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● Do you think that another country will step in to become the dominant military power in the region?

○ 你认为另一个国家会介入成为该地区的主导军事力量吗？

think  [θɪŋk]  vt.想、考虑、认为

another  [əˈnʌðə(r)]  a.另外的 pron.另一个

country  [ˈkʌntri]  n.国家、乡下、国民、地区

step  [step]  n.步骤、步幅 v.迈步

become  [bɪˈkʌm]  v.变成、成为、开始变得

dominant  [ˈdɒmɪnənt]  a.占优势的、占主导地位的

military  [ˈmɪlətri]  n.军队 a.军事的

power  [ˈpaʊə(r)]  n.能力、力量、权力

region  [ˈriːdʒən]  n.区域、(通常界限不明的)地区

#每天打卡背单词##读句子背单词#

H&M 的声明，太不够意思了。

我很少购买穿戴服饰方面的商品，但我知道H&M是外国的一家连锁店，出售穿戴服饰。

全世界都有，中国也有许多。我家附近就有一个店。

H&M的英文官方网站上有一个声明。它说：

它关注到“民间社会组织和媒体的报告”，因此，它将不再使用新疆棉花进行生产，禁止与新疆的服装厂合作，并取消采购产品。

H&M GROUP STATEMENT>

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坚持打卡！英语口语必备3000词汇-每日五词234

1. region [ˈriːdʒən]，作名词，意为“区域，地区，地方”等

The regions differ in size, but not in kind. 

这些地区大小各异，但类型相同。

We divide into pairs and each pair takes a region. 

我们分成两人一组，每一组负责一个区域。

2. regional [ˈriːdʒənl]，作形容词，意为“地区的，区域的，地方的”

Power has been handed over to provincial and regional assemblies. 

权力已移交给省和地区议会。

National advertising has been much harder hit than regional advertising.

全国性广告受到的打击要比地区性广告严重得多。

3. register [ˈredʒɪstə(r)]，作动词或名词，意为“登记，注册，登记簿，登记表”等

The ship was registered in Panama.

这艘船是在巴拿马注册的。

Many students are not>

“Money”在不同场景中的英文名字：

In marriage, it’s called dowry.

在婚姻中，它被称为“彩礼”或“嫁妆”。

In temple or church, it’s called donation.

在寺庙或教堂，它被叫作“捐赠”。

In school, it’s called tuition.

在学校，它叫“学费”。

In court, it’s called fine.

在法庭上，它叫“罚款”。

In divorce， it’s called alimony.

离婚时，它叫“赡养费”。

For the kidnappers, it’s ransom.

对于绑匪来说，它是“赎金”。

For the children, it’s allowance.

对孩子来说，它是“零花钱”。

For the waiters or waitresses, it’s tip.

对服务员来说，它是“小费”。

For the retired people, it’s pension.

对于退休老人来说，它是“退休金”。

What you get from the employer monthly is salary.

你每月从雇主那儿拿到的是“工资”。

What you get from the employer weekly is wage.

你每周从雇主那儿拿到的是“工钱”。

What you borrow from the bank is loan.

你从银行那儿借的是“贷款”。

What you pay to the government is tax.

你向政府上缴的是“税收”。

What you own someone is debt.

你欠某人的是“债务”。

What a government receives from taxes or a company, an organization, etc. receives from its business is called revenue.

政府从税收中获得的，或者企业、组织等从其业务中获得的叫做“收入”。  

What a person, a region, a country, etc. earns from work, from investing money, from business, etc. is called income.

一个人、一个地区、一个国家等从工作、投资、商业……中赚到的叫做“收益”。

An amount of money that someone asks for goods and services is called charge.

人们购买商品和服务时需要给的钱叫做“费用”。  

An amount of money that is saved into a bank account is called deposit.

存入银行账户的一笔钱叫做“存款”。  

An amount of money that you pay for professional advice or services is called fee.

你为专业咨询或服务支付的一笔钱叫做“酬金”。

An amount of money that you make in business or by selling things after paying the costs is called profit.

你做生意或卖东西扣除成本后所赚的钱叫做“利润”。  

Money in the form of bills or coins is called cash.

