AP 2012-06-02
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. As expected, Republican presidential candidate Mitt 1 Romney clinched 2 his party's nomination 3 Tuesday night by winning the Texas primary. Voters there pushed him past the 1144 delegate threshold needed to win the nod.
2. Judges at an international war crimes court of Hague sentenced former Liberian president Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison for Sierra Leone civil war trustees.
3. Britain's Supreme 4 Court Wednesday backed the extradition 5 of WeakiLeaks founder 6 Julian Assange. Reports said the controversial internet activist 7 should return to Sweden and face allegations of sex crimes.
4. And the Myanmar opposition 8 leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her first oversea trip in 24 years by travelling the Thailand where she was welcomed by Burmese migrant workers. Over the week, she'll speak at the World Economic Forum 9 on East Asia, before embarking 10 on a world tour next month.
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。
v.（尤指两人）互相紧紧抱[扭]住( clinch的过去式和过去分词 )；解决（争端、交易），达成（协议）
- The two businessmen clinched the deal quickly. 两位生意人很快达成了协议。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Evidently this information clinched the matter. 显然，这一消息使问题得以最终解决。 来自辞典例句
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
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。
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.活动分子，积极分子
- He's been a trade union activist for many years.多年来他一直是工会的积极分子。
- He is a social activist in our factory.他是我厂的社会活动积极分子。
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
n.论坛，讨论会
- They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
- The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。