英语新闻：令人痛心的叙利亚战争

历史潮流，浩浩汤汤，近日美国终于决定要对叙利亚实施打击，摧毁这个由来已久的残暴政权。叙利亚的人民早已泪流不已，血泪流尽，正义如此的姗姗来迟，总是快要来了。今天的常用英语口语学习我们来看看BBC报道的叙利亚战争新闻原文，学习其中的地道表达。

Another aerial bombardment struck the Syrian city of Aleppo on Friday with over 200 air strikes launched upon the rebel-held city.

周五，叙利亚阿勒颇市遭空中轰炸，叛军控制的城市上空发动200多次空袭。

aerial /‘ɛrɪəl/ adj. 空中的

bombardment /bɑm’bɑrdmənt/ v. 轰炸

struck /strʌk/ v. 打击

Syrian /'si:riən/ n. 叙利亚人

Aleppo /ə’lepəu/ n. 阿勒颇

The Aleppo Media Center believes that at least 51 people, including many children, are currently trapped beneath rubble in different areas of the city.

阿勒颇新闻中心称，在阿勒颇不同地区目前至少有51人，包括许多儿童被困的废墟下。

trap /træp/ v. 困在

rubble /ˈrʌbəl/ n. 碎石

A spokesman for the AMC said, Civil defense crews are incapable of extracting them from underneath the rubble due to the intense air strikes on the city of Ale



ppo.

AMC发言人表示，民防组织的人员无法从废墟中救出他们，因为阿勒颇上空激烈的空袭。

civil /‘sɪvl/ adj. 公民的

defense /dɪ’fɛns/ n. 抵御

incapable /ɪn’kepəbl/ adj. 没有能力的

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Several medical, monitoring and activist groups reported details of a chemical attack.

一些医疗机构、监测和活动组织报告了化学攻击的细节。

"Seventy people suffocated to death and hundreds are still suffocating," said Raed al-Saleh, head of the White Helmets. An earlier, now deleted tweet, put the number dead at more than 150.

“70人因窒息而死，数百人仍呼吸困难，”白盔部队负责人Raed al-Saleh说道。一个更早的，现已被删除的推文，给出的死亡数字超过150。

The pro-opposition Ghouta Media Center tweeted that more than 75 people had "suffocated", while a further 1,000 people had suffered the effects of the alleged attack.

亲反对派的古塔媒体中心在推特上说，有超过75人“无法呼吸”，另有1000人受到了所谓的袭击的影响。

It blamed a barrel bomb allegedly dropped by a helicopter which it said contained Sarin, a toxic nerve agent.

据称，一架直升机一直向下投掷桶装炸药，据称其中含有一种神经毒剂：沙林。