美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-02-26-英语课

时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(二月)

英语课

1.Police believed an altercation 1 at a hotel promoted a deadly attack in Las Vegas, police say a gunman shot and killed the driver of the car, which then crashed with a taxi, the taxi bursted into flames, killing 2 the driver and passenger.

2.A winter storm is blanking the Green planes with snow, winter storm warning stretched from east Colorado, to rural Illinois, snow has been following at a rate of the two inches an hour in some spots.

3.Aska Pierstories's murder case is getting a new top detective, he replaced a Vadorin police officer who himself has now been charged with attempted murder, Pierstories's charged in shooting death of his girlfriend.

4.And this elderly seaouter has a remarkable 3 talent for basketball, he perceived the Oregon Zoom 4 had come up with a way to help any the seaouter cope with arthritis 5. The sport helps him exercise his joints 6.

1 altercation

n.争吵，争论

Throughout the entire altercation,not one sensible word was uttered.争了半天，没有一句话是切合实际的。
The boys had an altercation over the umpire's decision.男孩子们对裁判的判决颇有争议。

2 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。

3 remarkable

adj.显著的，异常的，非凡的，值得注意的

She has made remarkable headway in her writing skills.她在写作技巧方面有了长足进步。
These cars are remarkable for the quietness of their engines.这些汽车因发动机没有噪音而不同凡响。

4 zoom

n.急速上升；v.突然扩大，急速上升

The airplane's zoom carried it above the clouds.飞机的陡直上升使它飞到云层之上。
I live near an airport and the zoom of passing planes can be heard night and day.我住在一个飞机场附近，昼夜都能听到飞机飞过的嗡嗡声。

5 arthritis

n.关节炎

Rheumatoid arthritis has also been linked with the virus.风湿性关节炎也与这种病毒有关。
He spent three months in the hospital with acute rheumatic arthritis.他患急性风湿性关节炎，在医院住了三个月。

6 joints

接头( joint的名词复数 )；关节；公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所）（非正式）；一块烤肉（英式英语）