美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-07-16
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(七月)
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1. The Texas Senate passed sweeping 1 new abortion 2 restrictions 3 late Friday, sending them to republican governor, Rick Perry to sign into law. The vote occurred after weeks of rallies that made the Texas of the focus of the national debate on abortion.
2. Jurors in the George Zimmerman murder trial resume their deliberation Saturday. They spend 3.5 hours deliberating the case on Friday, stopping at one point to ask for a list of the evidence.
3. The death toll 4 was up to 3 in last weekend’s jetliner crash in San Francisco international airport. Officials say a girl, who was brought into the hospital in critical condition after the crash, has died.
4. Disgraced former New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer aiming for a political comeback, sounded a note of contrition 5 on the “Tonight Show” Friday, speaking about the prostitution scandal. He said “hubris is terminal”.
adj.范围广大的，一扫无遗的
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
n.流产，堕胎
- She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
- A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
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。
n.悔罪，痛悔
- The next day he'd be full of contrition,weeping and begging forgiveness.第二天，他就会懊悔不已，哭着乞求原谅。
- She forgave him because his contrition was real.她原谅了他是由于他的懊悔是真心的。