AP News一分钟新闻：印度单日新增新冠确诊病例逾6万
燕山大学 刘立军 供稿
【TRANSCRIPT】
This is AP News Minute.
The first night of the Republican National Convention included dire warnings about what would happen to the United States if Joe Biden is elected president. The convention included video of President Donald Trump discussing the coronavirus with frontline workers.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin fired tear gas at protesters who defied a curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks. It was the second straight night of protests after video showed a police officer shooting a black man, apparently in the back, wounding him.
India reported more than 60,000 coronavirus infections in a 24-hour period. The virus has affected well over three million people in India, but more than three quarters of those patients have been discharged from hospitals.
Tropical Storm Laura is now expected to become a major hurricane. Laura is forecast to make a landfall Wednesday night or Thursday near the Texas-Louisiana border.
【VOCABULARY】
1. dire adj. (formal) very serious 极其严重的；危急的。
例如：dire warnings / threats严重的警告/威胁
2. defy v. to refuse to obey or show respect for sb. in authority, a law, a rule, etc. 违抗；反抗；蔑视。
例如：I wouldn't have dared to defy my teachers. 我可不敢不听老师的话。
3. curfew n. a law which says that people must not go outside after a particular time at night until the morning; the time after which nobody must go outside 宵禁令；宵禁时间。
例如：The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. 军队强制实行黄昏至黎明的宵禁。
4. discharge sb. (from sth.): to give sb. official permission to leave a place or job; to make sb. leave a job 准许（某人）离开；解雇。
例如：Patients were being discharged from the hospital too early. 病人都过早获准出院。
5. landfall n. (literary) the land that you see or arrive at first after a journey by sea or by air （航海或飞行后）初见陆地，踏上陆地。
例如：After three weeks they made landfall on the coast of Ireland. 三个星期之后，他们登上了爱尔兰的海岸。
【QUESTIONS】
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
This is AP News Minute.
The first night of the Republican National Convention included (Q1) _______________ about what would happen to the United States if Joe Biden is elected president. The convention included video of President Donald Trump discussing the coronavirus with (Q2) ______________________.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin fired (Q3) ________________ at protesters who defied a (Q4) ______, threw bottles and shot fireworks. It was the second straight night of protests after video showed a police officer shooting a black man, apparently (Q5) ________________________, wounding him.
India reported more than 60,000 coronavirus (Q6) ________________ in a 24-hour period. The virus has affected well over three million people in India, but more than (Q7) _____________________ of those patients have been (Q8) __________________________ from hospitals.
Tropical Storm Laura is now expected to become a major (Q9) _______________________. Laura is forecast to make a (Q10) _____________________________ Wednesday night or Thursday near the Texas-Louisiana border.
【KEY】
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
This is AP News Minute.
The first night of the Republican National Convention included (Q1) dire warnings about what would happen to the United States if Joe Biden is elected president. The convention included video of President Donald Trump discussing the coronavirus with (Q2) frontline workers.
Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin fired (Q3) tear gas at protesters who defied a (Q4) curfew, threw bottles and shot fireworks. It was the second straight night of protests after video showed a police officer shooting a black man, apparently (Q5) in the back, wounding him.
India reported more than 60,000 coronavirus (Q6) infections in a 24-hour period. The virus has affected well over three million people in India, but more than (Q7) three quarters of those patients have been (Q8) discharged from hospitals.
Tropical Storm Laura is now expected to become a major (Q9) hurricane. Laura is forecast to make a (Q10) landfall Wednesday night or Thursday near the Texas-Louisiana border.