Qatar World Cup with Critics& Colorado Shooting in Queer Club

1. The2022 World Cup kicks off Sundayshrouded in accusations ofhuman rights violations and last-minute controversy surrounding host Qatar.

shroud:  [ʃraʊd]

n. 裹尸布；覆盖物~ of sth (literary) 

eg:The organization is cloaked in a shroud of secrecy.

这个组织笼罩着一种诡秘的气氛。

v.  [usually passive] ~ sth in sth  (of darkness , clouds, cloth, etc. 黑暗、云、织物等) 覆盖；隐藏；遮蔽 to cover or hide sth

eg: The city was shrouded in mist.

城市笼罩在雾霭之中。

2.  In a bizarre press conference on the eve of the tournament, Gianni Infantino, the head of world soccer’s governing body, accused the host’s critics of hypocrisy.

hypocrisy:   [hɪˈpɑːkrəsi]

n. 虚伪

eg:He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another.

他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。

He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story...

他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。

3. The U.S. failed to qualify for the last World Cup but now boasts a young, exciting squad who largely play for big teams across Europe.

boast:

v. ~ (about/of sth)  自夸；自吹自擂；[不用于进行时] 有（值得自豪的东西）

eg1: [V that]Sam boasted that she could beat anyone at poker.

    萨姆吹嘘说打扑克牌谁都赢不了她。

eg2:The hotel also boasts two swimming pools and a golf course.

    那家宾馆还拥有两个游泳池和一个高尔夫球场。

n. ~ (that…) (often disapproving) 夸耀；夸口  something that a person talks about in a very proud way, often to seem more important or clever.

eg:Despite his boasts that his children were brilliant, neither of them went to college.

    尽管他夸赞他的两个孩子聪明，他们却都没念上大学。

squad:

n. (in sport 体育运动) 运动（代表）队。a group of players, runners, etc. from which a team is chosen for a particular game or match. 

eg:the Olympic/national squad 

奥林匹克代表队；国家队

4. The shooting came as the calendar turned to Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday and is reminiscent of the 2016 attack at an L***Q nightclub in Orlando, Florida, in which agunman who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State killed 49 peopleand wounded at least 53.

reminiscent: 

a. ~ of sb/sth  使人想起的

eg: The way he laughed was strongly reminiscent of his father.

他笑的样子让人很容易想起他的父亲。

5. “The L*****A+ community has undergone so much bigotry and hatred already. To have our safe place ripped from us and to lose members of our community is a whole other type of hurt,” Parks added.

bigotry:  [ˈbɪɡətri]

n. 偏执；顽固  Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.

eg: He deplored religious bigotry.

    他强烈谴责了宗教偏执。

6. Colorado’s two US senators, both Democrats,offered condolences in statementsand said more should be done for the L***Q community.

condolence:  [kənˈdoʊləns]

n. [cn, usually pl] 吊唁之情；un. 吊唁消息。 记忆技巧：con 共同 + dol 悲伤 + ence 表行为。to give/offer/express your condolences  表示慰唁

eg1:Neil sent him a letter of condolence.

    尼尔给他发了一封唁函。

eg2:He expressed his condolences to the families of the people who died in the incident.

    他向这次事件中的死者家属表示了慰唁。

ps: I've edited this note for several times, yet some words shouldn't be showed, or it won't be successfully published. It's such a shame that, in 2022, normal and ordinary words or things still can't even exist since some regulation issue( u know where u are). All people here should be straight and there's no exceptions :(