraine plot to sabotage¹ essential infrastructureinside the disputed territory of Crimea. Mr. Putinwarned Ukraine it was playing a dangerous game. The Ukrainian foreign ministry² accused him of seeking a justification³ to attack the country. Russia says its forces in Syria will suspend operations in Aleppo from tomorrow for 3 hourseach day to allow humanitarian⁴ aid into the city. The UN's emergency relief coordinator⁵ saidthat wasn't enough and a 48-hour ceasefire was needed to bring a sufficient aid. In a damningreport, the US Justice Department has accused police in the city of Baltimore of routinelydiscriminating against black people and of using excessive force. It gave the example of oneAfrican American man who was stopped 30 times in 4 years without ever being arrested orgetting a caution. The authorities in Congo have refused to renew the work permit of apermanent researcher from human rights watch, which regularly condemns⁶ abuses in thecountry. No reason was given. The rights group described it as a brazen⁷ attempt to muzzlereporting on the government's crackdown on dissent⁸. The authorities in the Colombian capital, Bogota, have begun demolishing⁹ a notorious district toward the center of the city called theBronx. It was a focus for drug addicts¹⁰, criminals and prostitution. At the Rio Olympics, theAmerican Kristin Armstronghas become the first cyclist to win 3 gold medals in a row in thesame discipline. Her time trial victory follows golds in Beijing and London. And a 90-year-oldtortoise in Britain has been reunited with its owner after unwittingly hitching¹¹ a ride on arefuse lorry at a waste cinerator. There was a frantic¹² search for the tortoise, called Zuma, who'd caught into a bag of rubbish. 

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1 sabotage   

n.怠工，破坏活动，破坏；v.从事破坏活动，妨害，破坏

参考例句：

• They tried to sabotage my birthday party.他们企图破坏我的生日晚会。
• The fire at the factory was caused by sabotage.那家工厂的火灾是有人蓄意破坏引起的。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 justification   

n.正当的理由；辩解的理由

参考例句：

• There's no justification for dividing the company into smaller units. 没有理由把公司划分成小单位。
• In the young there is a justification for this feeling. 在年轻人中有这种感觉是有理由的。

4 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

5 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

6 condemns   

v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的第三人称单数 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地

参考例句：

• Her widowhood condemns her to a lonely old age. 守寡使她不得不过着孤独的晚年生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The public opinion condemns prostitution. 公众舆论遣责卖淫。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7 brazen   

adj.厚脸皮的，无耻的，坚硬的

参考例句：

• The brazen woman laughed loudly at the judge who sentenced her.那无耻的女子冲着给她判刑的法官高声大笑。
• Some people prefer to brazen a thing out rather than admit defeat.有的人不愿承认失败，而是宁肯厚着脸皮干下去。

8 dissent   

n./v.不同意，持异议

参考例句：

• It is too late now to make any dissent.现在提出异议太晚了。
• He felt her shoulders gave a wriggle of dissent.他感到她的肩膀因为不同意而动了一下。

9 demolishing   

v.摧毁( demolish的现在分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光

参考例句：

• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings. 这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。 来自《用法词典》
• Conventional demolishing work would have caused considerable interruptions in traffic. 如果采用一般的拆除方法就要引起交通的严重中断。 来自辞典例句

10 addicts   

有…瘾的人( addict的名词复数 )； 入迷的人

参考例句：

• a unit for rehabilitating drug addicts 帮助吸毒者恢复正常生活的机构
• There is counseling to help Internet addicts?even online. 有咨询机构帮助网络沉迷者。 来自超越目标英语 第3册

11 hitching   

搭乘； （免费）搭乘他人之车( hitch的现在分词 )； 搭便车； 攀上； 跃上

参考例句：

• The farmer yoked the oxen before hitching them to the wagon. 农夫在将牛套上大车之前先给它们套上轭。
• I saw an old man hitching along on his stick. 我看见一位老人拄着手杖蹒跚而行。

12 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。