美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-7-26
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(七)月
This is AP news minute.
1. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a deadly suicide bombing on a peaceful protest in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Saturday, killing 1 at least 81 people and wounding more than 200. The demonstration 2 was organized by Afghanistan's ethnic 3 Hazara community, a group of Shiite Muslims.
2. Residents in Munich, Germany paid tribute to the victims of Friday's shopping mall attack, laying flowers and lighting 4 candles as they mourned their loss. The gunman killed nine people and wounded more than two dozens, before killing himself.
3. Hillary Clinton formerly 5 introduced senator Tim Kaine of Virginia as her pick for vice 6 president, as the two appeared side by side in Florida. Clinton called Kaine a 'progressive who likes to get things done'. Kaine acknowledged this are tough times for many in the country, but said Americans are tough people.
4. As democrats 7 geared up for the democratic national convention in Philadelphia next week, protesters got a headstart, staking out outside the rules committee on Saturday. The convention officially begins on Monday.
Norreen Nasir, the 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。
- His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
- He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- We now enjoy these comforts of which formerly we had only heard.我们现在享受到了过去只是听说过的那些舒适条件。
- This boat was formerly used on the rivers of China.这船从前航行在中国内河里。