美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-06-16
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(六)月
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1. Following a surprise primary election defeat, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says he will step down from his leadership role at the end of next month. The Virginia Congressman 1 lost by a wide margin 2 Tuesday to David Brat 3, a Tea Party-backed economics professor. A new majority leader will be appointed this summer.
2. In Las Vegas, surveillance video shows the couple moment after the shooting rampage that killed two police officers and a bystander Sunday. Police believe the shooting was motivated by anti-government attitudes.
3. Video from an Oregon student shows the high school evacuating 4 following a fatal shooting. A 14-year-old was killed Tuesday when a student opened fire in the boys' locker 5 room before turning the gun on himself.
4. And a Texas home teeter's on the edge of a cliff. Officials say the earth beneath the luxury lake house began to crumble 6 about two weeks ago. The house was quickly condemned 7 and safely evacuated 8.
n.（美）国会议员
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
n.页边空白；差额；余地，余裕；边，边缘
- We allowed a margin of 20 minutes in catching the train.我们有20分钟的余地赶火车。
- The village is situated at the margin of a forest.村子位于森林的边缘。
n.孩子；顽童
- He's a spoilt brat.他是一个被宠坏了的调皮孩子。
- The brat sicked his dog on the passer-by.那个顽童纵狗去咬过路人。
撤离，疏散( evacuate的现在分词 )； 排空（胃肠），排泄（粪便）； （从危险的地方）撤出，搬出，撤空
- The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
- Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？
n.更衣箱，储物柜，冷藏室，上锁的人
- At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
- He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。
vi.碎裂，崩溃；vt.弄碎，摧毁
- Opposition more or less crumbled away.反对势力差不多都瓦解了。
- Even if the seas go dry and rocks crumble,my will will remain firm.纵然海枯石烂，意志永不动摇。