美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-11-30
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1. A lawyer for a British teacher in Sudan says his client has been convicted of insulting Islam and sentenced to fifteen days in jail. Gillian Gibbons was arrested after she let her students name a teddy bear Muhammad.
2. President Bush wants Democrats 1 in Congress to approve money to fund the Iraq war "without strings 2" before leaving town for the Christmas holidays. Bush warns that doing nothing will mean an accounting 3 nightmare for the Pentagon and affect the military's ability to do its job.
3. California police say Rodney King has been shot and injured. He is the man whose 1991 beating at the hands of Los Angeles police officers was caught on videotape. Authorities say he was shot in the face and arm but add the injuries aren't life-threatening.
4. Former Republican Congressman 4 Henry Hyde has died. He spent more than thirty years in the House where he gained a reputation as a staunch abortion 5 rights opponent and for helping 6 lead the impeachment 7 effort against President Clinton.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He sat on the bed,idly plucking the strings of his guitar.他坐在床上，随意地拨着吉他的弦。
- She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
- A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
- There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- She had an abortion at the women's health clinic.她在妇女保健医院做了流产手术。
- A number of considerations have led her to have a wilful abortion.多种考虑使她执意堕胎。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。