AP 2012-07-28
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. Witnesses are giving more details about Friday's movie theater shooting in Colorado. They say the gunman moved around the theater, yelling and seemingly targeting people.
2. The man convicted of gunning down the mother, brother, and nephew of Jennifer Hudson will spend the rest of his life in prison. William Balfour was convicted earlier this year of first-degree murder in the 2008 killings 1.
3. Republican presidential candidate Mitt 2 Romney is accusing of leaking details of the raid that killed Osama bin 3 Laden 4 for political gain. He said such an action is contemptible 5 and betrays the national interests.
4. The Olympic Game flame is getting and taking for a ride. It traveled on the London underground or Tube, this they call it, as it makes its way through the British capital. The opening ceremony is Friday.
1 killings
谋杀( killing的名词复数 )； 突然发大财，暴发
- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings. 他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
2 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。
3 bin
n.箱柜；vt.放入箱内；[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件
- He emptied several bags of rice into a bin.他把几袋米倒进大箱里。
- He threw the empty bottles in the bin.他把空瓶子扔进垃圾箱。
4 laden
adj.装满了的；充满了的；负了重担的；苦恼的
- He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
- Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
5 contemptible
adj.可鄙的，可轻视的，卑劣的
- His personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.他气貌不扬，言语粗俗。
- That was a contemptible trick to play on a friend.那是对朋友玩弄的一出可鄙的把戏。