美联社新闻一分钟 2007-02-26
时间：2019-01-08 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2007
1. Officials in Manatee 1 County, Florida have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect wanted in the kidnapping of a teenager. Deputies say Vicente Ignacio Beltran Moreno abducted 2 the teen at gunpoint and tied him to a tree. The teen used a safety pin to help him escape.
2. The Midwest is recovering from a strong winter storm that dumped snow in some areas and produced tornados 3 in others. The storm disrupted air travel from Denver to Chicago.
3. A suicide bomber 4 killed at least 41 people and injured dozens outside a Baghdad college Sunday. The attacker detonated the bomb near the school entrance.
4. Fans are lining 5 up outside the Kodak Theater in Hollywood hoping to catch a glimpse of their favorite stars arriving for the 79th Annual Academy Awards. Some experts say the race for Best Picture is wide open.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. safety pin: n-count
A safety pin is a bent 6 metal pin used for fastening things together. The point of the pin has a cover so that when the pin is closed it cannot hurt anyone.
2. wide open: phrase
If you say that a competition, race, or election is wide open, you mean that anyone could win it, because there is no competitor who seems to be much better than others.
- We watched dolphin,manatee,sea lion and whale shows.我们看了海豚、海牛、海狮和鲸的表演。
- One of the most extraordinary river creatures is Amazonian manatee.其中河里最特别的生物之一要数亚马孙海牛。
- Detectives have not ruled out the possibility that she was abducted. 侦探尚未排除她被绑架的可能性。
- The kid was abducted at the gate of kindergarten. 那小孩在幼儿园大门口被绑架走了。
- And the national weather service reports several tornados touch down. 国家气象中心报告预测龙卷风将来袭。 来自互联网
- They had stock footage of lightning, tornados, and hurricanes. 他们存有关于闪电、龙卷风和飓风的电影胶片。 来自互联网
- 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。
- The lining of my coat is torn.我的外套衬里破了。
- Moss makes an attractive lining to wire baskets.用苔藓垫在铁丝篮里很漂亮。