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U.S. urged to return Afghan assets

 

Beijing 2022 runs smoothly¹ as it passes half-way point: organizers

Organizers say the Beijing Winter Olympics has been running smoothly going into its second week of competition.

So far, the competitions have seen a number of Olympic records broken and two new world records -- in short track speed skating and speed skating respectively.

Events rescheduled due to heavy snow

Beijing 2022 organizers are making efforts to ensure the Winter Games continue without being seriously influenced by adverse² weather conditions.

Some events have been rescheduled, including the women's freeski slopestyle competition featuring China's Gu Ailing³.

China's figure skaters expected to further advance in ice dance

Chinese figure skaters have made a major breakthrough at the Winter Olympics by securing a position in the free dance event.

Ex-president Karzai urges Washington to return Afghanistan's assets

Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai is urging the U.S. administration to return his country's assets.

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order to free some 7 billion dollars of the frozen Afghan assets, splitting the money between humanitarian⁴ aid for cash-strapped Afghanistan and a fund for the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Criticizing Biden's decision as unjust, Karzai stressed that all Afghan people including members of the current Taliban-led caretaker government take a united stand to get the Afghan money back to their country.

Biden, Putin discuss Ukraine crisis over phone

U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held a phone conversation over the situation in Ukraine.

The White House said Biden made it clear to Putin that "while the United States remains⁵ prepared to engage in diplomacy," it is "equally prepared for other scenarios⁶."

The Kremlin said Russia has not received a substantive⁷ response from the U.S. on security guarantees.

U.S. denies conducting operations in Russian territorial⁸ waters

The United States has denied having conducted military operations in Russian territorial waters.

Moscow earlier claimed that one of its naval⁹ vessels¹⁰ repelled¹¹ a U.S. submarine in its waters in the Pacific Ocean.

Russia also accused Washington of creating a national security threat at a time of high tension over Ukraine.

1 smoothly   

adv.平滑地，顺利地，流利地，流畅地

参考例句：

• The workmen are very cooperative,so the work goes on smoothly.工人们十分合作，所以工作进展顺利。
• Just change one or two words and the sentence will read smoothly.这句话只要动一两个字就顺了。

2 adverse   

adj.不利的；有害的；敌对的，不友好的

参考例句：

• He is adverse to going abroad.他反对出国。
• The improper use of medicine could lead to severe adverse reactions.用药不当会产生严重的不良反应。

3 ailing   

v.生病

参考例句：

• They discussed the problems ailing the steel industry. 他们讨论了困扰钢铁工业的问题。
• She looked after her ailing father. 她照顾有病的父亲。

4 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。

5 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

6 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

7 substantive   

adj.表示实在的；本质的、实质性的；独立的；n.实词，实名词；独立存在的实体

参考例句：

• They plan to meet again in Rome very soon to begin substantive negotiations.他们计划不久在罗马再次会晤以开始实质性的谈判。
• A president needs substantive advice,but he also requires emotional succor. 一个总统需要实质性的建议，但也需要感情上的支持。

8 territorial   

adj.领土的，领地的

参考例句：

• The country is fighting to preserve its territorial integrity.该国在为保持领土的完整而进行斗争。
• They were not allowed to fish in our territorial waters.不允许他们在我国领海捕鱼。

9 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

10 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

11 repelled   

v.击退( repel的过去式和过去分词 )；使厌恶；排斥；推开

参考例句：

• They repelled the enemy. 他们击退了敌军。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The minister tremulously, but decidedly, repelled the old man's arm. 而丁梅斯代尔牧师却哆里哆嗦地断然推开了那老人的胳臂。 来自英汉文学 - 红字