1.在英国挫败炸毁越过大西洋至美国飞机的阴谋几天之后,两国政府在华盛顿外进行协商.
They conferred outside Washington just days after Britain ____ a ____ to ____ __ U.S.-bound airliners over the Atlantic.
foiled plot blow up
foil vt. 阻挠；挫败We foiled his attempt to escape.
plot n. 阴谋；秘密计划
blow up v. 使充气, 爆炸, 放大
2.他说美国政府正在意识上和极端分子进行斗争,这些极端分子喜欢用暴力实现他们的目标.
He said the U.S. government is at war against extremists bound by ______ who ___ ______ __ use terror to achieve their ______.
ideology are willing to objectives
ideology n. 意识形态
be willing to 乐意做.. Are you willing to help?
objective n.目标；目的His objective was to finish by October.
3.我将向美国人民保证我们正在竭尽所能做所有的事情来保护你们.
And I will ____ the American people we are doing everything __ ___ ____ to protect you.
assure in our power
assure vt.保证He assured me that he had finished. Sb. assure Sb. that …
power n. 能力, 力量, 动力, 权力
4.在联邦政府,我们最庄严的职责是保护美国人民.
Our most _____ duty in the federal government is to protect the American people.
solemn
solemn a. 庄严的, 隆重的, 严肃的
5.在他的简短评论中,总统强调了在所有涉及反恐的政府人员所扮演的角色。
In his brief _____ , the president focused on the ____ _____ by all those in the government involved in ___________.
remarks role played counter-terrorism
remark n.评论；意见Such unkind remark was not called for.
role n.任务；职责, 角色He played the role of the old king in our school play.
Counter-terrorism 反恐
6.他说恐怖分子只需成功一次,但是反恐工作却一次也不能失手
He said the terrorists only need to be right ____, while those working in counter－terrorism need to be right __ ____ __ ___ _____.
once 100 percent of the time
7.大部分是老年人的抗议者挥舞着红旗表达了对共产党中的强硬派在1991年未能将MG拉下台的遗憾。
Waving red flags, the____ elderly protestors voiced their ____that the group of Communist ______ failed in their attempt to ___ Mikhail Gorbachev from power in 1991.
mostly adv. 主要的 ，大部分，通常
regret hardliners oust
regret n.悔恨，遗憾，抱歉
hardliner n. [C] 采取强硬路线者
oust vt. 剥夺, 取代, 驱逐oust + sb. + from + n.(职务)
8.另外一群持完全相反意见的人举行了集会，就在BY总统站在坦克上谴责政变企图，高涨了成千上万的反共产主义抗议者士气的地方。
Another group of people with mostly opposing views held a rally near the ____ where then President Boris Yeltsin got up on a tank and ________ the ____ attempt, raising the ______ of tens of thousands of anti-Communist protestors outside the Russian White House.
spot denounced coup morale
spot n. 地点；场所the spot where he was murdered
denounce vt. 公开指责, 公然抨击, 谴责
coup n. [C] 突然有效的一击；策略成功、奏效；政变
moracle n. [U] 士气，斗志
9.但是反对者发起了更大的抗议，三天后，政变失败了。
But the opposition _____ massive protests, and, after three days, the coup collapsed.
staged
stage vt. 上演……；举行，施行，进行……；发起stage an invasion.
10.最近的媒体脱口秀节目显示许多俄罗斯人对二十世纪九十年代早期并不是很关心，称现在的发展更吸引他们。
Recent media talk shows have also revealed many Russians do not give the early 1990s ___ ____, saying they are more ____ __ __ what's happening today.
much thought
caught up
be caught up in 热衷于……，着迷于……；被卷入
11.总统Putin称1991年苏联解体是20世纪“最大的地理政治灾难”，虽然他坚持,现在的俄罗斯已经从那个时代演变成为了一个强大的国家
President Vladimir Putin himself has called the 1991 Soviet collapse the "biggest _________ ________" of the 20th century, although he insists that Russia has now ______ ____ that time as a strong power.
geopolitical catastrophe emerged from
geopolitical adj. 地理政治学的
catastrophe n. 大灾难, 大祸
emerge from vi. 显露，出现；摆脱，翻身 emerge from + n.
12.今年，数据覆盖了的多种影响人口增长的结论，如艾滋病，洁净水和卫生设施。但是报告的主要强调了移民给世界人口带来的影响。
This year, the data___ __ _____ __ _____ affecting population growth, such as AIDS and clean water and____. But the report's main___ was__the effects of migration on the world's population.
covered a variety of issues ， sanitation, emphasis on
a variety of 多种
issues n. 话题，结论
sanitation n. 卫生
emphasis on 强调
13.人们逃避战争和冲突，人们对人口压力做出反应。
People____ wars and conflict. People___ ____ population pressures
flee/fleeing , respond to/responding to
flee vi.逃走，逃避
respond to 对。。。。做出反应。