时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(八月)


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1. The alleged 1 "Grim Sleeper 2" has pleaded not guilty to the murders of ten California women. Lonnie Franklin Jr. was arrested last month after authorities said DNA 3 evidence linked the mechanic to the series of killings 4 from 1985 to 1988, and then again from 2002 to 2007.


 


2. At least nine people are dead after a former policeman hijacked 5 a bus in the Philippine capital of Manila. Authorities


say the suspect had been fired and was demanding his job back. He fatally shot eight Chinese tourists before being killed by a police sniper.


 


3. Officials in Chile are taking steps to provide food, water and medicine to 33 miners, who have been trapped inside a gold and copper 6 mine for 18 days. The supplies will have to keep them alive for the four months it may take to carve a tunnel wide enough to pull them out.


 


4. Tiger Woods and his wife are officially divorced. The divorce comes nine months after Woods crashed his SUV outside their home near Orlando, setting off revelations that the golfer had been unfaithful. Financial terms of the split have not been disclosed.



1 alleged
a.被指控的,嫌疑的
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
2 sleeper
n.睡眠者,卧车,卧铺
  • I usually go up to London on the sleeper. 我一般都乘卧车去伦敦。
  • But first he explained that he was a very heavy sleeper. 但首先他解释说自己睡觉很沉。
3 DNA
(缩)deoxyribonucleic acid 脱氧核糖核酸
  • DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
  • Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
4 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 ); 突然发大财,暴发
  • His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
  • The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
5 hijacked
劫持( hijack的过去式和过去分词 ); 绑架; 拦路抢劫; 操纵(会议等,以推销自己的意图)
  • The plane was hijacked by two armed men on a flight from London to Rome. 飞机在从伦敦飞往罗马途中遭到两名持械男子劫持。
  • The plane was hijacked soon after it took off. 那架飞机起飞后不久被劫持了。
6 copper
n.铜;铜币;铜器;adj.铜(制)的;(紫)铜色的
  • The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
  • Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
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