重点词汇词组:
1.The team beat denmark 2-1 in extra time in the EURO 2020 semis.
extra time 加时赛
eg.Liverpool had won the game in extra time.
利物浦队通过加时赛赢得了比赛。
2.Harry Kane clinched it with a rebound from a save penalty.
clinch 成功赢得;解决
eg.How did you manage to clinch the deal?
你把那协议谈妥了,是怎么做到的?
save penalty 补射点球
penalty意为罚点球,加上save之后,意思是点球被扑后又被救回,即补射点球。
3.South Africa's former president is beginning a 15-month prison sentence after handing himself into police.
hand oneself into police 自首
【近义词组】give oneself up;turn onself in;confess one's crime
eg.After a week on the run he gave himself up to the police.
他逃跑一周后向警方投案自首了。
sentence 句子;宣判,判决
【常见搭配】suspended sentence 缓刑
eg.The judge gave him a nine-month suspended sentence.
法官判处他有期徒刑九个月,缓期执行。
death sentence 死刑
eg.His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
他原本的死刑被减成终身监禁。
4.Jacob Zuma was convicted of contempt of court relating to a corruption investigation.
be convicted of... 被宣判有...罪
eg.He was convicted of fraud.
他被判犯有诈骗罪。
contempt of court 蔑视法庭
eg.Any person who disregards this order will be in contempt of court.
凡漠视本法令者将被判藐视法庭罪。
5.Budapest dismisseda demand from the European commission to repeal the bill arguing that the measures are to protect children.
dismiss 不予理会;解散;不受理
【相关词汇】dismissive 轻蔑的,不屑一顾的
He was dismissive of the report, saying it was riddled with inaccuracies.
他对那份报告不屑一顾,说那里面充斥着不准确的信息。
长难句解析:
Budapest1 dismissed2 a demand from the European commission to repeal the bill3 arguing that the measures are to protect children4.
解:1主语+2谓语+3宾语+4状语
析:4中,arguing that the measures are to protect children是整句话的状语,that引导宾语从句,从句中包含be to do这个结构,表示即将发生的事情。