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The Turkish military says it warned a Syrianwarplane four times as it was approaching Turkey'sair space before shooting it down earlier today. TheTurkish General Staff said in a statement that thesecond Syrian plane heeded¹ the warnings and turned back. Prime Minister Recep TayyipErdogan had earlier said Ankara would react forcefully to what he called any furtherincursions.James Reynolds reports.

“Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a rally in Istanbul that Turkish F-16s hit a Syrian warplane after itviolated Turkish airspace. If you violate our airspace, our slap after this will be hard, Mr.Erdogan told his supporters. One report from Damascus says that Syria condemns² Turkishaction as a flagrant act of aggression³. The governments of Turkey and Syria have been onopposite sides of Syria's war since October 2011. Over the last year and a half, there have beena number of incidents along their 900km long border.”

Exit polls in France showed the Socialists⁵ of President Francios Hollande are behind thecentre-right opposition⁶ UMP in the first round of municipal elections. The anti-immigrationNational Front makes significant gains as Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.

“It is in rather well that we need keeping things in proportion. It's certainly may begins, and ina number towns, I’m secured places like Frejus, Perpignan, Avignon, it's made the spectacularsuccess of actually coming out first in this first round of voting. The reason for that was nosecret that there is a growing aspiration⁷ in France with the two main parties, the UMP and theruling Socialist⁴. We do need to keep some sense of proportion knowing all this. The chances ofwinning many towns, control many towns are very, very small. This is a two-round electionthat we get.”

The NATO Supreme⁸ Military Commander has warned that the Russian military presence alongthe eastern Ukrainian border poses a threat to both sides of the country. Speaking inBrussels, General Philip Breedlove said the Russian buildup was big enough to threaten notjust eastern Ukrainian but also a Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria.

“The force that is at Ukrainian border now to the east is very, very sizable and very, veryready. We need to think about the positioning of our forces such that we can defend against itif required, especially in the Baltics.”

In a BBC's interview, Ukraine's acting⁹ Deputy Defence Minister said that Ukraine hoped theWest support would extend to joint¹⁰ military exercises and safeguarding Ukraine’s nuclearpower stations. He said such international efforts would help preclude¹¹ a fully-fledged war withRussia.

Afghan officials say a recent attack on a Kabul luxury hotel that left nine civilians¹² dead wasplanned by foreign intelligence services. Correspondents say the statement is seen as a veiledreference to Pakistan's spy agency, the ISI. Four teenage gunmen fired indiscriminately ondinners at the hotel's restaurant.

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Three people have been killed in a landslide¹³ in the foothills of the Cascade¹⁴ Mountains in the USstate of Washington, 30 homes were destroyed. Seven people have been injured and around18 are missing. Rescuers are trying to find survivors¹⁵ in the thick mud that covers an area ofmore than 2.5 square kilometres.

Police in Nigeria have discovered what local media are calling a house of horrors in thesouthwestern city of Ibadan with decomposing¹⁶ corpses¹⁷, human skulls¹⁸ and other body parts,several extremely malnourished people were found nearby, and local media reported that about15 people were discovered in chains. Tomi Oladipo reports from Lagos.

“Local media have referred to the building where the bodies were found as a house of horror. Agroup of commercial motorcyclists in the southwestern city of Ibadan had called for a policeinvestigation after several of their colleagues went missing. A search party, then found anabandoned building, and in it, skeletons, decomposing bodies and body parts on thebloodstained floors. A police spokesperson says several people have been arrested inconnection with the case as the investigations¹⁹ continue.”

Venezuela's Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz says the authorities are investigating 60 casesover alleged²⁰ human rights abuses during recent street protests. Mr. Ortega said six securityagencies were among the 31 people killed in the violence, more than 450 people have beeninjured. The street protests started in mid²¹ February with angry students that quickly became anear daily feature in opposition strongholds around Caracas and in other parts of Venezuela.

Adolfo Suarez, Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister of the post-Franco era, hasdied at the age of 81. A democrat²² and consensus²³ builder, Adolfo Suarez was handpicked in1976 by King Juan Carlos after the death of General Franco to steer²⁴ the country towards theparliamentary democracy. A year later, he won Spain's first free elections for more than 40years. King Juan Carlos's today paid tribute to an exceptional colleague.

1 heeded   

v.听某人的劝告，听从( heed的过去式和过去分词 )；变平，使（某物）变平( flatten的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She countered that her advice had not been heeded. 她反驳说她的建议未被重视。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• I heeded my doctor's advice and stopped smoking. 我听从医生的劝告，把烟戒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 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》

3 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

4 socialist   

n.社会主义者；adj.社会主义的

参考例句：

• China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
• His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。

5 socialists   

社会主义者( socialist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment. 社会主义者认为自己是启蒙运动的真正继承者。
• The Socialists junked dogma when they came to office in 1982. 社会党人1982年上台执政后，就把其政治信条弃之不顾。

6 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

7 aspiration   

n.志向，志趣抱负；渴望；(语)送气音；吸出

参考例句：

• Man's aspiration should be as lofty as the stars.人的志气应当象天上的星星那么高。
• Young Addison had a strong aspiration to be an inventor.年幼的爱迪生渴望成为一名发明家。

8 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

9 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

10 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

11 preclude   

vt.阻止，排除，防止；妨碍

参考例句：

• We try to preclude any possibility of misunderstanding.我们努力排除任何误解的可能性。
• My present finances preclude the possibility of buying a car.按我目前的财务状况我是不可能买车的。

12 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

13 landslide   

n.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利

参考例句：

• Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
• An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。

14 cascade   

n.小瀑布，喷流；层叠；vi.成瀑布落下

参考例句：

• She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。
• Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。

15 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

16 decomposing   

腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）

参考例句：

• The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
• Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。

17 corpses   

n.死尸，尸体( corpse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them. 活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Overhead, grayish-white clouds covered the sky, piling up heavily like decaying corpses. 天上罩满了灰白的薄云，同腐烂的尸体似的沉沉的盖在那里。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

18 skulls   

颅骨( skull的名词复数 )； 脑袋； 脑子； 脑瓜

参考例句：

• One of the women's skulls found exceeds in capacity that of the average man of today. 现已发现的女性颅骨中，其中有一个的脑容量超过了今天的普通男子。
• We could make a whole plain white with skulls in the moonlight! 我们便能令月光下的平原变白，遍布白色的骷髅！

19 investigations   

（正式的）调查( investigation的名词复数 )； 侦查； 科学研究； 学术研究

参考例句：

• His investigations were intensive and thorough but revealed nothing. 他进行了深入彻底的调查，但没有发现什么。
• He often sent them out to make investigations. 他常常派他们出去作调查。

20 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

21 mid   

adj.中央的，中间的

参考例句：

• Our mid-term exam is pending.我们就要期中考试了。
• He switched over to teaching in mid-career.他在而立之年转入教学工作。

22 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

23 consensus   

n.(意见等的)一致，一致同意，共识

参考例句：

• Can we reach a consensus on this issue?我们能在这个问题上取得一致意见吗？
• What is the consensus of opinion at the afternoon meeting?下午会议上一致的意见是什么？

24 steer   

vt.驾驶，为…操舵；引导；vi.驾驶

参考例句：

• If you push the car, I'll steer it.如果你来推车，我就来驾车。
• It's no use trying to steer the boy into a course of action that suits you.想说服这孩子按你的方式行事是徒劳的。