President Xi Jinping in the UK, Syrian conflict and Tutankhamun's beard 習近平主席訪英、 敘利亞沖突和圖坦卡蒙的胡須
本集內容
British-Chinese relations 習近平主席訪英女王談英中關系
Thousands of people flee Aleppo 數萬人逃離敘利亞城市阿勒頗
Restoring Tutankhamun's beard 圖坦卡蒙的胡須的復原工程
文字稿
In a speech at Buckingham Palace, Queen Elizabeth has described the emerging relationship between China and the UK as a global partnership. She said the state visit of China's president Xi Jinping, is a defining moment.
英國女王伊麗莎白二世在白金漢宮的講話中把新興的中英關系形容為全球伙伴關系。她說,中國國家主席習近平的英國國事訪問是一個決定性的時刻。
It's estimated 35,000 people have been displaced by an upsurge in fighting around the Syrian city of Aleppo. It's one of five areas where government forces have launched offensives since Russia began supporting their operations with airstrikes at the end of September.
據估計大約有35000人在敘利亞城市阿勒頗周圍急劇上升的戰斗中流離失所。這是敘利亞政府軍隊在9月底以來俄國空襲配合下發起進攻的五個地區之一。
A year ago the beard of Tutankhamun in a museum in Cairo was accidently knocked off. It was then very hastily reattached amid much controversy. Well it's now confirmed that a team of experts is to remove the beard and reattach it more carefully. It could all take up to two months.
一年前,開羅一家博物館內的圖坦卡蒙的胡子被人不經意碰掉。接著在紛紛揚揚的爭議中被人匆匆粘回到原處。現在有消息證實說,胡須復原工程將由一個專家小組來完成,他們要把現在的胡須摘掉,然后以更為精心地將其重新復原固定。完成這項工作有可能需要長達兩個月的時間。
詞匯
defining moment?決定性的時刻
displaced?流離失所
launched offensives?發起軍事進攻
controversy 爭議
練習
請從以下詞匯中選擇適當的答案來完成句子。注意:你可能需要改變單詞的時態來完成句子。
displaced / launched offensives / defining moment / controversy
1. The invention of the motor car was a _______ for the future of people's mobility.
2. People in the village were _______ after weeks of rain caused a terrible flood.
3. It was a dangerous situation for everyone as the enemy army _______ on the city.
4. There was much ______ about plans to build a wind farm in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
答案
1. The invention of the motor car was a defining moment for the future of people's mobility.
2.People in the village were displaced after weeks of rain caused a terrible flood.
3.It was a dangerous situation for everyone as the enemy army launched offensives on the city.
4. There was much controversy about plans to build a wind farm in an area of outstanding natural beauty.