美语听力练习素材:水上乐园合伙人被指控谋杀

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1.A water park co-owner waved extradition in a South Texas court, so he can be sent back to Kansas.

extradition引渡
His lawyers argue that extradition arrangements between Britain and the US are imbalanced.
他的律师认为英国与美国之间的引渡安排是不对等的。

 

2.Jeffrey Henry faces charges including second degree murder in the accidental decapitation of a 10-year-old boy on the world's tallest water slide in Kansas city back in 2016.

decapitation斩首
 

Al Qaeda in Yemen has reconstituted itself as a decentralized group that is more attuned to local grievances; again, decapitation is unlikely to do the trick.
基地组织将自身重组为权力更加分散的集团，并且变得更加“亲民”。这再次证明“斩首行动”没有奏效。