美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-04-08
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(四)月
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1. Reaction has been swift after the Associated Press reported on the US government’s creation of the Cuban’s Twitter, a communications network designed to undermine the communist government in Cuba. White House spokesman Jay Carney called it a development program and not covert 1. Senator, Patrick Leahy from Vermont called the program “Dump, Dump, Dump”. And said he was not aware the effort.
2. The soldier who killed 3 people and wounded more than a dozen before killing 2 himself in Fort Hood 3 Wednesday showed no recent risks of violence according to the authorities. This is the second shooting rampage on the Texas military base. In 2009, an army psychiatrist 4 killed 13 and wounded more than 30 at Fort Hood.
3. Malaysian and Australian officials have vowed 5 to give relatives of passengers on flight MH370 closure. Both countries are leading the multinational 6 search efforts and pledge that no effort will be spared to solve the mystery of flight 370
4. Briton Queen Elizabeth paid a private visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican. During her 62-year reign 7, the queen has met five pontiffs.
adj.隐藏的；暗地里的
- We should learn to fight with enemy in an overt and covert way.我们应学会同敌人做公开和隐蔽的斗争。
- The army carried out covert surveillance of the building for several months.军队对这座建筑物进行了数月的秘密监视。
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。
n.头巾，兜帽，覆盖；v.罩上，以头巾覆盖
- She is wearing a red cloak with a hood.她穿着一件红色带兜帽的披风。
- The car hood was dented in.汽车的发动机罩已凹了进去。
n.精神病专家；精神病医师
- He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
- The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
adj.多国的，多种国籍的；n.多国籍公司，跨国公司
- The firm was taken over by a multinational consulting firm.这家公司被一个跨国咨询公司收购。
- He analyzed the relationship between multinational corporations and under-developed countries.他分析了跨国公司和不发达国家之间的关系。