Police in Hungary have tried to force the migrants off trains, sparking angry scenes. The asylum1 seekers thought the train was taking them to the Austrian border. Hungary says it’s following EU rules and has labeled the crisis as Germany’s problem. But Germany and France are pushing for a fair way to share the enormous refugee burden across Europe. The distraught father of the 3-year-old Syrian refugee found drowned on the Turkey’s beach has told his tragic2 story. Pictures of his son sparked an international outcry. Abdulla Kurdi says his family was trying to get to Greece from Turkey but their boat was hit by waves and the captain swam off. He lost his two sons and his wife.
“Everything is gone now. I just want to say thanks to the grief of my children and my wife and rest.” Abdulla Kurdi there.
French officials have confirmed that the wing piece found on the island in the Indian Ocean is part of the
wreckage3 of missing Malaysian Airlines flight 370. The part, known as a flaperon was found on the shore of a French governed island of Reunion in July. And
chaos4 is expected right across Melbourne’s train and road networks today. Railway workers are going on strike for four hours from 10 a.m. until 2 as part of their campaign for better pay and conditions.
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asylum
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n.避难所,庇护所,避难 |
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- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
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tragic
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adj.悲剧的,悲剧性的,悲惨的 |
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- The effect of the pollution on the beaches is absolutely tragic.污染海滩后果可悲。
- Charles was a man doomed to tragic issues.查理是个注定不得善终的人。
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wreckage
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n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏 |
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- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
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chaos
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n.混乱,无秩序 |
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- After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后,城市一片混乱。
- The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。
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