美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-06
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. The man convicted of holding 3 women captive in his Cleveland house for more than a decade and raping 1 them repeatedly has been sentenced to life without parole plus 1,000 years. Ariel Castrol was sentenced Thursday. He had pleaded guilty to 937 counts and a plea deal struck last week spared him from a possible death sentence.
2. National Security Agency leaker, Edward Snowden is reportedly now in Russia after spending more than 5 weeks in Moscow’s airport. Snowden received the asylum 2 for one year. The White House said it was an extremely disappointed. The US had been demanding that Russia sends Snowden home to face prosecution 3 for espionage 4.
3. Same-sex marriage became legal in Rhode Island and Minnesota at 12:01 am Thursday. Bring the number of states allowing such marriages to 13. Officials around Rhode Island began issuing licenses 5 when clerk’s offices opened at 08:30 am.
4. And a baby elephant named Belle 6 is making quite a splash at the Fort Worth zoo as she tries to stay cool in hot weather. Belle, who was born July 7, seems to love water and when you mix it with the baby pool, there is nothing that will keep her more than 300-pound body from rolling around it.
v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的现在分词 )；强奸
- In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网
n.避难所，庇护所，避难
- The people ask for political asylum.人们请求政治避难。
- Having sought asylum in the West for many years,they were eventually granted it.他们最终获得了在西方寻求多年的避难权。
n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营
- The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
- He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。
n.间谍行为，谍报活动
- The authorities have arrested several people suspected of espionage.官方已经逮捕了几个涉嫌从事间谍活动的人。
- Neither was there any hint of espionage in Hanley's early life.汉利的早期生活也毫无进行间谍活动的迹象。
n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )
- Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句