AP 2011-07-18
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(七月)
英语课
1. Almost as soon as it began former baseball star Roger Clemens's perjury 1 trial ended Thursday. In a mistrial, the judge blamed on prosecutors 2 and said a "first-year law student" would have known to avoid. The question of a new trial is still up in the air.
2. As the debt debate continues in Washington, Treasury 3 Secretary Timothy Geithner says he's looked at all the options and that there is no way to give Congress more time to solve the debt limit problem. Lawmakers is facing Aug.2nd deadline.
3. In an abrupt 4 about-face, Rupert Murdoch and his son James now say they will meet with British lawmakers investigating phone hacking 5 and bribery 6 by employees of their newspaper empire. They initially 7 turned down a request to appear before Parliament next Tuesday. But after lawmakers took the dramatic step of issuing a summons, the Murdochs agreed to appear.
4. And with a military honor guard carrying her casket, the final memorial service was held for Betty Ford 8 in her hometown of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The former first lady will be buried next to her husband.
n.伪证；伪证罪
- You'll be punished if you procure the witness to commit perjury.如果你诱使证人作伪证，你要受罚的。
- She appeared in court on a perjury charge.她因被指控做了伪证而出庭受审。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.宝库；国库，金库；文库
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
adj.突然的，意外的；唐突的，鲁莽的
- The river takes an abrupt bend to the west.这河突然向西转弯。
- His abrupt reply hurt our feelings.他粗鲁的回答伤了我们的感情。
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿
- 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。
adv.最初，开始
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。