夏说英语新闻晨读 第194期:德国圣诞市场遭遇恐怖袭击

 本期内容：

German authorities released a 23-year-old Pakistani asylum-seeker who was arrested as a suspect in the massacre¹ at a Berlin Christmas market. A Polish-registered lorry ploughed into the crowd, killing² 12 and injuring 48, 30 of them seriously; a man believed to be its Polish driver was found shot dead in the cab. The 1slamic（因个别敏感词筛查机制，屏蔽个别字母） State claimed responsibility for the attack.

Release: 释放
Asylum-seeker：寻求庇护者
Ma*sacre（因个别敏感词筛查机制，屏蔽个别字母）：大屠杀
Plough：穿过

 

1 massacre   

n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀

参考例句：

• There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
• If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！

2 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。