美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-30
时间：2018-12-01 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. A tanker 1 carrying thousands of gallons of gasoline crashed on a northern California highway, catching 2 on fire and causing a section of the highway to collapse 3. Authorities say the collapse could cause the largest disruption for commuters in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 1989 earthquake.
2. Iran says it will participate in a major conference about Iraq late this week. The U.S. accuses Iran of funding and arming Shiite militia 4 in Iraq. The Iraqi government is asking for help to quell 5 sectarian violence.
3. Coalition 6 forces detained 72 suspected insurgents 7 during weekend raids in two areas of Iraq. The U.S. says the detainees allegedly have connection to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
4. A missing hiker in Oregon has been found alive. Rescuers say the hiker fell about 60 feet down a cliff in the Cascade 8 Locks at about 40 miles east of Portland. The man fell while hiking the popular Eagle Creek 9 Trail.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. disruption: n-count
When there is disruption of an event, system or process, it is prevented from continuing or operating in a normal way.
2. quell: verb
To quell opposition 10 or violence behavior means to stop it.
3. Cascade Locks
Cascade Locks is a city in Hood 11 River County, Oregon, United States.
4. Eagle Creek Trail
The Eagle Creek Trail is the second most popular trail in the Columbia River Gorge 12. Second only to the paved path to Multnomah Falls, the Eagle Creek Trail provides access to more waterfalls than any other in the Columbia River Gorge.
- The tanker took on 200,000 barrels of crude oil.油轮装载了二十万桶原油。
- Heavy seas had pounded the tanker into three parts.汹涌的巨浪把油轮撞成三载。
- There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
- Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- First came the PLA men,then the people's militia.人民解放军走在前面，其次是民兵。
- There's a building guarded by the local militia at the corner of the street.街道拐角处有一幢由当地民兵团守卫的大楼。
- Soldiers were sent in to quell the riots.士兵们被派去平息骚乱。
- The armed force had to be called out to quell violence.不得不出动军队来镇压暴力行动。
- The several parties formed a coalition.这几个政党组成了政治联盟。
- Coalition forces take great care to avoid civilian casualties.联盟军队竭尽全力避免造成平民伤亡。
- The regular troops of Baden joined the insurgents. 巴登的正规军参加到起义军方面来了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Against the Taliban and Iraqi insurgents, these problems are manageable. 要对付塔利班与伊拉克叛乱分子，这些问题还是可以把握住的。 来自互联网
- She watched the magnificent waterfall cascade down the mountainside.她看着壮观的瀑布从山坡上倾泻而下。
- Her hair fell over her shoulders in a cascade of curls.她的卷发像瀑布一样垂在肩上。
- He sprang through the creek.他跳过小河。
- People sunbathe in the nude on the rocks above the creek.人们在露出小溪的岩石上裸体晒日光浴。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。