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US, 1)Cuba 2)restore 3)ties, open 4)embassies after 54 years –Courtesy of The China Post

By Ramon Sahmkow and Jo Biddle
July 20, 2015, 2:50 pm TWN
WASHINGTON, AFP

Cuba and the United States formally 5)renewed 6)diplomatic ties Monday, as embassies reopened in their 7)respective capitals, a powerful move toward 8)burying decades of 9)enmity between the Cold War 9)foes.

1)Cuba n. 古巴
2)restore v. 恢復
3)tie n. 關係、邦交。新聞英語喜歡以tie代替下列同義詞：bond, relationship, connection等
4)embassy n. n. 大使館。 ambassador大使(注意字首拼法差異)
5)renew v. 恢復。若是用在借書是續借
6)diplomatic adj. 外交的 diplomacy n.
7)respective adj. 各自的
8)bury v. 埋葬(注意發音)
9)enmity n. 敵意。 比較enemy n.敵人
9)foe n. 敵人。新聞英語喜用短字。因此foe更短常勝過enemy.