AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-30)
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. BP's "Top Kill" operation is underway. The company says it's trying to seal the blown-out oil well in the Gulf 1 of Mexico by pumping heavy mud into it. Company officials say it could be a couple of days before they know whether it's working.
2. After three days of street battles, Jamaican security forces have a tenuous 2 hold on a slum that's the stronghold of an alleged 3 cocaine 4 trafficker wanted in the US. And at least 44 civilians 5 have been killed. The suspect Christopher Coke is still at large.
3. Art Linkletter, a popular TV host in the 1950s and 60s, has died. He was 97 years old. Linkletter was known on TV for his funny interviews with children and ordinary folks.
4. A horde 6 of millions of frogs forced Greek officials to shut down the major highway for several hours. Authorities say the frogs probably left a nearby lake to look for food.
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- He has a rather tenuous grasp of reality.他对现实认识很肤浅。
- The air ten miles above the earth is very tenuous.距离地面十公里的空气十分稀薄。
- It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
- alleged irregularities in the election campaign 被指称竞选运动中的不正当行为
- That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
- Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。