美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2013-01-06
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2013(一月)
英语课
1. The 113th Congress is now in session. The House reelected John Boehner as speaker. And in the Senate, Vice 1 President Joe Biden swore in 12 new members elected in November along with South Carolina Republican Tim Scott.
2. The State Department says Hillary Clinton plans to return to work next week. That's after the secretary of state was treated for a blood clot 2 in her head. But doctors are advising her to avoid international travel for now.
3. Authorities in India have formally filed rape 3 and murder charges against five men accused in the gang rape of a university student on a New Delhi bus. The woman later died from her injuries. Police say they plan to push for the death penalty.
4. And it's quite the attraction in Sydney Harbor - a 50-foot yellow rubber duck. It's all part of a rehearsal 4 for a Sydney Festival event which organizers say will turn the harbor into a "giant bathtub".
1 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
2 clot
n.凝块；v.使凝成块
- Platelets are one of the components required to make blood clot.血小板是血液凝固的必须成分之一。
- The patient's blood refused to clot.病人的血液无法凝结。