美联社新闻一分钟 2007-04-14
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Don Imus's wife says the members of Rutgers women's basketball team are unbelievably courageous 1 and beautiful women. Deirdre Imus made the comments a day after her husband was fired for making racist 2 and sexist remarks about the same women. He also met with the team to discuss what he said.
2. New Jersey's acting 3 governor says he hopes John Corzine can reclaim 4 his post in a few weeks. Corzine broke his leg, a number of ribs 5, his sternum and cracked a vertebra when his motorcade crashed along the Garden State Parkway yesterday.
3. There were a lot of empty seats today in Iraq's parliament. Few lawmakers showed up a day after a suicide bomber 6 struck inside the parliament building. An al-Qaeda-led insurgent 7 group has claimed responsibility.
4. He is apparently 8 a robber with a conscience. Surveillance video shows that the man who robbed this convenience store stuck around long enough to help the clerk who thought she was suffering a heart attack. He even let her call 911 for help, but fled the scene before authorities arrived.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. reclaim: verb
If you reclaim something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you, you succeed in getting it back.
2. sternum: n-count
Your sternum is the long flat bone which goes from your throat to the bottom of your ribs and to which your ribs are attached. (MEDICAL)
=breastbone
3. vertebra: n-count
Vertebrae are the small circular bones that form the spine 9 of a human being or animal.
4. convenience store: n-count
A convenience store is a shop which sells mainly food and which is usually opened until late at night.
- We all honour courageous people.我们都尊重勇敢的人。
- He was roused to action by courageous words.豪言壮语促使他奋起行动。
- a series of racist attacks 一连串的种族袭击行为
- His speech presented racist ideas under the guise of nationalism. 他的讲话以民族主义为幌子宣扬种族主义思想。
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- I have tried to reclaim my money without success.我没能把钱取回来。
- You must present this ticket when you reclaim your luggage.当你要取回行李时，必须出示这张票子。
- He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
- Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- 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。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。