AP 2012-02-19
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(二月)
英语课
1. Congressional leaders have reached a tentative deal extending a two percentage-point payroll 1 tax cut and added unemployment benefits for the rest of the year. The roughly $150 billion measure would also prevent a steep cut in Medicare reimbursements 2 to doctors.
2. A man already sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing 3 four people in a 2011 rampage across New York City faces another sentencing. Maksim Gelman is expected to get 25 years for slashing 4 a subway passenger at the end of his bloody 5 spree.
3. Activists 6 say an attack on an oil pipeline 7 has set off a huge fire in Homs, Syria. The pipeline is in a rebel-held neighborhood, which activists say has been shelled by regime troops for the past dozen days.
4. Malachy, the Pekingese won Best in Show at the Westminster Kennel 8 Club this year. It's nothing new for the 4-year-old pompom. It's his 115th Best in Show title overall.
n.工资表，在职人员名单，工薪总额
- His yearly payroll is $1.2 million.他的年薪是120万美元。
- I can't wait to get my payroll check.我真等不及拿到我的工资单了。
n.偿还( reimbursement的名词复数 )；退款；补偿；赔偿
- We had to put in for the food reimbursements again. 我们不得不再次申请食物赔偿。 来自互联网
- Have you figured up the total of the reimbursements I gave you? 你有没有把我给你的报销账目全部加总了呢？ 来自互联网
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。
adj.尖锐的；苛刻的；鲜明的；乱砍的v.挥砍( slash的现在分词 )；鞭打；割破；削减
- Slashing is the first process in which liquid treatment is involved. 浆纱是液处理的第一过程。 来自辞典例句
- He stopped slashing his horse. 他住了手，不去鞭打他的马了。 来自辞典例句
adj.非常的的；流血的；残忍的；adv.很；vt.血染
- He got a bloody nose in the fight.他在打斗中被打得鼻子流血。
- He is a bloody fool.他是一个十足的笨蛋。
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.管道，管线
- The pipeline supplies Jordan with 15 per cent of its crude oil.该管道供给约旦15%的原油。
- A single pipeline serves all the houses with water.一条单管路给所有的房子供水。