时事与雅思学习系列 聚焦比利时恐袭：BBC

摘要：时事与雅思学习系列 聚焦比利时恐袭，听一听从BBC网站上收集到来自各方的各种声音。这场布鲁塞尔的连环恐怖袭击，已经造成了至少34人死亡，是自二战以来，比利时遭受的最严重的袭击。一起关注时事，一起从地道的素材里总结雅思高分词汇及表达。prays with the people of Belgium.

从时事新闻张学习雅思写作和雅思口语，今天我们关注比利时恐怖袭击。以下发言来自bbc。挑选了bbc评论员，2个twitter用户，被捕的恐怖分子Nicolas Moreau，奥巴马和特朗普的言论，一起来收集地道的雅思高分词汇和表达吧。

1. jihadist capital of Europe 欧洲圣战士之都

Molenbeek是布鲁塞尔内城的一处贫民区，是巴黎爆炸案和布鲁塞尔爆炸案的发源地。

Molenbeek is a place full of contradictions.

In the poor inner-city areas of Brussels, deprivation, petty crime and radicalisation appear to have gone hand in hand. The BBC's Secunder Kermani has been finding out how drinking, smoking cannabis and fighting - combined with resentment towards white Belgian society for its perceived discrimination against Arabs - prepared some young men for a role as fighters in Syria, and terrorists in Europe.

-BBC评论员

高分表达：

go hand in hand 相随，密切相关。一般表达为：A and B go hand in hand; A go hand in hand with B.

perceived discrimination against 所感受到的歧视

prepare sb for as a role  将...准备好扮演...角色

2. media bias 恐袭报道的媒体偏见

欧美社交媒体上，许多人在反思同样是恐袭，欧洲相比较其他地区得到了国际社会更大的关注，这是一种媒体偏见。

Don’t wish to undermine the tragic events in Brussels but it saddens me how the world reacts(rightfully) to 1 crime while silent on others.

You were Paris, You WEREN’T Ankara&Isanbul and now you ARE Brussels.

-Twitter

评论：这个吐槽很凶。让我也想到了我们曾经刷屏的“我们都是汶川”，“我们都是天津”等祈福

高分表达：

undermine  削弱，破坏。常见搭配为undermine confidence/authority

it saddens me...让我伤心的是... 非常好用的句型，后面接that从句或者其他宾语从句。

be silent on...对某事保持沉默。

3.Amni组织(IS的外部行动机构)

1500 people work for Amni. I don’t know how it’s recruitment is done. You have to be someone trustworthy to join. Its role is to detect spies in Iraq and Syria. That’s only its internal role. Its external role is to send people over the world to commit violent attacks. Each by getting 50000 euros mounts an attack.

-被捕的恐怖分子Nicolas Moreau 交代组织内幕

高分表达：

trustworthy 值得信任的。

internal/external 内部的，外部的。

mount 发动/发起。

4.我们的心与你们同在

the thoughts and prayers of American people are with the people of Belgium, "and we stand in solidarity with them in condemning these outrageous attacks against innocent people.We will do whatever is necessary to support our friend and ally Belgium in bringing to justice those who are responsible.This is yet another reminder that the world must unite," Obama said. "We must be together regardless of nationality or race or faith in fighting against the scourge of terrorism."We can and will defeat those who threaten the safety and security of people all around the world

-美国总统Obama on Brussels attacks

高分表达：

thoughts and prayers are with...我们的心和祈祷和...在一起。超级标准的表达哀思的语言，普遍见于各种灾难之后的政治家发言。

stand in solidarity with...与...不离不弃/同舟共济。非常实用的表达。

scourge 祸害。一般用来形容那种像贫困，疾病，腐败等影响整个社会的灾祸。用在雅思写作文，非常抢眼。

5.Belguin is just the beginning(比利时只是开始)

Belgium is no longer Belgium. Belgium is not the Belgium you and I knew from 20 years ago, which was one of the most beautiful and safest cities in the world. Belgium is a horror show right now. Terrible things are happening. People are leaving. People are afraid. This all happened because, frankly, there’s no assimilation.”

Belgium is a country, not a city, but we’ll put that aside. Trump wasted no time in saying the terror attacks were more evidence that governments needed to crack down on extremists with any means possible — even using waterboarding — and that immigration policies had failed.

-共和党总体候选人Trump on Brussel attacks

高分表达：

horror show 恐怖秀。show是一个非常实用的小词，老外特喜欢用，而我们特别不会用好。

put...aside 把...放在一边。

waste no time in doing... 抓紧时间...