美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-08-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(八月)
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Egypt’s long time leader Hosni Mubarak could be freed from prison and placed under house arrest today. He has been detained for almost three years since the uprising that deposed 1 him in 2011. The 85-year-old Mubarak still faces a retrial on charges of complicity in the killing 2 protesters during the uprising.
United State, Britain and France are demanding a team of UN inspectors 3 already in Syria be granted immediate 4 access to investigate the site near Damascus where activists 5 say government forces unleashed 6 a chemical weapon attack on civilians 7. Meanwhile, France’s Foreign Minister is raising the possibility of use of force in Syria to prevent the Bashar al-Assad regime’s use chemical weapons.
? Bradley Manning has still asked the military ? to Washington to reduce the punishment, recommended by a court ? judge. Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to LeakiWiks. Manning ? also asked the White House to pardon him.
And most Haitians have never seen anything like it. After a year of delay, Haiti On Ice appears to be a goal in Port-au-Prince. The show ? several challenges including run generators 8 that cost 1600 dollars an hour to keep the ice from melting.
1 deposed
v.罢免( depose的过去式和过去分词 )；（在法庭上）宣誓作证
- The president was deposed in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被废黜。
- The head of state was deposed by the army. 国家元首被军队罢免了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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 inspectors
n.检查员( inspector的名词复数 )；（英国公共汽车或火车上的）查票员；（警察）巡官；检阅官
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 immediate
adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的
- His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
- We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。
5 activists
n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )
- His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
- Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 unleashed
v.把（感情、力量等）释放出来，发泄( unleash的过去式和过去分词 )
- The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
- The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。
8 generators
n.发电机，发生器( generator的名词复数 )；电力公司
- The factory's emergency generators were used during the power cut. 工厂应急发电机在停电期间用上了。
- Power can be fed from wind generators into the electricity grid system. 电力可以从风力发电机流入输电网。 来自《简明英汉词典》