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The northeast coast of the United States is beginning a massive clear-up after being hit by the biggest storm for years. At least 30 people have been killed. The mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg said bridges and roads were being reopened, but it would take days to restore power and public transport.

In addition to the lives we lost, the damage we suffered across the city is clearly extensive and it will not be repaired overnight. The two biggest challenges facing our city going forward are getting our mass transit¹ system up and running and restoring power. So clearly the challenges our city faces in the coming days are enormous.

New Jersey² where the storm made landfall was also badly hit. Houses were torn from their foundations and towns flooded after levees broke. The storm has now moved northwest and it has mixed with the cold weather system causing blizzards³ . The White House says President Obama has cancelled a third day of campaigning for next week's presidential election, so he can supervise the cleanup operation. He spoke⁴ to reporters at the Red Cross in Washington.

My message to the governors and mayors and, through them, to the communities that have been hit so hard is that we are gonna do everything we can to get resources to you and make sure that any unmet need is identified, we are responding to it as quickly as possible. And I told the mayors and governors if they're getting no for an answer somewhere in the federal government, they can call me personally at the White House.

Disney has agreed to buy Lucasfilm, the maker⁵ of the Star Wars franchise⁶ in a deal worth more than $4bn. With details here's our Los Angeles correspondent Alastair Leithead.

Disney's deal to buy Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise were just over $4bn, will see a whole-new series of Star Wars films being made, with its founder⁷ George Lucas being kept on as a creative consultant⁸. In a statement he said: It's time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. The first Star War film came out in 1977, the most recent in 2005. Disney's chief executive said there are substantial pent-up demand for new movies. The first film under Disney ownership, Episode Seven is planned for 2015 with Episodes Eight and Nine to follow along with new film every 2-3 years.

Syrian state television says an air force General, Abdullah Mahmud al-Khalidi has been assassinated⁹ by rebel forces in the capital Damascus. The report said General al-Khalidi was one of the Syria's foremost aviation experts. The Free Syrian Army has said it carried out the attack.

The leader of the opposition¹⁰ in Rwanda Victoire Ingabire has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of terrorism and genocide denial. Mrs Ingabire, a Hutu, was acquitted¹¹ on two other charges, she boycotted¹² the hearing. She's been held in prison since October 2010.

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a Polish teenager who was raped¹⁴ and became pregnant should have been given unhindered access to an abortion¹⁵. Staff at three hospitals in Poland denied the 14-year-old girl a termination , even though abortion is legal in cases of rape¹³. She eventually had the procedure in secret at a hospital hundreds of kilometers from her home.

Thousands of Kurdish demonstrators have clashed with riot police in towns and cities in eastern Turkey. The protests were aimed at drawing attention to more than 650 Kurdish prisoners who were on hunger strike.

Police in Jamaica say they've detained about 100 men in an operation aimed at preventing a gang feud¹⁶ from escalating¹⁷. The men were detained in Spanish Town which is notorious for gang violence.

Afghanistan first professional boxing match has won by a local fighter, Hamid Rahimi. He beat Said Mbelwa of Tanzanian in the seventh round. Rahimi's supporters invaded the ring after his victory which was held in a specially¹⁸ constructed tent normally used for Loya Jirgas, national gathering¹⁹ of tribal²⁰ elders. Our correspondent in Kabul, Bilal Sarwary said the security was tight for the match.

You had heavy machine gun, you had rocket propelled grenades , you had elite²¹ Afghan forces, and you had M4 and M16s inside the tent right around the ring, and Afghan riot and armed police were called when the mob as the police of Kabul called it tried to get to the ring. So it was a very very different of boxing game than what people around the would see or hear about.

Serbian police have charged 12 people over a brawl²² at an Under-21 football game against the England earlier this month. Five of those charged are Serbian players and two of them England players, they haven't been named. Players and officials from the both teams clashed at the end of the game after alleged²³ racist²⁴ chanting by Serbian fans.

 

1 transit   

n.经过，运输；vt.穿越，旋转；vi.越过

参考例句：

• His luggage was lost in transit.他的行李在运送中丢失。
• The canal can transit a total of 50 ships daily.这条运河每天能通过50条船。

2 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

3 blizzards   

暴风雪( blizzard的名词复数 )； 暴风雪似的一阵，大量（或大批）

参考例句：

• Even in the summertime we might be struck by blizzards. 甚至在夏天，我们也可能受到暴风雪的袭击。
• Blizzards battered Britain for the third day. 大风雪袭击英国已进入第三天。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

6 franchise   

n.特许，特权，专营权，特许权

参考例句：

• Catering in the schools is run on a franchise basis.学校餐饮服务以特许权经营。
• The United States granted the franchise to women in 1920.美国于1920年给妇女以参政权。

7 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。

8 consultant   

n.顾问；会诊医师，专科医生

参考例句：

• He is a consultant on law affairs to the mayor.他是市长的一个法律顾问。
• Originally,Gar had agreed to come up as a consultant.原来，加尔只答应来充当我们的顾问。

9 assassinated   

v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏

参考例句：

• The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
• Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句

10 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

11 acquitted   

宣判…无罪( acquit的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（自己）作出某种表现

参考例句：

• The jury acquitted him of murder. 陪审团裁决他谋杀罪不成立。
• Five months ago she was acquitted on a shoplifting charge. 五个月前她被宣判未犯入店行窃罪。

12 boycotted   

抵制，拒绝参加( boycott的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Athletes from several countries boycotted the Olympic Games. 有好几国的运动员抵制奥林匹克运动会。
• The opposition party earlier boycotted the Diet agenda, demanding Miyaji's resignation. 反对党曾杯葛国会议程，要宫路下台。

13 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

14 raped   

v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸

参考例句：

• A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
• We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句

15 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

16 feud   

n.长期不和；世仇；v.长期争斗；世代结仇

参考例句：

• How did he start his feud with his neighbor?他是怎样和邻居开始争吵起来的？
• The two tribes were long at feud with each other.这两个部族长期不和。

17 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

18 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

19 gathering   

n.集会，聚会，聚集

参考例句：

• He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
• He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。

20 tribal   

adj.部族的，种族的

参考例句：

• He became skilled in several tribal lingoes.他精通几种部族的语言。
• The country was torn apart by fierce tribal hostilities.那个国家被部落间的激烈冲突弄得四分五裂。

21 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

22 brawl   

n.大声争吵，喧嚷；v.吵架，对骂

参考例句：

• They had nothing better to do than brawl in the street.他们除了在街上斗殴做不出什么好事。
• I don't want to see our two neighbours engaged in a brawl.我不希望我们两家吵架吵得不可开交。

23 alleged   

a.被指控的，嫌疑的

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为

24 racist   

n.种族主义者，种族主义分子

参考例句：

• a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
• His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。