[00:00.10]During a joint appearance with Brahimi Tuesday in New York, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that the mediator will step down May 31.

[00:11.62]"For nearly two years, joint special representative Brahimi has sought an end to the brutal and still worsening civil war in Syria.

[00:22.04]He has faced almost impossible odds with a Syrian nation,

[00:27.67]Middle Eastern region and wider international community that have been hopelessly divided in their approaches to ending the conflict," said Ban.

[00:38.27]Despite his struggles in mediating a peace deal, Brahimi expressed confidence the crisis will end.

[00:45.25]"The question is only, and this everybody who has responsibility and an influence in the situation have to remember,

[00:55.06] that the question is: How many more dead, how much more destruction there is going to be before Syria becomes again the Syria we have known," said Brahimi.

[01:07.07]Brahimi had been working to restart negotiations,

[01:13.27]but that effort was thwarted with the announcement that presidential elections will be held next month, dealing a severe blow to his efforts.

[01:19.31]He replaced former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan as international mediator in August 2012. Annan also failed to obtain a cease-fire.

[01:29.72]Meanwhile, Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard,

[01:34.78]whose country is providing one of the two cargo ships being used to move chemical weapons components out of Syria,

[01:41.50]urged Damascus to quickly give up the last of its lethal stockpile.

[01:44.81]Lidegaard said the ships are not mandated to stay beyond the June 30 deadline.

[01:50.22]"We have actually now gathered 92 percent of the chemical weapons of Syria.

[01:56.03]That is not enough, we are still having 8 percent remaining and will do whatever we can to get that on board as well,

[02:02.44]and then transport it away and destroy it as soon as possible," said Lidegaard.

[02:06.45]The Danish cargo ship, and another from Norway, are in the eastern Mediterranean taking deliveries of Syrian toxins.

[02:14.04]Command frigates are escorting them.

[02:16.29]They are awaiting word to head for a Syrian port to pick up the last of the chemicals.

[02:21.43]Syria agreed to scrap its chemical weapons to avoid a possible military strike from the United States,

[02:28.02]after an August chemical weapons attack on civilians outside Damascus.

[02:32.49]More than 1,400 people were killed.

 

詞匯解析

resign

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

v.辭職；放棄；順從；聽任

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用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

Have you heard of her intention to resign?

你聽到她打算辭職的傳聞了嗎？

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display

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.顯示；陳列；炫耀

vt.顯示；表現(xiàn)；夸示

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用作名詞 (n.)

There will be a display of bronze statuary in this museum next week.

下星期這個(gè)博物館將舉辦一個(gè)青銅雕塑作品展覽。

用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)

He had an opportunity to fully display his talents.

他有了大顯身手的機(jī)會(huì)。

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joint

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

adj.聯(lián)合的；共同的；連帶的；合資的

n.關(guān)節(jié)；接頭；接合處；接縫；夜總會(huì)

v.貼合；連接

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用作形容詞 (adj.)

They covenanted with us for establishing a joint venture.

他們就建立合資公司的事和我們簽了合約。

用作名詞 (n.)

The joint isn't quite done yet.

這一大塊肉煮得不太熟。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

Does any one know who can joint sales calls?

誰知道誰可以做聯(lián)合銷售拜訪?

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appearance

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.出現(xiàn)；露面；外貌；外表；出場(chǎng)

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用作名詞 (n.)

I don't want to go to the party but I'd better put in an appearance, I suppose.

我不想?yún)⒓幽莻€(gè)聚會(huì)，可是我最好還是要露一下面。

The first appearance of Jielun Chou impresses us with showing off coldness and unruliness!

周杰倫一出場(chǎng)給人一種愛?？幔铗埐获Z的感覺，不喜歡對(duì)媒體親近。

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obtain

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

vt.獲得；得到

vi.流行；通用；存在

參考例句

用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)

He failed to obtain a scholarship.

他沒有獲得獎(jiǎng)學(xué)金。

用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)

Your dress still obtains now.

你的這款套裙現(xiàn)在還很流行。

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transport

難度：4星核心詞匯，屬常用3000詞

英漢解釋

n.運(yùn)輸；心醉

v.運(yùn)輸；傳播；流放；激動(dòng)

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用作名詞 (n.)

London Transport run extra trains during the rush-hour.

倫敦運(yùn)輸公司在交通高峰時(shí) 間增開加班列車。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

I was reluctant to let language transport me.

我不情愿被語言弄得失魂落魄。

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strike

難度：5星基本詞匯，屬常用1000詞

英漢解釋

n.罷工；打擊；毆打

v.打；撞；罷工；劃燃

參考例句

用作名詞 (n.)

The coalminers have been out on strike for several weeks now.

煤礦工人已罷工了幾個(gè)星期。

Next, the local press carried an order by the city's garrison commander forbidding soldiers to strike students.

接著報(bào)紙上又刊出了城防司令部嚴(yán)禁軍人毆打?qū)W生的布告。

用作動(dòng)詞 (v.)

Be careful not to strike your head against the mantel.

小心不要使你的頭撞到壁爐架。

The girl struck a match to light a cigarette.

那女孩劃火柴點(diǎn)燃一根煙。

 

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