今天我们要学的词是 grim。Grim 意思是残忍的，严酷的。The United Nations gave a grim count of the human costs of Syria's civil war, putting the death toll over 60,000 in 21 months. 联合国公布了叙利亚内战造成的无情的生...
Inside the Russian Embassy in London a KGB colonel puffed a cigarette as he read the handwritten note for the third time． There was no need for the writer to express regret， he though． Correcting this problem would be easy． He would do that i...
By Gary Thomas Washington 20 June 2006 A cable from the U.S. ambassador in Iraq to the State Department says Iraqis employed at the American Embassy in Baghdad live in fear that they will be unmasked as working for Americans. The message was leaked...
By Noel King Khartoum 09 May 2006 A top United Nations envoy has painted a grim picture of the humanitarian situation in Darfur. One day after a visit to the troubled region, U.N. Under-Secretary Gene...
