今天我们要学的词是 brain damage. Brain damage 脑损伤。美国一项最新研究显示，The vast majority of cases of babies born with severe brain damage are not the result of mismanaged deliveries. 大多数患有严重脑损伤的新生儿...
今天我们要学的词是 retroactively. Retroactively 有追溯效力的。U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is reportedly considering retroactively demoting retired General David Petraeus. 有报道称，美国国防部长卡特正在考虑给退休...
今天我们要学的词是 news conference. News conference 新闻发布会。The first televised news conference was held on January 19th, 1955 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 美国第一次电视转播的新闻发布会是1955年1月19号由艾森...
今天我们要学的词是 public transit. Public transit 公共交通。Most of the Washington region's public transit services remain shut down as people try to dig out of the snowstorm。华盛顿地区努力清除积雪，大部分公共交通仍旧...
今天我们要学的词是 explorer. Explorer 探险家。British explorer Henry Worsley has died attempting to be the first person to cross Antarctica unaided. 英国探险家沃斯利希望成为在没有支持和帮助的情况下独自穿越南极...
今天我们要学的词是 propaganda. Propaganda 宣传。韩国和朝鲜近来紧张局势升级。North Korea has dropped nearly 1 million propaganda leaflets into South Korea. 朝鲜已经向韩国散发了将近一百万份传单。今年年初，...
今天我们要学的词是 integrate. To integrate 动词，有结合，融入，成为整体的意思。英国准备拨款让移民的穆斯林妇女学英语。Britains prime minister says Muslim women must improve their English to better integrat...
今天我们要学的词是 exacerbate. To exacerbate 动词，有使加剧，使恶化的意思。联合国世界粮食计划署宣布，About 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa because of a drought that has been exacerbated by an El N...
今天我们要学的词是 ballistic missile. Ballistic missile 弹道导弹。The U.S. enacted new sanctions against Irans ballistic missile program. 美国针对伊朗的弹道导弹项目实施新的制裁措施。Footage released by North Korea...
今天我们要学的词是 imprisoned. Imprisoned 形容词，被监禁的。An imprisoned former NFL running back, who was awaiting trial on murder charges, died of suspected suicide. 美国职业橄榄球联盟的一名前跑锋，因谋杀罪名待...
今天我们要学的词是 alleged. Alleged 形容词，所谓的，被指称的。德国科隆新年除夕发生众多针对女性的袭击事件。About 40% of the over 500 alleged crimes were sexual assaults. 在据称发生的500多起犯罪行为...
今天我们要学的词是 regional. Regional 形容词，地区性的。Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said cutting diplomatic relations with Iran was a first step, and Saudi Arabia would discuss further actions against Iran with its regiona...
今天我们要学的词是 extremist. Extremist 名词，极端分子。French officials held a special ceremony to honor all those killed in Islamic extremist violence around Paris in 2015. 法国官员举行特别仪式，悼念2015年在巴黎附近...
今天我们要学的词是 capture. Capture 作为动词，有捕获的意思。Nearly six months after his escape, the Mexican drug lord Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, was captured again. 墨西哥大毒枭古斯曼逃跑将近六个月后，再次落网。...
今天我们要学的词是 assault. Assault 名词，有袭击的意思。Tensions are running high in Cologne after more than 500 complaints were filed for robbery and sexual assaults against women on New Years Eve. 科隆新年除夕很多女性遭到...
