美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-22
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. The escaped prisoner wanted for two deaths in Virginia has been captured. Police say William Morva overpowered a deputy at a hospital, shot and killed a hospital guard and gunned down a deputy near the Virginia Tech campus. The college had to cancel its first day of classes.
2. John Mark Karr is in a high-security jail cell in California, waiting to be transferred to Colorado to face charges in the killing 1 of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. Karr was arrested at the airport on a warrant from Boulder 2 County, Colorado. Residents in Boulder seem a bit annoyed that they might be paying for Karr's lavish 3 flight from Thailand.
3. Israel's prime minister is under increasing pressure to investigate his government's management of the war in Lebanon. But Ehud Olmert says second-guessing would only undermine the army. Meanwhile, Israeli troops reported shooting two Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon.
4. The photographer who captured World War Two servicemen raising the American flag over Iwo Jima has died. Joe Rosenthal of The Associated Press won a Pulitzer Prize for that 1945 snapshot. His daughter says Rosenthal died of natural causes. He was 94
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. overpower: verb
If you overpower someone, you manage to take hold of them, although they struggle a lot.
2. gun down: phrase
If someone is gunned down, they are shot and severely 4 injured or killed.
3. lavish: adj.
If you describe something as lavish, you mean that it is very elaborate and impressive and a lot of money has been spent on it.
4. second-guess: verb 马后炮, 结果知晓后的批评或指责
If you second-guess something, try to criticize or correct after an outcome is known.
- 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。
- We all heaved together and removed the boulder.大家一齐用劲，把大石头搬开了。
- He stepped clear of the boulder.他从大石头后面走了出来。
- He despised people who were lavish with their praises.他看不起那些阿谀奉承的人。
- The sets and costumes are lavish.布景和服装极尽奢华。