美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-05-15
时间：2019-02-12 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(五)月
英语课
1. A powerful spring storm swept across several Rocky Mountain States. More than a foot of snow shutdown part of I-80 in Wyoming. Several tornados 1 were also reported in southern Nebraska.
2. Insurgents 2 in eastern of Ukraine said the ballots 3 are all in and voters there overwhelmingly chose self-rule in Sunday’s referendum. But U-S and Ukraine officials say the election was illegal. They are rejecting the results.
3. Oscar Pistorius arrived in court in South Africa Monday for the resumption of his trial. The former Olympic Athletic 4 is facing premeditated murder charges for killing 5 his girl friend Reen Steenkamp. He says he accidentally killed her and thinking she was an intruder.
4. And New York police airlifted a hiker who broke her ankle Sunday near the Hudson River. Police said the woman was found stranded 6 on a cliff New Jersey 7. The police pulled her up to safety. And she is expected to be ok.
n.龙卷风，旋风( tornado的名词复数 )
- And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
- They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
n.起义，暴动，造反( insurgent的名词复数 )
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
adj.擅长运动的，强健的；活跃的，体格健壮的
- This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
- He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。
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。
a.搁浅的，进退两难的
- He was stranded in a strange city without money. 他流落在一个陌生的城市里， 身无分文，一筹莫展。
- I was stranded in the strange town without money or friends. 我困在那陌生的城市，既没有钱，又没有朋友。