英语新闻精读练习20220520

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Real But Still Unexplained: Congress Holds Its First UFO Hearing In 50 Years

美国国会50年来首次就不明飞行物举行听证会：真实存在，但仍无法解释

英语原文: 

This morning Congress held its first public hearing on UFOs in more than half a century, with top U.S. intelligence officials and members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle agreeing that unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) are indeed real, though they still remain a mystery. The House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee — also known as the C3 — held an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) followed by a closed, classified briefing. The open portion of the hearing was livestreamed on YouTube.

生词:

Congress  美国国会

hearing n. 听证会

intelligence  n. 情报，谍报；情报机构；智力，才智；智能；

intelligence official  情报官员

aerial  adj. 空中的，地表以上的；

phenomena  n. 现象（phenomenon的复数）

counterterrorism n. 反恐怖主义

counterintelligence n. 反情报

counterproliferation  反扩散

subcommittee  n. 小组委员会；

unidentified  adj. 未辨别出的，身份不明的；未经确认的；

classified  adj. 机密的，保密的；分类的，归类的；

briefing  n. 情况介绍会；简报；详细指示，详情介绍

portion  n. （某物的）一部分；

livestreamed  vt.网络直播

YouTube  油管视频网站

译文对照:

This morning Congress held its first public hearing on UFOs in more than half a century, with top U.S. intelligence officials and members of Congress on both sides of the political aisle agreeing that unexplained aerial phenomena (UAPs) are indeed real, though they still remain a mystery.

今天(2022年5月17日)上午，美国国会举行了半个多世纪以来关于UFO的首次公开听证会。在会上，美国高级情报官员和国会两党议员一致认为，无法解释的空中现象确实存在，但它们仍然是一个谜。

The House Intelligence Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, and Counterproliferation Subcommittee — also known as the C3 — held an open hearing on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) followed by a closed, classified briefing.

美国众议院情报委员会的反恐、反情报、反扩散（也被称为C3）小组委员会就不明飞行物(UAPs)举行了公开听证会，并在随后举行了闭门、机密的简报会。

The open portion of the hearing was livestreamed on YouTube.

听证会的公开部分在YouTube上直播。

文章原文来自《福布斯》(Forbes), 这里只是截取了文章的一部分进行精读、学习.

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