英闻天下——526 Feds Classify Marathon Blasts as Terrorist Attack

 　　Federal authorities are now reportedly classifying the Boston Marathon explosions as a terrorist attack, but it's not yet known if this was a foreign or domestic attack.

 

　　Reports are also quoting federal officials saying that neither C-4 nor any other high grade explosives were wound after initial tests, which means there is a possibility these were crude explosive devices.

 

　　Now the Boston Marathon of course was marking the Patriots¹ Day and the explosion there also means it's the worst attack on the US mainland 9/11.

 

　　For some of the residents there, it's a day of patriotism², and athletic³ competition.

 

　　To get an idea of the perspective of the residents there, I spoke⁴ earlier to Nick Wan⁵, who was at the Boston Marathon just moments before the explosions happened.

1 patriots   

爱国者，爱国主义者( patriot的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Abraham Lincoln was a fine type of the American patriots. 亚伯拉罕·林肯是美国爱国者的优秀典型。
• These patriots would fight to death before they surrendered. 这些爱国者宁愿战斗到死，也不愿投降。

2 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。

3 athletic   

adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的

参考例句：

• This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
• He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。

4 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。

5 wan   

(wide area network)广域网

参考例句：

• The shared connection can be an Ethernet,wireless LAN,or wireless WAN connection.提供共享的网络连接可以是以太网、无线局域网或无线广域网。