美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-06
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Much of Greensburg, Kansas has been leveled by a tornado 1. Officials say 95% of the homes and businesses there were destroyed including most of the downtown. They say it will take them days to pick through the debris 2.
2. Search planes are flying over an area where a Kenya Airways 3 flight may have crashed early this morning. The Nairobi-bound jet went down shortly after takeoff in West Africa. About 114 passengers and crew are believed to be aboard.
3. Ballot 4 boxes are in place in France as the country is getting ready to select a new president. The choice is between a conservative who wants to free up labor 5 markets and a socialist 6 who wants to save France's generous welfare system.
4. Paris Hilton could be calling this place home for a month and a half. Yesterday, she was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation 7. And now officials are giving the public a glimpse of the jail she's supposed to report to.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. ballot box: n-count
A ballot box is the box into which ballot papers are put after people have voted.
2. probation: n-uncount
Probation is a period of time during which a person who has committed a crime has to obey the law and be supervised by a probation officer, rather than being sent to prison.
- A tornado whirled into the town last week.龙卷风上周袭击了这座城市。
- The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- The members have demanded a ballot.会员们要求投票表决。
- The union said they will ballot members on whether to strike.工会称他们将要求会员投票表决是否罢工。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- China is a socialist country,and a developing country as well.中国是一个社会主义国家，也是一个发展中国家。
- His father was an ardent socialist.他父亲是一个热情的社会主义者。