AP 2011-10-02
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(十月)
英语课
1. Two Americans are back on US soil after more than two years in an Iranian prison. The arrival of Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer ends a diplomatic ordeal 1 that began when they were accused of spying after being detained while hiking along the Iraq-Iran border.
2. Libyan revolutionary authorities say they discovered a mass grave containing the remains 2 of nearly 1,300 inmates 3 killed by the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in a 1996 prison massacre 4. Investigators 5 found the grave after getting information from captured regime officials and witnesses.
3. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a hero's welcome in his return to the West Bank Sunday. Abbas's popularity has skyrocketed since he asked the UN on Friday to recognize Palestinian independence, defying appeals from Israel and the US.
4. And in Russia, almost two months after their birth, these Siberian tiger cub 6 triplets are making their public debut 7. Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest species.
n.苦难经历，（尤指对品格、耐力的）严峻考验
- She managed to keep her sanity throughout the ordeal.在那场磨难中她始终保持神志正常。
- Being lost in the wilderness for a week was an ordeal for me.在荒野里迷路一星期对我来说真是一场磨难。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- 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。
n.囚犯( inmate的名词复数 )
- One of the inmates has escaped. 被收容的人中有一个逃跑了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The inmates were moved to an undisclosed location. 监狱里的囚犯被转移到一个秘密处所。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人
- The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
- The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。