夏说晨读2016年09月21日【Wednesday】
Britain approved a controversial nuclear power station at Hinkley Point.
Theresa May’s new Conservative government had abruptly delayed approving the £18 billion French-Chinese project amid worries about cost, untested technology and security.
It said “significant new safeguards” were now in place,including a state shareholding in new infrastructure projects, ensuring they could not be sold without government consent.
Controversial: 有争议的
Abruptly:突然地
Shareholding:控股
Safeguard:安保
夏说晨读2016年09月22日【Thursday】
American officials complained about “simulated attacks” by Russian warplanes in the Baltic sea.
Yesterday a Russian jet came within 30 feet(9 metres) of the guided-missile destroyer.
A similarly dangerous episode took place in the Black Sea in January.
Simulated attack: 模拟攻击
Baltic sea:波罗的海
Destroyer:驱逐舰
Episode:插曲
夏说晨读2016年09月23日【Friday】
A former member of a death squad in the Philippines told lawmakers that the squad had killed about 1,000 people over 25 years on the orders of Rodrigo Duterte, then a mayor, now president.
one victim was fed to a crocodile.
A presidential spokesman dismissed the allegations.
Death squad: 暗杀小组
Crocodile:鳄鱼
Allegation:指控
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