AP 2012-01-21
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(一月)
英语课
1. Mitt 1 Romney is defending himself against attacks he was more of corporate 2 raider than a job creator. He has a new TV ad out in South Carolina taking his GOP opponents to task for attacking his capitalist background.
2. President Barack Obama wants to trim the government holding a half dozen agencies into one. The commerce department would be among those cease to exist for a savings 3 of 3 billion dollars over 10 years.
3. Van der Sloot gets 28 years in prison for killing 4 a Peru woman. Van der Sloot is also suspected in the disappearance 5 of American teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005.
4. In China, the driver of a stolen car tries to make a getaway, but hits 13 other cars instead while escaping police. State media says the driver was arrested.
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的
- This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
n.存款，储蓄
- I can't afford the vacation,for it would eat up my savings.我度不起假，那样会把我的积蓄用光的。
- By this time he had used up all his savings.到这时，他的存款已全部用完。
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。
n.消失，消散，失踪
- He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance.他难以说明她为什么不见了。
- Her disappearance gave rise to the wildest rumours.她失踪一事引起了各种流言蜚语。