美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-16
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
1. The floodwaters are receding 1 in Cedar 2 Rapids, Iowa, revealing just how much damage the high water has done. Meanwhile, those downstream are doing what they can to protect themselves from the coming deluge 3.
2. President Bush is in London for two days of talks about Iraq. He's set to meet with Prime Minister Gordon Brown to determine what needs to be done to bring more US and British troops home.
3. Authorities in Oklahoma are chasing down leads as they try to find whoever killed two young girls last weekend. They say they are also still trying to determine a motive 4 in the killings 5 of 13-year-old Taylor Paschal-Placker and 11-year-old Skyla Whitaker.
4. The flag is at half-staff and the main chair was empty this morning on NBC's “Meet the Press” . The network honored host Tim Russert who died on Friday by dedicating the hour-long program to his life and work.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. deluge: n.
formal a large flood, or period when there is a lot of rain.
2. set to: adj.
someone who is set to do something is ready for it.
3. chase down: phr v
to find something or someone that you have been looking for.
4. lead: n.
a piece of information that may help you to solve a crime or mystery.
=clue
5. half-staff:
if a flag is flying at half-staff, it has been raised to the middle of the pole in order to show respect and sadness for someone who has died. Also called half-mast.
6. Meet the Press
"Meet the Press" is a weekly American television news/interview program produced by NBC. And Tim Russert is the moderator of “Meet the Press.”
- Desperately he struck out after the receding lights of the yacht. 游艇的灯光渐去渐远，他拼命划水追赶。 来自辞典例句
- Sounds produced by vehicles receding from us seem lower-pitched than usual. 渐渐远离我们的运载工具发出的声似乎比平常的音调低。 来自辞典例句
- The cedar was about five feet high and very shapely.那棵雪松约有五尺高,风姿优美。
- She struck the snow from the branches of an old cedar with gray lichen.她把长有灰色地衣的老雪松树枝上的雪打了下来。
- This little stream can become a deluge when it rains heavily.雨大的时候，这条小溪能变作洪流。
- I got caught in the deluge on the way home.我在回家的路上遇到倾盆大雨。
- The police could not find a motive for the murder.警察不能找到谋杀的动机。
- He had some motive in telling this fable.他讲这寓言故事是有用意的。