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Police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro havedeployed armoured vehicles in a poor area of the city tostema wave of violence that's killed at least 30 people in recent days. The minister for public security said six vehicles carrying heavily armed police had been sent to Vila Cruzeiro in the north of the city. Clashes erupted there five days ago between the security forces and suspected drug traffickers. Officials say the violence involved gang members who'd been expelled from other areas of Rio de Janeiro. A police captain taking part in the operation said theywere determined tostop the violence.

"Thisresistancewill end sometime, but we don't know how long it will take. Yet while criminalsinsist onnot accepting our presence, we will continue, and we have enough resources to stay for a long time."

The European Commission has announced a ban on the use of the chemical Bisphenol-A in plastic baby bottles. There has been international concern over its use forsome time, with Canada declaring Bisphenol-A toxic in September. Here is Elettra Neysmith.

The commission is acting on fears that Bisphenol-A (BPA) harms children. Scientists say the chemical caninteractwith our hormone systems in such a way that it affects healthy growth and body function and immune response. BPA is one of the most widely produced chemicals worldwide, among its uses,resins for food packaging and polycarbonate baby bottles. A study for the Center for Disease Control found that babies fed this way were the mostexposed tothe chemical, consuming up to 13 micrograms of BPA each day per kilogram of body weight.

A United Nations report says amphetamine-type stimulants now provide the major illicit drug threat in much of South and East Asia. The UN says the highly addictive stimulants havesupplantedheroin, opium and marijuana, and pose a serious challenge to law enforcement.The report says political instability in Burma has helped make it the prime regional source of methamphetamine with loose control over its borders, making it ideal for drug production and trafficking.

Three teenage boys who were drifting in the Pacific Ocean for more than seven weeks have been found alive. The boys from the island of Tokelau disappeared in a small boat in early October. They werepresumed dead after search planes found no trace of them. A fisherman from New Zealand, Tai Fredricsen, told the BBC how he found them off the coast of Fiji nearly 1,500km away.

"One of my crew members was standing on watch at the time, and he noticed something floating on the horizon. And as we drew closer, we realised it was a small craft, we realised there were people inside this craft. There was no mainland or any real islands around. So wedrew upto them, and I did ask them if they needed any help, and their reply was a veryecstaticyes."

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Turkey has called on the Israelis to halt actions which, it says, have put the Middle East in danger.Speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would not remain silent if Israel used aircraft, tanks and cluster bombs against the people of Lebanon or Gaza.Turkey was once Israel's ally, but tiesdeteriorated recently.

Prosecutors in Poland say a Swedish neo-Nazi leader has confessed to ordering the theft of a sign from the World War II Auschwitz death camp, which was stolen in February. Three Poles have already been convicted over the theft, and two others have been charged. The infamous sign with the German phrase "Work Sets You Free" was found shortly after the theft cut into three pieces.

President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia wants to set up new foreign naval bases to extend the navy's global reach. Mr Medvedev said Russia currently supported its fleets with supply ships, something he said was expensive and completely inefficient. He said Russia would need to assure any partner countries that a new base would also enhance their own security.

The European football authority Uefa has charged the coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, with unsporting conduct amid allegations that he ordered some of his players to get themselves deliberately sent off. Four players have also been charged.Here is our sports news reporter Alex Capstick.

The allegationsstem froma Champions League match between Real Madrid and Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday. The Spanish side won 4-0, but two of their players, Xabi Alonso and Sergio Ramos, were dismissed after they picked up second yellow cards for time-wasting. For that, they get an automatic one-match ban, but the game they'll miss doesn't matter. Real Madrid have already qualified as group winners. Jose Mourinho has been charged with ordering the players to be red-carded, so they could start with a clean slate when the knock-out stage of the competition begins in February.

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1.deploy vt.(尤指军事行动)使展开; 施展; 部署

例句：The commander deployed his men along the railway.

指挥官把兵力部署在铁路沿线上。

2.stem vt.遏制[阻止](液体的流动等)

例句：You must stem the flow of blood from the wound.

你必须止住伤口流血。

3.resistance n.抵抗, 反抗, 抵抗能力

例句：The defenders put up a strong resistance.

