时间:2019-01-08 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2007


英语课
Hundreds of people have gathered at a cathedral in Italy where Luciano Pavarotti’s body has been taken. The tenor 1 was considered one of the best singers of his generation. A funeral has been set for Saturday.

Rescue crews are expanding their search for missing adventure pilot Steve Fossett. He's been missing since Monday. And crews are now covering a 10,000-square-mile area in California and Nevada.

The death toll 2 from Hurricane Felix continues to rise. Officials in Nicaragua and Honduras now say more than 60 people were killed since Tuesday when it roared ashore 3 as a powerful Category Five storm.

There was bamboo of plenty in Atlanta today, as the zoo threw a birthday bash for Mei Lan. The panda turned one today and is a star there. Since she was born, some 561,000 people have come to the zoo and millions of others have watched her on the net.


n.男高音(歌手),次中音(乐器),要旨,大意
  • The tenor of his speech was that war would come.他讲话的大意是战争将要发生。
  • The four parts in singing are soprano,alto,tenor and bass.唱歌的四个声部是女高音、女低音、男高音和男低音。
n.过路(桥)费;损失,伤亡人数;v.敲(钟)
  • The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
  • The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
adv.在(向)岸上,上岸
  • The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前,孩子们就上岸了。
  • He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。