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The U.S. is trying to send North Korea a message.
美国正向朝鲜发出信号。
The U.S. Air Force sent B-1B Lancer bombers to the Korean Peninsula on July 7,only days after North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile that experts have said could reach Alaska.
美国空军B-1B“枪骑兵”轰炸机7月7日飞临朝鲜半岛，几天前朝鲜测试了一枚洲际弹道导弹，专家称可以打到阿拉斯加。
The bombers were only doing practice drills, but U.S. military officials said the trip was made in direct response to North Korea's actions.
轰炸机只是进行演习，但美国军方官员说，这次飞行是直接回应朝鲜的行动。
North Korea has been warned not to push its nuclear and missile programs. Still, the country has conducted at least 11 test launches since the beginning of 2017.
一直以来，朝鲜被警告不要进行核武器和导弹计划。不过，自2017年以来朝鲜已经进行了至少11次试射。
U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he's considering some "pretty severe things" to respond to the North's provocative ICBM test launch.
美国总统唐纳德·特朗普告诉记者，他正在考虑一些“相当严重的事情”来回应朝鲜挑衅的洲际弹道导弹试验。
After 10 hours of drills, the bombers returned to their base in Guam.
经过10小时的演习，轰炸机返回位于关岛的基地。
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词汇解析
1、practice
通常做法；常规；惯例
Some firms have cut workers' pay below the level set in their contract, a practice that is illegal in Germany.
一些公司把工人薪水减至低于合同规定的水平，这种做法在德国是非法的。
Gordon Brown has demanded a public inquiry into bank practices.
戈登·布朗已要求对银行的惯例做法进行公开调查。
练习；训练
She was taking all three of her daughters to basketball practice every day.
她每天都带3个女儿进行篮球训练。
the hard practice necessary to develop from a learner to an accomplished musician.
从初学者成长为有造诣的音乐家所必需的艰苦训练
诊所；律师事务所
The new doctor's practice was miles away from where I lived.
新开的诊所离我住的地方有几英里远。
My law practice isn't the most important thing in my life, you know.
你知道，我的律师事务所不是我生活里最重要的事情。
2、provocative
挑衅的；煽动的；激怒的；刺激的
He has made a string of outspoken and sometimes provocative speeches in recent years.
他近些年发表了一连串直言不讳、有时带煽动性的演说。
His behavior was called provocative and antisocial.
他的行为被认为是煽动性的和反社会的。
激发性欲的；挑逗的
Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.
一些青少年可能相比同龄人在性方面更成熟、更具挑逗性。
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