英语新闻听写 美国总统否认对儿童使用催泪瓦斯

In the now-famous picture of a mother and her young children fleeing a cloud of tear gas at the US Mexico border, you can see the fear on the young mother's face.

在这张网上热传的照片中，美墨边境的一位母亲带着她的幼童正在逃离一片催泪瓦斯烟雾，可以看到这位年轻母亲面带恐惧之情。

Maria, Lila Meza Castro arrived at the border to seek asylum¹ on Sunday alongside other Central American migrants.

同其他中美洲移民一样，玛丽亚，莱拉·梅扎·卡斯特罗周日来到美墨边境避难。

Castro said she never thought Border Patrol would use the toxic² chemical on children.

卡斯特罗女士说她从没想到美国边境巡逻队会对儿童使用有毒化学品。

According to Business Insider, US President Donald Trump³ defended the use of tear gas,

据商业内幕网（Business Insider）报道，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普支持使用催泪瓦斯，

saying it is needed to combat "very tough people" and claimed that Border Patrol did not use the gas on children.

他说有必要使用催泪瓦斯来对付“态度非常强硬的人们”，并宣称边境巡逻队没有对儿童使用催泪瓦斯。

1 asylum   

n.避难所，庇护所，避难

参考例句：

• The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
• Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。

2 toxic   

adj.有毒的，因中毒引起的

参考例句：

• The factory had accidentally released a quantity of toxic waste into the sea.这家工厂意外泄漏大量有毒废物到海中。
• There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere.爆炸后有毒化学物质可能会进入大气层。

3 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。