美联社新闻一分钟 AP NASA发射激光通信中继演示任务

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Face to face for just over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call Tuesday.

周二，美国总统乔·拜登和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京举行了两个多小时的闭门视频会谈。

Biden put Moscow on notice that an invasion of Ukraine would bring enormous harm to the Russian economy.

拜登警告“莫斯科”入侵乌克兰将会给俄罗斯经济造成巨大的损害。

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

今天（12月7日）是日本偷袭珍珠港80周年纪念日。

Biden marked it with a somber¹ visit to the World War Ⅱ Memorial in the nation's capital.

拜登怀着沉痛的心情参观了位于美国首都华盛顿的二战纪念碑，以此来纪念这一事件。

Amazon Web Services suffered a major outage, limiting service at many key and popular sites.

亚马逊网络服务遭遇了严重中断，限制了许多关键和受欢迎网站的服务。

The company provides cloud computing² services to many governments, universities and companies, including The Associated Press.

该公司为许多政府、大学和公司提供云计算服务，其中包括美联社。

And NASA has launched the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration³ mission from Cape⁴ Canaveral, Florida.

美国国家航空航天局（NASA）在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角发射了激光通信中继演示任务。

LCRD is a technology demonstration that will pave the way for future optical communications missions.

LCRD是一项技术演示，将为未来的光通信任务铺平道路。

1 somber   

adj.昏暗的，阴天的，阴森的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
• His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。

2 computing   

n.计算

参考例句：

• to work in computing 从事信息处理
• Back in the dark ages of computing, in about 1980, they started a software company. 早在计算机尚未普及的时代（约1980年），他们就创办了软件公司。

3 demonstration   

n.表明，示范，论证，示威

参考例句：

• His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。
• He gave a demonstration of the new technique then and there.他当场表演了这种新的操作方法。

4 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。