美联社新闻一分钟 2005-07-13
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. British police probe whether 4 attackers perhaps suicide bombers 2 died in the London blasts, also arresting a suspect in the city of Leeds.
2. The White House says President Bush still has confidence in adviser 3 Karl Rove, at the heart of a probe into the leak, identifying a CIA officer.
3. Iraq's prime minister says his country's forces are ready to take control over some cities but he rejects a pullout timetable for US and other foreign troops.
4. Near a mall in Israeli seaside city, a suicide bomber 1 blows himself up among a group of teens, killing 4 himself and 2 women.
5. And NASA says Discovery is ready to make the first space shuttle flight since the Columbia disaster, 2 and a-half years ago.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. at the heart of:the most important or central part of a problem, question etc.
eg.difficult issues at the heart of science policy.
2.probe:n.an investigation 5 in which many questions are asked to discover the truth about something.
3.pullout:n.the act of an army, business etc leaving a particular place.
4.mall:n.a large area where there are a lot of shops, usually a covered area where cars are not allowed.
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- 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》
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。