AP 2011-10-16
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(十月)
英语课
1. A Nigerian man is facing a mandatory 1 sentence of life in prison, that's after pleading guilty to charges that he tried to bring down a flight near Detroit on Christmas of 2009 with a bomb in his underwear. The surprise guilty plea came during the second day of testimony 2.
2. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling it a "dangerous escalation 3" in Iran's support for terrorism. She is talking about an alleged 4 Iranian plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States. Charges have been filed against two men.
3. A San Francisco Giant's fan who was severely 5 beaten outside Dodgers 6 Stadium in March has been released from the hospital and transferred to a rehabilitation 7 facility. Bryan Stow suffered serious brain injured in the attack and spent time in a coma 8.
4. And a South African mountain biker's collision with an antelope 9 during a race has become an Internet sensation. This video posted on YouTube has been viewed more than 5 million times. Race organizers say the cyclist was not badly hurt. And the antelope returned to his herd 10 to graze.
adj.命令的；强制的；义务的；n.受托者
- It's mandatory to pay taxes.缴税是义务性的。
- There is no mandatory paid annual leave in the U.S.美国没有强制带薪年假。
n.证词；见证，证明
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
n.扩大，增加
- The threat of nuclear escalation remains. 核升级的威胁仍旧存在。 来自辞典例句
- Escalation is thus an aspect of deterrence and of crisis management. 因此逐步升级是威慑和危机处理的一个方面。 来自辞典例句
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
adv.严格地；严厉地；非常恶劣地
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
n.躲闪者，欺瞒者( dodger的名词复数 )
- a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
- But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句
n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位
- He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
- No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。
n.昏迷，昏迷状态
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。
n.羚羊；羚羊皮
- Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics.选择藏羚羊表示中国需要绿色奥运。
- The tiger was dragging the antelope across the field.老虎拖着羚羊穿过原野。