AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-02
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1. Israel assassinates 1 a top figure in Hamas, one of the first assaults on the leadership of Gaza's rulers. The airstrike targeted an apartment building. Palestinian officials say 18 others were killed. Israel is escalating 2 its air offensive and seems ready to launch a ground invasion.
2. Police say a bomb threat that shut down Aspen, Colorado on New Year's Eve was real. Four packages in holiday wrapping held dangerous bombs. The man suspected of scattering 3 the devices later shot and killed himself.
3. The Rose Bowl Parade roared down the streets of Pasadena, California. Floats festooned with flowers pay tribute to this year's theme, "Hats off to Entertainment". Police estimate more than a million people will see the parade and the game that follow(s).
4. Several hundred brave "polar bears" took the plunge 4 into 2009 by taking a dip in the frigid 5 waters of New York Harbour. Air temperature about 20 degrees but those blustery winds made it feel much colder. The swim raises money for terminally ill children.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. festoon: v.
If something is festooned with, for example, lights, balloons, or flowers, large numbers of these things are hung from it or wrapped around it, especially in order to decorate it.
2. dip: n.
informal a quick swim
3. frigid: adj.
formal very cold
4. blustery: adj.
blustery weather is very windy.
5. hats off to someone
Idiom something that you say when you want to express your admiration for someone
- Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan have more encounters with Xanatos, who, in The Uncertain Path, nearly assassinates Yoda. 魁刚和欧比又和萨那托斯有过多次相遇。 来自互联网
- The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
- The child felle into a rage and began scattering its toys about. 这孩子突发狂怒，把玩具扔得满地都是。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The farmers are scattering seed. 农夫们在播种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Test pool's water temperature before you plunge in.在你跳入之前你应该测试水温。
- That would plunge them in the broil of the two countries.那将会使他们陷入这两国的争斗之中。