The American film star Carrie Fisher who played princess Leia in the Star Wars film has died aged at 60 days after suffering a heart attack on a transatlantic flight. Fellow passengers on the plane from London to California said she stopped breathing for several minutes and she'd been in intensive care in a LosAngeles hospital since then.
transatlantic：[trænzæt'læntɪk; trɑːnz-; -ns-]
adj. 大西洋彼岸的，横渡大西洋的；美国的
The former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchnerhas been indicted in a corruption case involving a private company that was granted lucrative contracts from the government. A judge has also frozen more than 600 million dollars of her personal assets. She left office a year ago.
lucrative：['luːkrətɪv]
adj. 有利可图的，赚钱的；合算的
Shinzo Abe is about to become the first Japanese leader to pray at Pearl Harbor for the more than 2000 US sailors and marines killed in a surprised Japanese attack on the US naval base 75 years ago. Mr. Abe is expected to talk about the value of reconciliation. But the prime minister is unlikely to offer a formal apology.
reconciliation：[,rek(ə)nsɪlɪ'eɪʃ(ə)n]
n. 和解；调和；和谐；甘愿
The leading US Republican senator John McCain has sought to re assure the Baltic states that Washington will continue to back them under president Trump. Mr. Mc Cain said he was confident that America would maintain its commitment to a strong NATO in the face of what he called "increasingly aggressive Russian behavior" in the region.
Reports from Saudi Arabia say that a man has been jailed forone year for urging an end to the guardianship system that traditionally givesSaudi men extensive control over women. The man is quoted as saying he wanted to help female relatives ill-treated by their families.
guardianship：['gɑrdɪən'ʃɪp]
n. 监护；监护人的责任
And scientists in Canada say they have direct evidence that North American Indians cultivated swamp potatoes almost 4000 years ago. The researchers say they have discovered hundreds of partly preserved tubers in the submerged garden in the ancestral lands of the Katzie tribe in British Columbia.
cultivate：['kʌltɪveɪt]
vt. 培养；陶冶；耕作
swamp：[swɒmp]
n. 沼泽；湿地
vt. 使陷于沼泽；使沉没；使陷入困境
vi. 下沉；陷入沼泽；陷入困境；不知所措（过去式swamped，过去分词swamped，现在分词swamping，第三人称单数swamps，名词swampiness，形容词swampy）
