时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2013(八月)


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 1. Egypt's military-backed government authorizes 1 police to use deadly force. The government declares a state of emergency and night-time curfew after a deadly crackdown of ousted 2 President Mohammed Morsi's supporters left more than 500 people dead.


 
 
 
2. President Barack Obama announces that joint 3 US-Egypt military exercises have been cancelled. Obama says American cooperation with Egyptian government cannot continue when civilians 4 are being killed in the streets.
 
 
 
3. Investigators 5 find flight recorders among the wreckage 6 of a UPS jet that crashed at Birmingham's Airport, killing 7 two pilots. The voice and flight data recorders could hold key evidences about what happened as the jet was attempting to land early Wednesday.
 
 
 
4. Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it's hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did until now. Researchers announce a rare find, a new species of mammal called the Olinguito.

授权,批准,委托( authorize的名词复数 )
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
  • The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 ); 革职; 罢黜; 剥夺
  • He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
  • He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
adj.联合的,共同的;n.关节,接合处;v.连接,贴合
  • I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
  • We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓
  • the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
  • At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后,至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.调查者,审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.(失事飞机等的)残骸,破坏,毁坏
  • They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
  • New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
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