AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-01
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(八)月
1.Senator Ted 1 Stevens pleaded not guilty to charges he lied about accepting gifts from an oil field contractor 2. The Republican from Alaska was in a DC court today and his trial could begin as early as September.
2.At least eight people were killed and one remains 3 missing after this plane crashed in southern Minnesota. It went down as severe weather was battering 5 the region with wind gusts 7 of up to 72 miles per hour.
3.Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic says he will defend himself at his war crimes tribunal. He appeared at the UN court for the first time today. He's facing eleven charges including genocide and crimes against humanity.
4.A golden retriever has come to the rescue of a trio of baby white tigers, who were abandoned by their mother. Zookeepers say the dog has been treating the cubs 8 as her own and even licks and cleans them.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.plead past tense and past participle pleaded or pled especially American English
[intransitive,transitive not in passive]v. law to state in a court of law whether or not you are guilty of a crime
plead guilty/not guilty/innocent
e.g.Henderson pled guilty to burglary.
2.batter 4 [intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive]v.
to hit someone or something again and again, in a way that hurts someone or causes damage
3.gust 6 [countable]n.
a sudden strong movement of wind, air, rain etc
4.tribunal [countable]n.
a type of court that is given official authority to deal with a particular situation or problem
5.trio plural 9 trios [countable]n.
a group of three people or things
trio of
e.g.
He was met by a trio of smiling executives.
a classical guitar trio (=three musicians playing together)
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The Tokyo contractor was asked to kick $ 6000 back as commission.那个东京的承包商被要求退还6000美元作为佣金。
- The style of house the contractor builds depends partly on the lay of the land.承包商所建房屋的式样，有几分要看地势而定。
- 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。
- The batter skied to the center fielder.击球手打出一个高飞球到中外野手。
- Put a small quantity of sugar into the batter.在面糊里放少量的糖。
- The film took a battering from critics in the US. 该影片在美国遭遇到批评家的猛烈抨击。
- He kept battering away at the door. 他接连不断地砸门。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A gust of wind blew the front door shut.一阵大风吹来，把前门关上了。
- A gust of happiness swept through her.一股幸福的暖流流遍她的全身。
- Her profuse skirt bosomed out with the gusts. 她的宽大的裙子被风吹得鼓鼓的。
- Turbulence is defined as a series of irregular gusts. 紊流定义为一组无规则的突风。
- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》