时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(三月)


英语课

1. The crisis continues at a Japanese nuclear plant. A drop in water levels left uranium rods completely exposed today. And although the water was restored, the rods are again exposed after a second episode. That increases the risk that radiation will spread.


 


2. Millions of survivors 1 of the earthquake and tsunami 2 are entering a fourth night without food, water or heat and temperatures that are near-freezing. A police official says 1,000 bodies have been found scattered 3 along the coastline.


 


3. A fifteenth victim has died after a tour bus that crashed on a New York City highway in a horrific weekend accident. Police say a 70-year-old man died from his injuries this morning.


 


4. An April 6 hearing date has been set in the federal antitrust lawsuit 4 filed by players against the NFL. The players filed a request last week for an injunction that would keep the NFL and the teams from engaging in a lockout, which took effect at midnight Friday.



幸存者,残存者,生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
n.海啸
  • Powerful quake sparks tsunami warning in Japan.大地震触发了日本的海啸预警。
  • Coastlines all around the Indian Ocean inundated by a huge tsunami.大海啸把印度洋沿岸地区都淹没了。
adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的
  • Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来,塞进文件夹里。
n.诉讼,控诉
  • They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。
  • He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。
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