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French police have shot and wounded a man who attacked an office with a hammer near Notre Dame¹ Cathedral in Paris, in what's being treated as a terrorist incident. The French Interior Minister said the attacker shouted： This if for Syria! During the assault. About 900 people have now left Notre Dame. They'd been kept inside while police carried out a search.

法国警方射伤一名男子，该男子在巴黎圣母院附近用锤子袭击了一间办公室。这起事件被视为恐怖事件。法国内政部长称，在进行袭击时这名袭击者曾喊道:“为了叙利亚！”目前巴黎圣母院内大约900人均已被疏散。警方进行搜查时，这些人均被关在圣母院内。

President Trump² has strongly sided with Saudi Arabia in the escalating³ crisis over Qatar. The country has been isolated⁴ by the Saudis and several other Arab states over its alleged⁵ funding of extremists. Mr. Trump tweeted that this move could be the beginning of the end for the horror of terrorism.

针对不断升级的卡塔尔危机，特朗普总统强烈支持沙特阿拉伯国家。卡塔尔因涉嫌资助极端分子而被沙特和其他几个阿拉伯国家孤立。特朗普发推文称，这一行动可能是可怕的恐怖主义灭亡的开端。

U.S.-backed fighters in Syria have, for the first time, entered the outskirts⁶ of Ar Raqqah, the stronghold of Islamic State militants⁷. The Kurdish-led SDF has launched attacks to the east and west of the city, backed by heavy airstrikes from the U.S.-led coalition⁸. The SDF says it's the final phase of their campaign to drive IS out of Ar Raqqah.

美国支持的叙利亚政府武装分子首次进入伊斯兰国（IS）激进分子的据点拉卡市的郊区。在美国领导的联盟军的猛烈空袭援助下，库尔德人领导的自卫队在该市东部和西部发动了几起袭击。自卫队称，这是他们将IS驱逐出拉卡市战斗的最后阶段。

The International Rescue Committee says millions of children in East Africa and Yemen are at risk of dying from cholera⁹ and other preventable waterborne diseases. Cases in South Sudan and Yemen doubled in May, with the worst-hit country suffering conflict as well as drought.

国际救援委员会称，东非和也门有数百万儿童面临死于霍乱和其他可预防的水传播疾病的危险。南苏丹和也门的病例在5月份增加了一倍，受灾最严重的国家同时遭受着武装冲突和干旱的折磨。

Brazil's top electoral court is due to meet shortly to decide whether or not to annul¹⁰ the 2014 elections over alleged illegal campaign financing. It's the latest chapter in the saga¹¹ of Brazilian politics, which, last year, saw the impeachment¹² of the former President, Dilma Rousseff.

巴西最高选举法庭将举行简短会议，决定是否因被指涉嫌非法竞选融资而废止2014年大选。这是巴西政治传奇的最新一章。去年，巴西政坛上演了前总统迪尔玛·罗塞夫被弹劾一幕。

The Saudi business tycoon¹³, Adnan Khashoggi, who became one of the world's richest men in the 1970s and 80s by brokering¹⁴ international arms deals has died in London. He was 82. Adnan Khashoggi was linked to a series of scandals, including the Iran Contra Affair, but never convicted of wrongdoing.

沙特商业大亨阿德南·哈肖吉(Adnan Khashoggi)在伦敦去世，享年82岁。他于上世纪70、80年代进行国际军火交易，成为世界上最富有的人之一。阿德南·哈肖吉与包括伊朗门事件在内的一系列丑闻都有关系，但从未被判有罪。

1 dame   

n.女士

参考例句：

• The dame tell of her experience as a wife and mother.这位年长妇女讲了她作妻子和母亲的经验。
• If you stick around,you'll have to marry that dame.如果再逗留多一会，你就要跟那个夫人结婚。

2 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。

3 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

4 isolated   

adj.与世隔绝的

参考例句：

• His bad behaviour was just an isolated incident. 他的不良行为只是个别事件。
• Patients with the disease should be isolated. 这种病的患者应予以隔离。

5 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

6 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

7 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

8 coalition   

n.结合体，同盟，结合，联合

参考例句：

• The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
• Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。

9 cholera   

n.霍乱

参考例句：

• The cholera outbreak has been contained.霍乱的发生已被控制住了。
• Cholera spread like wildfire through the camps.霍乱在营地里迅速传播。

10 annul   

v.宣告…无效，取消，废止

参考例句：

• They have the power to alter or annul inappropriate decisions of their own standing committees.他们有权改变或者撤销本级人民代表大会常务委员会不适当的决定。
• The courts later found grounds to annul the results,after the king urged them to sort out the "mess".在国王敦促法庭收拾烂摊子后，法庭随后宣布废除选举结果。

11 saga   

n.(尤指中世纪北欧海盗的)故事，英雄传奇

参考例句：

• The saga of Flight 19 is probably the most repeated story about the Bermuda Triangle.飞行19中队的传说或许是有关百慕大三角最重复的故事。
• The novel depicts the saga of a family.小说描绘了一个家族的传奇故事。

12 impeachment   

n.弹劾；控告；怀疑

参考例句：

• Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
• The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。

13 tycoon   

n.有钱有势的企业家，大亨

参考例句：

• The tycoon is on the verge of bankruptcy.那名大亨濒临破产的边缘。
• The tycoon has many servants to minister to his needs.那位大亨有很多人服侍他。

14 brokering   

v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的现在分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• Intertwined with these were rivalry, power brokering, and patronage. 然而也不乏有抗争、强权操纵与任命特权交织其中。 来自互联网
• Kingston Quest Can Assist Your Company In Negotiations, Brokering, Agency Services, Sourcing Factories Or Property. 金士顿追求，可帮助您的公司在谈判中，经纪，代理服务，货源工厂或财产。 来自互联网