美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-09-04
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(九月)
英语课
1. Senior US officials are laying out their case for a military strike against Syria to lawmakers in a classified briefing. Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry is citing fresh evidence that the Syrian government used sarin gas on civilians 1.
2. The wildfire burning in and around Yosemite National Park has become the fourth-largest in California history. The two-week-old rim 2 fire claimed that spot as it grew to 348 square miles Saturday.
3. British broadcaster David Frost has died. He was best known in the US for his series of interviews with former president Richard Nixon. The 74-year-old suffered an apparent heart attack on a cruse ship.
4. And Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a new oceanarium at a university in Vladivostok. Even taking time to shake hands with the inhabitants.
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。