美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(九月)
英语课
1. The US is hoping to stem the anti-American sentiment brewing 1 in Pakistan. A TV ad carrying the US embassy seal has been released there, condemning 2 an anti-Islam video at the center of the protests.
2. Syrian opposition 3 activists 4 say at least 30 people have been killed in a regime airstrike. They say the attack on a gas station in the northern part of the country set off an explosion that also wounded dozens more.
3. President Barack Obama and Mitt 5 Romney are both looking for Hispanic votes in Florida. Obama spoke 6 at a Univision forum 7, the same one that Romney addressed last night.
4. The Space Shuttle Endeavour has arrived in California. The retired 8 shuttle left Houston this morning and will go on permanent display in Los Angeles.
1 brewing
v.（通常因道义上的原因而）谴责( condemn的现在分词 )；宣判；宣布…不能使用；迫使…陷于不幸的境地
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
2 opposition
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。
3 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 mitt
n.棒球手套，拳击手套，无指手套；vt.铐住，握手
- I gave him a baseball mitt for his birthday.为祝贺他的生日，我送给他一只棒球手套。
- Tom squeezed a mitt and a glove into the bag.汤姆把棒球手套和手套都塞进袋子里。
5 spoke
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。