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　　词汇解释

　　1.sporadic adj. 零星的;分散的;不定时发生的

　　The area has been the scene of sporadic artilleryduels over the last six weeks.

　　在过去的6周中，该地区曾经发生过零星的炮击。

　　2.vigilant adj. 警惕的;警醒的;注意的;警戒的

　　He warned the public to be vigilant and report anything suspicious.

　　他告诫公众要保持警惕，报告任何可疑情况。

　　3.strand n. 线;串;海滨 vt. 使搁浅;使陷于困境;弄断;使落后 vi. 搁浅

　　The climbers had been stranded by a storm.

　　这些登山者被暴风雨困住了。

　　4.precarious adj. 危险的;不确定的

　　Our financial situation had become precarious.

　　我们的财政状况已经不稳定了。

　　5.thawing n. 融化;熔化 v. 融化(thaw的ing形式)

　　It's so cold the snow doesn't get a chance to thaw.

　　天气太冷了，积雪都没机会融化。

　　6.preferential adj. 优先的;选择的;特惠的;先取的

　　Firstborn sons received preferential treatment.

　　长子们受到了优等待遇。

　　7.arsonist n. 纵火犯人

　　Giving an arsonist a lighter is beyond a joke.

　　把打火机交给纵火犯简直是不可理喻。

　　8.gravelly adj. 多碎石的;铺有碎石的;碎石构成的;声音粗哑的

　　There's a triumphant note in his gravelly voice.

　　他沙哑的嗓音中有一种胜利的口气。

　　内容解析

　　1.Many Cuban migrants feared that the thawingrelationship between Washington and Havanamay put an end to the preferential treatmentgiven to them.

　　put an end to 结束;终止;消灭，毁掉;废除，除去;杀死

　　Rationing had put an end to a surfeit of biscuits long ago.

　　定量供应很久以前就结束了饼干过剩的状况。

　　Only a political solution could put an end to the violence.

　　只有政治解决方案才能终结暴力。

　　2.Some of the relatives of Alan Kurdi, the Syrian boy whose body was photographedwashed up on a Turkish beach have arrived in Canada.

　　wash up (被) 冲上岸;彻底失败的;事业到头的

　　Thousands of herring and crab are washed up on the beaches during every storm.

　　成千上万的鲱鱼和螃蟹每逢暴风雨都会被冲上岸。

　　Her singing career was all washed up by the time she was 27.

　　她到27岁时歌唱生涯就告终了。