AP 2011-07-15
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(七月)
英语课
1. The half brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been killed. Ahmed Wali Karzai was assassinated 1 by a bodyguard 2 at his home in Kandahar. Hamid Karzai says his brother's death reflects the suffering of all Afghan people.
2. Wikileaks founder 3 Julian Assange is back in court in London to fight extradition 4 to Sweden, where he's accused of rape 5 and molestation 6. His supporters say the Swedish prosecutors 7 are being manipulated for political reasons, because of Wikileaks' release of classified US documents that infuriated US officials.
3. A legislative 8 committee is questioning senior London police officers about why they didn't pursue a phone hacking 9 investigation 10 at the tabloid 11 News of the World two years ago. The newspaper was shut down after public outrage 12 over the allegations into hacked 13 phones, including that of a murdered 13-year-old girl.
4. Two astronauts will retrieve 14 a broken ammonia pump outside the International Space Station. The spacewalk will be the last of NASA's space shuttle era.
v.暗杀( assassinate的过去式和过去分词 )；中伤；诋毁；破坏
- The prime minister was assassinated by extremists. 首相遭极端分子暗杀。
- Then, just two days later, President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. 跟着在两天以后，肯尼迪总统在达拉斯被人暗杀。 来自辞典例句
n.护卫，保镖
- She has to have an armed bodyguard wherever she goes.她不管到哪儿都得有带武器的保镖跟从。
- The big guy standing at his side may be his bodyguard.站在他身旁的那个大个子可能是他的保镖。
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.引渡（逃犯）
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
n.骚扰，干扰，调戏；折磨
- Michael Jackson is arrested by police on charges of child molestation. 2003年的今天，迈克尔·杰克逊因被警方指控有儿童性骚扰行为而被捕。 来自互联网
- Jackson pleads not guilty on the molestation charges. 2004年：杰克逊认罪不认罪的性骚扰指控。 来自互联网
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.立法机构，立法权；adj.立法的，有立法权的
- Congress is the legislative branch of the U.S. government.国会是美国政府的立法部门。
- Today's hearing was just the first step in the legislative process.今天的听证会只是展开立法程序的第一步。
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
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。
adj.轰动性的，庸俗的；n.小报，文摘
- He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
- He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。