美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-25
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. An insurgent 1 group that includes al-Qaeda in Iraq is claiming responsibility for a suicide truck bombing that killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20. It happened at a patrol base northeast of Baghdad. This is one of the deadliest attacks on American ground forces since the war started more than four years ago.
2. More questions on the death of Pat Tillman, the NFL player who joined the military only to be killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan. A hearing on Capitol Hill included testimony 2 from Tillman's brother. A House panel is hoping to elicit 3 new information about the incident.
3. Toyota has dethroned General Motors as the world's top auto 4 seller in the first three months of the year. That's the first time Toyota has passed the Detroit giant in quarterly sales. Analysts 5 say it's only a matter of time before Toyota stays in the top spot.
4. And caught on camera in the wild for the first time the elusive 6 Borneo rhino 7. Scientists say between 25 and 50 rhinos 8 are left on the island, spending their time in dense 9 jungle rarely seen. This animal walked to the camera and sniffed 10 it.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. elicit: verb
If you elicit a piece of information, you get it by asking the right questions.
2. dethrone: verb
If a king, queen or other powerful person is dethroned, they are moved from their position or power.
3. elusive: adj
Something or someone that is elusive is difficult to find, describe, remember or achieve.
4. dense: adj
Something that is dense contains a lot of things or people in a small area.
- Faruk says they are threatened both by insurgent and government forces.法鲁克说，他们受到暴乱分子和政府军队的双重威胁。
- The insurgent mob assembled at the gate of the city park.叛变的暴徒聚在市立公园的门口。
- The testimony given by him is dubious.他所作的证据是可疑的。
- He was called in to bear testimony to what the police officer said.他被传入为警官所说的话作证。
- It was designed to elicit the best thinking within the government. 机构的设置是为了在政府内部集思广益。
- Don't try to elicit business secrets from me. I won't tell you anything. 你休想从我这里套问出我们的商业机密, 我什么都不会告诉你的。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
- I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。
- Try to catch the elusive charm of the original in translation.翻译时设法把握住原文中难以捉摸的风韵。
- Interpol have searched all the corners of the earth for the elusive hijackers.国际刑警组织已在世界各地搜查在逃的飞机劫持者。
- The rhino charged headlong towards us.犀牛急速地向我们冲来。
- They have driven the rhino to the edge of extinction.他们已经令犀牛濒临灭绝。
- There are many reports of people taming and even training Indian rhinos. 有许多关于人们驯养甚至训练印度犀牛的记载。 来自辞典例句
- The rhinos had fed during the night in the rice fields of these villagers. 犀牛夜里在这些村民的庄稼地里也已吃饱了。 来自辞典例句
- The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
- The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。