美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-31
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月
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US corruption 1 charges were unveiled Wednesday against 14 people, 7 of them all FIFA soccor officials who were arrested in Zurich. Swiss prosecutors 2 also annouced criminal proceedings 3 in FIFA's awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cup locations in Russian and Qatar.
The death toll 4 from arisen floodwaters in Texas and Oklahoma climbed to 19 with over a dozen people still missing. Another round of rain threatens to complicate 5 the cleanup in hard-hit Houston where 2 to 3 more inches of rain is expected.
Soaring summer temperatures in India have left over 1000 dead over the past month. Although stifling 6 heat has gone down over the last 2 days. Tempertures continue to hover 7 around 113 degrees Farenheit.
And a brave beekeeper in China has broken the world record for carrying the heaviest weight of bees on a human body. The record-breaker covered himself in more than one million bees, weighing a total of 240 pounds.
Emily Roseman, The Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 corruption
n.腐败，堕落，贪污
- The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
- The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。
2 prosecutors
检举人( prosecutor的名词复数 )； 告发人； 起诉人； 公诉人
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
3 proceedings
n.进程，过程，议程；诉讼(程序)；公报
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
4 toll
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
5 complicate
vt.使复杂化，使混乱，使难懂
- There is no need to complicate matters.没有必要使问题复杂化。
- These events will greatly complicate the situation.这些事件将使局势变得极其复杂。