美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-1
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月
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Thousands attended the funeral for 25-year-old Freddie Gray held in Baltimore Monday where community and political figures spoke 1 on his death. Gray died after suffering a critical spinal 2 injury while he was in police custody 3. His death has prompted numerous marches and rallies in the area.
Homes across Nepal are in ruins as aftershocks from an earthquake rattled 4 the region over the weekend. The death toll 5 from the disaster soared past 4000 as rescuers search for survivors 6. The State Department says at least 4 Americans have died.
Prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe is continuing his stateside visit in Boston. Abe laid a wreath at the site of the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing before speaking at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The leader will attend a state dinner at the White House on Tuesday.
And Loretta Lynch has been sworn in as the United States' 83rd Attorney General following months-long delay after her nomination 7. Lynch replaces Eric Holder 8, and is the first African-American woman to hold the post.
Emily Roseman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的
- After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
- Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
慌乱的，恼火的
- The truck jolted and rattled over the rough ground. 卡车嘎吱嘎吱地在凹凸不平的地面上颠簸而行。
- Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled. 每逢公共汽车经过这里，窗户都格格作响。
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。