美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-03
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月
2. Minnesota lawmakers have a deal on compensating 4 victims of the Minneapolis Bridge collapse 5. Everyone on the bridge will receive 400, 000 dollars. Those who suffered the most injuries will get more, drawing from a 12.6-million-dollar pool.
3. Newly-released video appears to show a career criminal attacking a prosecutor 6 in New York. No one was hurt, but the incident is raising concerns about safety at the Federal Court in Brooklyn.
4. A pelican 7 is rescued in south Florida after snagging its wing on a fishing line and getting stuck in a tree. Rescue workers removed the fishing line. The pelican is expected to fully 8 recover.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pelican : n. 鹈鹕
A pelican is a type of large water bird. It catches fish and keeps them in the bottom part of its beak 9 which is shaped like a large bag.
- The citizens voted for sweeping reforms.公民投票支持全面的改革。
- Can you hear the wind sweeping through the branches?你能听到风掠过树枝的声音吗？
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- I am able to set up compensating networks of nerve connections. 我能建立起补偿性的神经联系网。
- It is desirable that compensating cables be run in earthed conduit. 补偿导线最好在地下管道中穿过。
- The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
- The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。
- The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。
- The prosecutor would tear your testimony to pieces.检查官会把你的证言驳得体无完肤。
- The pelican has a very useful beak.鹈鹕有一张非常有用的嘴。
- This pelican is expected to fully recover.这只鹈鹕不久就能痊愈。
- The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
- They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。