AP 2012-03-15
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(三月)
英语课
1. White House says there'll be no change on its Afghan strategy. That's after a weekend shooting of 16 Afghan civilians 1 allegedly by a US soldier. In the meantime, the Taliban say they are vowing 2 revenge.
2. An attorney for an accused New York madam isn't offering more than just legal arguments to get her out of jail. Anna Gristina's lawyer says he'll put up his 2.5 mega dollar Manhattan loft 3 as security for her two mega dollar bail 4, and to have her be under house arrest and electronic monitoring there with her family.
3. War correspondent Marie Colvin has been laid to rest. The funeral is held in her childhood home of Oyster 5 Bay, New York. The Sunday Times of London journalist killed while covering the ongoing 6 conflict in Syria.
4. And free agent quarterback Peyton Manning has been spending time in Denver, talking to the Broncos for nearly six hours. The team's interest in Manning has fans there wondering about the future of current quarterback and fan favorite Tim Tebow
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
n.阁楼，顶楼
- We could see up into the loft from bottom of the stairs.我们能从楼梯脚边望到阁楼的内部。
- By converting the loft,they were able to have two extra bedrooms.把阁楼改造一下，他们就可以多出两间卧室。
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
n.牡蛎；沉默寡言的人
- I enjoy eating oyster; it's really delicious.我喜欢吃牡蛎，它味道真美。
- I find I fairly like eating when he finally persuades me to taste the oyster.当他最后说服我尝尝牡蛎时，我发现我相当喜欢吃。