美联社新闻一分钟 2007-03-04
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. In Alabama, residents are taking stock of what's left their homes and their high school. Many of them lost their homes and livelihoods 1. Eight students died when a killer 2 tornado 3 razed 5 through the school.
2. President Bush toured the damage in Alabama and Georgia. He's already declared the ravaged 6 Alabama area a disaster. That means residents can get federal funds to help rebuild.
3. The U.S. military says three soldiers died when a roadside bomb went off next to their vehicle in Baghdad. Iraq's prime minister says he will shuffle 7 his cabinet over the next few days and will pursue criminal charges against those who are against the U.S.-led security crackdown.
4. Elizabeth Hurley is a married woman. She and longtime boyfriend Arun Nayar tie the knot Friday at a private ceremony in England. Tonight's the big party at a castle in an English countryside. Guests reportedly include Elton John, model Kate Moss 8 and Hurley's ex-boyfriend, Hugh Grant.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. raze 4: verb
If buildings, villages or towns are razed or razed to the ground, they are completely destroyed.
2. shuffle: verb
When a political leader shuffles 9 the ministers in a government, he or she changes their jobs so that some of the ministers change their responsibilities.
3. tie the knot: phrase
If you say that two people tie the knot, you mean that they get married. (INFORMAL)
- First came the earliest individualistic pioneers who depended on hunting and fishing for their livelihoods. 走在最前面的是早期的个人主义先驱者，他们靠狩猎捕鱼为生。 来自英汉非文学 - 政府文件
- With little influence over policies, their traditional livelihoods are threatened. 因为马赛族人对政策的影响力太小，他们的传统生计受到了威胁。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- 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。
- The nuclear weapons stored by the United States alone are sufficient to raze the planet.仅美国储存的核武器就足以毁灭地球。
- The earthquake made the city raze to the ground.地震把这个城市夷为平地。
- The village was razed to the ground . 这座村庄被夷为平地。
- Many villages were razed to the ground. 许多村子被夷为平地。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
- I wish you'd remember to shuffle before you deal.我希望在你发牌前记得洗牌。
- Don't shuffle your feet along.别拖着脚步走。
- Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
- He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。