AP 2012-06-06
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(六月)
英语课
1. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who's been charged with murder in the killing 1 of Trayvon Martin, has surrendered to police. Zimmerman was booked into jail Sunday after having his bail 2 revoked 3 two days earlier.
2. A passenger plane carrying more than 150 people crashed in Nigeria's largest city on Sunday, killing all the passengers aboard and an unknown number of people on the ground. The plane crashed through a furniture shop and into residential 4 buildings in a densely 5 packed neighborhood.
3. One of Canada's most popular malls stay closed in Toronto Sunday, as police continue to investigate a shooting that left one person dead and seven others injured. Police are still looking for the shooter. They believe the incident was gang-related.
4. London's River Thames became a royal highway Sunday, as Queen Elizabeth II led a flotilla of more than 1,000 vessels 6 in a pageant 7 marking her Diamond Jubilee 8. Despite rainy weather, an estimated 1.25 million spectators flock to the event, marking the Queen's 60 years on the throne.
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。
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )
- It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
- A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句
adj.提供住宿的；居住的；住宅的
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
ad.密集地；浓厚地
- A grove of trees shadowed the house densely. 树丛把这幢房子遮蔽得很密实。
- We passed through miles of densely wooded country. 我们穿过好几英里茂密的林地。
n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人
- The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
n.壮观的游行；露天历史剧
- Our pageant represented scenes from history.我们的露天历史剧上演一幕幕的历史事件。
- The inauguration ceremony of the new President was a splendid pageant.新主席的就职典礼的开始是极其壮观的。