美联社新闻一分钟 AP 日本新型火箭H3发射失败

This is AP News Minute.

这里是美联社一分钟新闻。

Two of the four U.S. citizens missing since their violent abduction last week in the northern Mexican border city of Matamoros have been found dead.

上周在墨西哥北部边境城市马塔莫罗斯被暴力绑架后失踪的四名美国公民中，两人已被发现死亡。

The state's governor, Americo Villarreal, says that one of the surviving U.S. citizens was wounded and the other was not.

州长阿梅里科·比利亚雷亚尔说，幸存的两名美国公民中，一名受伤，另一名没有受伤。

Garbage collectors blocked one of the French capital's main waste management plants Tuesday to show their anger at a bill raising the retirement¹ age to 64.

周二，垃圾清运工人封锁了法国首都巴黎的一处主要垃圾处理厂，以表达他们对一项将退休年龄提高到64岁的法案的愤怒。

The incinerator's chimneys spewed plumes² of grayish smoke as rubbish collected last week burned in a giant furnace.

当上周收集的垃圾在一个巨大的熔炉里燃烧时，垃圾焚化炉的烟囱喷出一股股灰色的烟雾。

Japan's space agency intentionally³ destroyed a new H3 rocket moments into its launch on Tuesday after the ignition for the second stage failed.

周二，在二级发动机未能成功点燃后，日本航天局在一枚新型H3火箭发射后不久故意将其摧毁。

The H3's failure was a setback⁴ for Japan's space program--and possibly for its missile detection program.

H3火箭发射失败是日本太空计划的一次挫折，可能也是其导弹探测计划的一次挫折。

And the Hindu community in Karachi celebrated⁵ Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, after two years of subdued⁶ revelry due to COVID-19.

卡拉奇的印度教社区庆祝洒红节，这是印度教的色彩节，此前两年，人们因新冠疫情而低调狂欢。

The Holi celebrations recreate the legend of the Hindu god Krishna spraying his consort⁷ Radha and her friends with red, yellow, green and saffron colors.

洒红节庆祝活动重现了印度教神克里希纳向他的配偶拉达和她的朋友洒红色、黄色、绿色和橘黄色颜料的传说。

1 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。

2 plumes   

羽毛( plume的名词复数 )； 羽毛饰； 羽毛状物； 升上空中的羽状物

参考例句：

• The dancer wore a headdress of pink ostrich plumes. 那位舞蹈演员戴着粉色鸵鸟毛制作的头饰。
• The plumes on her bonnet barely moved as she nodded. 她点点头，那帽子的羽毛在一个劲儿颤动。

3 intentionally   

ad.故意地，有意地

参考例句：

• I didn't say it intentionally. 我是无心说的。
• The local authority ruled that he had made himself intentionally homeless and was therefore not entitled to be rehoused. 当地政府裁定他是有意居无定所，因此没有资格再获得提供住房。

4 setback   

n.退步，挫折，挫败

参考例句：

• Since that time there has never been any setback in his career.从那时起他在事业上一直没有遇到周折。
• She views every minor setback as a disaster.她把每个较小的挫折都看成重大灾难。

5 celebrated   

adj.有名的，声誉卓著的

参考例句：

• He was soon one of the most celebrated young painters in England.不久他就成了英格兰最负盛名的年轻画家之一。
• The celebrated violinist was mobbed by the audience.观众团团围住了这位著名的小提琴演奏家。

6 subdued   

adj. 屈服的，柔和的，减弱的 动词subdue的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He seemed a bit subdued to me. 我觉得他当时有点闷闷不乐。
• I felt strangely subdued when it was all over. 一切都结束的时候，我却有一种奇怪的压抑感。

7 consort   

v.相伴；结交

参考例句：

• They went in consort two or three together.他们三三两两结伴前往。
• The nurses are instructed not to consort with their patients.护士得到指示不得与病人交往。