CNN 2012-03-18

 Friends and neighbors of army staff sergeant¹ Robert Bales in Tacoma Washington say they are shocked by the accusation² that he murdered 16 Afghan villagers last weekend in a sudden shooting spree.Cathy Holland lives near Bales',his wife and two children.

 

Happy family normal,family,just lots of prayers for Bob and his family,it's just heart-breaking.

 

Bales is waiting for formal charges at Fort Leavenworth,Kansans.

 

An 83-year-old man is jailed in west Virginia on three counts of murder.Fayette County Sheriff officials say they arrested the suspect outside the home,where two women were found dead,a third person later died at hospital.

 

NOAA is out with the annual drought forecast.The director of the agency southern regional climate services,David Brown says,there are still very significant and widespread drought conditions in the southern plains region.

 

Right now,the conditions are most pronounced in west Texas,and eastern New Mexico,but they also extend into parts of Oklahoma,Kansas,Colorado,even parts of the Gulf³ Coast,coast to Louisiana.

 

Amid the skyscrapers⁴ sidewalks,and suburbs,subways of New York,that is researchers have discovered a new frog spices.The amphibian⁵ is part of the crowded Leopard⁶ frog spices,but it's so new,it doesn't even have a name yet.Scientists say,Yankee Stadium in the Bronx is the center of its current range.

 

Thousands of revelers,in shades of green,jammed onto New York City streets today to celebrate St. Patrick's Day and watched the city's annual pray,now in its 251st year.But New York is far from the only city celebrating the luck of Irish and this is what it sounded like in Savannah,Georgia,earlier today as the city hosted its annual St. Patrick's Day bash.

 

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1 sergeant   

n.警官，中士

参考例句：

• His elder brother is a sergeant.他哥哥是个警官。
• How many stripes are there on the sleeve of a sergeant?陆军中士的袖子上有多少条纹？

2 accusation   

n.控告，指责，谴责

参考例句：

• I was furious at his making such an accusation.我对他的这种责备非常气愤。
• She knew that no one would believe her accusation.她知道没人会相信她的指控。

3 gulf   

n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂

参考例句：

• The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
• There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

4 skyscrapers   

n.摩天大楼

参考例句：

• A lot of skyscrapers in Manhattan are rising up to the skies. 曼哈顿有许多摩天大楼耸入云霄。
• On all sides, skyscrapers rose like jagged teeth. 四周耸起的摩天大楼参差不齐。

5 amphibian   

n.两栖动物；水陆两用飞机和车辆

参考例句：

• The frog is an amphibian,which means it can live on land and in water.青蛙属于两栖动物，也就是说它既能生活在陆地上也能生活在水里。
• Amphibian is an important specie in ecosystem and has profound meaning in the ecotoxicology evaluation.两栖类是生态系统中的重要物种，并且对环境毒理评价有着深远意义。

6 leopard   

n.豹

参考例句：

• I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
• The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。