时间:2018-12-15 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2018(七)月


英语课

 


This is AP News Minute.


An Afghan official says that 14 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack near Kabul's airport. The attack happened shortly after the country's controversial First Vice 1 President landed on his return from abroad.


Authority say a police officer in Seattle who is trying to stop a fleeing suspect was struck and killed by another officer. The officer driving the car was later critically injured in a collision.


A gunman who got into a shootout with police then took dozens of people hostage at a Los Angeles supermarket has been arrested, authorities said Sunday. One woman was shot and killed in the standoff.


And SpaceX launched a Falcon 2 9 rocket, carrying a Telstar 19 vantage communications satellite. The rocket took off from Cape 3 Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.



1 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。
2 falcon
n.隼,猎鹰
  • The falcon was twice his size with pouted feathers.鹰张开羽毛比两只鹰还大。
  • The boys went hunting with their falcon.男孩子们带着猎鹰出去打猎了。
3 cape
n.海角,岬;披肩,短披风
  • I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
  • She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。