美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-25
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(十一月)
英语课
1. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a cease fire. The truce 1 agreement calls for Israel to end all military activity against the Gaza Strip, and for militants 2 to stop rocket attacks into Israel. After 24 hours of quiet, the border crossing between Gaza and Israel would be opened to trade and travel between the two.
2. The family of former world boxing champion Hector "Macho" Camacho may soon have to decide whether he should be taken off life support. He's in critical condition at a hospital in Puerto Rico after being shot in the face while sitting in a car.
3. At just 5-foot-10, he has made gigantic 3 marks on college basketball records. Grinnell point guard, Jack 4 Taylor, has scored a record 138 points including 27 3-pointers in one game.
4. Here is one bird that won't end up on the dinner table. President Barack Obama has issued a pardon to the national thanksgiving turkey. The White House tradition started in 1963 with President John Kennedy.
1 truce
n.休战,(争执,烦恼等的)缓和;v.以停战结束
- The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
- She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。
2 militants
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来,反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此,巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。