美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-10-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(十)月
英语课
1. Canada’s Prime Minister says Wednesday’s shooting inside Parliament and the fatal shooting of a soldier at a war memorial nearby are an act of terrorism. The gunman, 32-year-old Michael Zehaf Bibeau was shot and killed inside parliament by a sergeant 1 at arms.
2. President Barack Obama says he is more optimistic about the Ebola situation in the US. Now that two Dallas nurses diagnosed with the disease are doing better.
3. The University of North Carolina is cracking down on 9 employees after an investigation 2 found thousands of students, nearly half of the athletes, took classes they didn’t have to show up for, and received inflated 3 grades for research papers.
4. More than 500 clowns from across Latin American staged a laughter session in Mexico City to promote world peace. They tried to set a record by laughing nonstop for 15 minutes. But the laugh stopped, coming a little short of that.
1 sergeant
n.警官，中士
- His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
- How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？
2 investigation
n.调查，调查研究
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。