美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-5-30
时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2015(五)月
英语课
1. Residents of central Texas are cleaning up after severe storms and flash flooding killed more than a dozen people. Crews continue to search for those still missing.
2. In Switzerland, six soccer officials have been arrested in a police raid in a bribery 1 investigation 2. Authorities say the case involves more than 100 million dollars in business deals tied to soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America.
3. A former LA police officer who fled to Mexico amid charges he killed a man while off duty is back in the United States. Mexican officials say Henry Solis has been deported 3. He’s wanted in a March shooting outside a California night club.
4. The Internal Revenue Service says more than 100,000 taxpayers 4 have had their personal information stolen. The agency says it happened due to a breach 5 on its website. The IRS is providing credit monitoring to affected 6 taxpayers.
1 bribery
n.贿络行为,行贿,受贿
- FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
- He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。
2 investigation
n.调查,调查研究
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。
3 deported
v.将…驱逐出境( deport的过去式和过去分词 );举止
- They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格,将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 taxpayers
纳税人,纳税的机构( taxpayer的名词复数 )
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。