美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-02-12
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. About 30,000 Ukrainian opposition 1 supporters rallied in Kiev’s Independence Square Sunday. Opposition leaders speaking at the rally called for early elections to unseat Ukraine’s current president.
2. A Syrian official says more than 600 people have been evacuated 2 from the besieged 3 city of Homs. The evaluations 4 happened under a 3 day truce 5 between the Syrian government and rebel forces. Despite the truce some civilians 6 were met with gunfire as they tried to flee.
3. The host-country won its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics in team figure skating. Earlier in the day, Russia won a bronze medal in women’s 3000-meter speed skating.
4. And consider it an early Valentine’s Day date: the First Couple was spotted 7 having dinner at a popular Mexican restaurant in Washington DC over the weekend. The restaurant’s name, Oyamel.
n.反对，敌对
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )
- Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
- The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。
估价( evaluation的名词复数 )； 赋值； 估计价值； [医学]诊断
- In fact, our moral evaluations are merely expressions of our desires. 事实上，我们的道德评价只是我们欲望的表达形式。 来自哲学部分
- Properly speaking, however, these evaluations and insights are not within the concept of official notice. 但准确地讲，这些评估和深远见识并未包括在官方通知概念里。
n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。