美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-2-11
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(二)月
英语课
This is AP News Minute
Dozens of Jordanian’s warplanes bombed Islamic State targets on Thursday including training centers and weapon sites. The airstrikes came as Jordan’s king Abdulla met with the family of apilot who was shown being burned to death in an IS video released earlier this week. Abdulla has promised to responsd harshly 1 to the killing 2.
The leaders of France and Germany made a surprise appearance in Kiev to present a peace plan that end fighting in eastern Ukraine. The visit came amid a flare 3 in deadly fighting and a separate meeting between Ukrainian president Poroshenko and US Secretary of State John Kerry.
NBC anchor Brian Williams gave an on-air apology Wednesday night for incorrectly claiming as recently as last week that his helicopter came under enemy fire while he was reporting in Iraqin 2003. Instead, he said, he was in another helicopter behind the one that was actually hit.
And this haircut has some younger customers moving on up. A barbershop owner in Snellville George says his12-year-old son’s grades improved after he gave him a special haircut aspunishment. A photo of the cut went viral after a man he said the boy looked alot like fictional 4 sitcom 5 character George Jefferson.
Maggie Mazzetti, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
ad.严厉地；苛刻地
- The grit beneath her soles grated harshly on the wooden deck. 粘在她鞋底的沙砾蹭在木甲板上发出刺耳的声音。
- We should not judge the young writers too harshly. 我们不应当对青年作家太苛求。
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
v.闪耀，闪烁；n.潮红；突发
- The match gave a flare.火柴发出闪光。
- You need not flare up merely because I mentioned your work.你大可不必因为我提到你的工作就动怒。
adj.小说的，虚构的
- The names of the shops are entirely fictional.那些商店的名字完全是虚构的。
- The two authors represent the opposite poles of fictional genius.这两位作者代表了天才小说家两个极端。