美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-13
时间：2019-02-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(二)月
英语课
1. All-American college football player Michael Sam has announced he’s gay. Sam who was the SEC defensive 1 player of the year and is expected to be drafted into the NFL would be the first player to be openly a gay while actually playing in the national football league.
2. Officials in Utah’s Zion National Park say a woman plunged 2 2000 feet to her death in a base jumping accident. The woman jumped off a mountain. But her parachute didn’t open.
3. An Australian woman who was convicted of smuggling 3 marijuana into Indonesia has been released from prison. Schapelle Corby will have to stay in Bali and cannot return to Australia until 2017.
4. And organizers of the winter Olympics in Sochi admit they’ve been using volunteers to fill seats at some of the less popular events.
adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的
- Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
- The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。
v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 )；暴跌；骤降；突降
- The train derailed and plunged into the river. 火车脱轨栽进了河里。
- She lost her balance and plunged 100 feet to her death. 她没有站稳，从100英尺的高处跌下摔死了。