美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-01-15
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(一)月
英语课
1. Hospital officials announced former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died at the age of 85 after being in a coma 1 since 2006 following a stroke. Sharon , a former General was both admired and hated for his battlefield exploit and ambition to reshape the Middle East.
2. After a West Virginia American water system was contaminated by a chemical spill Thursday, West Virginia officials met Saturday to discuss plans for flushing the water system. It could be days before clean water flowing to 700,000 people.
3. The Dallas Safari 2 club plans to auction 3 off the right to shoot and kill black rhinoceros 4 in the African nation of Namibia in order to raise the money to protect the endangered species. Animal protection groups and protesters are outraged 5.
4. Major League baseball arbitrator had reduced Alex Rodriguez's 211 games suspension to 152 , which means he'll miss the entire 2014 season without pay.This amount to about 25 million dollars loss in earnings 6. Rodriguez is the New York Yankee's third baseman.
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.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
- When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。
- They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。
n.拍卖；拍卖会；vt.拍卖
- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
n.犀牛
- The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。
- The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。
a.震惊的，义愤填膺的
- Members of Parliament were outraged by the news of the assassination. 议会议员们被这暗杀的消息激怒了。
- He was outraged by their behavior. 他们的行为使他感到愤慨。