美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-05-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(五月)
英语课
1. Cleveland police are facing questions about their handling of the case, after 3 women abducted 1 a decade ago, were found alive inside a home yesterday. Two neighbors say they called to report suspicious activities and that police responded, but never went inside.
2. President Barack Obama says military personnel who engage in sexual assault are betraying the uniform. The comments come as he directs the Defense 2 Secretary Chuck Hagel to tackle on the problem. The leader of the air force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Team was recently charged with sexual battery.
3. A natural gas tanker 3 truck lost control, exploding on a Mexican highway. At least 20 people were killed and 3 dozen injured. Officials say the death toll 4 could rise as emergency workers sift 5 through charred 6 debris 7.
4. An active volcano in the Philippines rumbled 8 to live today. Massive boulders 9 are exploded from its mouth, surprising about 30 climbers. At least 5 were killed.
2. President Barack Obama says military personnel who engage in sexual assault are betraying the uniform. The comments come as he directs the Defense 2 Secretary Chuck Hagel to tackle on the problem. The leader of the air force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Team was recently charged with sexual battery.
3. A natural gas tanker 3 truck lost control, exploding on a Mexican highway. At least 20 people were killed and 3 dozen injured. Officials say the death toll 4 could rise as emergency workers sift 5 through charred 6 debris 7.
4. An active volcano in the Philippines rumbled 8 to live today. Massive boulders 9 are exploded from its mouth, surprising about 30 climbers. At least 5 were killed.
劫持，诱拐( abduct的过去式和过去分词 )； 使（肢体等）外展
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
n.油轮
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
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。
v.筛撒，纷落，详察
- Sift out the wheat from the chaff.把小麦的壳筛出来。
- Sift sugar on top of the cake.在蛋糕上面撒上糖。
v.把…烧成炭( char的过去式)；烧焦
- the charred remains of a burnt-out car 被烧焦的轿车残骸
- The intensity of the explosion is recorded on the charred tree trunks. 那些烧焦的树干表明爆炸的强烈。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.瓦砾堆，废墟，碎片
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
发出隆隆声，发出辘辘声( rumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 轰鸣着缓慢行进； 发现…的真相； 看穿（阴谋）
- The machine rumbled as it started up. 机器轰鸣着发动起来。
- Things rapidly became calm, though beneath the surface the argument rumbled on. 事情迅速平静下来了，然而，在这种平静的表面背后争论如隆隆雷声，持续不断。