美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-21
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(五)月
1. Senator Ted 1 Kennedy's doctors say he will stay in Massachusetts General Hospital for the next few days as they plan a treatment course for his malignant 2 brain tumor 3. Additional testing is expected to determine the specific type. The average survival rate ranges from less than a year for the most advanced cancers to about five years for slower growing tumors.
2. More dramatic video of China's devastating 4 earthquake has surfaced. That as officials raised the national death toll 5 to more than 40,000 people. Chinese officials say the relief efforts are shifting from searching for survivors 6 to caring for the injured and homeless.
3. It's turned out to be a smoky day across parts of Florida where dozens (of) wildfires are still burning. Officials say most of the fires are around Lake Okeechobee and along the coast in Brevard County. Another large fire is burning in the Everglades.
4. The American Council for the Blind has won another round in its six-year legal fight with the Treasury 7 Department. A federal appeals court in Washington, D. C. has ruled the government discriminates 8 against blind people by printing paper money that is impossible for them to read.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.malignant: adj.
A malignant tumour 9 or disease is out of control and likely to cause death.
2.Everglades: n. 大沼泽国家公园
an area of low, wet, warm land in the US state of Florida, covering about 5000 square miles. The Everglades, which is a National Park, is famous for its special plants and animals, especially alligators（短吻鳄）.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- Alexander got a malignant slander.亚历山大受到恶意的诽谤。
- He started to his feet with a malignant glance at Winston.他爬了起来，不高兴地看了温斯顿一眼。
- He was died of a malignant tumor.他死于恶性肿瘤。
- The surgeons irradiated the tumor.外科医生用X射线照射那个肿瘤。
- It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
- Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- The Treasury was opposed in principle to the proposals.财政部原则上反对这些提案。
- This book is a treasury of useful information.这本书是有价值的信息宝库。
- The new law discriminates against lower-paid workers. 这条新法律歧视低工资的工人。
- One test governs state legislation that discriminates against interstate commerce. 一个检验约束歧视州际商业的州立法。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法