时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(五)月


英语课

 


This is AP news minute. 


1. Terrorism is suspected in the crash of an EgyptAir jetliner carrying 66 people that went down in the Mediterranean 1 sea. The plane was found from Paris to Cairo and so far no signs of any survivors 2


2. The U.S house has voted to ban the display of the confederate flag on flagpoles at department of Veterans Affairs Cemeteries 3. The vote will block the descendants of confederate soldiers and others  from flying the Confederate Battle Flag over mass graves at those cemeteries. 


3. Professional Golfer Phil Mickelson has agreed to forfeit 4 nearly $1 million that Security Exchange Commission, says he owned an illegal inside trading scheme. Mickelson wasn't accused participating in any criminal activity, but instead of profiting from the scheme. 


4. 60 minutes correspondent and veteran CBS journalist Morley Safer is dead at the age of 84. Safer gave fame reporting from Vietnam and joined the legendary 5 News magazine in 1970. 


Ned Baker 6, the associated press, with AP news minute.



1 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的;地中海沿岸的
  • The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
  • Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
2 survivors
幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
3 cemeteries
n.(非教堂的)墓地,公墓( cemetery的名词复数 )
  • It's morbid to dwell on cemeteries and such like. 不厌其烦地谈论墓地以及诸如此类的事是一种病态。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • In other districts the proximity of cemeteries seemed to aggravate the disease. 在其它地区里,邻近墓地的地方,时疫大概都要严重些。 来自辞典例句
4 forfeit
vt.丧失;n.罚金,罚款,没收物
  • If you continue to tell lies,you will forfeit the good opinion of everyone.你如果继续撒谎,就会失掉大家对你的好感。
  • Please pay for the forfeit before you borrow book.在你借书之前请先付清罚款。
5 legendary
adj.传奇(中)的,闻名遐迩的;n.传奇(文学)
  • Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
  • Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。
6 baker
n.面包师
  • The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。
  • The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。