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1.appoint vt.任命，委派
He promised to appoint an AIDS czar to deal with the disease.
他许诺任命一位艾滋病大使来应对这种疾病。
2.update vt.更新，使现代化
I would just update them on any news we might have.
我们一有新消息我就会告诉他们。
3.alarming adj.使人害怕的，扰乱人心的
These sort of statistics are undoubtedly alarming.
这样的统计数据的确堪忧。
4.indigenous adj.土生土长的；生来的，固有的；本地的
Each country has its own indigenous cultural tradition.
每个国家都有其自身的文化传统。
5.screen vt.放映
TV firms were later banned from screening any pictures of the demo.
后来各电视台被禁止播放任何有关这次游行的画面。
6.stage vt.& vi.筹办，举行
Russian workers have staged a number of strikes in protest at the republic's declaration of independence...
俄罗斯工人已经举行了数次罢工，抗议该共和国宣布独立。
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BBC News.
Reports in the US media say President Trump's newly appointed communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been removed from his post barely 10 days after he was given the job. The New York Times is quoting sources close to the decision, saying President Trump decided to remove Mr. Scaramucci at the request of John Kelly, who was sworn in as the White House Chief of Staff earlier.
Opposition activists in Venezuela have blocked roads across the capital Caracas, in protest against Sunday's controversial vote for a new constituent assembly. They are planning a march later to honor the 10 people killed on polling day.
Russia has threatened Poland with sanctions if it removes monuments glorifying the Soviet victory over Germany in the Second World War. Last month, Warsaw updated its de-communization legislation, banning territory symbols including Soviet propaganda monuments.
United Nations rights experts say there's an alarming rise in extrajudicial killings in the Philippines. They said they were shocked by the increasing attacks on indigenous groups, trade unionists, land rights leaders, and on children.
Fraud police in Malawi have issued an arrest warrant for the former President Joyce Banda over allegations of abuse of office and money laundering. They said the warrant related to the cashgate scandal.
US researchers have found that online searches about suicide spiked, in the weeks after the screening of a controversial drama earlier this year about a teenage girl who kills herself. The team said suicide related searches rose 19% more than expected after the screening.
Officials in Los Angeles say they have struck a deal to host the summer Olympic Games in 2028. It's a move that means Paris will almost certainly host the Games in 2024, exactly a century after it last staged them.
BBC News.
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1.The New York Times is quoting sources close to the decision, saying President Trump decided to remove Mr. Scaramucci at the request of John Kelly, who was sworn in as the White House Chief of Staff earlier.
at the request of应…之请求
An elderly woman rang up the police at the request of her neighbor.
一个老太太应邻居的请求给警察打了电话。
2.Officials in Los Angeles say they have struck a deal to host the summer Olympic Games in 2028.
struck a deal成交，达成协议
The two struck a deal in which Rendell took half of what a manager would.
两个人达成协议，伦德尔获得相当于经理所得的一半。
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