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　　词汇解释

　　1.retreat n. 撤退;休息寓所;撤退 vi. 撤退;退避;向后倾 vt. 退(棋);使后退

　　The French, suddenly outnumbered, were forced toretreat.

　　法军在人数上突然处于劣势，被迫撤退了。

　　2.dispatch n. 派遣;急件 vt. 派遣;分派

　　The dispatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.

　　派遣特遣队纯粹是应急措施。

　　3.shortfall n. 差额;缺少

　　The government has refused to make up a $30,000 shortfall in funding.

　　政府已经拒绝补足3万美元的资金短缺。

　　4.breach n. 违背，违反;缺口 vt. 违反，破坏;打破

　　The newspaper breached the code of conduct on privacy.

　　这家报纸违反了隐私保护行为准则。

　　5.descend vi. 下降;下去;下来;遗传;屈尊 vt. 下去;沿…向下

　　He was ultimately overthrown and the country descended into chaos.

　　他最终被推翻，国家陷入了混乱。

　　6.preliminary n. 准备;预赛;初步措施adj. 初步的;开始的;预备的

　　Preliminary results show the Republican Party with 11 percent of the vote.

　　初步结果显示共和党得到11%的选票。

　　7.heyday n. 全盛期

　　In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.

　　该制片厂吹嘘，它在鼎盛时期拥有的明星比天上的星星还多。

　　8.enriched adj. 浓缩的;强化的 v. 使丰富;充实;浓缩(enrich的过去分词)

　　It is important to enrich the soil prior to planting.

　　栽种之前给土壤施肥很重要。

　　内容解析

　　1.The American defense secretary Ash Carterhas hailed the recapture of the Iraq city ofRamadi by government troops as a significantstep forward in the campaign to defeat IS.

　　hail as 称赞…为…

　　The President's speech was hailed as a conciliatory gesture toward business.

　　总统的讲话被视为对商界的安抚性姿态，受到了欢迎。

　　Faulkner has been hailed as the greatest American novelist of his generation.

　　福克纳被誉为他那一代人中最伟大的美国小说家。

　　2.Now that the criminal side is over with, and there's been a determination in terms ofthe criminal side, we're now going to proceed with this administrative review of whathappened.

　　proceed with 继续进行;重新进行;重新开始;对付;处理：

　　Please proceed with what you are doing.

　　请继续做你正在做的事。

　　Those rogues were proceeded with the utmost rigour of the law.

　　那些恶棍受到法律的严惩。

　　3.Six international powers spent nearly two years negotiating with Tehran over itsnuclear program in return for an end to most financial sanctions.

　　in return for 作为回报;作为…的报酬;作为交换

　　I'll sell at a discount in return for a speedy sale.

　　为了尽快售出，我会打折销售。

　　Police offer leniency to criminals in return for information.

　　警方给罪犯宽大处理以换取情报。