美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-18
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
Violence is spreading throughout Egypt as riot police swept away camps of supporters of ousted 1 president Mohammed Morsi. Two journalists were among the dozens killed.
A federal judge has sentenced former Congressman 2 Jesse Jackson Jr. to 30 months in prison. Jackson pleaded guilty to charges that he engaged in a scheme to spend 750,000 dollars in campaign money on personal items.
A UPS cargo 3 plane crashed and burned Wednesday morning in Alabama, killing 4 two crew members and scattering 5 boxes and charred 6 debris 7 across a grassy 8 field.
A lightning-sparked wildfire has destroyed 13 homes and threatens hundreds of others near a Utah resort town. The fire has grown to more than 1,200 acres.
Bob McCall, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
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。
n.（美）国会议员
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物
- The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
- A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。
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。
n.[物]散射；散乱，分散；在媒介质中的散播adj.散乱的；分散在不同范围的；广泛扩散的；（选票）数量分散的v.散射(scatter的ing形式)；散布；驱散
- The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦
- the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
- The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。