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Donald Trump¹ has begun his term as the 45th president of the United States with a pledge to end, what he called, the carnage of America. In his inaugural² address, he promised change to end the scourges³ of abandoned factories, rampant⁴ crime and a failed education system. In foreign policy, he pledged to build new alliances and to unite the civilized⁵ world with the aim of completely eradicating⁶ radical⁷ Islamic terrorism.

Mr. Trump moved quickly to sign his first executive order as president including the proclamation of a national day of patriotism⁸. He also signed a waiver to allow James Mattis to serve as defense⁹ secretary even though it's less than the required seven years since he left the military.

There've been protests in a number of cities across the United States as Mr. Trump sworn in. In Washington, police used pepper spray and stun¹⁰ grenades against protesters, some of whom damaged vehicles and destroyed property. There were more than 200 arrests.

A close aide to the Gambian President Adama Barrow says the embattled former head of state Yahya Jammeh has agreed to step down and leave the country. The aide spoke¹¹ to the BBC after talks between Mr. Jammeh and the presidents of Guinea and Mauritania, who are trying to negotiate an end to the Gambian crisis.

Rescue workers in Central Italy have now pulled five survivors¹² from air pockets in the ruins of a hotel that was hit by an avalanche¹³ on Wednesday. Rescuers are still trying to extract five others from beneath the debris¹⁴.

The US military says an airstrike on Thursday on an al-Qaeda training camp in Syria killed more than 100 fighters. The Pentagon said the strike disrupted the group's training operations.

The Mexican drug lord Joaquin Guzman has pleaded not guilty to 17 charges of drug trafficking, kidnapping, murder and conspiracy¹⁵ at a court in New York. Mr.Guzman was extradited to the US on Thursday.

唐纳德·特朗普开始了美国第45届总统任期，承诺终结美国的大屠杀。在就职讲话中，他承诺做出改革，终止废弃的工厂的苦难，猖獗的犯罪和失败的教育体系。在外交政策方面，他承诺建立新的联盟，团结起文明世界，致力于完全根除极端伊斯兰恐怖主义。

特朗普迅速采取行动，签署了作为总统的首个行政命令，包括设立爱国日。他还签署了弃权令，允许詹姆斯·马蒂斯(James Mattis)担任国防部长，尽管没有达到离开军队七年的要求。

特朗普宣誓就职时，美国几座城市发生了抗议活动。在华盛顿，警方向抗议者喷洒了辣椒粉，投掷了眩晕手榴弹。其中一些抗议者损坏了车辆和财产。警方逮捕了200多人。

冈比亚总统艾达玛·巴罗(Adama Barrow)的一位亲密助手表示，四面楚歌的国家前领袖叶海亚·贾梅(YahyaJammeh)已经同意辞职并离开这个国家。这位助手与贾梅和几内亚，毛利塔尼亚总统对话后接受了BBC采访。这两位总统试图通过谈判结束冈比亚危机。

意大利中部救援工作者从周三遭遇雪崩袭击的酒店废墟中拉出了5名幸存者。救援者仍在试图救助废墟下另外5名幸存者。

美国军方表示，周四叙利亚一个基地组织训练营遭遇空袭，100多名战士遇难。五角大楼表示，空袭扰乱了该组织的训练行动。

墨西哥大毒枭古斯曼(Joaquin Guzman)在纽约法庭上面临17宗贩毒，绑架，谋杀和密谋罪指控请求无罪。古斯曼于周四被引渡到美国。

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 inaugural   

adj.就职的；n.就职典礼

参考例句：

• We listened to the President's inaugural speech on the radio yesterday.昨天我们通过无线电听了总统的就职演说。
• Professor Pearson gave the inaugural lecture in the new lecture theatre.皮尔逊教授在新的阶梯讲堂发表了启用演说。

3 scourges   

带来灾难的人或东西，祸害( scourge的名词复数 )； 鞭子

参考例句：

• Textile workers suffer from three scourges -- noise, dust and humidity. 纱厂工人的三大威胁，就是音响、尘埃和湿气。 来自汉英文学 - 现代散文
• Believe, if Internet remains great scourges, also won't have present dimensions. 相信，如果互联网仍然是洪水猛兽，也不会有现在的规模。

4 rampant   

adj.(植物)蔓生的；狂暴的，无约束的

参考例句：

• Sickness was rampant in the area.该地区疾病蔓延。
• You cannot allow children to rampant through the museum.你不能任由小孩子在博物馆里乱跑。

5 civilized   

a.有教养的，文雅的

参考例句：

• Racism is abhorrent to a civilized society. 文明社会憎恶种族主义。
• rising crime in our so-called civilized societies 在我们所谓文明社会中日益增多的犯罪行为

6 eradicating   

摧毁，完全根除( eradicate的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Objective: To study the acute and chronic toxicity of Ten-flavor-acne eradicating-capsule. 目的：探讨复方中药合剂十味平痤胶囊的急性及慢性毒性。
• We are on the verge of eradicating polio in the world. 我们已在世界消除小儿？痹症的边缘了。

7 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

8 patriotism   

n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

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 stun   

vt.打昏，使昏迷，使震惊，使惊叹

参考例句：

• When they told me she had gone missing I was totally stunned.他们告诉我她不见了时，我当时完全惊呆了。
• Sam stood his ground and got a blow that stunned him.萨姆站在原地，被一下打昏了。

11 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

12 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

13 avalanche   

n.雪崩，大量涌来

参考例句：

• They were killed by an avalanche in the Swiss Alps.他们在瑞士阿尔卑斯山的一次雪崩中罹难。
• Higher still the snow was ready to avalanche.在更高处积雪随时都会崩塌。

14 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。

15 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。