BBC初级口语:青少年持刀行凶犯罪
Background: 在英国近几个月来很多青少年成为了一些青少年持刀行凶犯罪的牺牲品。2008年6月英国首相戈登. 布朗号召起诉方对发现携有凶器的青少年给予更严厉的处罚。
【文本】
Almost every week it seems another British teenager ends up dead as a result of a knife attack.
While official figures suggest violent crime overall is falling, more offences are being committed by youngsters, and injuries are getting more severe.
The government has already begun an advertising campaign to try to stop people carrying knives.
Now the prime minister, Gordon Brown, has said under 18s caught in possession should be prosecuted for a first offence instead of just let off with a warning.
The police are also being given extra funding to increase weapons' searches and education.
Critics say a zero tolerance approach will not solve the underlying problems, with young people often carrying knives to protect themselves.
But everyone agrees something has to be done to end what a senior judge has called an "epidemic" of knife crime .
【口语突破】
knife attack 持刀攻击
official figures 官方数据
violent crime overall 总体暴力行凶数量
offences 犯罪
advertising campaign 广告宣传攻势
prosecuted 被起诉
first offence 初犯
let off with a warning 给予警告就放了
extra funding 特别的资金
critics 批评家
zero tolerance approach 零容忍方法
underlying problems 更深层的问题
senior judge 高级法官
epidemic 流行病
重点单词查看全部解释approach[ə'prəutʃ]想一想再看
n. 接近; 途径，方法
v. 靠近，接近，动
ap一再，proach接近－靠近 violent['vaiələnt]
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adj. 暴力的，猛烈的，极端的
overall[əuvə'rɔ:l]想一想再看
adj. 全部的，全体的，一切在内的
adv.
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n. 财产，所有，拥有
联想记忆X单词possession联想记忆：源于：possess（v 占有；拥有） prime[praim]
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adj. 最初的，首要的，最好的，典型的
n.
源于：prim（adj 整洁的；最好的；早的） severe[si'viə]
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adj. 剧烈的，严重的，严峻的，严厉的，严格的
联想记忆X单词severe联想记忆：severe的人总是sever campaign[kæm'pein]
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n. 运动，活动，战役，竞选运动
v. 从事运
camp（n 田野，营地），aign名词后缀－营地－备战的地方 senior['si:njə]
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adj. 年长的，高级的，资深的，地位较高的
sen年老+ior表形容词，“较…的”→年长的 protect[prə'tekt]
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vt. 保护，投保
联想记忆X单词protect联想记忆：pro在前面+tect盖上→在前面盖上→保护；防止 tolerance['tɔlərəns]
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n. 忍耐力，宽容，容忍，公差
