美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-12-27
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015（十二）月
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Washington governor Jay Inslee says he's ordered immediate 1 steps to correct a computer glitch 2 that allowed several thousand prisoners to be released early. Computers were miscalculating sentences for some inmates 3, letting about 3 percent of the prison population out early dating back to 2002.
Iraqi government troops made what's being called their most significant incursion into Ramadi since Islamic State militants 4 captured the city in May. One US military spokesman is predicting a tough fight for the city west of Baghdad.
And a New Zealand judge ruled that internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and 3 of his colleagues can be extradited to the US. He's facing criminal copyright charges connected to his former file sharing site Megaupload.
And a fireball lit up the sky over several western states. US military officials say it was debris 5 from a Russian rocket launched on Monday reentering the atmosphere.
Sandy Kozel, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
2 glitch
n.干扰；误操作，小故障
- There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
- It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。
3 inmates
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》