美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-17
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(二月)
英语课
1. He is a national hero in South Africa after competing in last summer's Olympics on high-tech 1 artificial legs. But now, Oscar Pistorius is charged with murdering his girlfriend. Police say there has been trouble before at the track star's home, including allegations of a domestic nature.
2. British police say three men have been arrested by officers investigating the horsemeat scandal in Europe. The arrests come after Britain's food regulators said that horsemeat tainted 2 with an equine painkiller 3 may have been sold to consumers for "some time".
3. American Airlines and US Airways 4 have announced an 11-billion-dollar deal that would create the world's biggest airline. Both the Department of Transportation and the Justice Department must sign off on the merger 5. It could be several months if not years before passengers see any significant change.
4. Three lucky couples have celebrated 6 Valentine's Day weddings at the Empire State building. They won Thursday's weddings by submitting their love stories to the landmark 7 skyscraper's Facebook page.
adj.高科技的
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
adj.腐坏的；污染的；沾污的；感染的v.使变质( taint的过去式和过去分词 )；使污染；败坏；被污染，腐坏，败坏
- The administration was tainted with scandal. 丑闻使得政府声名狼藉。
- He was considered tainted by association with the corrupt regime. 他因与腐败政府有牵连而名誉受损。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.止痛药
- I shall persuade him to take the painkiller.我将说服他把药吃下去。
- The painkiller only provides him a short respite from his pain.止痛药仅仅让他在疼痛中有短暂的疏解。
航空公司
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
n.企业合并，并吞
- Acceptance of the offer is the first step to a merger.对这项提议的赞同是合并的第一步。
- Shareholders will be voting on the merger of the companies.股东们将投票表决公司合并问题。
adj.有名的，声誉卓著的
- He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
- The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。