BBCnews的词汇教程.ppt

3. Houthi Gunmen fired into the air to disperse protesters in the capital Sanaa. /broadcast/201502/359142.shtml 4. There have been reports of a day of fighting in northeastern Syria in the area where Islamic State militants have kidnapped a large number of Christian villagers. One local source has put the figure at more than 280. /broadcast/201502/361261.shtml Adjectives BBC news： ◆ Statements of leaders, spokesmen or spokeswomen of a county ◆ Journalists’ narration Adjective: A word that describes a person or thing. —— Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary President Obama: It is not the authorisation of another ground war like Afghanistan or Iraq. As I said before Im convinced the United States should not get dragged back into another prolonged ground war in the Middle East. Its not in our national security interest, and its not necessary for us to defeat Isil.” /broadcast/201502/360064.shtml ◆ Statements of leaders, spokesmen or spokeswomen of a county The spokeswoman for the US State Department, Jen Psaki, said the US is very concerned about reports of tanks and missile systems moving across the border from Russia to eastern Ukraine. /broadcast/201502/360455.shtml The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko who is a long standing ally of Moscow, has said that Russia is partly to blame for the conflict in Ukraine. He made the comments on the eve of hosting Ukrainian peace talks in Belarus. Mr. Lukashenko also warned that Belarus was not part of what Moscow calls the Russian world and was able to protect itself militarily. /broadcast/201502/357307.shtml Jeh Johnson, The US Secretary of Homeland Security: “We are in a new phase in the global terrorist threat right now which involves core Al-Qaeda, but now other groups, the ISIL group being the most prominent example of that, with very effective use of video, publications, social media and the internet that have the ability to reach into communities, to reach into homelands and inspir