美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-09-01
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(九)月
英语课
This is AP News Minute.
1. An emotional day for employees at TV Station WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, one day after two of their colleagues were killed in a shooting on a live broadcast. The station had a moment of silence this morning—outside, flowers and a growing memorial. A third victim is still hospitalized but is doing better.
2. A gruesome discovery on the shoulder of a main highway from Budapest to Vienna. Police discovered a truck full of badly decomposing 1 bodies of at least 20 and possible up to 50 migrants. Officials say they couldn’t tell how long the bodies have been there.
3. Jurors begin deliberating the fate of a former prep school student who was charged with raping 2 a freshman 3 as part of tradition called ‘senior salute’. 19-year-old Owen Labrie faces six sexual assault charges.
4. And forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami are monitoring the progress of tropical storm Erika. It made unexpected shift to the south and unleashed 4 severe flooding across the Dominican Republic.
腐烂( decompose的现在分词 )； （使）分解； 分解（某物质、光线等）
- The air was filled with the overpowering stench of decomposing vegetation. 空气中充满了令人难以忍受的腐烂植物的恶臭。
- Heat was obtained from decomposing manures and hot air flues. 靠肥料分解和烟道为植物提供热量。
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.大学一年级学生(可兼指男女)
- Jack decided to live in during his freshman year at college.杰克决定大一时住校。
- He is a freshman in the show business.他在演艺界是一名新手。