美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-18
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
- 1 美联社新闻一分钟 2007-01-18
1. More than 77,000 homes and businesses are without power in Oklahoma after a severe ice and snow storm knocked down branches and power lines. Utility crews say it may be next week before some people get power.
2. Audio tapes from a commuter 1 plane crash last August revealed that the copilot noted 2 it was weird 3 that the airstrip had no lights on. Comair Flight 5191 then went down the wrong runway and crashed killing 4 49 people of the 50 on board.
3. More Iraqis are dying in what appears to be a renewed campaign of Sunni insurgent 5 violence against Shiites. Police say 17 people died after a suicide car bomb struck a busy marketplace in the Shiite district of Sadr City. Yesterday 142 people were killed in Iraq.
4. Rescuers are trying to hurl 6 the last of a group of wayward dolphins back out to sea. The group became trapped in a shallow cove 7 of Long Island south last week. Six dolphins remain trapped of the original group of more than 20.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. copilot : N-COUNT
The copilot of an aircraft is a pilot who assists the chief pilot.
2. airstrip : N-COUNT
An airstrip is a stretch of land which has been cleared so that aircraft can take off and land.
3. wayward : ADJ
If you describe a person or their behaviour as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control.
4. cove : N-COUNT
A cove is a part of a coast where the land curves inwards so that the sea is partly enclosed.
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
- Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
- From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来，他好像有点怪。
- His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
- The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
- The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
- To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。