AP 2011-12-18
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(十二月)
英语课
1. President Barack Obama is marking the end to the Iraq war. He's telling troops at Fort Bragg that the US is peacefully leaving behind the stable nation. All American troops are to be out of the country by December 31st.
2. Defense 1 Secretary Leon Panetta says the US will continue to conduct secret surveillance missions like the one that led to the loss of a drone over Iran. He says these kinds of intelligence operations are important to the defense of Afghanistan and the US homeland.
3. Activists 2 say up to 25 people have been killed in Syria. The British-based Syrian Observatory 3 for Human Rights says suspected army defectors ambushed 4 a military convoy 5, killing 6 eight soldiers. Activists say security forces killed 17 others as the crackdown on the uprising against President Bashar Assad's rule continues.
4. And "the protester" is Time's person of the year. The magazine says the dissent 7 across the Middle East that spread to Europe and the US is reshaping global politics.
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。
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台
- Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
- Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。
v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 )；埋伏着
- The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The military vehicles were ambushed. 军车遭到伏击。 来自《简明英汉词典》
vt.护送，护卫，护航；n.护送；护送队
- The convoy was snowed up on the main road.护送队被大雪困在干路上了。
- Warships will accompany the convoy across the Atlantic.战舰将护送该船队过大西洋。
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。