美国有线新闻 CNN 2012-12-18

 Senkaku and Diaoyu, two different names for the same set of islands at the center of some tension¹ between China and Japan. You can see those two countries on this map, and right in between them, that's where you find these islands in the East China Sea. There is not much to them, they are rocky, they are not near much else, no one lives there. So why is there tension? Well, China and Japan each say islands belong to them.

 

Yesterday, this was seen near the islands, a Chinese plane, China said it was there to carry out a patrol². Japan launched³ its own plane in response, including eight fighter jets⁴. The Chinese plane was gone by the time the Japanese jets showed up. While China and Japan had been kind of wrestling over these islands for a while, this was the first time aircraft were involved.

 

Next up, a story from Syria's civil war. Some of the images from this conflict are difficult to watch, some people might found it disturbing. So we want to make you aware of that, because the story includes footage of a Syrian woman who had been shot by a sniper while she was walking down the street. We're showing it to you because of what happened next. A Syrian teenager, 17 years old, crowded out into the street to try to save her. He isn't her relative or neighbor, they've never met, he crowded out through the gunfire and put his own life at risk because he said he knew we had to save the woman or die trying.

 

He was able to help get her out of the street, he wasn't able to save her life. Later he talked with CNN's Arwa Damon.

 

"We wanted to save her, to get her to a hospital. I'm not a hero, I'm just anyone else."

1 tension   

n.(紧张)状态；拉(绷)紧；张力，拉力

参考例句：

• I could feel the tension in the room. 我可以感觉到房间里的紧张气氛。
• Relaxaion is better than tension. 缓和比紧张好。

2 patrol   

v.巡逻，巡查；n.巡逻，巡查，巡逻队

参考例句：

• They attacked two soldiers on patrol.他们袭击了两名正在巡逻的士兵。
• Policemen patrol the streets.警察在街上巡逻。

3 launched   

v.发射( launch的过去式和过去分词 )；[计算机]开始（应用程序）；发动；开展（活动、计划等）

参考例句：

• He launched a bitter diatribe against the younger generation. 他对年轻一代发起了猛烈的抨击。
• The product was launched amid much fanfare worldwide. 这个产品在世界各地隆重推出。

4 jets   

n.喷嘴( jet的名词复数 )；喷气式飞机；喷射流；煤玉

参考例句：

• The firemen directed jets of water at the burning building. 消防队员把水柱喷向燃烧着的楼房。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。 来自《简明英汉词典》