美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-10-29
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(十月)
英语课
1. There has been a shooting at a US navy facility in Tennessee. The military says the gunman opened fire, wounding two service members before being taken to custody 1. Police said the shooter was a Navy recruiter who had been relieved of duty.
2. President Barack Obama is calling on the congress to finish work on immigration overhaul 2 by the end of the year. The Senate has passed a measure that would provide an eventual 3 path to citizenship 4 for those are in the country illegally, and would tighten 5 border security. But it is gone nowhere in the republican controlled House.
3. There should have been months of testing before the government¡¯s healthcare website went online. That¡¯s the view of the contractors 6 who are responsible for setting up the site, a key part of the new healthcare law. The house hearing today focused on the administration¡¯s determination to get the system up and running by October 1st.
4. And a herd 7 of Australian dairy cows had been led to a beach in a name of art. They are part of a work created by surrealist artist centre Andrew Baines. The hand-selected cows were put in water up to their knees in what Baines called ¡°A Metaphoric 8 Escape¡±.
1 custody
n.监护，照看，羁押，拘留
- He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期。
- He was taken into custody immediately after the robbery.抢劫案发生后，他立即被押了起来。
2 overhaul
v./n.大修，仔细检查
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
3 eventual
adj.最后的，结局的，最终的
- Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
- Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。
4 citizenship
n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)
- He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
- Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。
5 tighten
v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧
- Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
- Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。
6 contractors
n.（建筑、监造中的）承包人( contractor的名词复数 )
- We got estimates from three different contractors before accepting the lowest. 我们得到3个承包商的报价后，接受了最低的报价。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Contractors winning construction jobs had to kick back 2 per cent of the contract price to the mafia. 赢得建筑工作的承包商得抽出合同价格的百分之二的回扣给黑手党。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 herd
n.兽群，牧群；vt.使集中，把…赶在一起
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见，只是人云亦云。
8 metaphoric
adj. 使用隐喻的；比喻的；比喻意义的
- It was a metaphoric(al) phrase; we didn't really mean that he has green fingers, only that he is good at gardening. 它是一个比喻的词组；我们并非说他长了绿手指而是说他擅长园艺技能。
- The ubiquitous mouse input device is not metaphoric of anything, but rather is learned idiomatically. 无所不在的鼠标输入设备没有任何隐喻；相反，是习惯用法的学习。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