美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-19
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(八月)
英语课
1. Egypt's military-backed government authorizes 1 police to use deadly force. The government declares a state of emergency and night-time curfew after a deadly crackdown of ousted 2 President Mohammed Morsi's supporters left more than 500 people dead.
2. President Barack Obama announces that joint 3 US-Egypt military exercises have been cancelled. Obama says American cooperation with Egyptian government cannot continue when civilians 4 are being killed in the streets.
3. Investigators 5 find flight recorders among the wreckage 6 of a UPS jet that crashed at Birmingham's Airport, killing 7 two pilots. The voice and flight data recorders could hold key evidences about what happened as the jet was attempting to land early Wednesday.
4. Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it's hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did until now. Researchers announce a rare find, a new species of mammal called the Olinguito.
授权，批准，委托( authorize的名词复数 )
- The dictionary authorizes the two spellings 'traveler' and 'traveller'. 字典裁定traveler和traveller两种拼法都对。
- The dictionary authorizes the two spellings "honor" and "honour.". 字典裁定 honor 及 honour 两种拼法均可。
驱逐( oust的过去式和过去分词 )； 革职； 罢黜； 剥夺
- He was ousted as chairman. 他的主席职务被革除了。
- He may be ousted by a military takeover. 他可能在一场军事接管中被赶下台。
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
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.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
