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The mudslinging between the United States and North Korea keeps getting worse with North Korea saying a nuclear strike on the US mainland is inevitable¹. In response to Donald Trump's speech to the UN General Assembly, the North Korean foreign minister described him as mentally deranged². The escalating³ rhetoric⁴ came hours after US bombers⁵ flew close to North Korea in a show of force.

美国和朝鲜之间的中伤言论愈演愈烈，朝鲜表示对美国本土进行核打击在所难免。在回应唐纳德·特朗普在联合国大会上的发言时，朝鲜外交部长称特朗普“精神错乱”。两国之间的口水战不断升级，而几个小时以前美国轰炸机还飞抵朝鲜附近秀武力。

Australians are expected to save up to half a billion dollars in bank fees over the next 12 months. All four major banks have now announced they will axe⁶ ATM withdrawal⁷ fees for non-customers. The move reflects the continuing decline in the use of cash.

未来12个月，预计澳大利亚人在银行费用上最多可节省5亿美元。澳大利亚四大银行宣布，他们将大幅削减非客户的自助取款费用。此举表明，现金交易持续减少。

Despite one of the hardest fought elections in years, New Zealand has no outright⁸ winner. The ruling National Party has 46 per cent of votes, not enough to form a majority government. Prime minister Bill English will now be forced to negotiate with Winston Peters' New Zealand First Party.

虽然此次新西兰大选是数年来最艰难的选举之一，但是新西兰产生了不彻底的赢家。执政党国家党赢得46%的选票，不足于组建多数党政府。现在新西兰总理比尔·英格利希不得不同温斯顿·彼特斯的新西兰优先党展开协商。

And a natural disaster has been declared in Bali even before the eruption⁹ of the Mount Agung volcano. 25 thousand people have been forced to seek shelter away from the mountain. Another 50,000 could come in if the volcano erupts. An exclusion¹⁰ zone of 9 to 12km has been set up around the volcano.

在阿贡火山喷发前，巴厘岛已经宣布了自然灾害预警。2.5万人被迫撤离并寻求庇护。如果火山喷发，避难人数将再增加5万人。火山周围9至12公里被设成禁区。

1 inevitable   

adj.不可避免的，必然发生的

参考例句：

• Mary was wearing her inevitable large hat.玛丽戴着她总是戴的那顶大帽子。
• The defeat had inevitable consequences for British policy.战败对英国政策不可避免地产生了影响。

2 deranged   

adj.疯狂的

参考例句：

• Traffic was stopped by a deranged man shouting at the sky.一名狂叫的疯子阻塞了交通。
• A deranged man shot and killed 14 people.一个精神失常的男子开枪打死了14人。

3 escalating   

v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大

参考例句：

• The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句

4 rhetoric   

n.修辞学，浮夸之言语

参考例句：

• Do you know something about rhetoric?你懂点修辞学吗？
• Behind all the rhetoric,his relations with the army are dangerously poised.在冠冕堂皇的言辞背后，他和军队的关系岌岌可危。

5 bombers   

n.轰炸机( bomber的名词复数 )；投弹手；安非他明胶囊；大麻叶香烟

参考例句：

• Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 axe   

n.斧子；v.用斧头砍，削减

参考例句：

• Be careful with that sharp axe.那把斧子很锋利，你要当心。
• The edge of this axe has turned.这把斧子卷了刃了。

7 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

8 outright   

adv.坦率地；彻底地；立即；adj.无疑的；彻底的

参考例句：

• If you have a complaint you should tell me outright.如果你有不满意的事，你应该直率地对我说。
• You should persuade her to marry you outright.你应该彻底劝服她嫁给你。

9 eruption   

n.火山爆发；（战争等）爆发；（疾病等）发作

参考例句：

• The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
• The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。

10 exclusion   

n.拒绝，排除，排斥，远足，远途旅行

参考例句：

• Don't revise a few topics to the exclusion of all others.不要修改少数论题以致排除所有其他的。
• He plays golf to the exclusion of all other sports.他专打高尔夫球，其他运动一概不参加。