The United Nations High Commission for Refugees Philly O’Granddhi has repeated a cause for a global response to the world refugee crisis. He told the BBC that the responsibility needed to beshare more widely. We just have to convene small states to provide money. But not just money.To provide, for example resettlement places and more humanitarian admission places. You know,last year, over a total of,let's say, 20 million refugees are not counting internally displaced. Howmany where we were settled from one country to the other, probably less than 200,000, less than1%. That is also a direction in which we need to move more boldly
The World Health Organization says polio could be eradicated in Pakistan within a month. WHO representative for that country Dr. Michel Zaffran told the BBC that only a handful of cases have been reported this year in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. The last places were polio is endemic. He was speaking as health officials launched a massive immunization campaign in bothcountries. The challenges we have are all logistic and security about combining 75,000 personnel and I now waiting up to go and immunize about 9.86 million children. They have with them 20 million dollars is forth coming 3 days. They have with them in the most a secure compromised areaspolice has called.
The Columbia government and FARC rebels have agreed a road map for the release of child soldiers with the left-wing group. According to its turns, children younger than 15 were leaving the coming days. The FARC only accepted there are 21 children in their ranks. The Columbia diplomats said the number of fighters aged 16 and 17 could ran into the 100s.
A British charity Christian Aid is warning that by 2060 more than a billion people worldwide will live incities at risk of catastrophic flooding as a result of climate change. A study by Christian Aid says 8most vulnerable cities on the list are all in the Asia with Indian cities of Calcutta and Bombay been most risk. But on the street, Clacutta, the reaction was sadly mixed. Yeah, it's a little scary,something has to be done to getting it. You are listening to the world news from the BBC.
Thousands of demonstrators from the Hazara ethnic group have been marching in the Afghancapital Kabul. They are angry about the government’s decision to re-route a power line away from one of their main regions. They want the reinstatement of the original route through the predominately Hazara central province of Bamiyan.
The US Secretary State John Kerry will today meet foreign minister from Britain, France, Italy and Germany to discuss the crisis in Lybia. The meeting in Vienna will focus on efforts to bring greater stability to the country. Here's our correspondent in Vienna Bethany Bell. The participants expected to discuss way to support the new unity government led by Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj.His government of national accord which is formed last December with UN backing is attempting to assert authority over the whole country. But it faces resistance from hardline factions in Tripoliand the east of the country. Up for discussion, maybe the possible lossening of the arms embargo to Lybia to help the unity government fight the Islamic State group.
Official in the English city of Manchester are demanding an inquiry into what they described as a fiasco after suspected bomb found at a football stadium turned out to be a training device for sniffer dogs. It's been accidently left at Manchester United Stadium by privacy security company.United's last match of season had to be abandoned.
例句:Consonants are frequently assimilated to neighboring consonants.
辅音往往被其邻近的辅音同化。
2.vulnerable adj.易受伤害的,易感染,易受影响的
例句:People with high blood pressure are especially vulnerable to diabetes.
有高血压的人尤其易患糖尿病。
3.catastrophic adj.引起重大灾难的,不成功的
例句:A tidal wave caused by the earthquake hit the coast causing catastrophic damage.
地震引起的海啸袭击了沿海地区,导致灾难性的破坏。
4.compromise v/n.声誉受损,作出让步
例句:Encourage your child to reach a compromise between what he wants and what you want.
鼓励孩子在他的愿望和你的愿望之间找到一个折中点。
5.rank n/v.级别,阶级,名列,普通士兵,行
例句:Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the ranks.最高军事指挥说有报告称士兵中出现了士气低落。
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1.Official in the English city of Manchester are demanding an inquiry into what they described as a fiasco after suspected bomb found at a footballstadium turned out to be a training device for snifferdogs.
turn out 最后是
例句:If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.
如果我知道我的一生会是这样的结果,我早就该让他们杀了我。
例句:I was positive things were going to turn out fine.
我当时就确信事情最终会好起来。
2.Up for discussion, maybe the possible lossening of the arms embargo to Lybia to help the unity government fight the Islamic State group.
arms embargo 武器禁运
例句:It would not even let its ships enforce the arms embargo on Libya.
它甚至不允许其海军船只实施对利比亚的武器禁运。
例句:The United Nations imposed an arms embargo against the country.