AP 2012-03-28
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(三月)
英语课
1. After a win in Louisiana, Rick Santorum is vowing 1 to continue his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination 2. That despite a big gap in the race for delegates. An Associated Press tally 3 shows Mitt 4 Romney has accumulated more than twice as many delegates as Santorum, though less than half the number he needs.
2. The monumental fight over a health care law that touches all Americans and divides them sharply comes before the Supreme 5 Court this week. The justices will decide whether to kill or keep the largest expansion in the nation’s social safety net in more than four decades.
3. Legal experts say the US Justice Department could bring a hate crime charge against the shooter in the killing 6 of a black Florida teenager. But that will require a finding that neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin because of racial bias 7.
4. And doctors say it’s unlikely that former vice 8 president Dick Cheney got special treatment when he was given a new heart. After spending nearly two years on a waiting list, the 71-year-old received a transplant Saturday.
1 vowing
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
2 nomination
n.提名，任命，提名权
- John is favourite to get the nomination for club president.约翰最有希望被提名为俱乐部主席。
- Few people pronounced for his nomination.很少人表示赞成他的提名。
3 tally
n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致
- Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
- The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。
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 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
6 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。