AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月
1.Illinois Congressman 1 Jesse Jackson Jr. says he is not a target of the investigation 2 that led to the arrest of Governor Rod Blagojevich. Authorities accused Blagojevich of skimming to sell President-elect Barack Obama's open Senate seat.
2.Brooklyn authorities are searching for three people they say launched a vicious attack on an Ecuadorian immigrant early Sunday, leaving him brain-dead. Police say the assailants shouted anti-gay and anti-Hispanic slurs 4 at the 31-year-old victim beating him with a baseball bat.
3.A court in Greece is ordering two police officers be held in jail until they go on trial for the fatal shooting of a teenage boy. The death sparked five days of rioting in Athens and other Greek cities. One of the officers is charged with murder. The other is charged as an accomplice 5.
4.And two rare white lion cubs 6 took some of their first steps at the Belgrade Zoo. White lions are unique to South Africa and are a genetic 7 rarity. Conservationists say no white lion has been seen in the wild since 1994.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.skimming: n.
an act of attempting to get money from certain activities illegally
2.assailant: n.
someone who attacks another person [= attacker]
an unfair criticism that is intended to make people dislike someone or something
4.accomplice: n.
a person who helps someone such as a criminal to do something wrong
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- 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。
- He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.他把这些话当作是对他的名誉的中伤。
- The drug made her speak with a slur.药物使她口齿不清。
- One should keep one's reputation free from all slurs. 人应该保持名誉不受责备。
- Racial slurs, racial jokes, all having to do with being Asian. 种族主义辱骂，种族笑话，都是跟亚裔有关的。
- She was her husband's accomplice in murdering a rich old man.她是她丈夫谋杀一个老富翁的帮凶。
- He is suspected as an accomplice of the murder.他涉嫌为这次凶杀案的同谋。
- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》