很多英语学习爱好者的一个问题就是，很常见的说法不会，却知道茴香豆有几种写法，这都是那帮自以为是的老家伙造成的，我们对这种行为要坚决革命。这让我想起以前，我们跟外教交流的时候，连基本的人名组织名都不知道。比如潘基文，你知道用英文怎么说吗，别拼了。不是Jiwen pan，而是Ban ki-moon. ‘北约’怎么说？
如果记的单词你不会说，不会用，那你记它干什么呢。
我们的口号是，最简单的就是最好的。
WORLD NEWS – May 13th, 2009
Written by the Voice of America
It is zero hour thirty universal time and here is the news in Special English.
A Sri Lankan government doctor says at least forty-seven patients died Tuesday when a shell hit the only medical center in rebel-controlled territory. Tamil Tiger rebels blamed Sri Lankan government forces for the attack, but the Sri Lankan military denies the charge. It has accused the rebels of shelling their own people to gain international sympathy and support for a truce1. Also Tuesday, the military said its soldiers have now surrounded the Tamil rebels, it said twenty-five rebels were killed in fighting during the night.
1. Truce 休战
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has appealed to the world2 to help more than one million displaced civilians. The civilians fled their homes during fighting against Taliban militants in the northwest of the country. Mr. Zardar said he and the United Nations Secretary Ban Ki-moon3 are joining an appeal for humanitarian assistance4. The two held talks in New York on Tuesday. Mr. Ban expressed deep concern about the humanitarian situation in northwestern Pakistan. He said the UN is ready to help the displaced Pakistanis, but he also urged Mr. Zardar to take all necessary steps to protect the civilian population.
2. Appealed to the world 呼吁世界
3. Ban Ki-moon 潘基文
4. Humanitarian assistance 人道主义援助
Officials in Afghanistan say eleven suicide bombers5 have attacked government buildings in the eastern town of Khost. At least nine people were reported killed in the bombings and the fighting that followed. Sixteen others were wounded. Officials said attackers struck the governor’s office and another building. The attackers also seized hostages6. Officials said American and afghan forces later raided7 the building. Three resistance fighters were killed. All the hostages were rescued unharmed8. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for9 the attacks. The group said it sent thirty attackers to the town. The United States military has a large base in Khost. The United States military says an American soldier was charged Tuesday with killing five other soldiers at a military base in Baghdad. An army spokesman told reporters that Sagit John Imrasil is believed to have shot the five soldiers Monday at a mental health center. The spokesman said the soldier has served three times in Iraq and was supposed to leave soon. He also said the military is investigating its mental health system whether the services offered are enough.
5. Suicide bombers 人体炸弹
6. Hostage 人质
7. Raid 突然袭击，搜捕
8. Unharmed 没有受伤的，安然无恙的
9. Claimed responsibility for… 声称对…负责
In other news from Iraq. Parliament is pushing the government to demand a greater share of water from Turkey10, Syria and Iran. Parliament members voted Tuesday to block any of the agreements with those countries that fail to give Iraq more water. Much of Iraqi territory is desert. Iraq gets water from the Tigris11 River which runs from Turkey and from the Euphrates12 which runs from Syria. Iraq also gets water from smaller rivers from Iran. The associated press13 reports that Iraq Water Committee chairman said water levels have fallen to dangerous low levels.
10. Turkey 土耳其
11. Tigris 底格里斯河
12. Euphrates 幼发拉底河
13. Associated press 美联社
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The head of the Roman Catholic Church14 led a religious service15 in Jerusalem16Tuesday. Pope17 Benedict says Christians, Jews and Moslems all call the city their spiritual home18. But he said much needs to be done to make Jerusalem a city of peace. Poke Benedict told Christians he knows the pain and suffering many of them have experienced because of the conflicts in the Middle East. The Pope said Christians leaving the area is a tragic reality. He said it brings a spiritual impoverishment19.
14. Roman Catholic Church 罗马天主教堂
15. Religious service 宗教仪式
16. Jerusalem 耶路撒冷
17. Pope 教皇
18. Spiritual home 精神家园
19. Spiritual impoverishment 精神贫瘠
United Nations peace-keeper say Israel has released information on where it dropped cluster bombs20 in Lebanon three years ago. The bombs were dropped during the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group21 Hasbila in 2006. The UN peace-keeping forces in Lebanon released the statement Tuesday. It said it received technical strike data related maps on the bombs fired by Israeli forces during the war. Both Lebanese and UN officials had urged Israel to provide all remaining landmine22 positions. Unexploded bombs23 have killed at least twenty people and wounded many others in Lebanon in the past three years.
20. Cluster bombs 集束炸弹
21. Militant group 激进组织
22. Landmine 地雷
23. Unexploded bomb 未爆炸弹
American reporter Roxana Saberi has spoken to reporters for the first time since being released from an Iranian jail24. She said she is very happy and thankful to all the people who helped her. She told reporters in Iran that she has no immediate plans just wants to spend time with her family. Ms. Saberi’s father Riza says the family is preparing to take her back to the United States, but he did not say when. Ms. Saberi was arrested in January and later charged and found guilty of spying. Her lawyer appealed the courts decision. The thirty-two-year old reporter was released from prison on Monday.
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says his government has never aimed attacks at civilians in Darfur. He said the government had responsibility to send troops to Darfur to fight rebels, but he said the troops never fought against civilians. Mr. Bashir made the comment to the BBC News Agency25. The international criminal court26 accused Mr. Bashir of organizing a campaign of rape，murder and other crimes against civilians in Darfur.
24. Jail 监狱
25. News Agency 通讯社
26. International criminal court 国际刑事法庭
A Somali Human Rights Group says the past five days of fighting in Mogadishu has killed at least one hundred thirteen people. The Almond Human Rights Organization says another three hundred were wounded in the fighting. The Group said unofficial27 counts by its workers show that at least twenty-seven thousand people have fled the Somali capital
27. Unofficial 非官方的，非正式的
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