美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2015-1-3
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2015(一)月
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Thousands of police officers from around the country turned out Saturday for the funeral of Rafael Ramos,one of the NYPD officers killed in an ambush 1 shooting last week. Vice 2 President Joe Biden was among the speakers. He said their deaths “touched the soul” of an entire nation.
North Korea blamed its recently internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled 3 racially charged insults at President Barack Obama of the hacking 4 row involving “The Interview.” North Korea’s National Defense 5 Commission said Obama was behind the release of the comedy that depicts 6 leader Kim Jong Un’s assassination 7, and described the movie as illegal, dishonest and reactionary 8.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister has cut short his US vacation to deal with massive flooding in his country. Atleast five people have died in Malaysia’s worst flood in three decades. More than one hundred thousand have been evacuated 9.
A 16-story building in Crimea was finally demolished 10 on Saturday, after the first attempt left the structure tilting 11 to one side, but mostly intact. Residents cheered as the building fell to theground.
Hannah Buchdahl, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.
1 ambush
n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击
- Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
- Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。
2 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 hurled
v.猛投，用力掷( hurl的过去式和过去分词 )；大声叫骂
- He hurled a brick through the window. 他往窗户里扔了块砖。
- The strong wind hurled down bits of the roof. 大风把屋顶的瓦片刮了下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
4 hacking
n.非法访问计算机系统和数据库的活动
- The patient with emphysema is hacking all day. 这个肺气肿病人整天不断地干咳。
- We undertook the task of hacking our way through the jungle. 我们负责在丛林中开路。
5 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
6 depicts
描绘，描画( depict的第三人称单数 )； 描述
- The book vividly depicts French society of the 1930s. 这本书生动地描绘了20 世纪30 年代的法国社会。
- He depicts the sordid and vulgar sides of life exclusively. 他只描写人生肮脏和庸俗的一面。
7 assassination
n.暗杀；暗杀事件
- The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
- Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。
8 reactionary
n.反动者，反动主义者；adj.反动的，反动主义的，反对改革的
- They forced thousands of peasants into their reactionary armies.他们迫使成千上万的农民参加他们的反动军队。
- The reactionary ruling clique was torn by internal strife.反动统治集团内部勾心斗角，四分五裂。
9 evacuated
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
10 demolished
v.摧毁( demolish的过去式和过去分词 )；推翻；拆毁（尤指大建筑物）；吃光
- The factory is due to be demolished next year. 这个工厂定于明年拆除。
- They have been fighting a rearguard action for two years to stop their house being demolished. 两年来，为了不让拆除他们的房子，他们一直在进行最后的努力。