【新闻填空】 News earlier today （参考答案及惯用语在原文给出）

please fill out the 5 blanks with your knowledge and common sense.

 

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits at the （1.defendant ）'s table inside the courthouse as the jury is scheduled to continue deliberations for his （2. hush  ） money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 30, 2024 in New York City.

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The New York jurors in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial filed back into the Manhattan criminal courthouse this morning for a second day of deliberations.

The 12 jurors will need to （3. unanimously   ） agree to either （4. convict    ） or acquit Trump in the first criminal case against a former or sitting U.S. president. And Trump, who is the front-（5. runner  ） for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election, must wait in the building until the jurors are done. This could take several more hours, or more days.

 

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• convict：to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime
•  acquit：to decide officially in a law court that someone is not   guilty of a particular crime
• front-runner：In politics, a front-runner is the candidate considered most likely to win an election.

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• Thursday afternoon :) You filled out the first one for us :) -甜虫虫- ♀ (105 bytes) () 05/30/2024 postreply 15:37:36

• ：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/30/2024 postreply 15:55:08

• 虫虫肯定天天看英语新闻！全对有没有！：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 10:14:35

• 第一个是你送的，别人好像都没有看到 ：）我听新闻，不看新闻 -甜虫虫- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 11:31:33

• 今天这个有点难：）交作业，谢妖mm！ -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (113 bytes) () 05/30/2024 postreply 16:06:52

• 我最近开始每天看英语新闻才意识到很多英文表达我都不知道，包括这个天天看到的“封口费”：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 10:16:50

• Here you go. -7grizzly- ♂ (1550 bytes) () 05/30/2024 postreply 20:54:05

• 也经常看英语新闻吧：） -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 10:17:30

• Can't help it. News is a force to reckon with :-))) -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 12:44:15

• 交作业 -方外居士- ♂ (3134 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 06:37:33

• 很棒！一看就是总看英语新闻！ -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 10:18:47

• ====== 谢谢童鞋们积极参与！ 参考答案及惯用语在原文给出 ====== -妖妖灵- ♀ (0 bytes) () 05/31/2024 postreply 20:00:49