美联社新闻一分钟 2006-06-03-英语课

时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006

英语课

1. Two defense 1 officials tell the Associated Press a military investigation 2 clears U. S. troops of allegations that they intentionally 3 killed Iraqi civilians 4. Iraqis accuse the soldiers of killing 5 innocent people during a March raid at Ishaqi, a village north of Baghdad. The officials spoke 6 on the condition of anonymity 7 because the results have not yet been publicly released.

2. An Indiana coroner faults one of his deputies for a tragic 8 mix-up. Two college students who look alike were misidentified after a crash, one of the students died, the other suffered serious injuries. The mix-up occurred when the injured student's sister was encouraged not to look at the body.

3. There is encouraging news about injured CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier 9. The network says she is now off a respirator. She was hurt earlier this week by a car bomb in Baghdad.

4. It's thought a usual to hear about alligator 10s roaming around Florida, but this one was caught in Rhode Island. Officials say the baby gator was probably a pet that someone let loose.

WORDS IN THE NEWS

1. anonymity : noun
the state of remaining unknown to most other people
e.g. He agreed to give an interview on condition of anonymity (= if his name was not mentioned).

2. network : n-count
A radio or television network is a company or group of companies that broadcasts radio or television programmes throughout an area.
e.g. An American network says it has obtained the recordings 12.

3. usual : adj
Usual is used to describe what happens or what is done most often in a particular situation.
=normal
usual : noun
Usual is also a noun.
e.g. The stout 13 barman in a bow tie presented himself to take their order. “Good morning, sir. The usual?”

4. alligator : n-count
An alligator is a large reptile 14 with short legs, a long tail and very powerful jaws 15.

5. gator : n-count
A gator is the same as an alligator. (AM INFORMAL)

1 defense

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 investigation

n.调查，调查研究

In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

3 intentionally

ad.故意地，有意地

I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

4 civilians

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓

the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 killing

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

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。

6 spoke

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说