美国有线新闻 CNN 2013-08-18

 A court hearing connected to the Boston marathon terror bombings. That is our lead story today. Hello, everyone, welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. My name is Carl Azuz.

 

 

 

Back in April, two bombs went off near the finish line of the Boston marathon. Three people were killed, at least 264 others were injured. The suspects are brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. They are also accused of killing¹ a campus police officer in the days following the bombing.

 

 

 

Tamerlan was killed in the shootout with police. Dzhokhar was arrested and charged with multiple crimes, but yesterday’s court hearing was for two other people, Dias Kadyrbayev, in the middle of this photo, and Azamat Tazhayakov to his left. They are friends of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. They have been charged with obstructing³ justice and conspiracy⁴ to obstruct² justice. They weren’t involved in the actual bombing. Authorities say they took items from Tsarnaev’s dorm room after the bombing, in order to hide them from investigators⁵. Yesterday’s hearing was an arraignment⁶, when defendants⁷ are called to court to respond to the charges against them. It only lasted four minutes. The two defendants heard the charges against them, entered pleas of not guilty, and were led back out of the court.

 

 

 

Some survivors⁸ of a Florida sinkhole are saying a security guard saved lives. It’s part of a resort near Disneyworld, crumbled⁹ into the ground Sunday night. This is how Richard Shanley reacted.

 

 

 

I went door to door, just beating on the doors, trying to get people out, and making sure they were safe. I went floor to floor, got everybody out, and at the time I got done, I really didn’t think about it. I just got them out and then got out myself.

 

 

 

Everyone in the building made it out safely, no injuries, but that’s not always how things work out with sinkholes. Here’s CNN’s John Berman.

 

 

 

That’s what a sinkhole sounds like, swallowing the summer bay resort early Monday morning. The 60-foot wide crater¹⁰ in Claremont, Florida, just the latest incident in this year’s string of sinkholes across the country. In July, 60-year-old Pamela Knox plummeted¹¹ into a nearly 20-foot sinkhole, while driving on a busy Toledo, Ohio street. But some have not been so lucky. In February, a sinkhole opened up underneath¹² a suburban¹³ Tampa home, killing 36-year-old Jeff Bush, who was sleeping in his bedroom.

 

 

 

This is how sinkholes are formed. A cavity slowly develops in the limestone¹⁴ bedrock. Over time, it widens, eventually breaking the surface. Then, the clay and sand above collapse¹⁵ into the hole, swallowing everything in its path.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• 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。

2 obstruct   

v.阻隔，阻塞(道路、通道等)；n.阻碍物，障碍物

参考例句：

• He became still more dissatisfied with it and secretly did everything in his power to obstruct it.他对此更不满意，尽在暗里使绊子。
• The fallen trees obstruct the road.倒下的树将路堵住了。

3 obstructing   

阻塞( obstruct的现在分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止

参考例句：

• You can't park here, you're obstructing my driveway. 你不能在这里停车，你挡住了我家的车道。
• He was charged for obstructing the highway. 他因阻碍交通而受控告。

4 conspiracy   

n.阴谋，密谋，共谋

参考例句：

• The men were found guilty of conspiracy to murder.这些人被裁决犯有阴谋杀人罪。
• He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him.他声称这一切都是一场针对他的阴谋。

5 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 arraignment   

n.提问，传讯，责难

参考例句：

• She was remanded to juvenile detention at her arraignment yesterday. 她昨天被送回了对少年拘留在她的传讯。 来自互联网
• Wyatt asks the desk clerk which courthouse he is being transferred to for arraignment. 他向接待警员询问了马宏将在哪个法庭接受传讯。 来自互联网

7 defendants   

被告( defendant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The courts heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession. 法官审判时发现6位被告人曾被迫承认罪行。
• As in courts, the defendants are represented by legal counsel. 与法院相同，被告有辩护律师作为代表。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件

8 survivors   

幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
• survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

9 crumbled   

（把…）弄碎， （使）碎成细屑( crumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 衰落； 坍塌； 损坏

参考例句：

• He crumbled the bread in his fingers. 他用手指把面包捻碎。
• Our hopes crumbled when the business went bankrupt. 商行破产了，我们的希望也破灭了。

10 crater   

n.火山口，弹坑

参考例句：

• With a telescope you can see the huge crater of Ve-suvius.用望远镜你能看到巨大的维苏威火山口。
• They came to the lip of a dead crater.他们来到了一个死火山口。

11 plummeted   

v.垂直落下，骤然跌落( plummet的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Share prices plummeted to an all-time low. 股票价格暴跌到历史最低点。
• A plane plummeted to earth. 一架飞机一头栽向地面。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

13 suburban   

adj.城郊的，在郊区的

参考例句：

• Suburban shopping centers were springing up all over America. 效区的商业中心在美国如雨后春笋般地兴起。
• There's a lot of good things about suburban living.郊区生活是有许多优点。

14 limestone   

n.石灰石

参考例句：

• Limestone is often used in building construction.石灰岩常用于建筑。
• Cement is made from limestone.水泥是由石灰石制成的。

15 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。