美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-18
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(八月)
英语课
1. US defense 1 officials accuse Iran of building and training a militia 2 to help Syrian president Bashar Assad regime battle the rebel fighters trying to topple him. Defense Secretary Leon Pentagon says the Iranian efforts will only add to the killing 3.
2. A judge in Illinois is expected to decide Wednesday whether to declare a mistrial on the case of former police officer Drew Peterson, who is accused of killing his third wife. The most severe decision could allow Peterson to walk free.
3. Syrian State-run TV says a bomb has exploded near a fuel tank outside a hotel where UN observers are staying in the capital Damascus. The report says Wednesday's explosion wounded at least three people, none of them were believed to be UN staff.
4. Researchers in Texas are hoping to reconstruct a 17th century French ship, that sank off the Golf of Mexico in 1686. A unique freeze-drying process will safely remove three centuries of moisture before the ship becomes a musuem piece in Austin.
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.民兵，民兵组织
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。