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If anybody thinks that this is OK or that it's normal, then you're wrong.

如果有人认为这是正常的，那你就错了D.r|-Sis-Z。

It was a very violent Christmas for the city of Chicago this year.

这是今年芝加哥非常暴力的圣诞节]+01XEA9ssMjef(TC。

Over the holiday weekend, city police said they investigated 27 shooting incidents that left at least 12 people dead and dozens of others wounded. That's double the fatalities the city saw last year over Christmas weekend.

在假日周末，市警方表示他们调查了27起枪击事件，造成至少12人死亡，数十人受伤0-OzfvOvpq[.jF(sVe。这是去年芝加哥圣诞周末伤亡人数的两倍HZVXM.T=^!Y1sS|.Hl)。

According to data compiled by police and The Chicago Tribune, there have been more than 750 homicides in Chicago so far in 2016. The last time the city saw this many killings was during the drug wars in the late 1990s.

据警方和芝加哥论坛提供的数据，2016年到目前为止，芝加哥已经有超过750起凶杀案mEoqTW@fhu[7Y.fpN。上一次该城市如此多的杀戮是在20世纪90年代末毒品战争期间g9kn4~wp8@。

And perhaps even more frightening — Chicago's number of homicides this year is expected to surpass Los Angeles' and New York City's totals combined.

也许更可怕的是，今年芝加哥的谋杀案数量预计将超过洛杉矶和纽约的总和7AM@)z81w4Uv。

Police say they have promising leads in several of the Chicago Christmas weekend incidents, which occurred primarily in areas with "historical gang conflicts."

警方表示，他们掌握了数起芝加哥圣诞周末事件的很好线索，主要发生在“历史帮派冲突”地区v~]6cLbXoDpdHf(Eos。

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词汇解析

1、expect

预期;预料;期待

a council workman who expects to lose his job in the next few weeks.

预计自己在接下来的几周里会丢掉工作的市政工人

They no longer expect corporate profits to improve.

他们不再期待公司利润会增长9odA*QDg31&f-(HP[Dm。

盼望;期待;等待

I am expecting several important letters but nothing has arrived.

我正在等几封重要的信件，可是一封都没到oh%O+Y&i!BEuzHY。

I wasn't expecting a visitor.

我没想到会有人来访b,]jpgL(~ltk。

要求；认为应当得到;指望

He wasn't expecting our hospitality.

他没有指望我们会盛情款待OzWOoL^5pPhgt@J。

I do expect to have some time to myself in the evenings.

我确实希望晚上能有些属于自己的时间O0G]Qtb25DJ|ke。

2、combine

(使)结合;(使)组合;(使)综合

The Church has something to say on how to combine freedom with responsibility.

教会想就如何把自由与责任结合起来发表一下意见)YK6lgHLd3X-FG。

If improved education is combined with other factors dramatic results can be achieved.

如果把改良的教育体系和其他的因素结合起来，会取得非常惊人的效果yqdUzgIq#Wa0^0tYf4。

兼有;兼备

Their system seems to combine the two ideals of strong government and proportional representation.

他们的体制似乎是强有力的政府和比例代表制的完美结合S[Ij|pl0!V|qA2i7。

a clever, far-sighted lawyer who combines legal expertise with social concern.

兼有法律专业知识和社会责任感的精明而又有远见的律师

联盟;联合体

Veba, an energy-and-chemicals combine that is Germany's fourth-biggest company.

能源化工联合企业费巴是德国的第四大企业

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