纸币或硬币形式的钱叫做“现金”。

Money in a printed form that you can write>[比心][比心]#我要上头条##英语##英语词汇#

外媒：俄国防部说两名男子在射击场朝部队人员开枪，共造成26人死伤 袭击事件为恐怖袭击

美联社莫斯科10月15日电：俄罗斯国防部表示，周六，两名男子在乌克兰附近的俄罗斯军事射击场，向部队开枪，打死11人，打伤15人，随后被击毙。

报道说，俄罗斯国防部在一份声明中说，枪击事件发生在俄罗斯西南部与乌克兰接壤的贝尔戈罗德地区。报道称，这两名来自一个不知名的前苏联国家的男子，在射击练习中向士兵开枪，随后在交火中被击毙(The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said that the two men from an unnamed ex-Soviet nation fired>

Reading for today, a short news story... World News for Students of English

Daylight saving time in the US

25-03-2022

Some US politicians want to make daylight saving time permanent. Still, it is not clear yet that it’ll happen, as the government and President Biden must agree with it.

Daylight saving time means that people set their clocks>

乌克兰男子集体逃离该国：3周内300人在敖德萨地区边境被拘留

现在基辅要么强行将他们送到俄罗斯坦克下，要么将他们监禁9年。

Ukrainian men are fleeing the country en masse: 300 people were detained>

路透：所罗门群岛总理表示“无意要求中国在岛国建立军事基地”

路透悉尼3月29日电：所罗门群岛总理马纳西·索加瓦雷(Manasseh Sogavare)在首次就拟议中的安全条约发表评论时表示，对所罗门群岛与中国安全谈判的强烈反对是“非常侮辱性的”(Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said the backlash to his country's security negotiations with China was "very insulting")。

报道说，索加瓦雷周二对议会表示，泄漏出来的与中国安全文件不过“是一份草案”，他不会透露任何拟议协议的细节。

他指出：“我们没有受到新朋友的任何压力，也无意要求中国在所罗门群岛建立军事基地”。

他续说，所罗门群岛此前曾要求澳大利亚建造一个海军基地，但遭到拒绝，因为澳大利亚表示，鉴于其与巴布亚新几内亚的防御计划，这是不合适的。他说：“议长先生，我们无意参与任何地缘政治大国争斗”，并补充说，这个太平洋岛国不会“选边站”(adding the Pacific islands nation would not "pick sides")。

报道说，澳大利亚、新西兰和美国对太平洋岛屿与中国之间”可能达成的安全协议”表示担忧，称该协议”或会导致建立军事基地”。新西兰总理雅辛塔·阿尔登周一表示，这是“该地区潜在的军事化”(it was a "potential militarisation of the region")。

报道说，索加瓦雷表示，他已经就此事与澳大利亚总理莫里森交换了短信，并在周二上午给他写了一封信。

这篇报道的标题是《Solomons confirms security negotiations with China, will not 'pick sides'》(所罗门证实与中国的安全谈判不会“偏袒任何一方”)。

格鲁吉亚加入西方对俄制裁；未入北约的南部小国勇气可嘉

Georgia joins Western sanctions effort against Russia

Georgia, the country just south of Russia's border near the Caucasus Mountains -- a country which Russia invaded in 2008 -- has joined the Western effort to place sanctions>

俄媒：绍伊古批美国“隔着篱笆监视阿富汗”，目的在于进驻中亚地区

俄罗斯《今日俄罗斯》电视台官网7月28日报道：俄罗斯国防部长谢尔盖·绍伊古(Sergey Shoigu)告诉《今日俄罗斯》，尽管美国总统拜登计划在未来几个月内全面撤军，但阿富汗仍面临美国不断干涉其内政。

报道说，这位军事首长周三对记者说，美国打算在远处观察叛乱分子的进攻态势，这表明”华盛顿在今年夏天晚些时候所有军队离开该国之后，仍有部署中亚国家的计划”(indicated that Washington still has plans for the Central Asian nation long after all its troops leave the country later this summer)。

绍伊古问道：“既然你(美国)还想从篱笆那边监视发生了什么，那你干麻要从(阿富汗)撤出来？”他接着说，美国官员正在与该地区各国进行“令人讨厌的”谈判(in “pesky” negotiations with nations across the region)，以建立和维护美军的后勤中心和军事装备运输枢纽。这也有助于拉拢与美国军队合作的阿富汗人，他们现在担心伊斯兰势力得势时会受到报复。

报道说，塔利班，一个在俄罗斯被禁止的恐怖组织，现在声称占领了该国的大部分地区，忠于喀布尔政府的部队在邻近的塔吉克斯坦寻求避难(The Taliban, a prohibited terrorist organization in Russia, now claim to have occupied the majority of the country, and forces loyal to the government in Kabul have sought refuge from fighting in nearby Tajikistan)。

