美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-9-23
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(九)月
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The Charlotte police chief said officers gave a black man multiple warnings to drop a handgun before one of them opened fire and killed him. But the man's family says he was unarmed. Tensions remained high after protesters clashed with police officers overnight.
Hillary Clinton said the killing 1 of African Americans by police officers is unbearable 2 and needs to become intolerable. Donald Trump 3 courted black voters in Cleveland, saying he was "very troubled" by the killing of a black man by a white officer in Oklahoma. But he was introduced by boxing promoter Don King who used a racial slur 4 as he made the case for supporting Trump.
Russia and the US blamed each other for Syria's failing cease-fire as the UN Security Council took up the civil war. Secrectary of State John Kerry called for the grounding of all aircraft over parts of Syria to allow for humanitarian 5 aid.
Dozens of dogs salons 6, boutiques and purebred puppy sellers are spring up across Havana as Cuba's growing upper-middle class is developing an interest in fancy dogs. The growing business is creating hundreds of jobs and some small reminders 7 of a widening income gap.
Noreen Nasir, Associated Press with AP News Minute.
- 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。
- It is unbearable to be always on thorns.老是处于焦虑不安的情况中是受不了的。
- The more he thought of it the more unbearable it became.他越想越觉得无法忍受。
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手,作为他的王牌。
- He took the remarks as a slur on his reputation.他把这些话当作是对他的名誉的中伤。
- The drug made her speak with a slur.药物使她口齿不清。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业,并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。