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School children in Palu, the Indonesian city devastated¹ 11 days ago by a massive earthquake and tsunami², are returning to classes today. Many will be helping³ to clear rubble⁴ and debris⁵ from school buildings damaged or destroyed in the 7.5 magnitude tremor⁶, which struck the Island of Sulawesi.

帕卢市的学生今天已经重返校园上课，而11天前，这座印尼城市遭受了大型地震和海啸的冲击。很多人将助力清理学校各所遭到不同程度损坏的教学楼的碎石和残骸，这次地震的震感有7.5级，重创了苏拉威西岛。

In Spain, a Madrid court is due to issue its verdict later today in a case of Eduardo Vela, a former doctor accused of stealing newborn babies from their mothers, and supplying them to infertile⁷ couples during and after the dictatorship of General Franco. The 85-year old retired⁸ gynecologist is accused of having taken innocent Madrid girl who's now 49, and given her to another woman who was 35 falsely as her real mother

西班牙马德里某法庭今天将就爱德华多?维拉一案进行判决，此人此前曾是一名医生。如今，有人指控他称他将新生婴儿从母亲手中盗取，然后转卖给无法生育的夫妇，他在将军弗朗哥在任和离任后都有做过这种事。85岁的他是已退休的妇科医生，他被控偷走了无辜的马德里女孩(现在已经49岁)，并将这名女孩卖给了另一位35岁的妇女做女儿。

The Ukrainian Defense⁹ Ministry¹⁰ says there has been a series of explosions at an ammunition¹¹ depot¹² near the city of Chernihiv. The ministry says some 10,000 people have been evacuated¹³. There was no word yet on the cause of the blasts.

乌克兰国防部表示，切尔尼戈夫附近某弹药库发生了一系列爆炸案。国防部表示，近1万人已经得到疏散。目前还不了解爆炸案的起因。

A doctor who graduated from one of Russia's elite¹⁴ military medical academies has been named as one of the men Britain says were responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March. The investigative website Bellingcat says the man formally identified as Alexander Petrov is actually Dr. Alexader Mishkin, who worked for GRU military intelligence.

毕业于俄罗斯某精英军医学校的医生被英国认定为3月在索尔兹伯里毒害俄罗斯某前特工的罪魁祸首之一。调查网站Bellingcat表示，外界曾经认定这名男子是亚历山大?佩特罗夫，而他的真实身份是医生亚历山大?米什金，他曾为俄罗斯军事情报机构格鲁乌效力。

Opposition¹⁵ leaders in Venezuela have accused the government of killing¹⁶ a politician who died after falling from the 10th floor of the secret police has quote in Caracas. Fernando Alba, a local councillor, has been accused of taking part in a failed plot to kill President Nicolas Mardura 2 months ago.

委内瑞拉多位反对派领袖指控政府杀害了一名政治家，据加拉加斯秘密警察所述，这名政治家在从10楼坠下后身亡。费尔南多?阿尔巴是当地的市议员，他被控参加了一场政治计划，意图在2个月前杀害总统尼古拉斯?马杜罗。不过这次计划未能成功。

The United States has called for a thorough investigation¹⁷ into the disappearance¹⁸ of the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he'd urged the Saudi authorities to be transparent¹⁹ about the matter.

美国呼吁对知名沙特记者哈绍吉于上周人间蒸发一事进行彻底的调查。美国国务卿迈克?蓬佩奥表示，他已经敦促沙特当局保证这件事的透明度。

Forecasts in the United States say Hurricane Michael is gaining strength and is expected to become a category 3 storm before it makes landfall in the US. Thousands of residents in the gulf²⁰ have been evacuated.

美国预报显示，飓风迈克尔正在积蓄力量，并可能在演变为三级风暴后着陆美国。海湾的无数军民已经疏散到其他地方。

1 devastated   

v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词)；摧毁；毁灭；在感情上（精神上、财务上等）压垮adj.毁坏的；极为震惊的

参考例句：

• The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
• His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。

2 tsunami   

n.海啸

参考例句：

• Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
• Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。

3 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

4 rubble   

n.（一堆）碎石，瓦砾

参考例句：

• After the earthquake,it took months to clean up the rubble.地震后，花了数月才清理完瓦砾。
• After the war many cities were full of rubble.战后许多城市到处可见颓垣残壁。

5 debris   

n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片

参考例句：

• After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
• Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。

6 tremor   

n.震动，颤动，战栗，兴奋，地震

参考例句：

• There was a slight tremor in his voice.他的声音有点颤抖。
• A slight earth tremor was felt in California.加利福尼亚发生了轻微的地震。

7 infertile   

adj.不孕的；不肥沃的，贫瘠的

参考例句：

• Plants can't grow well in the infertile land.在贫瘠的土地上庄稼长不好。
• Nobody is willing to till this infertile land.这块薄田没有人愿意耕种。

8 retired   

adj.隐退的，退休的，退役的

参考例句：

• The old man retired to the country for rest.这位老人下乡休息去了。
• Many retired people take up gardening as a hobby.许多退休的人都以从事园艺为嗜好。

9 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

10 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。

11 ammunition   

n.军火，弹药

参考例句：

• A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
• They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。

12 depot   

n.仓库，储藏处；公共汽车站；火车站

参考例句：

• The depot is only a few blocks from here.公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区。
• They leased the building as a depot.他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。

13 evacuated   

撤退者的

参考例句：

• Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
• The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。

14 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

15 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。

16 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

17 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

18 disappearance   

n.消失，消散，失踪

参考例句：

• He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
• Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。

19 transparent   

adj.明显的，无疑的；透明的

参考例句：

• The water is so transparent that we can see the fishes swimming.水清澈透明，可以看到鱼儿游来游去。
• The window glass is transparent.窗玻璃是透明的。

20 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。