BBC World News,Aug 31 2021

The Ministry of Defence says the last British plane carrying armed forces personnel and diplomats has taken off from Kabul airport ending Britain’s 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan.

The ministry of defence 国防部

defence英式拼法

armed forces personnel 武装人员

Armed Police Forces Personal 武警部队

Armed Forces Overarching Personnel Strategy 武装力量

the armed forces overarching personnel strategy, AFOPS 武装力量全面人员策略

To work in personnel 在人事部工作

diplomats 外交官 外交家

Take off from 请假离开 从逃脱 从…起飞

ending Britain’s 20-year military involvement in Afghanistan 结束了英国在阿富汗20年的军事介入

457 British service personnel lost their lives during the conflict.

service personnel服务人员 维修人员

The Public Service Personnel公务员

Rear Service personne 后勤人员

during the conflict在冲突中 冲突中

Lost live 失去生命

Lost one’s will to live=lost the will to live=lost one’s desire to live 失去活下去的念头 丧失生存的念头

President Biden has warned that another attack on Kabul airport is highly likely this weekend as many as 170 people including 13 U.S. service personnel were killed in the Islamic State attack on Thursday.

Highly likely 极有可能;很可能;极可能;高度可能

As many as… (用于数字之前表示数目极大)多达…

Islamic state 伊斯兰国袭击

Two IS members died in a retaliatory drone strike by the U.S.

a retaliatory drone strike 报复性无人机袭击

Drone through the nigh the sky飞过夜空

The droning murmur of the one’s voice 某人喋喋不休的低语声

dim-witted drones 愚笨的寄生虫

The governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana has warned that hurricane Ida may be one of the strongest storms to hit the state in over 150 years.

The governor of the U.S. state of Louisiana 美国路易斯安那州州长

hurricane Ida飓风艾达

in over超过

be phased in over two years 在两年内逐步实行 展开

be phased out逐步 废除

Winds of around 130 miles per hour are expected when it reaches land in Louisiana on Sunday.

Winds of around 130 miles per hour风速约为每小时13英里