时间:2018-12-20 作者:英语课 分类:CNN2009年(五)月


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A graduation party turned deadly outside Phoenix 1, Arizona. That standoff in Mesa is now over. But here's what happened: Police say a man got into a fight and shot and killed two adults. Five others were injured, including a 10- year-old and a police officer. After holding police in a standoff, the man eventually gave himself up.


And a mother in Portland, Oregon, is facing some serious charges this morning. Police say she threw her two children into a river, killing 2 one of them. Witnesses apparently 3 heard the children scream before daybreak Saturday morning and called police.
The body of the woman's four-year-old son was pulled from the river about an hour later. Her seven-year-old daughter was rescued. She is in serious condition. The community is in shock.


It's basically complete shock. My heart hurts because of the children. I don't think a mother would do that. That's really out of character, especially being a mom myself.


Police say they found the suspect Amanda Jo Stott-Smith in a parking garage in downtown Portland. They have charged her with murder and attempted aggravated 4 murder.


We turn to a British tabloid 5 now. When you say that, you don't know what's coming next usually.
Well, you know it will be salacious and this one is. HOLMES: It's pretty salacious stuff here. Fifteen hundred bucks 6, they say, is all it took to get an undercover reporter past security at Britain's Buckingham Palace.
Yes. Usually, you have to show a photo I.D., and here's the hidden camera video of the security breach 7 at the queen's London residence that happened in the Royal Garage. London's News of the World" says it happened there. The reporter paid off a royal chauffeur 8, apparently, got a tour of the royal fleet and even sat inside one of the queen's cars.
Can you imagine that? Buckingham Palace, as you might imagine, is investigating this.
Yes, you can't do that. I can't get into the presidential limo with 1,500 bucks here, can I?
No, you can't. A little different across the pond, apparently.
A little different.


Some workers got trapped in their store because of bees. They were scared to leave the place. Take a look at this. This is a store in New York. Thousands of bees apparently stormed the place. You see them out there. They are scared to come out. See the sign? "Temporary closed due to bee infestation 9."
Where did this happen? It happened in upstate New York?
No, this is in Union Square.
It was? In New York City?
Yes. In New York City.
You know those bees actually might get me to leave the store.
They were trapped there. A passerby 10, a Good Samaritan, tried to help out there. They finally got a bee expert who lured 11 all these bees away.
The hives. The hives will be moved to upstate New York.
The hives are going to be moved, yes.
Exactly where they belong. Yikes. A scare.



1 phoenix
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
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 apparently
adv.显然地;表面上,似乎
  • An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
  • He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
4 aggravated
使恶化( aggravate的过去式和过去分词 ); 使更严重; 激怒; 使恼火
  • If he aggravated me any more I shall hit him. 假如他再激怒我,我就要揍他。
  • Far from relieving my cough, the medicine aggravated it. 这药非但不镇咳,反而使我咳嗽得更厉害。
5 tabloid
adj.轰动性的,庸俗的;n.小报,文摘
  • He launched into a verbal assault on tabloid journalism.他口头对小报新闻进行了抨击。
  • He believes that the tabloid press has behaved disgracefully.他认为小报媒体的行为不太光彩。
6 bucks
n.雄鹿( buck的名词复数 );钱;(英国十九世纪初的)花花公子;(用于某些表达方式)责任v.(马等)猛然弓背跃起( buck的第三人称单数 );抵制;猛然震荡;马等尥起后蹄跳跃
  • They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
  • They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 breach
n.违反,不履行;破裂;vt.冲破,攻破
  • We won't have any breach of discipline.我们不允许任何破坏纪律的现象。
  • He was sued for breach of contract.他因不履行合同而被起诉。
8 chauffeur
n.(受雇于私人或公司的)司机;v.为…开车
  • The chauffeur handed the old lady from the car.这个司机搀扶这个老太太下汽车。
  • She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话。
9 infestation
n.侵扰,蔓延
  • The premises were treated for cockroach infestation.因蟑螂成灾,这些房屋集中进行了灭蟑活动。
  • Parts of California are suffering from an infestation of oriental fruit flies.加利福尼亚的部分地区正遭受东方果蝇的大肆侵袭。
10 passerby
n.过路人,行人
  • We had our photo taken by a passerby.我们请了一个路人为我们照相。
  • A passerby heard her screams and rushed to her aid.一个过路人听见她的尖叫,便冲过去帮助她。
11 lured
吸引,引诱(lure的过去式与过去分词形式)
  • The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车,但又设法逃掉了。
  • Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下,继续奋力向前。
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