A parliamentary report in Britain has severely criticized the British and French intervention in Lybia in 2011. It said poor intelligence and a shallow understanding of tribal rivalries have led to an internal warfare, a migrant crisis, a proliferation of weapons and the spread of the so-called Islamic State group.
The president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker is making his first state of union address since Britain voted to leave the EU. Mr.Juncker said the European Union respected and regretted Britain's decision to leave, but the EU was not at risk as a result of Brexit. He was applauded when he said there can be no access of common market without the free movement of people.
The attorney general of New York state has began investigating what he called possibe impropriety by Donald Trump's charitable fundation. Mr.Trump's campaign spokesman dismissed the move as politically motivated.
President Obama's administration has announced plans to admit 110,000 refugees to the United States in the fiscal year beginning next month. That's 10,000 more than originally stated.
Doctors treating Israel's former president Shimon Peres after he suffered a major stroke on Tuesday say that he is in a serious but stable condition. A spokesman said that Mr Peres has been responsive when the sedation he has been under has been reduced.
European football's governing body EUFA will elect a new president today after its former president Michell Platini was banned from football for four years.The head of Slovenian Football Association Aleksander Ceferin is being tipped to beat the Dutchman Michael van Praag.
Bradley Manning, the American soldier jailed for passing classified files to the Wikileaks website has ended the hunger strike she began five days ago after receiving an assurance that she will get gender reassignment surgery.
Before she could reply, my mother launched into a severe reprimand.
她还没来得及回答，我妈妈就开始严厉地训斥起她来。
2.criticize vt.& vi.批评；挑剔
You were quite right to criticize him.
你批评他批评得很对。
3.intervention n.介入，干涉，干预
The council recently drew fire for its intervention in the dispute.
委员会最近因为介入该起争端而遭到批评。
4.internal adj.国内的；内部的
The parliament described the decree as interference in the republic's internal affairs.
议会形容此法令为对共和国内政的干涉。
5.proliferation n.增殖，分芽繁殖；再育；增生
The declaration deals with disarmament and the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
该声明涉及裁军和防止核武器扩散问题。
6.impropriety n.不得体；不适当
There is no suggestion of impropriety by the minister.
没有发现部长行为不端的任何跡象。
7.applaud vt.鼓掌欢迎，欢呼；称赞
Thinking people on both sides will applaud this book.
双方的有识之士都会称赞这本书。
8.dismiss vt.驳回
I would certainly dismiss any allegations of impropriety by the Labour Party.
对于工党指责我行为不正当，我当然不会理会。
9.sedation n.（尤指服用镇静剂而进入的）休息状态，睡眠状态
The attack victim is currently in hospital, under heavy sedation.
被袭击者目前在医院, 处于大剂量镇静作用之下。
10.assurance n.保证，担保
They had given an absolute assurance that it would be kept secret.
他们信誓旦旦地保证将对此绝对保密。
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1.Mr.Juncker said the European Union respected and regretted Britain's decision to leave, but the EU was not at risk as a result of Brexit.
at risk有危险
An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation.
估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险。
as a result of由于…的结果
Their bodies had suffered contortion as a result of malnutrition.
由于营养不良他们的躯体都变了形。
2.European football's governing body EUFA will elect a new president today after its former president Michell Platini was banned from football for four years.
ban from禁止
And the liftingthe ban from the previous total shares, to reduce the rate of 25 %.