报道说，这位国防部长问，(地球上)有可能“找到一个美国曾经进驻并长期驻扎过的好地方吗”？他说：”在阿富汗看到的混乱和流血在其他地方也曾看到过，如叙利亚如此，利比亚也是如此。当一个非本地区参与者介入本地区事务时，就会发生这种情况”。

报道说，今年早些时候，拜登承诺在今年9月9/11袭击20周年之际，从阿富汗撤出所有美军。然而，有警告称，美国支持的政府甚至可能无法控制其传统的据点。据报道，美国及其盟国正在考虑提供空中支援，以遏制塔利班进攻。

报道说，俄罗斯已承诺保护其邻国、前苏联加盟共和国(如塔吉克斯坦和乌兹别克斯坦)的边界，扩大俄罗斯在该地区的军事存在。但与此同时，作为正在进行的和平进程的一部分，莫斯科也与塔利班代表举行了会谈。

这篇报道的标题是《US is pulling out of Afghanistan, but still trying to ‘watch what’s going>

CGTN: 中国正在建设第一个陆上商用小型化反应堆China is building world's first commercial land-based SMR

 小型模块化反应堆：small modular reactor (SMR) 玲龙一号（ACP100）：Linglong-1国际原子能机构：International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

 China is building the "Linglong-1," a small modular reactor (SMR) in the country's southern island province of Hainan. It's the world's first of this type of reactor to be approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), and it intends to serve the region's diverse power needs.

SMRs, including microreactors (MRs), are expected to play an increasingly important role in ensuring energy security, as well as the global energy transition to net zero carbon, according to IAEA.

More than 80 SMR designs are under development in 19 countries and two SMR units are already in operation in China and Russia, according to the latest figures from the IAEA.

The construction of the demonstration project of China's Linglong-1 began in July 2021 and it's proceeding on schedule.

巴亨橄榄陨石大精品收藏级，已抛光好

橄榄石石铁陨石

白俄罗斯Brahin橄榄陨石切片

1807年, 两块重量分别是80公斤和20公斤的Brahin陨石在白俄罗斯地区被发现. 在二次世界大战时,德军抢走了一块.

2002年一块227公斤的标本在该地区地下3米被发现。Brahin在国内市场并不多见,是难得的收藏佳品.

Type(类型): Stony–iron(石铁陨石)

Class(类别): Pallasite(橄榄陨石)

Composition(成分):37.18 wt% olivine(橄榄石)

metal: 91% Fe(铁), 8.38% Ni(镍)

crystals 36.5 % SiO2; 13.7 % FeO; 43.2 % MgO; 0.3 % MnO; 3.82 % P2O5

Country(掉落国家):Belarus(白俄罗斯)

Region(地区):Gomel

Coordinates(坐标):52°30′N 30°20′E

Observed fall(是否目击)No(否)

Found date(发现日期): June 1807

TKW(总发现质量):＞1050kg(大于1050千克)

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Two new Vocabulary words of the day!!  

8/19/21 

Paradox ~ Numb

1. Paradox ~ n. Self-contradictory, a statement or proposition that contradicts itself. Statement that might not have an answer.

Something absurd or contradictory; a statement, proposition, or situation that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true. 

2. Numb ~ adj. With no feeling, unable to feel or have sensations, e.g. as a result of extreme cold or the application of a local anesthetic. Often used to describe someone who doesn't know how to act in public, offending others. i.e. Look at what he did, he is totally numb. clueless.

v. Take sensation away from something, to take away from a part of the body the power to feel or have sensations, or to take away the sensations themselves.

1... (a) I thought it was paradoxical when they told me that nobody ever goes to that restaurant because it is too busy. (b) It's a paradox that in such a rich country there can be so much poverty. (c) The paradox is that the region's most dynamic economies have the most primitive financial systems. (d) In a strange paradox, the medicine made Heather sick before it made her better. 

2... (a) Her clothes were soaking wet and her backside was numb with cold. (b) The minds of many of these young offenders appear to have been numbed by greed and indifference to violence. (c) The doctor numbed her jaw, before he pulled the bad tooth. (d) I am truly amazed at the number of numb people that go out without a mask, when everyone around them are wearing them; what are they thinking!

21. Abraham Lincoln: America's Greatest President

Abraham Lincoln is a name that is forever embedded into the collective conscience of every American. It is perhaps the most recognizable name in the history of the country even as his death occurred approximately 150 years ago. Lincoln presided over the country during, what is perhaps, the most divisive era in its history. Lincoln served as president for>