守军顽强抵抗。

4.interact vi.相互作用[影响], 互相配合

例句：The two ideas interact.

这两种看法互相影响。

5.resin n.树脂,松香

例句：Some trees afford resin.

有些树产树脂。

6.supplanted n.硫酸灰分

7.presume vt.以为; 假定

例句：You had better presume no such thing.

你最好不要这样设想。

8.ecstatic adj.狂喜的;入迷的

例句：She was absolutely ecstatic when I told her the news.

当我把这个消息告诉她时, 她兴奋极了。

9.deteriorate vi.恶化, 变坏,退化

例句：Idle houses deteriorate.

闲置不用的房子会渗漏衰败。

1.A police captain taking part in the operation said they were determined to stop the violence.

be determined to决心,决定

例句：We must be determined to win in our anti-factionalist struggle.

我们一定要下决心搞好反派性的斗争。

2.Yet while criminals insist on not accepting our presence, we will continue, and we have enough resources to stay for a long time.

insist on坚持; 强调

例句：He insisted on his demand.

他坚持他的要求。

He insists on discipline in the classroom.

他一贯强调课堂纪律。

3.There has been international concern over its use for some time, with Canada declaring Bisphenol-A toxic in September.

sometime vs. some time vs. sometimes

sometime: (过去的)某一时候；来日，改天

I stayed in Taichung sometime last summer. 去年夏天某个时候，我待过台中。

I’ll go to Taichung to see you sometime next summer. 明年夏天某个时候，我去台中看你。

some time: 一段时间

I stayed in Taichung (for) some time last summer. 去年夏天，我在台中待过一段时间。

sometimes: 有时候

Sometimes I go to Taichung for business. 有时候我去台中出差。

4.A study for the Center for Disease Control found that babies fed this way were the most exposed to the chemical, consuming up to 13 micrograms of BPA each day per kilogram of body weight.

expose to暴露于

例句：Don't expose it to the sun.

谨防日晒。

Don't expose undeveloped film to light.

不要把未冲洗的胶卷暴露在光照下。

5.So we drew up to them, and I did ask them if they needed any help, and their reply was a very ecstatic yes.

draw up(使)停下

例句：We saw a truck drawing up to our building.

我们看到一辆卡车开到我们楼前停住。

She drew up her horse at the top of the hill.

她在小山顶上突然把马勒住。

6.The allegations stem from a Champions League match between Real Madrid and Ajax Amsterdam on Tuesday.

stem from来自, 起源于; 由…造成

例句：The present wave of strikes stems from discontent among the lower-paid.

当前的罢工浪潮起因于低工资雇员的不满情绪。

Her interest in flowers stems from her childhood in the country.

她对花卉的兴趣产生于她在乡下度过的童年时代。

1.The report says political instability in Burma has helped make it the prime regional source of methamphetamine with loose control over its borders, making it ideal for drug production and trafficking.

参考翻译：该报道称，由于缅甸的政治动荡和松懈的边境控制，缅甸成为该地区安非他明的主要来源，成为毒品生产和走私的理想王国。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是：The report says，后面是宾语从句。从句的主干是：political instability in Burma has helped make it...making it是现在分词作伴随壮语。make后跟宾语 宾语补足语。

2.Speaking in the Lebanese capital Beirut, the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country would not remain silent if Israel used aircraft, tanks and cluster bombs against the people of Lebanon or Gaza.

参考翻译：在黎巴嫩首都贝鲁特，土耳其总理埃尔多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)表示，如果以色列对黎巴嫩或加沙地带人民使用飞机，坦克和集束炸弹，他们不会保持沉默。

结构分析：这句话的主语和谓语是：the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said，后面是宾语从句。if引导条件状语从句。

3.The European football authority Uefa has charged the coach of Real Madrid, Jose Mourinho, with unsporting conduct amid allegations that he ordered some of his players to get themselves deliberately sent off.

参考翻译：欧洲足联控告皇马教练何塞·穆里尼奥(Jose Mourinho)违反体育精神，下令几名队员故意被罚下场。

结构分析：这句话的主干是：The European football authority Uefa has charged the coach of Real Madrid...charge with..用什么罪名控告某人。that he ordered some of his players是allegations的同位语从句。