美联社新闻一分钟 2006-03-24
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2006
1. Officials in Chile say that 12 elderly Americans who died in a bus crash arranged the tour on their own. The victims were on a celebrity 1 cruise ship, but the tour was not offered by the ship. The bus driver apparently 2 lost control on a steep winding 3 road and rolled down an embankment.
2. Darryl Littlejohn pleaded not guilty to the murder of Imette St. Guillen in New York Thursday. The Boston graduate student was found raped 4 and murdered last month. Littlejohn was arraign 5ed on 1st and 2nd degree murder charges.
3. The prosecution 7 has rested in the sentencing trial of Zacarias Moussaoui. Moussaoui has said he plans to take the stand in his own defence. The Al-Qaeda conspirator 8 faces life in prison or the death penalty.
4. 15 bishop 9s will be elevated to cardinal 11 by the Catholic Church Friday. Pope Benedict XVI will conduct the ceremony. The majority of cardinals 12 are in Europe
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. elderly :adjective
POLITE WORD FOR old:
2. cruise ship :noun [C] (ALSO cruise liner)
a large ship like a hotel, which people travel on for pleasure
3. embankment :noun [C]
an artificial slope made of earth and/or stones:
4. arraign :verb [T] LEGAL
to formally accuse someone in a court of law of a particular crime and ask them to state whether they are guilty or not:
e.g. He was arraigned 6 on charges of aiding and abetting 13 terrorists.
5. bishop :noun [C]
a priest of high rank who is in charge of the priests of lower rank in a particular area:
6. be elevated to sth.:
to be given a higher rank or social position:
e.g. He has been elevated to deputy manager.
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
- The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
- A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
- We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
- She was arraigned today on charges of assault and kidnapping.她今天因被控人身侵犯和绑架而受到提审。
- He was arraigned for criminally abetting a traitor.他因怂恿他人叛国而受到传讯。
- He was arraigned for murder. 他因谋杀罪而被提讯。
- She was arraigned for high treason. 她被控叛国罪。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
- We started abusing him,one conspirator after another adding his bitter words.我们这几个预谋者一个接一个地咒骂他，恶狠狠地骂个不停。
- A conspirator is not of the stuff to bear surprises.谋反者是经不起惊吓的。
- He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
- Two years after his death the bishop was canonised.主教逝世两年后被正式封为圣者。
- Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
- "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。
- This is a matter of cardinal significance.这是非常重要的事。
- The Cardinal coloured with vexation. 红衣主教感到恼火，脸涨得通红。
- cardinals in scarlet robes 身披红袍的枢机主教
- A conclave of cardinals was held to elect the new Pope. 红衣主教团举行了秘密会议来选举新教皇。