美联社新闻一分钟 2007-05-22
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. For the second straight day, the Lebanese army and militants 1 clashed in Tripoli. The military says the militants have ties to al-Qaeda. It's the worst eruption 2 of internal violence since the country's civil war ended in 1990.
2. The number of people dead in a shooting rampage in Moscow, Idaho now stands at four. Police say Jason Hamilton also killed his wife. Investigators 3 say Hamilton opened fire on the Latah County Courthouse late Saturday, killing 4 an officer there before killing another man in a nearby church and taking his own life.
3. Two wayward humpback whales have done an about-face and are headed back toward the Pacific Ocean. The mother and calf 5 have been swimming inland toward Sacramento for about a week before wildlife officials were able to lure 6 them in another direction by playing recordings 7 of other whales.
4. Take a look at this. A 22-year-old man in Akron, Ohio is jumping his way to fame, one car at a time. Chris Bryant is hoping that his talent for jumping over cars will lead to a lucrative 8 career in show business.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. erupt: verb
If violence or fighting erupts, it suddenly begins or gets worse in an unexpected, violent way.
2. stand at: phrase
If something that can be measured stands at a particular level, it is at that level.
3. about-face: n-count
An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
4. fame: n-uncount
If you achieve fame, you become very well-known.
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
- The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The cow slinked its calf.那头母牛早产了一头小牛犊。
- The calf blared for its mother.牛犊哞哞地高声叫喊找妈妈。
- Life in big cities is a lure for many country boys.大城市的生活吸引着许多乡下小伙子。
- He couldn't resist the lure of money.他不能抵制金钱的诱惑。
- a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
- old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