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　　词汇学习

　　1.target vt.瞄准;把…作为攻击目标

　　Republicans targeted Unsoeld as vulnerable in her bid for reelection this year.

　　共和党人将安索尔德定为攻击目标，认为她在争取今年连任的竞选中不堪一击。

　　2.identify vt.识别，认出;确定

　　The candidates all want to identify themselves with reform.

　　候选人都想把自己与改革密切联系起来。

　　3.euthanasia n.安乐死;安然去世

　　Euthanasia is illegal in most countries.

　　安乐死在大多数国家被认为是非法的。

　　4.permit v.许可，允许

　　Will they permit you to sit in on a few classes?

　　他们会同意你旁听几节课吗?

　　5.extinguish vt.熄灭(火)

　　Firefighters tried to extinguish the flames.

　　消防队员奋力救火。

　　6.inflammable adj.易燃的

　　These gases are highly inflammable.

　　这些气体都高度易燃。

　　7.fundamental adj.基础的，基本的

　　Amnesty says there are fundamental flaws in their military justice system.

　　国际特赦组织称他们的军事司法体系存在着根本性的缺陷。

　　8.stretch v.伸展;延伸;持续

　　The talks could be stretched into the summer of 1993.

　　该谈判可能会延续至 1993 年夏天。

　　9.drown v.淹死;浸没

　　It is cruel to drown the cat in the river.

　　把猫淹死在河里是残忍的。

　　内容解析

　　1.A Belgian teenager has been helped to die in the first such case since a law was passed more than two years ago allowing terminally ill children to request euthanasia.

　　terminally ill绝症晚期;垂危

　　The patient is terminally ill.

　　那个病人患了不治之症。

　　2. An official said the child was 16 or 17 years old but gave no other details.

　　no other别无其他

　　The truth of the matter is that we had no other choice.

　　实情就是我们别无选择。