今天我们要学的词是 excuse. Excuse 借口。俄罗斯总统普京最近表示，If the recent events in Crimea had not happened, the west would have simply found another excuse to contain Russia. 即便克里米亚问题没有发生，西方国家也会随便找个其它什么借口来遏制俄罗斯。针对弗格森发生的暴力事件，美国总统奥巴马表示，"Burning buildings, torching cars, destroying property, putting people at risk - that's destructive and there is no excuse for it. " 放火烧楼，烧车，摧毁财物，让别人受到威胁，这些都是破坏性行动，没有任何借口。好的，今天我们学习的词是 excuse, excuse, excuse...