美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-24
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)
英语课
1. The jury in one of the biggest technology disputes in history is expected to hear closing arguments Tuesday from lawyers for Apple and Samsung. Apple accused Samsung of copying iPhone and iPad technology. Samsung lawyers countered that others had previously 1 developed much of the technology at issue.
2. A military official says the plane of the chairman of the US Joint 2 Chiefs of Staff was damaged in an attack by militants 3 who fired rockets into a US base in Afghanistan. No one was injured and Army General Martin Dempsey was not near the plane and has since departed.
3. Kansas Congressman 4 Kevin Yoder has apologized for the ten-second naked plunge 5 into the sea where the Bible says Jesus walked on water. His dip into the Sea of Galilee brought head-shaking from other Republicans.
4. And tourists have been flocking to California's Monterey Bay to catch a glimpse of an influx 6 of massive whales including blue whales, the largest animals on earth. Officials say the invasion is due to a bumper 7 harvest of shrimp-like critters known as krill, their favorite food.
1 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
2 joint
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。
3 militants
激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
4 Congressman
n.（美）国会议员
- 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。
5 plunge
v.跳入，(使)投入，(使)陷入；猛冲
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。