CNN 2012-03-18
时间：2018-12-24 作者：英语课 分类：CNN2012年(三)月
英语课
Friends and neighbors of army staff sergeant 1 Robert Bales in Tacoma Washington say they are shocked by the accusation 2 that he murdered 16 Afghan villagers last weekend in a sudden shooting spree.Cathy Holland lives near Bales',his wife and two children.
Happy family normal,family,just lots of prayers for Bob and his family,it's just heart-breaking.
Bales is waiting for formal charges at Fort Leavenworth,Kansans.
An 83-year-old man is jailed in west Virginia on three counts of murder.Fayette County Sheriff officials say they arrested the suspect outside the home,where two women were found dead,a third person later died at hospital.
NOAA is out with the annual drought forecast.The director of the agency southern regional climate services,David Brown says,there are still very significant and widespread drought conditions in the southern plains region.
Right now,the conditions are most pronounced in west Texas,and eastern New Mexico,but they also extend into parts of Oklahoma,Kansas,Colorado,even parts of the Gulf 3 Coast,coast to Louisiana.
Amid the skyscrapers 4 sidewalks,and suburbs,subways of New York,that is researchers have discovered a new frog spices.The amphibian 5 is part of the crowded Leopard 6 frog spices,but it's so new,it doesn't even have a name yet.Scientists say,Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is the center of its current range.
Thousands of revelers,in shades of green,jammed onto New York City streets today to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and watched the city's annual pray,now in its 251st year.But New York is far from the only city celebrating the luck of Irish and this is what it sounded like in Savannah,Georgia,earlier today as the city hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day bash.
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1 sergeant
n.警官，中士
- His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
- How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？
2 accusation
n.控告，指责，谴责
- I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
- She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。
3 gulf
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
4 skyscrapers
n.摩天大楼
- A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
- On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。