美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-18
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. A levee near Gulfport, Illinois was not able to hold back the rising water of the Mississippi river. Officials are urging residents to evacuate 1 from waterlogged areas near the state line. They say there have been more than a half dozen levee breaches 2 in Illinois in the past week or so.
2. Iraqi police officials say at least 51 people were killed in a car bombing in a mainly Shiite section of Baghdad, another 75 were wounded. Witnesses say the exploded car was parked near a two-story building with shops on the bottom floor and residential 3 apartments on top.
3. President Bush and first lady Laura Bush went to a wake for Tim Russert. It was held at Albans School in Northwest Washington. The funeral for the 58-year-old host of NBC's Meet the Press is scheduled to take place tomorrow.
4. And one New Jersey 4 high school principal is energized 5 over the consequences of too much caffeine for students. He sent a letter home to parents reminding them that plain water is the only drink allowed. The manufacturers of energy drinks fire back, saying those drinks were never meant to be consumed by kids.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. waterlogged adj.
a waterlogged area of land is flooded with water and cannot be used
2. state line n.
the border between two states in the US
3. wake n.
the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person
- We must evacuate those soldiers at once!我们必须立即撤出这些士兵！
- They were planning to evacuate the seventy American officials still in the country.他们正计划转移仍滞留在该国的70名美国官员。
- He imposed heavy penalties for breaches of oath or pledges. 他对违反誓言和保证的行为给予严厉的惩罚。
- This renders all breaches of morality before marriage very uncommon. 这样一来，婚前败坏道德的事就少见了。
- The mayor inspected the residential section of the city.市长视察了该市的住宅区。
- The residential blocks were integrated with the rest of the college.住宿区与学院其他部分结合在了一起。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。