一段新闻，学习了三个词组

爱网观察员

Text messages may reveal motive for bus murder
5:42AM
7 ^5 I6 F4 c( [( U3 u3 W
We may have the first hint of a motive for the shocking murder on a Greyhound bus in Manitoba last week.

. X6 h; n' F; A# m, d0 eInfomation obtained by iNews 880 and the Winnipeg Free Press newspaper suggests an incident involving a woman brought victim Tim McLean and accused killer Vince Li together.
: [+ }  B" t: x( A
) S& R  u6 Q6 v7 G) P8 yThe information given to us said at the stopover in Brandon, an Asian Guy had been hitting on a girl that Tim knew on the bus and that Tim told him to "lay off".
3 Y3 L7 q$ D$ p" y4 U$ N- {& l
( x, Z: K# U% i  Q7 s+ W9 xThe Winnipeg Free Press suggests Vince Li, spent nearly an hour chatting up the victim's female co-worker during their ride through western Manitoba.

; [6 [- h. P& i' ^  EThe pair seemed friendly but as the bus resumed its ill-fated journey towards Winnipeg, Li suddenly moved to the back of the bus and sat down beside McLean, who was listening to his headphones and apparently asleep.

; t: X6 B. x! k9 w! b$ J# U/ h9 [Answers:
$ h. q$ e0 A6 i/ Q
( q7 z& f6 ^2 o6 b9 p* l/ a4 M- UChat up -- Talk flirtatiously to, as in Leave it to Charlie to chat up the girls. This usage is mostly but not entirely British. [Late 1800s]
) H- ~4 y) t8 j; I
- m8 I7 d  d  s: M# u& rHit on -- Make sexual advances to someone, especially unwanted ones, as in You can't go into that bar without being hit on. [Slang; mid-1900s]

3 O" Q# Q0 `7 t0 I! bLay off –- 1. Stop doing something, quit, as in Lay off that noise for a minute, so the baby can get to sleep, or She resolved to lay off smoking. [Early 1900s] ;
          2. Stop bothering or annoying someone, as in Lay off or I'll tell the teacher. [Slang; c. 1900]

[ 本帖最后由 卜兆吉尚活 于 2008-8-5 15:11 编辑 ]

xb.su

irish

就是说有动机了？可以定一级谋杀。

織紗千影

Thanks for sharing