美联社新闻一分钟 AP 拜登下令动用国家战略石油储备

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

An 8-year-old boy is now the sixth person to die after an SUV sped through a Wisconsin Christmas parade, hitting dozens of people.

在威斯康星州，一辆高速行驶的SUV冲进圣诞游行队伍，撞上了数十人，一名8岁的男孩现在成为第六个死亡的人。

Darrell Brooks¹ was in court on Tuesday and is charged with five counts of first degree intentional² homicide.

达雷尔·布鲁克斯周二出庭，被指控犯有五项一级故意杀人罪。

President Biden has ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from the nation's strategic reserve, in hopes of bringing down gas prices.

美国总统拜登下令从国家战略储备中释放5000万桶石油，以期降低天然气价格。

The American Automobile³ Association says a gallon of gas now costs about $3.40, more than 50% higher than a year ago.

美国汽车协会表示，现在每加仑汽油的价格约为3.40美元，比一年前高出50%以上。

A Missouri man was freed from prison after a judge ruled that he was wrongly convicted of three murders in 1979.

一名法官裁定，一名在1979年的审判中被错误定为三项谋杀罪名的密苏里州男子将被无罪释放。

Kevin Strickland is now 62 and spent more than 40 years in prison.

凯文·斯特里克兰德现年62岁，在监狱里度过了40多年。

NASA has sent a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid⁴.

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）发射了一艘宇宙飞船去撞击一颗小行星。

The idea is to see if it is possible to knock an asteroid off course, in case one is ever threatening Earth.

这个想法是为了看看是否有可能将一颗小行星撞离轨道，以防它威胁到地球。

1 brooks   

n.小溪( brook的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Brooks gave the business when Haas caught him with his watch. 哈斯抓到偷他的手表的布鲁克斯时，狠狠地揍了他一顿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Ade and Brooks exchanged blows yesterday and they were severely punished today. 艾德和布鲁克斯昨天打起来了，今天他们受到严厉的惩罚。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 intentional   

adj.故意的，有意（识）的

参考例句：

• Let me assure you that it was not intentional.我向你保证那不是故意的。
• His insult was intentional.他的侮辱是有意的。

3 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

4 asteroid   

n.小行星；海盘车(动物)

参考例句：

• Astronomers have yet to witness an asteroid impact with another planet.天文学家还没有目击过小行星撞击其它行星。
• It's very unlikely that an asteroid will crash into Earth but the danger exists.小行星撞地球的可能性很小，但这样的危险还是存在的。