美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-09-23
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2014(九)月
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Excitement and apprehension 1 in Scotland Thursday as voters cast their ballots 2 in the divisive and potentially historical referendum on independence from England. The result is expected on Friday morning.
Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko asked a joint 3 meeting of Congress for a 'lethal 4' US military assistance to help win the war against Russian-backed separatists. Today the US has provided about 60 million dollars in non-lethal aid.
The Islamic State group has released a video showing a British photo journalist John Cantlie who says he is a prisoner of war. His name had not been mentioned among foreign hostages held by the group.
And hundreds of law enforcement officers lined the street outside the Grand Pennsylvania Church as slain 5 trooper Bryan Dickson was laid to rest. Dickson was killed in an ambush 6 outside his barracks last week. The suspect is still at large.
1 apprehension
n.理解，领悟；逮捕，拘捕；忧虑
- There were still areas of doubt and her apprehension grew.有些地方仍然存疑，于是她越来越担心。
- She is a girl of weak apprehension.她是一个理解力很差的女孩。
2 ballots
n.投票表决( ballot的名词复数 )；选举；选票；投票总数v.（使）投票表决( ballot的第三人称单数 )
- They're counting the ballots. 他们正在计算选票。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The news of rigged ballots has rubbed off much of the shine of their election victory. 他们操纵选票的消息使他们在选举中获得的胜利大为减色。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
4 lethal
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
- A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
- She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。