美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-06-06
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(六月)
英语课
1. The court-martial is underway for private first class Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking classified information to WikiLeaks. The defense 1 argued in its opening statement that Manning was young and naive 2 but had good intentions, while prosecutors 3 are trying to prove the leaks aided the enemy.
2. At least 119 people are dead after fire swept through a poultry 4 plant in north eastern China. The provincial 5 fire department says the fire began after an ammonia leak triggered several explosions.
3. The death toll 6 from Friday’s tornados 7 and flooding in Oklahoma has gone up to 14. The state medical examiner’s office says that number includes 9 adults and 5 children.
4. New Jersey 8 Democrat 9, Frank Lautenberg, the oldest serving World War II veteran in the US Senate has died now at the age of 89. Lautenberg‘s office says he died after suffering complications from viral pneumonia 10.
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
adj.幼稚的，轻信的；天真的
- It's naive of you to believe he'll do what he says.相信他会言行一致，你未免太单纯了。
- Don't be naive.The matter is not so simple.你别傻乎乎的。事情没有那么简单。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.家禽，禽肉
- There is not much poultry in the shops. 商店里禽肉不太多。
- What do you feed the poultry on? 你们用什么饲料喂养家禽?
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
- City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
- Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
- And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
- They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
n.运动衫
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。