美联社新闻一分钟 2006-03-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. It seems Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack. That’s according to the preliminary autopsy 1 results. The former Yugoslav leader was found dead in his jail cell in the Netherlands Saturday, one day after he wrote a letter saying he feared he was being poisoned.
2. New York City police say they'll seek indictment 2 against Darryl Littlejohn for the brutal 3 murder of 24-year-old grad student Imette St. Guillen. Police say they found blood and DNA 4 evidence that links him to the crime. Littlejohn was a bouncer at the Manhattan bar where she was last seen alive.
3. A string of deadly tornado 5 swept through the heartland. A married couple killed when a twister blew their pickup 6 truck off a highway south of St. Louis and into a propane tank. The severe weather warning remains 7 in effect in some areas.
4. Check up the rattlesnake roundup. The 39th annual event attracted a large crowd in this small Georgia town. Folks got a chance to be up close and personal with the slithery snakes.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. autopsy :noun [C or U]
the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:
e.g. They carried out/performed an autopsy.
2. bouncer :noun [C]
someone whose job is to stand outside a bar, party, etc. and either stop people who cause trouble from coming in or force them to leave
3. twister :noun [C] US INFORMAL
a tornado or a whirlwind
4. pickup truck :noun [C]
a small vehicle with an open part at the back in which goods can be carried
5. propane :noun [U] 丙烷
a colourless gas used as fuel, especially in cooking and heating
6. rattlesnake :noun [C] (INFORMAL rattler) 响尾蛇
a poisonous snake found in southern parts of the US which, when annoyed, produces a loud noise by shaking its tail
7. roundup :noun [C]
a gathering 8 together of people, cattle, things, etc:
The President ordered the round-up and imprisonment 9 of all opposition 10 politicians.
8. slithery :adj.
Something that is slithery is wet or smooth, and so slides easily over things or is easy to slip on.
- They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.他们正在给受害者验尸。
- A hemorrhagic gut was the predominant lesion at autopsy.尸检的主要发现是肠出血。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
- She has to face the brutal reality.她不得不去面对冷酷的现实。
- They're brutal people behind their civilised veneer.他们表面上温文有礼，骨子里却是野蛮残忍。
- 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。
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- I would love to trade this car for a pickup truck.我愿意用这辆汽车换一辆小型轻便卡车。||The luck guy is a choice pickup for the girls.那位幸运的男孩是女孩子们想勾搭上的人。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑。
- He was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for committing bigamy.他因为犯重婚罪被判入狱一年。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。