AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-28
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 calling on Hamas to stop its rocket attacks into Israel and warns Israel needs to avoid civilian 1 casualties as the region erupted into violence today. More than 200 people were killed when Israel unleashed 2 unprecedented 3 airstrikes into Gaza.
2. Dozens of Liberian immigrants have gathered at the site of a devastating 4 house fire in southwest Philadelphia. They say seven members of their community died there Friday night after an accident with a kerosene 5 heater.
3. The Iraqi army says at least 22 people are dead after a bomb tore through a busy square in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today. More than 50 others were wounded in the midday attack.
4. It is without a doubt, one for the books. Bucharest unveiled a smoked sausage that stretches more than 400 yards. That's more than enough to land a spot in the Guinness Book of Records and feed the hungry crowd that showed up.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. kerosene: n. 煤油
a clear oil that is burnt to provide heat or light
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- The government's proposals unleashed a storm of protest in the press. 政府的提案引发了新闻界的抗议浪潮。
- The full force of his rage was unleashed against me. 他把所有的怒气都发泄在我身上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。