美联社新闻一分钟 AP News 2008-04-20
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(四)月
1. Pope Benedict is using another stop on his U.S. trip to focus on the clergy 1 sex abuse scandal. The pontiff spoke 2 this morning before thousands at New York’s St. Patrick's Cathedral. He assured priests and nuns 3 that he is close to them while they battle what he calls "continuing challenges”.
2. President Bush and the president of South Korea say there is still a chance to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons programs. The two leaders are urging critics to wait and see what Pyongyang says before deciding whether nations have given too many concessions 4.
3. Anti-US Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr is threatening a new uprising. That' s after a US-Iraqi crackdown against his followers 5 continues. The cleric says he is giving his final warning to the Iraqi government to stop working with the U.S. military.
4. A once common sight in Havana is going extinct. The "camello" or camel is actually a pair of buses welded together on a flatbed. But thousands of new buses from China are forcing the camello off the streets. It' s part of Raul Castro' s initiative to revive the transportation system.
- I could heartily wish that more of our country clergy would follow this example.我衷心希望，我国有更多的牧师效法这个榜样。
- All the local clergy attended the ceremony.当地所有的牧师出席了仪式。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- Ah Q had always had the greatest contempt for such people as little nuns. 小尼姑之流是阿Q本来视如草芥的。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Nuns are under vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. 修女须立誓保持清贫、贞洁、顺从。 来自辞典例句
- The firm will be forced to make concessions if it wants to avoid a strike. 要想避免罢工，公司将不得不作出一些让步。
- The concessions did little to placate the students. 让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。