美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-17
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. Flood fears in the Midwest are now moving downriver. The Illinois Army National Guard is helping 1 with sandbagging duties in Quincy. And about 100 miles downriver, evacuations are underway in Grafton. A total of five deaths have been linked to the floods here.
2. Al Gore 2 says he's backing Barack Obama. And he says he'll do whatever he can to help the Illinois senator get to the White House. Gore says Obama has united a movement over the past year and a half.
3. A Missouri woman has pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court to charges in a MySpace hoax 3. Fifty-nine-year-old Lori Drew allegedly helped create a MySpace account that purported 5 to be for a 16-year-old boy. The account was used to send cruel messages to 13-year-old Megan Meier. Meier hanged herself at home in 2006.
4. Police in McAllen seized six Bengal tiger cubs 6 they say may have been offered for sale. Authorities believe the tigers were going to be smuggled 7 into Mexico. Officials say four of the tigers could fetch up to $5,000 each. They've been temporarily placed in a zoo about 60 miles away.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
If you say that someone or something purports 8 to do or be a particular thing, you mean that they claim to do or be that thing, although you may not always believe that claim.
2. fetch: v.
If something fetches a particular sum of money, it is sold for that amount.
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- The fox lay dying in a pool of gore.狐狸倒在血泊中奄奄一息。
- Carruthers had been gored by a rhinoceros.卡拉瑟斯被犀牛顶伤了。
- They were the victims of a cruel hoax.他们是一个残忍恶作剧的受害者。
- They hoax him out of his money.他们骗去他的钱。
- Many theories purport to explain growth in terms of a single cause.许多理论都标榜以单一的原因解释生长。
- Her letter may purport her forthcoming arrival.她的来信可能意味着她快要到了。
- the scene of the purported crime 传闻中的罪案发生地点
- The film purported to represent the lives of ordinary people. 这部影片声称旨在表现普通人的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Those smuggled goods have been detained by the port office. 那些走私货物被港务局扣押了。 来自互联网