美联社新闻一分钟 2005-11-23
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. Dirty bomb suspect Jose Padilla held by the US as an enemy combatant for more than 3 years is indicted 1 on federal charges.
2. A top US commander in Iraq says there is no reason to believe the leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq Abu Musab al-Zarqawi died in a weekend raid.
3. An insurgent 2 mortar 3 scatters 4 a US ceremony to hand over a presidential palace in Saddam Hussein’s hometown to Iraqi authorities.
4. Congressman 5 Tom DeLay appears in court before a new judge as his legal team tries to get conspiracy 6 charges against him dropped without a trial.
5. And gaming fanatics turn out overnight across the country to buy up Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as it goes on sale Tuesday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. combatant: n.战士, 战斗员 someone who fights in a war.
2. conspiracy: a secret plan made by 2 or more people to do something that is harmful or illegal. e.g. a conspiracy against the government. # conspiracy of silence: an agreement not to talk about something, even though it should not be a secret. There's often conspiracy of silence surrounding bullying 8 in schools.
3. fanatic: = enthusiast , someone who likes a particular thing or activity very much
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
- Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
- The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
- The mason flushed the joint with mortar.泥工用灰浆把接缝处嵌平。
- The sound of mortar fire seemed to be closing in.迫击炮的吼声似乎正在逼近。
- He scatters money about as if he were rich. 他四处挥霍，好像很有钱。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Truth raises against itself the storm that scatters its seeds broadcast. 真理引起了反对它自己的狂风骤雨，那场风雨吹散了真理的广播的种子。 来自辞典例句
- 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。
- The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
- He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。
- The heathen temple was torn down by a crowd of religions fanatics. 异教徒的神殿被一群宗教狂热分子拆除了。
- Placing nukes in the hands of baby-faced fanatics? 把核弹交给一些宗教狂热者手里？