美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(二月)
英语课
1.Police believed an altercation 1 at a hotel promoted a deadly attack in Las Vegas, police say a gunman shot and killed the driver of the car, which then crashed with a taxi, the taxi bursted into flames, killing 2 the driver and passenger.
2.A winter storm is blanking the Green planes with snow, winter storm warning stretched from east Colorado, to rural Illinois, snow has been following at a rate of the two inches an hour in some spots.
3.Aska Pierstories's murder case is getting a new top detective, he replaced a Vadorin police officer who himself has now been charged with attempted murder, Pierstories's charged in shooting death of his girlfriend.
4.And this elderly seaouter has a remarkable 3 talent for basketball, he perceived the Oregon Zoom 4 had come up with a way to help any the seaouter cope with arthritis 5. The sport helps him exercise his joints 6.
2.A winter storm is blanking the Green planes with snow, winter storm warning stretched from east Colorado, to rural Illinois, snow has been following at a rate of the two inches an hour in some spots.
3.Aska Pierstories's murder case is getting a new top detective, he replaced a Vadorin police officer who himself has now been charged with attempted murder, Pierstories's charged in shooting death of his girlfriend.
4.And this elderly seaouter has a remarkable 3 talent for basketball, he perceived the Oregon Zoom 4 had come up with a way to help any the seaouter cope with arthritis 5. The sport helps him exercise his joints 6.
1 altercation
n.争吵，争论
- Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
- The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。
2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 remarkable
adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的
- She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
- These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。
4 zoom
n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升
- The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
- I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。