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昨天下午（6月2日），一架从菲律宾宿务飞往新加坡的酷航航班，竟然在飞行途中受到了炸弹威胁。
Yesterday afternoon (2nd June), a Scoot flight from Cebu, Philippine to Singapore received a bomb threat in the course of the flight.

以安全著称的新加坡对此事作出紧急反应，新加坡空军派遣了两架战斗机护航。
As a nation well-known for its safety ranking, Singapore reacted speedily over the threat and two fighter jets from air force was assigned to escort the flight.

国际电气电子工程师学会（Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers），简称IEEE，是目前世界上在电子电气、计算机、通信、自动化工程技术研究领域最著名、规模最大的非营利性跨国学术组织。
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is by far the most famous and the largest non-profit organization of technical professionals in the world, with a focus in electrical, electronics, communications, computer engineering, computer science, and information technology.

五年一次的欧洲议会的选举投票刚刚在星期日（26日）结束。该投票选出的751名议员将会组成第九届欧洲议会。这次选举的投票率创下了20年来新高。
Voting for once-every-five years European Election just ended on Sunday, the 26th. The 751 members elected with form the ninth European Parliament. The turnover for this voting made a new high in 20 years.

几小时前，英国首相特蕾莎·梅（中国人亲切地称她为“梅姨”）发表了短短30秒的公告，宣布将于6月7日辞职。
Just a few years ago, Theresa May made a short 30 seconds statement, during which she has announced that she will quit as Conservative leader along with Prime Minister on 7th June.

看到这个新闻，我们首先想到的是她就任3年以来对英国脱欧协议做出的巨大努力。
Reading this news, the first thing that comes to our mind is the tremendous effort she made regarding Brexit during her 3 years as Prime Minister.

印度大选投票于上星期日（19日）结束，历时六周。今天星期四（23日）开始计票。然而在计票还未结束时，莫迪的连任就已经是意料之中了。
The Indian General election closed its six-week voting on last Sunday (19th May). The counting started on Thursday (23nd May). However, Modi’s re-election is confirmed long before the counting finishes.

这一届印尼选举展现了两位候选人，现任总统佐科和其竞争对手普拉博沃的激烈角逐。在4月18日，投票结束之后，双方都宣布他们自己的快速统计显示己方领先。
There are two presidential candidates competing a close match in this election, current president Joko Widodo and opposition Mr. Prabowo. After the voting closed on 18th Apr, both parties announced that their own fast calculations show that they will win.

3月15日，28岁的澳大利亚人塔兰特在新西兰的两座回教堂进行了大规模无差别射击，并导致了51人死亡，多人受伤。这是新西兰历史上最严重的恐怖袭击事件。
15th Mar, an astonishing mass shooting fell upon two Mosques in New Zealand, caused by a 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant. 51 were killed and many were injured during this tragedy. This attack was the most serious terrorist attack in the history of New Zealand.

这起事件后，新西兰通过了非常严密的控枪法案，禁止新西兰国内使用军用半自动步枪与突击步枪。
After this tragedy, New Zealand passed a stricter gun-control law, banning military-style semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles to prevent any such thing happening again.

继华为及其关联企业上美国商务部“黑名单”后，为了响应国家政策，谷歌成为了第一个向华为开刀的美国公司。
Shortly after Huawei and its affiliated being added to a ‘blacklist ‘ of the US Commerce Department, Google becomes one of the first US companies to start cutting ties.

一直以来，华为的手机和平板电脑上都在使用谷歌开发的安卓操作系统。
Huawei’s phones and tablets have always been using the Android operating system, developed by Google.

华为总裁， 任正非于5月18号接受了日经新闻的采访。采访过程中重点讨论了近日美国禁止使用华为技术的行为以及该国对华为“不安全性”的指控。
In a recent interview on Huawei’s CEO Ren Zhengfei conducted by Nikkei News, Mr. Ren responds to the recent U.S. sanctions and the series of accusation about the ‘security risk’.

5月16日，世界著名的华裔建筑大师（jiànzhù dàshī – architect giant）贝聿铭去世，享年102岁。
16th May 2019, world-renown architect l M Pei passed away at the age of 102.