2016.5.21
news from BBC
EgyptAir: 'Smoke detected' inside cabin before crash
两天前的空难：Airbus（空中客车公司） A320型号passenger plane(客机)，编号 Flight MS804，从Pairs（巴黎）到Cairo（开罗）途中失联。直到现在还未确定是技术事故还是恐怖事件。
1． Smoke was detected in the toilet
detect 【dɪˈtek】 查明，洞察
toilet 【tɔɪlət】 洗手间
Tokyo's hedgehog cafe: Spiky success or thorny welfare worry?
东京开了一家 hedgehog（【hedʒhɔ:g】刺猬） cafe，可以放在手上随便玩，weekdays 1000日元/30min，weekends 1300日元/30min。
1. It's the same with cats and dogs in Japan, which you can also buy from non-specialist shops, often sitting in small glass display tanks.
specialist 专家
glass tank 玻璃罐
2. nail 指甲，钉子
Obama pushes for more Zika funding in US
奥巴马关于提高抵御Zika病毒资金的请求被国会驳回了。
1. President Barack Obama has criticised the US Congress for failing to back his request for a $1.9bn (£1.25bn) fund to combat the spreading Zika virus.
combat 【ˈkɒmbæt】 战斗，格斗，竞赛
virus 【ˈvaɪrəs】 病毒
2. Until now, the agency had not reported the number of women infected by the diseases in the US and its territories.
infect 感染
territory 【terətɔ:ri】 领土
3. a birth defect 缺陷
Chinese couple spend wedding night writing out communist doctrine
中国一对新婚夫妇在新婚夜手抄党章，后被披露是作秀。（BBC发来贺电，老外应该是笑尿了 = =！）
1. A Weibo post by the Beijing News also stated that copying the constitution under such circumstances was "contrary to common sense"
post 文章
circumstance 【sɜ:kəmstənsɪz】 = situation
2. But he questioned why the bride and groom chose their wedding when there were "365 other days to choose from".
bride 【braɪd】 新娘
groom 【gru:m】 新郎