AP 2012-07-29
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2012(七月)
英语课
1. Family members of Manuel Diaz, who died in a weekend police shooting, have poured their anger into a civil rights lawsuit 1 against Anaheim, California. This as public outrage 2 spilled onto the streets in a fourth day of violence.
2. Turkey sealed its border with Syria to trucks on Wednesday, cutting off a vital supply line to the embattled nation. Fighting also stretched into a fifth day in Aleppo, Syria's largest city.
3. Sherman Hemsley, best known for his role as a blustering 3 black Harlem businessman on television's "The Jeffersons", died at his El Paso, Texas home Tuesday, police said. He was 74 years old.
4. And a family dispute over disagreements on the late king of pop's will have pit Michael Jackson's mother, Katherine and children against Jackson's siblings 4. The feud 5 has played out through social media, blog posts and national television broadcasts.
1 lawsuit
n.诉讼,控诉
- They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
- He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
2 outrage
n.暴行,侮辱,愤怒;vt.凌辱,激怒
- When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。
- We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。
3 blustering
adj.狂风大作的,狂暴的v.外强中干的威吓( bluster的现在分词 );咆哮;(风)呼啸;狂吹
- It was five and a half o'clock now, and a raw, blustering morning. 这时才五点半,正是寒气逼人,狂风咆哮的早晨。 来自辞典例句
- So sink the shadows of night, blustering, rainy, and all paths grow dark. 夜色深沉,风狂雨骤;到处途暗路黑。 来自辞典例句