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The American film star Carrie Fisher who played princess Leia in the Star Wars film has died aged¹ at 60 days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight.

在影片《星球大战》中扮演莱娅公主的美国电影明星凯丽·费雪(Carrie Fisher)在横跨大西洋的航班上突发心脏病数日后去世，享年60岁。

Fellow passengers on the plane from London to California said she stopped breathing for several minutes and she'd been in intensive care in a Los Angeles hospital since then.

从伦敦飞往加利福尼亚的这架航班上同行的乘客表示，她呼吸停止了几分钟的时间，自那以后在洛杉矶一家医院接受重症特别护理。

The former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has been indicted² in a corruption³ case involving a private company that was granted lucrative⁴ contracts from the government.

前阿根廷总统克里斯蒂娜·费尔南德斯·德基什内尔(Cristina Fernández de Kirchner)被控告牵涉一宗腐败案，一家私营公司从政府获得了利润丰厚的合同。

A judge has also frozen more than 600 million dollars of her personal assets. She left office a year ago.

法官还冻结了她超过6亿美元的个人财产。德基什内尔于一年前离任。

Shinzo Abe is about to become the first Japanese leader to pray at Pearl Harbor for the more than 2000 US sailors and marines killed in a surprised Japanese attack on the US naval⁵ base 75 years ago.

安倍晋三将成为在珍珠港为2000多名美国水手和海军祈祷的首位日本领导人。75年前，日本偷袭美国珍珠港海军基地。

Mr. Abe is expected to talk about the value of reconciliation⁶. But the prime minister is unlikely to offer a formal apology.

安倍将讲述双方和解的重要意义。但是他不会正式道歉。

The leading US Republican senator John McCain has sought to reassure⁷ the Baltic states that Washington will continue to back them under president Trump⁸.

美国重要的共和党参议员约翰·麦凯恩(John McCain)希望向波罗的海诸国保证，在特朗普总统的领导下，华盛顿将继续支持他们。

Mr. McCain said he was confident that America would maintain its commitment to a strong NATO in the face of what he called "increasingly aggressive Russian behavior" in the region.

麦凯恩表示，他相信面对俄罗斯在该地区越来越激进的行为，美国将履行承诺建设更强大的北约。

Reports from Saudi Arabia say that a man has been jailed for one year for urging an end to the guardianship⁹ system that traditionally gives Saudi men extensive control over women.

来自沙特阿拉伯的报道称，一名男子由于敦促终止传统上赋予沙特男性过分管控女性的监护制度而被监禁一年。

The man is quoted as saying he wanted to help female relatives ill-treated by their families.

这名男子说，他希望帮助那些被家人虐待的女性亲属。

And scientists in Canada say they have direct evidence that North American Indians cultivated swamp potatoes almost 4000 years ago.

加拿大科学家表示，他们有直接证据表明近4000年前北美印第安人已经开始种植湿地马铃薯。

The researchers say they have discovered hundreds of partly preserved tubes in the submerged garden in the ancestral lands of the Katzie tribe in British Columbia.

研究人员表示，他们在不列颠哥伦比亚省卡茨部落古老的土地沉没的菜园里发现了数百个部分保存的管子。

1 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

2 indicted   

控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
• He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

5 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

6 reconciliation   

n.和解，和谐，一致

参考例句：

• He was taken up with the reconciliation of husband and wife.他忙于做夫妻间的调解工作。
• Their handshake appeared to be a gesture of reconciliation.他们的握手似乎是和解的表示。

7 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

8 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

9 guardianship   

n. 监护, 保护, 守护

参考例句：

• They had to employ the English language in face of the jealous guardianship of Britain. 他们不得不在英国疑忌重重的监护下使用英文。
• You want Marion to set aside her legal guardianship and give you Honoria. 你要马丽恩放弃她的法定监护人资格，把霍诺丽娅交给你。