美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-19
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1:Hurricane Emily slams into the Yucatan Peninsula bringing punishing waves along the regions famous white sand beaches.
2:President Bush says anyone in his administration who committed a crime by leaking the identity of a CIA agent will be fired.
3:A Pakistani official says 3 of the 4 suspected London suicide bombers 1 traveled to the southern city of Karachi last year.
4:Israeli security forces block thousands of Jewish settlers and their supporters from marching to protest Israel's planned Gaza Strip withdrawal 2.
5:And fireworks are lit over South Africa as a nationwide celebration is held to mark the 87th birthday of former President Nelson Mandela.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
[B]1.slam:v.to hit or attack someone or something with a lot of force.
eg.All 155 passengers died instantly when the plane slammed into the mountain.
2.punishing:adj.difficult, tiring, or extreme.
eg.He set himself a punishing schedule of talks, lectures and conferences all over America.
3.light:v.to start to burn, or to make something start to burn.
eg.I couldn't get the candles to light.
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。