美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-07-20
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(七)月
英语课
This is AP news minute.
1. Greece's parliament is set to vote on a bailout deal on Wednesday, meant to prevent the country's economy from collapsing 1. Greek will only get the 94 billion dollar bailout package if it raises its taxation 2 and cuts its pensions.
2. A jury begins deliberating the Colorado theater shooting trial on Wednesday. Prosecutors 3 say James Holmes was legally sane 4 when he opened fire at a movie theater in 2012, killing 5 12 people and injuring 70 others.
3. New surveillance video released shows Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman disappearing from his cell. One of Mexico's most prized and imprisoned 6 drug lords can be seen just before disappearing behind a half wall obstructing 7 the camera's view of his shower.
4. NASA's New Horizon spacecraft got the first up-close look at Pluto 8 Tuesday. The journey began 9.5 years ago, when Pluto was still considered a full-fledged planet.
压扁[平]，毁坏，断裂
- Rescuers used props to stop the roof of the tunnel collapsing. 救援人员用支柱防止隧道顶塌陷。
- The rocks were folded by collapsing into the center of the trough. 岩石由于坍陷进入凹槽的中心而发生褶皱。
n.征税，税收，税金
- He made a number of simplifications in the taxation system.他在税制上作了一些简化。
- The increase of taxation is an important fiscal policy.增税是一项重要的财政政策。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
adj.心智健全的，神志清醒的，明智的，稳健的
- He was sane at the time of the murder.在凶杀案发生时他的神志是清醒的。
- He is a very sane person.他是一个很有头脑的人。
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。
下狱，监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 )
- He was imprisoned for two concurrent terms of 30 months and 18 months. 他被判处30个月和18个月的监禁，合并执行。
- They were imprisoned for possession of drugs. 他们因拥有毒品而被监禁。
阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止
- You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
- He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。