时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2016(一)月


英语课

 1. President Obama is set to announce more measures on Tuesday to regulate gun purchases. One part of the plan will expand the type of the gun sales subject to background checks. Gun shows, websites and flea 1 markets will now be included. 


 
2. Authorities in China are searching for a man believed to have set a bus on fire. The fire in northeast China killed more than dozens people. 
 
3. A South Carolina judge approved bail 2 for a former police officer charged with killing 3 an unarmed black motorist. Michael Pflager,who is white is set to go on trial on Oct,31st. 
 
4. And police in Albuquerque, New Mexico are looking for a suspect who stole a car with a 3-year old girl inside on Saturday night. Police body cam video shows an officer finding the girl unhurt in a parking lot hours later. 
 

1 flea
n.跳蚤
  • I'll put a flea in his ear if he bothers me once more.如果他再来打扰的话,我就要对他不客气了。
  • Hunter has an interest in prowling around a flea market.亨特对逛跳蚤市场很感兴趣。
2 bail
v.舀(水),保释;n.保证金,保释,保释人
  • One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
  • She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
3 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。