美联社新闻一分钟 2006-08-23
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. A public defender 1 says John Mark Karr wants to return to Colorado where he faces first-degree murder charges in the death of JonBenet Ramsey as soon as possible. He waive 2d extradition 4 at a hearing in Los Angeles this morning.
2. There were no survivors 5 on a plane crash in eastern Ukraine Tuesday. Authorities say the crew sent four distress 6 signals shortly before the crowded passenger jet slammed into the ground. It was packed with families and tourists returning from Russia's Black Sea.
3. Two police officers riding bikes to raise money for the families of officers killed on duty were themselves killed in a wreck 7 near the Indiana-Illinois state line today. Police say a vehicle hit by a truck slammed into the bike riders, killing 8 two and injuring three others.
4. A tropical depression is churning in the Atlantic with sustained wind speeds of thirty-five miles per hour. But the National Weather Service is watching it closely to see if it grows stronger. At thirty-nine miles an hour, it could become Debby, the fourth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. public defender : n-count
A public defender is a lawyer who is employed by a city or county to represent people who are accused of crimes but cannot afford to pay for a lawyer themselves.
2. distress signal : n-count
An international signal used by a distressed 9 ship or aircraft to request help, as by radio broadcasts, flags, or flares 10.
3. waive : verb
If you waive your right to something, for example legal representation, you choose not to have it or do it.
4. extradition : n
If someone is extradited, they are officially sent back to their own or another country to be tried for a crime that they have been accused of.
5. slam into : verb
If one thing slams into or against another, it crashes into it with great force.
6. on duty : phrase
If someone such as a policeman or a nurse is on duty, they are working. If someone is off duty, they are not working.
7. depression : n-count
A depression is a mass of air that has a low pressure and that often causes rain.
8. churn: verb
If something churns water, mud, or dust, it moves it about violently.
- He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- I'll record to our habitat office waive our claim immediately.我立即写信给咱们的总公司提出放弃索赔。
- In view of the unusual circumstances,they agree to waive their requirement.鉴于特殊情况，他们同意放弃他们的要求。
- He has waived all claim to the money. 他放弃了索取这笔钱的权利。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I waived the discourse, and began to talk of my business. 我撇开了这个话题，开始讲我的事情。 来自辞典例句
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。
- Please don't distress yourself.请你不要忧愁了。
- Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
- No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。
- 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 was too distressed and confused to answer their questions. 他非常苦恼而困惑，无法回答他们的问题。
- The news of his death distressed us greatly. 他逝世的消息使我们极为悲痛。