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英语新闻精读练习20220520

作者: 6个精灵 | 来源:发表于2022-05-20 10:38 被阅读0次

    今天的英语新闻精读练习的内容是:

    Real But Still Unexplained: Congress Holds Its First UFO Hearing In 50 Years

    美国国会50年来首次就不明飞行物举行听证会:真实存在,但仍无法解释

    英语原文: 

    This morning Congress held its first public hearing on UFOs in more than half a century, with top U.S. intelligence officials and members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle agreeing that unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) are indeed real, though they still remain a mystery. The House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee — also known as the C3 — held an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) followed by a closed, classified briefing. The open portion of the hearing was livestreamed on YouTube.

    生词:

    Congress  美国国会

    hearing n. 听证会

    intelligence  n. 情报,谍报;情报机构;智力,才智;智能;

    intelligence official  情报官员

    aerial  adj. 空中的,地表以上的;

    phenomena  n. 现象(phenomenon的复数)

    counterterrorism n. 反恐怖主义

    counterintelligence n. 反情报

    counterproliferation  反扩散

    subcommittee  n. 小组委员会;

    unidentified  adj. 未辨别出的,身份不明的;未经确认的;

    classified  adj. 机密的,保密的;分类的,归类的;

    briefing  n. 情况介绍会;简报;详细指示,详情介绍

    portion  n. (某物的)一部分;

    livestreamed  vt.网络直播

    YouTube  油管视频网站

    译文对照:

    This morning Congress held its first public hearing on UFOs in more than half a century, with top U.S. intelligence officials and members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle agreeing that unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) are indeed real, though they still remain a mystery.

    今天(2022年5月17日)上午,美国国会举行了半个多世纪以来关于UFO的首次公开听证会。在会上,美国高级情报官员和国会两党议员一致认为,无法解释的空中现象确实存在,但它们仍然是一个谜。

    The House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee — also known as the C3 — held an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) followed by a closed, classified briefing.

    美国众议院情报委员会的反恐、反情报、反扩散(也被称为C3)小组委员会就不明飞行物(UAPs)举行了公开听证会,并在随后举行了闭门、机密的简报会。

    The open portion of the hearing was livestreamed on YouTube.

    听证会的公开部分在YouTube上直播。

    文章原文来自《福布斯》(Forbes), 这里只是截取了文章的一部分进行精读、学习.

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