美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-07-12
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(七)月
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1. Israel launched a major military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, striking more than 100 sites and mobilizing troops for a possible ground invasion. Palestinian officials say 10 people were killed, 2 of them children.
2. The Defense 1 in Oscar Pistorius’ trial has rested its case. The judge will hear final arguments in August. The Paralympics athlete is on trial in South Africa for killing 2 his girlfriend. Pistorius says he mistakenly shot her thinking she was an intruder. Prosecutors 3 say he shot her after an argument.
3. City officials announced the next GOP presidential pick will officially accept the party’s nomination 4 in Cleveland. The City won the backing of the Republican National Committee that will host the 2016 GOP Convention. But the choice must still be ratified 5.
4. It’s whale of a job for the American museum of natural history in New York. The museum’s giant whale replica 6 got its annual cleaning today. A worker carefully vacuumed dust from the model to help bring out its details.
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
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。
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
v.批准，签认（合约等）( ratify的过去式和过去分词 )
- The treaty was declared invalid because it had not been ratified. 条约没有得到批准，因此被宣布无效。
- The treaty was ratified by all the member states. 这个条约得到了所有成员国的批准。