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I. Comey to Testify Trump Tried to Influence Him
Former FBI Director Comey will publicly testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee in a public setting. A report last week said former FBI Comey is expected to testify that he believes Trump was deliberately trying to meddle in the FBI's investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election.
1. FBI Director Comey 美國聯邦調查局局長柯米
2. publicly testify 公開作證
3. in a public setting 在公共場合
4. the Senate Intelligence Committee 美國參議院情報委員會
5. deliberately trying to meddle 故意試圖干涉
Reports claim that Trump called Comey a "nut job" during an Oval Office meeting with Russian officials and told them his firing relieved "great pressure" from the investigation into whether Trump campaign associates colluded with Russian officials to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
6. a nut job 瘋子，神經病
7. collude with…與...串通
8. influence the outcome 影響結果
Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/19/politics/comey-testimony-open-hearing/
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II. Taiwan to Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
In a historic ruling yesterday, Taiwan's constitutional court clears the way for same-sex marriage. According to the nation's highest court, the inability of existing civil codes to guarantee equal marriage rights for all people, is unconstitutional.
1. historic ruling 歷史性的判決
2. constitutional court 憲法法院
3. clear the way for… 為...開路
4. same-sex marriage 同性婚姻
5. existing civil codes 現行民法
6. guarantee equal marriage rights 保障同性婚姻
7. unconstitutional 違憲
The court gives the government's executive and legislative branches 2 years to legalize same-sex marriage, either by amending existing laws or enacting a new separate law, paving the way for Taiwan to become the first Asian country that recognizes same-sex marriage.
8. executive and legislative branches executive and legislative branches 執行和立法部門
9. legalize same-sex marriage 使同性婚姻合法化
10. amending existing laws 修正或制定
11. pave the way for 為...鋪路，做好準備
Source: http://news.pts.org.tw/article/359626
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III. Manchester Arena Bombing
Up to 5,000 soldiers will be deployed on the streets amid fears that the Manchester suicide bomber had accomplices preparing further attacks, Theresa May has announced.
1. soldiers will be deployed 士兵將被部署
2. amid fears 在恐懼中
3. suicide bomber 自殺式爆炸襲擊者
4. accomplice 同夥
For the first time in 10 years, the Prime Minister said the terror threat level had been raised to the highest possible level, from "severe" to "critical", meaning an attack is “expected imminently”.
5. terror threat 怖襲擊威脅等級
6. raise to the highest level 調至最高等級
7. from "severe" to "critical" 由「嚴重」調至「危急」
8. expected imminently 迫在眉睫
Source: http://www.ukipdaily.com/news-review-wednesday-24-may-2017/
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IV. World Leaders Lobby Trump on Climate Change
Wrapping up his first foreign trip as commander-in-chief, President Trump left the G-7 summit Saturday amid ongoing international deadlocks over trade, climate change and the fate of a global treaty on restricting heat-trapping carbon emissions.
1. lobby (v.) 遊說
2. wrap up 收尾，結束
3. commander-in-chief 總司令，最高統帥
4. G7 Summit G7峰會 (第42屆七大工業國組織會議)
5. ongoing international deadlocks 持續的國際僵局
6. global treaty 全球條約
7. heat-trapping gas 吸熱的，致溫室效應的
8. carbon emissions 二氧化碳排放
Trump, who received conflicting advice on climate change from aides, tweeted after the G-7 meetings that "I will make my final decision on the Paris Accord next week!"
9. conflicting advice 互有衝突的建議
10. climate change 氣候變化
11. make a final decision on 對…做出最終決定
Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/05/27/donald-trump-nato-trade-g-7-climate-change-paris/102230296/
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