美联社新闻一分钟 2005-09-01
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2005
1. The latest aftermath from hurricane Katrina, Louisiana's governor urges people to abandon the flooded city of New Orleans.
2. With oil around $70 a barrel, the US government is tapping its petroleum 1 reserves to help refiners hit hard by the hurricane.
3. In Iraq a bridge stampede near a Shiite shrine 2 in Baghdad kills more than 700 Shiite pilgrims injuring some 400 others.
4. Mothers of children killed in the Beslan school seizure 3 nearly a year ago say Russian authorities haven't learned from the tragedy.
5. And it's that time of year, in a small Spanish town where thousands hurl 4 tomatoes at each other --the Tomatina food fight.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. tap
4 tap taps tapping tapped
If you tap a resource or situation, you make use of it by getting from it something that you need or want.
He owes his election to having tapped deep public disillusion 5 with professional politicians.
The company is tapping shareholders 6 for s15.8 million.
The Campbell Soup Company says it will try to tap into Japan's rice market.
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2. stampede
1 stampede stampedes
If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
There was a stampede for the exit.
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3. seizure
2 seizure seizures 7
If there is a seizure of power or a seizure of an area of land, a group of people suddenly take control of the place, using force.
...the seizure of territory through force.
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- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- The shrine was an object of pilgrimage.这处圣地是人们朝圣的目的地。
- They bowed down before the shrine.他们在神龛前鞠躬示敬。
- The seizure of contraband is made by customs.那些走私品是被海关没收的。
- The courts ordered the seizure of all her property.法院下令查封她所有的财产。
- The best cure for unhappiness is to hurl yourself into your work.医治愁苦的最好办法就是全身心地投入工作。
- To hurl abuse is no way to fight.谩骂决不是战斗。
- Do not say anything to disillusion them.别说什么叫他们泄气的话。
- I'd hate to be the one to disillusion him.我不愿意成为那个让他幻想破灭的人。
- The meeting was attended by 90% of shareholders. 90%的股东出席了会议。
- the company's fiduciary duty to its shareholders 公司对股东负有的受托责任