2016.5.22

news from BBC

Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour killed, Afghans confirm

阿富汗官方宣称塔利班老大Mansour被无人机干掉了，但有人说他并没死。

1.　　Afghanistan's spy agency has confirmed that Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour has been killed, after the US targeted him in a drone strike.

　　　spy agency　情报机关

　　　a drone strike　【droʊn】　无人机，嗡嗡叫

2.　　The Pentagon announced on Saturday that an operation had taken place near the town of Ahmad Wal at around 15:00 (10:00 GMT)

　　　Pentagon　【pentəgən】　五角大楼，五边形

　　　GMT　格林尼治时间

3.　　The death of Mullah Mansour would be a big blow for the Taliban.

　　　blow　打击，吹

　　　blow job （你懂得 = =！）

EgyptAir: Submarine searches for missing flight data recorders

Egypt has deployed a submarine to search for the flight data recorders of the missing EgyptAir plane.The main body of the plane and the two "black boxes" which record flight data and cockpit transmissions have not yet been located.

1.　　Everything else is pure conjecture

　　　pure　【pjʊə】　单纯的，纯真的

　　　conjecture　猜测，推测

2.　　In October, an Airbus A321 operated by Russia's Metrojet blew up over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 people on board.

　　　blow up　爆炸