美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-07
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Moments before being captured, a suspected New Jersey 1 bank robber begged police to shoot him. The man is one of the three suspects in a string of robberies. One led to the shooting of an FBI agent accidentally shot by a colleague.
2. Video from four years ago shows this Brooklyn divorce judge accepting cash and a 250-dollar box of cigars. They are from a lawyer seeking leniency 2 in his own bribery 3 case.
3. Passengers say crew members on this sinking cruise ship were more frightened than they were. Some leaving before passengers got off the ship. It eventually sank after striking rocks off an island in the Aegean Sea.
4. In the Florida Keys, they are hunting for Easter eggs underwater. One dive shop features a scuba 4 diving Easter bunny hiding hard boiled eggs. Divers 5 search for eggs on the sea floor dodging 6 schools of fish, then turning in eggs for prizes.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. leniency: n-uncount
Leniency is a lenient 7 attitude or behavior. When someone in authority is lenient, they are not as strict or severe as expected.
2. scuba diving: n-uncount
Scuba diving is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment. The equipment consists of cylinders 8 of air which you carry on your back and which are connected to your mouth by rubber tubes.
3. dodge 9: verb
If you dodge something, you avoid it by quickly moving aside or out of reach so that it cannot hit or reach you.
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- udges are advised to show greater leniency towards first-time offenders.建议法官对初犯者宽大处理。
- Police offer leniency to criminals in return for information.警方给罪犯宽大处理以换取情报。
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
- I first got hooked on scuba diving when I was twelve.12岁时我开始迷上了带水中呼吸器潜水。
- While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
- He chose divers of them,who were asked to accompany him.他选择他们当中的几个人，要他们和他作伴。
- Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface.两名潜水员协同工作，同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
- He ran across the road, dodging the traffic. 他躲开来往的车辆跑过马路。
- I crossed the highway, dodging the traffic. 我避开车流穿过了公路。 来自辞典例句
- The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
- It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。
- They are working on all cylinders to get the job finished. 他们正在竭尽全力争取把这工作干完。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- That jeep has four cylinders. 那辆吉普车有4个汽缸。 来自《简明英汉词典》