AP 2012-03-18
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(三月)
英语课
1. A jury has found Virginia Tech negligent 1 for delaying a campus warning of the first shootings in a 2007 campus massacre 2 that left 33 dead. Jurors returned the verdict in a wrongful death civil suit brought by the parents of two students who were killed.
2. A US military official says the American soldier accused of killing 3 16 Afghan civilians 4 on a shooting spree has been flown out of Afghanistan. The official said the soldier has been flown to a pre-trial confinement 5 facility in another country but did not provide further details.
3. Leaders of the US and Britain outlined plans to shift the NATO war effort in Afghanistan toward a back-seat advisory 6 role while Afghan forces increasingly take the lead. British Prime Minister David Cameron was in Washington Wednesday. This evening, the White House hosts a dinner in his honor.
4. And George Clooney used his Hollywood celebrity 7 to draw attention to the humanitarian 8 crisis between Sudan and South Sudan. The click of camera shutters 9 never stopped as Clooney testified before a Senate committee.
adj.疏忽的；玩忽的；粗心大意的
- The committee heard that he had been negligent in his duty.委员会听说他玩忽职守。
- If the government is proved negligent,compensation will be payable.如果证明是政府的疏忽，就应支付赔偿。
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
- There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
- If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
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。
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
n.幽禁，拘留，监禁；分娩；限制，局限
- He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
- The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。
adj.劝告的，忠告的，顾问的，提供咨询
- I have worked in an advisory capacity with many hospitals.我曾在多家医院做过顾问工作。
- He was appointed to the advisory committee last month.他上个月获任命为顾问委员会委员。
n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望
- Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
- He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。