美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-08-23
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(八)月
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Jared Fogle, the longtime subway pitchman agreed to plead guilty Wednesday to allegations that he paid for sexual acts with minors 1 and received child pornography. The case could send him to prison for more than a decade.
High winds and strained resources are complicating 2 efforts to battle wildfires raging across the West. In Washington, the National Weather Service issued a red flag warning for the eastern portion of the state as high winds picked up and temperatures rose to above 90 degrees.
Forensic 3 police in Italy today examined the bodies of 49 people who suffocated 4 in an overcrowded fishing boat. More than 100,000 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean 5 to Italy this year. And hundreds have died in the process.
Back stateside, a win for supporters of the little pink pill. The Food and Drug Administration approved the first prescription 6 drug designed to boost sexual desire in women after previously 7 rejecting it twice.
Noreen Nasir, Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 minors
n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )
- The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
2 complicating
使复杂化( complicate的现在分词 )
- High spiking fever with chills is suggestive of a complicating pylephlebitis. 伴有寒战的高热，暗示合并门静脉炎。
- In America these actions become executive puberty rites, complicating relationships that are already complicated enough. 在美国，这些行动成了行政青春期的惯例，使本来已经够复杂的关系变得更复杂了。
3 forensic
adj.法庭的，雄辩的
- The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.该报告包括他对法庭证据的诠释。
- The judge concluded the proceeding on 10:30 Am after one hour of forensic debate.经过近一个小时的法庭辩论后，法官于10时30分宣布休庭。
4 suffocated
（使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )； （将某人）闷死； 让人感觉闷热； 憋气
- Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. 许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
- I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。
5 Mediterranean
adj.地中海的；地中海沿岸的
- The houses are Mediterranean in character.这些房子都属地中海风格。
- Gibraltar is the key to the Mediterranean.直布罗陀是地中海的要冲。
6 prescription
n.处方，开药；指示，规定
- The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
- The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。
7 previously
adv.以前，先前（地）
- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。