时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:CNN美国有线新闻2017年5月


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Our first story this April 25th involves alleged 1 human trafficking. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security defines human trafficking as modern day slavery. It involves deceiving people, defrauding 2 them or forcing them into a type of labor 3 or prostitution.


The DHS says trafficking brings billions of dollars of yearly profit to people who illegally trade human lives. And according to the Global Slavery Index, some form of slavery traps more than 48 million, men, women and children, in 167 countries.


In Brazil, South America's largest and most populated country, slavery was officially abolished in 1888. But like in so many other countries, including the U.S., human trafficking continues in Brazil. In one area where people are taking advantage of is in agriculture. It accounts for more than 6 percent of the country's gross domestic product. More than 15 percent of its labor force.



1 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
2 defrauding
v.诈取,骗取( defraud的现在分词 )
  • Second is the actor regards defrauding of the wealth as object. 第二,行为人以骗取钱财为目的。 来自互联网
  • Therefore, DELL has the motive and economic purpose of intentionally defrauding the Chinese consumers. 因此,戴尔公司存在故意欺诈中国消费者的动机和经济目的。 来自互联网
3 labor
n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
  • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
  • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
学英语单词
abnormal spoilage
Action in Multi-modal Transport of Goods
additional cost
alternative return points
Amianthum muscitoxicum
anatricrotic pulse
antimale
apellai
artify
automatic onload tap changer
ball weight
Bayesian decision model
cardiac diagnostics
chilled iron roll
chondrosine
coming backs
Cryoimmunoglobulinemia
curly veneer
cyclical swing
DICM
dismembrators
ECCST
electrid test
enhancement mos device
environmental reservoir
feedwaters
fencibles
fight hilt to hilt
force disconnect
force feed lubrication
geographical vicariad
glaphyra subglabra
goat-keeper
graphic anode
hattin'
hazard insurances
heartlands
heavenliest
high pressure crystal growth furnace
homomallium simlaense
hypophysenvorderlappen
ingaol
intercellular cavity
iodic acid anhydride
Iraqnophobia
iridoplegic
Irvine L.
jazzetry
klosterman
Leaside
light drawn
LLB
lucchesi
lutestring
machine-ages
magnetlike
minimal latency subroutine
molten salt
nag factor
Neiafu
nonresinous
offshore instrument
Pacific Basin Economic Council
parallel processing building block
Phuong Vien
physics of matter
played no part in
polyplectron schleiermacheri
priceiest
primary union
Pyrocystis
quadratic Stark effect
quartic function
repurify
resinous surface treatment
retail broker
ribawd
Romotal
safety valve relief
sceptre-quartz
Scirpus tabernaemontani
shrench
slingin
special-effects generator
spurs of the moment
Stephanachne
stub network
subcriterion
subjectary
syncretic case
Taraxacum celsum
tartanry
the indirect identification of chromosomes
to rock
triundulate
tubular apocrine adenoma
uncommitted balance
unconvulsed
Ushman
WAN - wide-area network
workaholicism
zanclospora novae-zelandiae