AP 2012-04-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(四月)
英语课
1. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman is in a secret location after leaving jail on 150,000 dollars bail 1. Zimmerman's charge was second-degree murder in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin.
2. Opening statements begin in North Carolina Monday in the trail of former Democratic president contender John Edwards. He pleaded not guilty to six criminal counts. The charges stem from roughly a million dollars in secret payments that were largely used to hide Edwards then-pregnant mistress.
3. Investigators 2 in Tucson, Arizona say they are looking at a possible entry point into the home of a missing girl. The parents of six-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis say they last saw her Friday night.
4. And there is concern about possible power outages on Monday as a major storm moves through the northeast. The storm is packing heavy rain and wind, and could drop a 12-foot of snow in higher elevations 3 of Pennsylvania and New York State.
1 bail
v.舀（水），保释；n.保证金，保释，保释人
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
2 investigators
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 elevations
（水平或数量）提高( elevation的名词复数 )； 高地； 海拔； 提升
- Weight of the crust changes as elevations are eroded and materials are deposited elsewhere. 当高地受到侵蚀，物质沉积到别的地方时，地壳的重量就改变。
- All deck elevations are on the top of structural beams. 所有甲板标高线均指结构梁顶线。