2016英语外报阅读第课.pptVIP

Lesson Eighteen Stealing A Nation U.S Military Base (1) U.S Military Base (2) In the 1960s and 70s, British governments, conspiring(协谋) with American officials, tricked into leaving, then expelled the entire population of the Chagos islands in the Indian Ocean. The aim was to give the principal island of this Crown Colony(英国直辖殖民地), Diego Garcia（迪戈加西亚岛（印度洋））, to the Americans who wanted it as a major military base. Indeed, from Diego Garcia US planes have since bombed Afghanistan and Iraq. The story is told by islanders who were dumped in the slums of Mauritius( 毛里求斯) and in the words of the B