美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-15
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)
英语课
1. House Speaker John Boehner says Republicans are willing to extend the government¡¯s ability to borrow money for 6 weeks. But he says President Barack Obama must agree to negotiate over ending the partial government shutdown and reducing budget deficit 1. Obama has insisted the shutdown be ended immediately with no conditions.
2. A tractor-trailer stuck on tracks in west Texas was struck by a train that dragged it by half-mile before coming to a stop. The driver of the rig got out just minutes before the train struck in midland. No one was hurt.
3. In a new report, Ohio officials suggested it is possible Cleveland kidnapper 2 Arial Castro may have died of autoerotic asphyxiation 3, not suicide as originally thought. A report from the Ohio Department Rehabilitation 4 and Correction also says Castro did not leave a suicide note and multiple levels of assessment 5 did not find a tendency toward suicide.
4. And instead of a dog, volunteer fire fighters in Tuscaloosa, Alabama have a spotted 6 Dalmatian chicken as their mascot 7. She is the 3rd generation. Her grandfather named Allen Junior, previously 8 helped the department raised nearly 10,000 dollars.
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
- The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。
- We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。
n.绑架者，拐骗者
- The kidnapper was shot dead then and there by the armed policeman.绑架者被武装警察当时当地击毙。
- The kidnapper strangled the child with a piece of string.绑票的人用一根绳子把这孩子勒死了。
n. 窒息
- Objective Inquiry into the heavy asphyxiation rescues measure of the new born. 摘要目的探讨新生儿重度窒息抢救的措施。
- Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA) may be required to prevent asphyxiation of rescue personnel. 可能要求有自给式呼吸器(SCBA)，以防止救援人员窒息。
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.评价；评估；对财产的估价，被估定的金额
- This is a very perceptive assessment of the situation.这是一个对该情况的极富洞察力的评价。
- What is your assessment of the situation?你对时局的看法如何？
adj.有斑点的，斑纹的，弄污了的
- The milkman selected the spotted cows,from among a herd of two hundred.牛奶商从一群200头牛中选出有斑点的牛。
- Sam's shop stocks short spotted socks.山姆的商店屯积了有斑点的短袜。
n.福神，吉祥的东西
- The football team's mascot is a goat.足球队的吉祥物是山羊。
- We had a panda as our mascot.我们把熊猫作为吉详物。
adv.以前，先前（地）
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。