美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-05-07
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月
英语课
1. Sinn Fein Party leader Gerry Adams was released without charges from a police interrogation center near Belfast. The 65-year-old was held for five days of police questioning over his alleged 1 involvement in a decades-old Irish Republican Army killing 2.
2. Afghans observed a day of mourning for the hundreds of people killed in a horrific landslide 3. Authorities tried to help the 700 families displaced by the torrent 4 of mud that swept through their village.
3. Sixty-seven activists 5 were released in Odessa,Ukraine after being detained by police for their involvement in deadly clashes earlier this week. Hundreds of pro-Russian demonstrators stormed police headquarters demanding the release of the prisoners.
4. More than four thousand people took part in a Star Wars race in Buenos Aires. Runners were joined by characters from the movie series, expected to release its 7th episode in 2015.
a.被指控的，嫌疑的
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
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.(竞选中)压倒多数的选票；一面倒的胜利
- Our candidate is predicated to win by a landslide.我们的候选人被预言将以绝对优势取胜。
- An electoral landslide put the Labour Party into power in 1945.1945年工党以压倒多数的胜利当选执政。
n.激流，洪流；爆发，(话语等的)连发
- The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside. 急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
- Her pent-up anger was released in a torrent of words.她压抑的愤怒以滔滔不绝的话爆发了出来。