AP 2012-06-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(六月)
英语课
1. US Defense 1 Secretary Leon Panetta visited Afghanistan Thursday to discuss the war's progress and plans for the troop drawdown. Panetta acknowledged the spike 2 in violence in the south, saying while insurgents 3 are better organized, overall violence was down.
2. President Barack Obama wraps up his two-day West Coast trip with a mix of campaigning and legislative 4 business. Thursday Obama will host a $2500-a-plate breakfast in Los Angeles. He then heads to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for a speech pushing Congress to prevent the doubling of student loan interest at the end of June.
3. Investors 5 will be closely watching US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's appearance before congressional lawmakers Thursday. Bernanke will likely be pressed on the health of the economy.
4. And just after a new massacre 6 in Syria, international envoy 7 Kofi Annan proposed taking a group of world powers and key region players to come up with a new strategy to end the 15-month conflict.
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。
n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
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.投资者，出资者( investor的名词复数 )
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！