[04:26.39]Paul Adams reports.
[04:27.81]Sister Rapp was a nun for nearly half a century, but for five years until April, 2011 she had a very bad habit.
[04:36.82]Although she denied it when she was first arrested last year,
[04:39.66]she’s now admitted stealing around $128,000 from two New York churches to fund her insatiable desire to gamble in local casinos.
[04:49.63]The">The theft came to light in the course of a routine audit.
[04:53.45]She’s due to be sentenced by Judge James Punch on 1st July.
[04:58.28]Paul Adams
[04:59.45]BBC News
第三页:词汇解析
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难度:4星核心词汇,属常用3000词
英汉解释
vt.营救;援救
n.营救;救援
参考例句
用作及物动词 (vt.)
Had Jim not dived in to
rescue">rescue">rescue">rescue
him, the boy would have drowned.
如果不是吉姆跳下水去救,那小孩早就淹死了。
The">The government has
rescue">rescue">rescue">rescued
the firm from bankruptcy by giving them a grant.
政府拨款给这家公司使其免于破产。
用作名词 (n.)
The
rescue">rescue">rescue">rescue
attempt was impeded by bad weather.
营救工作受到恶劣天气的妨碍。