AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-30
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月
1.The White House is urging Hamas to agree to a ceasefire with Israel as a first step in halting the current Israeli air assault on Gaza. White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe spoke 1 of the Hamas move not to renew a ceasefire with Israel.
2.The search continues for a cruise ship passenger who went missing on Christmas Day. FBI agents have spoken to the husband of Jennifer Seitz who reportedly fell from a cruise ship balcony off the coast of Cancún.
3.Eight snowmobilers are missing and some are feared dead following avalanches 2 in Canada's backcountry. Rescuers are facing extreme conditions from crashing snow as they attempt to locate the man.
4.And Detroit Lions fired coach Rod Marinelli less than 24 hours after his squad 3 became the first in NFL history to finish a season 0-16. Cleveland's Romeo Crennel and New York Jets’ coach Eric Mangini were also fired Monday.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.Cancún: n. 坎昆
Cancun locates in Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and is a scuba 4 diving resort
2.backcountry: n.
a sparsely 5 inhabited rural region
3. squad: n.
an athletic team
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation. 火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是炽热和窒息作用。 来自辞典例句
- Avalanches poured down on the tracks and rails were spread. 雪崩压满了轨道，铁轨被弄得四分五裂。 来自辞典例句
- The squad leader ordered the men to mark time.班长命令战士们原地踏步。
- A squad is the smallest unit in an army.班是军队的最小构成单位。