美联社一分钟新闻 2008-07-10
时间：2019-01-07 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(七)月
1. Prosecutors 1 say new DNA 2 tests clear the family of JonBenet Ramsey in the 1996 killing 3 of the six-year-old beauty queen. The District Attorney's Office says tests point to an unexplained third party.
2. More than 1,000 people have been confirmed ill from a salmonella outbreak, making it the worst food outbreak in years. Raw tomatoes are a chief suspect, but the government says some types of hot peppers may be implicated 5 too.
3. Turkish officials say suspected al-Qaeda militants 6 surprised a police officer near the US consulate 8, sparking a gun battle. Three attackers and three officers were killed in the Istanbul shooting. At least one attacker escaped.
4. The Eiffel Tower is getting a 267-million-dollar makeover,designed to improve the experience for visitors and make the monument greener, helping 9 the environment. It is one of the world's most popular attractions, drawing nearly seven million visitors a year.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.clear [transitive usually passive]v.
to prove that someone is not guilty of something
2. implicate 4 [usually passive]v.
formal if something is implicated in something bad or harmful, it is shown to be its cause
be implicated in something
3.surprise [transitive]v.
to find, catch, or attack someone when they are not expecting it, especially when they are doing something they should not be doing
4.consulate[countable]n.领事馆
PGO the building in which a consul 7 lives and works [embassy]
５.spark[transitive]v.
to be the cause of something, especially trouble or violence [= provoke]
6.makeover[countable]n.
if you give a place a makeover, you make it look more attractive by painting the walls, putting in new furniture etc
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- 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。
- He didn't find anything in the notebooks to implicate Stu.他在笔记本中没发现任何涉及斯图的东西。
- I do not want to implicate you in my problem of the job.我工作上的问题不想把你也牵扯进来。
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence. 这些组织与这起暴力事件有着极大的关联。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Having the stolen goods in his possession implicated him in the robbery. 因藏有赃物使他涉有偷盗的嫌疑。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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。
- A consul's duty is to help his own nationals.领事的职责是帮助自己的同胞。
- He'll hold the post of consul general for the United States at Shanghai.他将就任美国驻上海总领事(的职务)。
- The Spanish consulate is the large white building opposite the bank.西班牙领事馆是银行对面的那栋高大的白色建筑物。
- The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。