Oscar Pistorius recounts night of killing

South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has begun to describe in court the moments
leading up to the shooting of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
The athlete denies deliberately shooting dead Ms Steenkamp in his home on Valentine's
Day last year, arguing he mistook her for an intruder.
He said he was overcome with fear after hearing a noise from the bathroom.
Earlier he cried when describing Valentine's Day gifts they were to give each other.
On his first day on the stand, he made a tearful apology to Ms Steenkamp's family.
If found guilty, the 27-year-old athlete could face life imprisonment.
Describing hearing the noise, he told his murder trial in a voice trembling with emotion:
"That's the moment everything changed".
"I thought that there was a burglar that was gaining entry to my home," he said
The athlete, 27, said he wanted to protect Ms Steenkamp and went to get his gun.
"I whispered to Reeva to get down and phone the police," he said.
Shortly afterwards, he retched as a photograph of her body was briefly shown on a screen
in court.
He also faces charges of illegally firing a gun in public and of illegally possessing
ammunition, which he denies.
There are no juries at trials in South Africa, and his fate will ultimately be decided by the
judge, assisted by two assessors.

*Vocabulary:
1.recount (v) thut li, k li chi tit
2.deliberately (a) cn nhc, thn trng; tnh ton, ch
3.intruder (n) ngi xm nhp, ngi khng mi m n
4.imprisonment (n) b t, tng giam
5.tremble (v) (n) run s, lo lng
6.whisper (v) (n) th thm, bn tn
7.retch (v) nn e
8.briefly (adv) ngn gn, vn tt
9.charge (n) trch nhim, bn phn
10.ammunition (n) c dc
11.jury (n) ban hi thm, bi thm on; ban gim kho
12.trial (n) xt x, x n
13.fate (n) nh mnh, s phn; nghip chng
14.ultimately (adv) cui cng, sau cng
15.assessor (n) vin hi thm