美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-20
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. The White House says it's too early to determine the cause of a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. NATO says seven American troops and four Afghans died. The Taliban says insurgents 1 shot down the Black Hawk 2.
2. Speaking in Ohio, Paul Ryan says President Barack Obama is out of new ideas, and his campaign is resorting to "fear and smear 3" to win a second term. Meantime, Mitt 4 Romney is in South Carolina and Obama will resume campaigning Saturday in New Hampshire.
3. He’s been granted asylum 5 in Ecuador, but Julian Assange isn't any closer to getting out of the country’s embassy in London. British authorities say if he leaves he’ll be arrested. The WikiLeaks founder 6 is trying to avoid extradition 7 to Sweden where he faces sex crime allegations.
4. And residents in Michigan are wondering who the new multimillionaire is. The state lottery 8 says the one winning ticket in a $337 million Powerball drawing was purchased at a gas station about 45 miles north of Detroit.
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员
- The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
- The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。
v.涂抹；诽谤，玷污；n.污点；诽谤，污蔑
- He has been spreading false stories in an attempt to smear us.他一直在散布谎言企图诽谤我们。
- There's a smear on your shirt.你衬衫上有个污点。
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。
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
n.创始者，缔造者
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。
n.引渡（逃犯）
- The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
- He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。