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1. The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction1 to kill. It’s a crime that carries a possible death sentence. The charges represent a decision by the White House to try Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the federal2 court system instead of as an enemy combatant in front of a military trial.
2. Meantime3, hundreds of family members and friends have mourned the death of Krystle Campbell. The 29-year-old restaurant manager was one of the 3 people killed in the bombings at the Boston Marathon. One person who attended the funeral says Campbell’s parents were too distraught to talk.
3. Up and down, the east coast airports are reporting flight delays. This is the first weekday on which thousands of air traffic controllers are being forced to take an unpaid4 day off because of federal budget cuts.
4. And tent villagers have sprung up in China’s Sichuan Province, two days after an earthquake killed at least 188 people. Many say the Chinese government has learned5 the importance of fast coordination6 since a quake 3 years ago killed 2,600 people.
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1 destruction | |
n.破坏,毁灭,消灭 | |
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2 federal | |
adj.联盟的;联邦的;(美国)联邦政府的 | |
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3 meantime | |
n.其时,其间;adv.同时,当时 | |
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4 unpaid | |
adj.未付款的,无报酬的 | |
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5 learned | |
adj.有学问的,博学的;learn的过去式和过去分词 | |
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6 coordination | |
n.协调,协作 | |
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