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President Trump¹'s senior policy adviser² says the United States is going to reinforce vital alliances in the Pacific region to deter³, what he called, increasing hostility⁴ from North Korea. Stephen Miller's comments followed international condemnation⁵ of the firing by Pyongyang of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan.

国际社会谴责朝鲜向日本海发射弹道导弹。之后，美国总统特朗普高级政策顾问表示美国将加强在太平洋地区的重要的联盟，目的是遏制朝鲜的敌意。

Voters in Switzerland have approved a measure to make it easier for third generation immigrants to become citizens. Under the proposal, the grandchildren of immigrants will be fast tracked in the lengthy⁶ process of gaining a Swiss passport.

瑞士选民简化了第三代移民入籍程序。法案通过后，第三代移民申请瑞士护照时，将可省略一些繁复的手续。不过，这些移民依然不会自动成为瑞士公民。

The former German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who last year described Donald Trump as a hate preacher, has been elected as the country's new president. He received 74% of the votes cast by a special federal assembly.

德国前外长施泰因迈尔当选德国新一任总统。去年施泰因迈尔曾表示，唐纳德·特朗普是一位讨厌的传教士。德国总统由联邦大会选举，施泰因迈尔赢得了74%的选票。

The Romanian Foreign Minister has told the BBC that his government has no intention of resigning unless it loses the confidence of Parliament. The comments by Teodor Melescanu follow nearly two weeks of anti-government protests.

在接近两周的反政府游行示威之后，罗马尼亚外交部长告诉BBC记者，除非失去议会的支持，否则该届政府不会下台。

Officials in Eastern Afghanistan say they are investigating the murder of a teenage couple by an angry crowd. The young woman, thought to be 18, recently had an arranged marriage, but ran away with the man she'd hoped to marry.

阿富汗东部官员表示正在调查一对青年夫妇被愤怒人群谋杀的事件。受害的年轻女性，约18岁，近期被包办婚姻，但是这名女子和自己心仪的男子私奔了。

Around half of the military police force in the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo has returned to work after more than a week of strikes. The rest of the force remains⁷ in barracks, which are still being blockaded by the families of officers protesting about low pay and bad working conditions.

在一个多星期的示威之后，巴西圣埃斯皮里图将近一半的军警，已经回到工作岗位。而其余的军警仍在营房，被抗议收入低以及工作条件差的军警的家属所包围。

A ceremony has begun at the Royal Albert Hall in London to hand out the British Academy Film Awards, or BAFATs. The American musical La La Land, starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, has 11 nominations⁸, and is the favorite to take the Best Film Award.

第70届英国电影学院奖颁奖典礼在伦敦皇家阿尔伯特音乐厅举行，由艾玛·斯通，瑞恩·高斯林主演的《爱乐之城》获得11项提名，并不出意外笑到了最后获得包括最佳影片奖。

The award-winning Jazz and Pop singer Al Jarreau has died in a Los Angeles hospital, just days after announcing he was retiring due to exhaustion⁹. He was76. BBC News.

美国著名爵士乐大师艾尔·贾诺，由于疲惫宣布退休，数天后于洛杉矶医院去世当，享年76岁。BBC新闻。

1 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。

2 adviser   

n.劝告者，顾问

参考例句：

• They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
• Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。

3 deter   

vt.阻止，使不敢，吓住

参考例句：

• Failure did not deter us from trying it again.失败并没有能阻挡我们再次进行试验。
• Dogs can deter unwelcome intruders.狗能够阻拦不受欢迎的闯入者。

4 hostility   

n.敌对，敌意；抵制［pl.］交战，战争

参考例句：

• There is open hostility between the two leaders.两位领导人表现出公开的敌意。
• His hostility to your plan is well known.他对你的计划所持的敌意是众所周知的。

5 condemnation   

n.谴责; 定罪

参考例句：

• There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
• The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。

6 lengthy   

adj.漫长的，冗长的

参考例句：

• We devoted a lengthy and full discussion to this topic.我们对这个题目进行了长时间的充分讨论。
• The professor wrote a lengthy book on Napoleon.教授写了一部有关拿破仑的巨著。

7 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

8 nominations   

n.提名，任命( nomination的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nominations are invited for the post of party chairman. 为党主席职位征集候选人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Much coverage surrounded his abortive bids for the 1960,1964, and 1968 Republican Presidential nominations. 许多消息报道都围绕着1960年、1964年和1968年他为争取提名为共和党总统候选人所做努力的失败。 来自辞典例句

9 exhaustion   

n.耗尽枯竭，疲惫，筋疲力尽，竭尽，详尽无遗的论述

参考例句：

• She slept the sleep of exhaustion.她因疲劳而酣睡。
• His exhaustion was obvious when he fell asleep standing.他站着睡着了，显然是太累了。