2014年CRI 山东寿光食品厂大火致18人死亡 奥巴马证实美国人质被伊斯兰国杀害

 

At least 18 people have been killed after a fire broke out in a vegetable packaging plant yesterday in the city of Shouguang in Shandong.

13 others have been hospitalized.

The fire has been put out.

Police are investigating into what caused the incident.

The Chinese government is promising¹ to release details of its strategic oil reserves in a more timely manner.

Chinese President Xi Jinping made the pledge at the now-concluded G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia.

China is the world's second-largest oil consumer after the United States.

The inventories² of the world's major oil consumers has significant impact on international oil futures³.

US President Barack Obama has confirmed the death of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, who has been beheaded by Islamic State militants⁵.

Kassig was captured by the Islamic State over a year ago.

Kassig's father says his son was doing humanitarian⁶ work in Syria when he was taken by the militant⁴ group.

The Islamic State posted details of Kassig's murder on its twitter account.

This is now the 5th victim beheaded by the group on video.

The other victims include two American journalists and two British aid workers.

1 promising   

adj.有希望的，有前途的

参考例句：

• The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
• We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。

2 inventories   

n.总结( inventory的名词复数 )；细账；存货清单（或财产目录）的编制

参考例句：

• In other cases, such as inventories, inputs and outputs are both continuous. 在另一些情况下，比如存货，其投入和产出都是持续不断的。
• The store must clear its winter inventories by April 1st. 该店必须在4月1日前售清冬季存货。

3 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

4 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

5 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

6 humanitarian   

n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者

参考例句：

• She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
• The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。