AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月
1. The ATF says it has broken up a plot to assassinate 1 Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and shoot or decapitate 102 black people in a Tennessee murder spree. In court records, agents say they disrupt plans by two neo-Nazi skinheads to rob a gun store and target an unnamed but predominantly African-American high school.
2. A federal jury has found Alaska Senator Ted 2 Stevens guilty of all seven charges in his corruption 3 trial. He was charged with lying about free home renovations and other gifts he received. The verdict throws more uncertainty 4 into the Republican rocky re-election bid.
3. The FBI says a body found in an SUV in Chicago was believed to be that of actress Jennifer Hudson’s missing nephew. The body has not been positively 5 identified. But it was found this morning in the back seat of an SUV that matched the description of a vehicle authorities have been seeking.
4. An eight-year-old boy died after accidentally shooting himself in the head while firing an Uzi submachine gun under adult supervision 6 at a gun fair in Massachusetts. The boy lost control of the weapon while firing it at a firearms expo. Police say the boy was with a certified 7 instructor 8 and call the incident a "self-inflicted accidental shooting".
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. ATF: n. 美国烟酒枪械与爆炸物管理局
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (abbreviated ATF) is a specialized 9 federal law enforcement and regulatory organization within the United States Department of Justice.[1] Its responsibilities include the investigation 10 and prevention of federal offenses 11 involving the unlawful use, manufacture, and possession of firearms and explosives, acts of arson 12 and bombings, and illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing 13 the sale, possession, and transportation of firearms, ammunition 14, and explosives in interstate commerce. Many of ATF's activities are carried out in conjunction with task forces made up of state and local law enforcement officers, such as Project Safe Neighborhoods. ATF operates a one-of-a-kind fire research laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, where full-scale mock-ups of criminal arsons can be reconstructed..
2. neo-Nazi: n.
someone who believes that white people are better than people of other races, and who often behaves violently.
3. skinhead: n.
a young white person who has hair that is cut very short, especially one who behaves violently towards people of other races.
4. rocky: adj.
A rocky situation or relationship is unstable 15 and full of difficulties.
5. positively: adv.
in a way that leaves no doubt.
6. Uzi submachine gun: n. 乌兹冲锋枪
7. self-inflicted: adj.
self-inflicted pain, problems, illnesses etc are those you have caused yourself.
- The police exposed a criminal plot to assassinate the president.警方侦破了一个行刺总统的阴谋。
- A plot to assassinate the banker has been uncovered by the police.暗杀银行家的密谋被警方侦破了。
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
- Her comments will add to the uncertainty of the situation.她的批评将会使局势更加不稳定。
- After six weeks of uncertainty,the strain was beginning to take its toll.6个星期的忐忑不安后，压力开始产生影响了。
- She was positively glowing with happiness.她满脸幸福。
- The weather was positively poisonous.这天气着实讨厌。
- The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
- The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。
- Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
- The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
- The college jumped him from instructor to full professor.大学突然把他从讲师提升为正教授。
- The skiing instructor was a tall,sunburnt man.滑雪教练是一个高高个子晒得黑黑的男子。
- There are many specialized agencies in the United Nations.联合国有许多专门机构。
- These tools are very specialized.这些是专用工具。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
- It's wrong of you to take the child to task for such trifling offenses. 因这类小毛病责备那孩子是你的不对。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Thus, Congress cannot remove an executive official except for impeachable offenses. 因此，除非有可弹劾的行为，否则国会不能罢免行政官员。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
- He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。
- A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
- That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句
- A few of the jeeps had run out of ammunition.几辆吉普车上的弹药已经用光了。
- They have expended all their ammunition.他们把弹药用光。