美联社新闻一分钟 2008-05-17
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. The Bush administration says it will temporarily suspend oil deliveries to this Strategic Petroleum 1 Reserve starting in July. The move will free up thousand of barrels of oil that can now enter the market and it could provide some relief at the pump.
2. Four days after a devastating 2 earthquake, emergency workers in central China are still pulling out survivors 3. At least 10 more people have been rescued. However, officials say time is running out on finding more.
3. The death toll 4 in Myanmar has doubled to nearly 78,000 following the cyclone 5 that struck two weeks ago. The UN is sending its top humanitarian 6 official to the country this weekend. And for the first time, foreign diplomats 7 will be allowed to tour the hardest-hit areas.
4. This double amputee has been cleared to run the race of his life. A top athletic 8 court says sprinter 9 and double amputee Oscar Pistorius must be allowed to compete for a spot in the Beijing Olympics.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. double amputee: n.双腿截肢者
- The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
- The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。
- 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 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 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。
- An exceptionally violent cyclone hit the town last night.昨晚异常猛烈的旋风吹袭了那个小镇。
- The cyclone brought misery to thousands of people.旋风给成千上万的人带来苦难。
- She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
- The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
- These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。
- The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- This area has been marked off for athletic practice.这块地方被划出来供体育训练之用。
- He is an athletic star.他是一个运动明星。