美联社新闻一分钟 AP 尼日利亚21层公寓楼突然倒塌

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

A majority of the Supreme¹ Court has signaled they would allow abortion² providers to pursue a court challenge to a Texas law that has virtually ended most abortions³ in the state.

最高法院的大多数成员已经表示，他们将允许堕胎服务提供者向法院挑战得克萨斯州的一项几乎完全禁止堕胎的法律。

But it's unclear how quickly the court will rule or whether it will put the law on hold.

但目前还不清楚法院会以多快的速度做出裁决，也不清楚它是否会搁置这项法律。

At a U.N. summit in Scotland, President Joe Biden says the United States and other developed nations bear much of the responsibility for climate change.

在苏格兰举行的联合国峰会上，美国总统拜登说，美国和其他发达国家对气候变化负有很大责任。

Biden told world leaders that actions taken this decade to contain climate change will be decisive.

拜登对世界各国领导人表示，这十年为遏制气候变化所采取的行动将是决定性的。

The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse has begun with the challenging task of seating jurors who haven't already made up their minds in the case.

凯尔·里滕豪斯的审判已经开始，让尚未对此案做出决定的陪审员就座是一项具有挑战性的任务。

Rittenhouse was 17 when he shot three people, killing⁴ two, during a violent night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin in August of last year.

去年8月，在威斯康星州基诺沙的一个暴力抗议之夜，17岁的里滕豪斯开枪射击了3人，其中2人死亡。

At least three people were killed and dozens more are missing after the collapse⁵ of a 21-story apartment building being built in Lagos, Nigeria.

尼日利亚拉各斯一座在建的21层公寓楼倒塌，造成至少3人死亡，数十人失踪。

One construction worker estimated that about 100 people were working at the site when the building collapsed⁶.

一名建筑工人估计，大楼倒塌时，大约有100人在工地上工作。

1 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• 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。

2 abortion   

n.流产，堕胎

参考例句：

• She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
• A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。

3 abortions   

n.小产( abortion的名词复数 )；小产胎儿；（计划）等中止或夭折；败育

参考例句：

• The Venerable Master: By not having abortions, by not killing living beings. 上人：不堕胎、不杀生。 来自互联网
• Conclusion Chromosome abnormality is one of the causes of spontaneous abortions. 结论：染色体异常是导致反复自然流产的原因之一。 来自互联网

4 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。

5 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。

6 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。