美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2016-1-23
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2016(一)月
英语课
1. Authorities say a Greyhound bus rolled onto its side during a rainy morning commute 1 in northern California, killing 2 2 people and injuring 18 others. San Jose officials are investigating the cause of the accident. No other vehicles were involved.
2. The Supreme 3 Court has agreed to an election year review of President Barack Obama’s executive orders allowing up to 5 million immigrants to work legally in the United States. The justices said they will consider undoing 4 lower court rulings that blocked the plan from taking effect. The case will probably be decided 5 by late June about a month before the presidential nominating conventions.
3. Filmmaker Spike 6 Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith are calling for a boycott 7 of this year’s Academy Awards. The Oscars have drawn 8 criticism for the all-white acting 9 nominees 10 for the second straight year.
4. And thousands of Russians took a dip in icy waters Tuesday to celebrate epiphany, a major holiday in Orthodox Christianity, marking the birth and baptism of Jesus.
1 commute
vi.乘车上下班；vt.减(刑)；折合；n.上下班交通
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
2 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
3 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
4 undoing
n.毁灭的原因，祸根；破坏，毁灭
- That one mistake was his undoing. 他一失足即成千古恨。
- This hard attitude may have led to his undoing. 可能就是这种强硬的态度导致了他的垮台。
5 decided
adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
6 spike
n.长钉，钉鞋；v.以大钉钉牢，使...失效
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
7 boycott
n./v.(联合)抵制，拒绝参与
- We put the production under a boycott.我们联合抵制该商品。
- The boycott lasts a year until the Victoria board permitsreturn.这个抗争持续了一年直到维多利亚教育局妥协为止。
8 drawn
v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。