美联社新闻一分钟 AP 弗洛伊德案宣判:警察被定罪

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

A jury has convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the killing¹ of George Floyd. Floyd died last May after Chauvin, a white officer, pinned his knee on the 46-year-old Black man's neck.

陪审团判定前明尼阿波利斯警官德里克·肖万(Derek Chauvin)在杀害乔治·弗洛伊德(George Floyd)一案中犯有谋杀罪和过失杀人罪。去年5月，白人警察肖文用膝盖跪压46岁黑人男子的脖颈后致其死亡。

Several doctors were prevented from seeing Russian opposition² leader Alexei Navalny in a prison hospital after his three-week hunger strike. Navalny was transferred Sunday from a penal³ colony east of Moscow to a hospital after his lawyers said his condition has dramatically worsened.

俄罗斯反对派领导人阿列克谢·纳瓦尔尼(Alexei Navalny)绝食三周后，几名医生被禁止前往监狱医院探望。纳瓦尔尼的律师声称，他的病情急剧恶化后，纳瓦尔尼周日从莫斯科东部的监狱转移到一家医院。

Marches were held across Myanmar, including one led by monks⁴ to show support for the country's unity⁵ government overthrown⁶ in a February coup⁷. The military authorities outlawed⁸ a shadow government announced last week by protest leaders to serve as an alternative.

缅甸各地都举行了游行，其中包括由僧侣领导的游行，以表示对二月份政变中被推翻的联合政府的支持。军事当局宣布，上周抗议领袖宣布成立影子政府作为替代政府是非法的。

Fire crews worked for a third day to extinguish a wildfire on the slopes of Cape⁹ Town's Table Mountain. The city is coming to terms with one of the area's worst blazes in years.

消防人员连续第三天努力扑灭开普敦桌山山上的野火。这个城市正在遭受该地区多年来最严重的火灾之一。

1 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。

2 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

3 penal   

adj.刑罚的；刑法上的

参考例句：

• I hope you're familiar with penal code.我希望你们熟悉本州法律规则。
• He underwent nineteen years of penal servitude for theft.他因犯了大窃案受过十九年的苦刑。

4 monks   

n.修道士，僧侣( monk的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The monks lived a very ascetic life. 僧侣过着很清苦的生活。
• He had been trained rigorously by the monks. 他接受过修道士的严格训练。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

6 overthrown   

adj. 打翻的，推倒的，倾覆的 动词overthrow的过去分词

参考例句：

• The president was overthrown in a military coup. 总统在军事政变中被赶下台。
• He has overthrown the basic standards of morality. 他已摒弃了基本的道德标准。

7 coup   

n.政变；突然而成功的行动

参考例句：

• The monarch was ousted by a military coup.那君主被军事政变者废黜了。
• That government was overthrown in a military coup three years ago.那个政府在3年前的军事政变中被推翻。

8 outlawed   

宣布…为不合法（outlaw的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• Most states have outlawed the use of marijuana. 大多数州都宣布使用大麻为非法行为。
• I hope the sale of tobacco will be outlawed someday. 我希望有朝一日烟草制品会禁止销售。

9 cape   

n.海角，岬；披肩，短披风

参考例句：

• I long for a trip to the Cape of Good Hope.我渴望到好望角去旅行。
• She was wearing a cape over her dress.她在外套上披着一件披肩。