美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-08-22
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. Missouri Congressman 1 Todd Akin 2, a conservative Republican candidate for the Senate, is feeling the backlash of a comment that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies 3 in "a legitimate 4 rape 5". The Romney campaign is distancing itself from the remark.
2. Nearly 1,000 firefighters are battling a wildfire that's already consumed nearly 19 square miles in northern California since Saturday. Residents have been told to evacuate 6 as the blaze moves closer to some 3,000 homes.
3. The director of Hollywood blockbusters "Top Gun" and "Beverly Hills Cop II" has died after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles County. Authorities say 68-year-old Tony Scott's body was recovered several hours after he had jumped Sunday afternoon.
4. And a new pilot program is now underway in San Francisco that provides a small weekly stipend 7 to the city's homeless for serving as foster parents for unwanted puppies until the dogs can be adopted.
n.（美）国会议员
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
adj.同族的，类似的
- She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
- Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。
怀孕，妊娠( pregnancy的名词复数 )
- Since the wartime population needed replenishment, pregnancies were a good sign. 最后一桩倒不失为好现象，战时人口正该补充。
- She's had three pregnancies in four years. 她在四年中怀孕叁次。
adj.合法的，合理的，合乎逻辑的；v.使合法
- Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.生病是请假的一个正当的理由。
- That's a perfectly legitimate fear.怀有这种恐惧完全在情理之中。
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
- The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
- He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
v.遣送；搬空；抽出；排泄；大(小)便
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。