美联社新闻一分钟 AP 德国海德堡大学发生枪击事件

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Defense¹ Secretary Lloyd Austin has put up to 8,500 troops on heightened alert in the face of ongoing² Russian aggression³ on the border of Ukraine.

面对俄罗斯在乌克兰边境的持续侵略，美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀已将8500多名士兵置于高度戒备状态。

The Pentagon says the troops will be prepared to deploy⁴ if needed to reassure⁵ NATO allies.

美国五角大楼表示，如果需要，这些士兵将做好准备听从部署，以安抚北约盟国。

The Detroit-area high school where four students were fatally shot has reopened for the first time since the November 30 tragedy.

底特律地区的一所高中自11月30日悲剧发生以来首次重新开学，这所高中有四名学生被枪杀。

Students from Oxford⁶ High School have been attending classes at other buildings since January 10.

自1月10日以来，牛津高中的学生一直在其他楼上课。

Police say one person was killed and three people were wounded after a man opened fire during a packed lecture at Heidelberg University in Germany.

警方表示，一名男子在德国海德堡大学的一堂座无虚席的课上开枪，造成1人死亡，3人受伤。

Authorities say the suspected gunman, an 18-year-old biology student, killed himself.

当局表示，持枪嫌疑人是一名18岁的生物系学生，他已自杀身亡。

The world's biggest and most powerful space telescope has reached its final destination 1 million miles from earth.

世界上最大、最强大的太空望远镜已经到达了距离地球100万英里的最终目的地。

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope fired its rocket thrusters Monday, to put the $10 billion observatory⁷ into orbit around the sun.

美国航空航天局的詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜周一启动了火箭推进器，将耗资100亿美元的天文台送入围绕太阳的轨道。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。

2 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

3 aggression   

n.进攻，侵略，侵犯，侵害

参考例句：

• So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
• Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。

4 deploy   

v.（军）散开成战斗队形，布置，展开

参考例句：

• The infantry began to deploy at dawn.步兵黎明时开始进入战斗位置。
• The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.总统称并不打算部署地面部队。

5 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

6 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

7 observatory   

n.天文台，气象台，瞭望台，观测台

参考例句：

• Guy's house was close to the observatory.盖伊的房子离天文台很近。
• Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.格林威治天文台的职员们每天对大钟检查两次。