美联社新闻一分钟 AP NEWS 2007-10-04
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
英语课
1.A giant sinkhole has swallowed at least one home in La Jolla, California and more are in danger. Some houses have been evacuated 1. Officials cut off power to the area. The sinkhole is about 50 yards long.
2.Recovery crews are trying to retrieve 2 the bodies of five workers trapped underground after a fire. The group initially 3 survived the fire. Four other workers escaped. An investigation 4 is underway into what caused the blaze.
3.President Bush has vetoed a bipartisan children's health insurance bill. The project would have added 35 billion dollars over five years to the program. But the president said it was too costly 5. He said he believes in private medicine not the federal government running the health care system.
4.Former President Jimmy Carter found himself on the wrong side of security forces in Darfur. He was visiting refugees too afraid to attend a meeting when the local national security chief told him to leave. The 83-year-old Carter got into a shouting match with the official but ultimately left.
2.Recovery crews are trying to retrieve 2 the bodies of five workers trapped underground after a fire. The group initially 3 survived the fire. Four other workers escaped. An investigation 4 is underway into what caused the blaze.
3.President Bush has vetoed a bipartisan children's health insurance bill. The project would have added 35 billion dollars over five years to the program. But the president said it was too costly 5. He said he believes in private medicine not the federal government running the health care system.
4.Former President Jimmy Carter found himself on the wrong side of security forces in Darfur. He was visiting refugees too afraid to attend a meeting when the local national security chief told him to leave. The 83-year-old Carter got into a shouting match with the official but ultimately left.
撤退者的
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
vt.重新得到，收回；挽回，补救；检索
- He was determined to retrieve his honor.他决心恢复名誉。
- The men were trying to retrieve weapons left when the army abandoned the island.士兵们正试图找回军队从该岛撤退时留下的武器。
adv.最初，开始
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
n.调查，调查研究
- 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。