时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2018年6月


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Our first report: soldiers with the U.S. National Guard, part of the military, are headed to the border between America and Mexico. President Donald Trump 1 signed a memorandum 2 earlier this week to deploy 3 the guard there. He wrote that under former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, the National Guard supported efforts to secure America's southern border, and that the crisis there once again calls for the guard to help protect the border and the U.S. homeland.


The president also says gangs and large amounts of illegal drugs flowing across that border. In December, the government reported that illegal border crossings were at a 46-year low for the last fiscal 4 year under President Trump.


But a separate report released this week said the number of people trying to illegally cross the border increased dramatically in March, more than 200 percent over the number from last March. The Trump administration says historically, border crossings increased in the spring months.


But critics say the president is inappropriately using the military to secure the border because he's frustrated 5 that Congress hasn't approved funding yet for the new wall he wants to build there.


The number of National Guard soldiers, the cost of sending them, their exact locations and the length of their deployment 6 are all still being worked out.


Another announcement by President Trump we've covered recently involves the new U.S. tariffs 7 on certain goods from China. Part of the reason for that, the Trump administration blames China for stealing $300 billion of U.S. intellectual property, things like books, clothing, designs, music, photographs and art. This could include illegally reproducing goods that were patented in the U.S. or the act of pirating, illegally copying or distributing movies and TV.



1 trump
n.王牌,法宝;v.打出王牌,吹喇叭
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
2 memorandum
n.备忘录,便笺
  • The memorandum was dated 23 August,2008.备忘录上注明的日期是2008年8月23日。
  • The Secretary notes down the date of the meeting in her memorandum book.秘书把会议日期都写在记事本上。
3 deploy
v.(军)散开成战斗队形,布置,展开
  • The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
  • The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。
4 fiscal
adj.财政的,会计的,国库的,国库岁入的
  • The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
  • The government has two basic strategies of fiscal policy available.政府有两个可行的财政政策基本战略。
5 frustrated
adj.挫败的,失意的,泄气的v.使不成功( frustrate的过去式和过去分词 );挫败;使受挫折;令人沮丧
  • It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
  • The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 deployment
n. 部署,展开
  • He has inquired out the deployment of the enemy troops. 他已查出敌军的兵力部署情况。
  • Quality function deployment (QFD) is a widely used customer-driven quality, design and manufacturing management tool. 质量功能展开(quality function deployment,QFD)是一个广泛应用的顾客需求驱动的设计、制造和质量管理工具。
7 tariffs
关税制度; 关税( tariff的名词复数 ); 关税表; (旅馆或饭店等的)收费表; 量刑标准
  • British industry was sheltered from foreign competition by protective tariffs. 保护性关税使英国工业免受国际竞争影响。
  • The new tariffs have put a stranglehold on trade. 新的关税制对开展贸易极为不利。
学英语单词
abortivenesses
acute middle ear catarrh
ad agency
adrio
alter ego
amphibious vehicle availability table
army hospital
article of virtue
autodefensas unidas de colombias
autoreact
bearing retainer
bio-pharmaceutical
bobbety
brickin'
bronchocon strictor
builder's cerificates
bullmen
candy-cane
chemical heat pump
Chondrichthys
cleas
coli-
combination spreader
controller pilot valve
Corpora paraaortica
Cotoneaster nitidifolius
credit program
csfb
Daxi Township
diapyema
dilatation wave
done down
downcomer
Early Christian
enhanced x-windows
euphonia
expost realized profit
external wounds
Federal Water Pollution Control Act
figurework
freeboard measurement
get the bird
gingivitis gravidarum
grant-in-aid
guabenxan
happy go lucky
haulser
hook-up
hydrologic sciences
indeterminist
islamo-fascism
jewellries
kalayil
logical one
lucky break
majdal
make good use of talent
marvellous
mercaptalation
methilepsia
Mikhaylovgrad(Montana)
Mother Hubbard
mounting deck
new product trial production fund
non-foods
non-planning
offense-defense
oil mist density sender
ordinary gear train
Pachygone yunnanensis
patkins
perforated space
pettinger
phase angle indicator
pitch/roll attitude warning system
plug-flow
Port Lincoln
power transfer relay
pressure-head switch
pro tem.
queue jumper
report interval end date
rerandomizes
roll-tube technique
rust resisting property
scabriusculus
sea lamprey
Seamap Channel
self-fulfilling prophecy
semiautomatic action
serf-concept
shell receiver
spirit petroleum
steady ablation
supraorbital spine
temporaries
twin-six engine
ureterourethrostomy
urocid
user operation
vehicle repair plant
verbilki