美联社新闻一分钟 2007-08-05
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
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1. Wet weather in Minneapolis is hampering recovery efforts. The drizzle 2 has turned the already murky 3 Mississippi waters nearly opaque 4. Authorities believe eight bodies remain trapped in the wreckage 5.
2. President Bush is vowing 6 to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed 7 bridge. Bush surveyed the site today from the air and on the ground. He also spoke 8 with local officials and praised the efforts of rescue workers. The president also offered his condolences to family and friends of the victims.
3. NASA's latest mission to Mars is on its way. An unmanned Delta 9 rocket blasted off from Florida before dawn, carrying the Phoenix 10 Mars Lander. It's due to touch down in May.
4. Alex Rodriguez has become the youngest player in Major League history to hit 500 home runs. The 32-year-old reached the mark Saturday with a blast down the left field line of Yankee Stadium. He's just the 22nd player in history to reach the mark.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
hamper：v。If someone or something hampers 11 you, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do.
drizzle：n. Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops.
murky: adj. Murky water or fog is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it.
opaque: adj. If an object or substance is opaque, you cannot see through it.
condolence: n. When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
blast off: v. When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
touch down: n. When an aircraft touches down, it lands.
left field: The position played by the left fielder.
2. President Bush is vowing 6 to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed 7 bridge. Bush surveyed the site today from the air and on the ground. He also spoke 8 with local officials and praised the efforts of rescue workers. The president also offered his condolences to family and friends of the victims.
3. NASA's latest mission to Mars is on its way. An unmanned Delta 9 rocket blasted off from Florida before dawn, carrying the Phoenix 10 Mars Lander. It's due to touch down in May.
4. Alex Rodriguez has become the youngest player in Major League history to hit 500 home runs. The 32-year-old reached the mark Saturday with a blast down the left field line of Yankee Stadium. He's just the 22nd player in history to reach the mark.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
hamper：v。If someone or something hampers 11 you, they make it difficult for you to do what you are trying to do.
drizzle：n. Drizzle is light rain falling in fine drops.
murky: adj. Murky water or fog is so dark and dirty that you cannot see through it.
opaque: adj. If an object or substance is opaque, you cannot see through it.
condolence: n. When you offer or express your condolences to someone, you express your sympathy for them because one of their friends or relatives has died recently.
blast off: v. When a space rocket blasts off, it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.
touch down: n. When an aircraft touches down, it lands.
left field: The position played by the left fielder.
妨碍，束缚，限制( hamper的现在分词 )
- So fraud on cows and development aid is seriously hampering growth. 因此在牛问题上和发展补助上的诈骗严重阻碍了发展。
- Short-termism, carbon-trading, disputing the science-are hampering the implementation of direct economically-led objectives. 短效主义，出售二氧化碳，进行科学辩论，这些都不利于实现以经济为主导的直接目标。
v.下毛毛雨；n.毛毛雨，蒙蒙细雨
- The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。
- Yesterday the radio forecast drizzle,and today it is indeed raining.昨天预报有小雨，今天果然下起来了。
adj.黑暗的，朦胧的；adv.阴暗地，混浊地；n.阴暗；昏暗
- She threw it into the river's murky depths.她把它扔进了混浊的河水深处。
- She had a decidedly murky past.她的历史背景令人捉摸不透。
adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的
- The windows are of opaque glass.这些窗户装着不透明玻璃。
- Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。
n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏
- They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
- New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。
起誓，发誓（vow的现在分词形式）
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild its collapsed bridge. 布什总统承诺将帮助明尼阿波利斯重建坍塌的大桥。
- President Bush is vowing to help Minneapolis rebuild this collapse bridge. 布什总统发誓要帮助明尼阿波利斯重建起这座坍塌的桥梁。
adj.倒塌的
- Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
- The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。
n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
n.（流的）角洲
- He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
- The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。
n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生
- The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
- The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。