AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-15
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(九)月
1. Authorities in Texas say nearly 2,000 people who refused orders to evacuate 1 before Hurricane Ike have been rescued. Crews are searching door to door in Galveston, residents who got out are being urged to stay away. Millions are without power throughout the state.
2. Remnants of Hurricane Ike are bringing Illinois precisely 2 what it didn't need, more rain. Record levels have already led to rising flood waters in Chicago and elsewhere. The National Weather Service says Ike could bring several more inches.
3. Sources of Barclays said the British bank has pulled out of talks to buy parts of New York investment bank Lehman Brothers. Federal Reserve and Treasury 3 officials are meeting with Wall Street executives to avert 4 a collapse 5 of Lehman, which could severely 6 disrupt global markets.
4. John McCain has been campaigning for votes on the NASCAR circuit. He and his wife, Cindy, are attending a race at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. remnant: n.
The remnants of something are small parts of it that are left over when the main part has disappeared or been destroyed.
2. source: n.
a person, book, or document that supplies you with information.
3. avert: v.
to prevent something unpleasant from happening.
4. NASCAR:
= National Association for Stock Car Auto 7 Racing 8 全国运动汽车竞赛协会，是在美国最大最受认可的赛车竞速团体。新闻中指的是由该协会认证的赛车比赛。
- 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。
- It's precisely that sort of slick sales-talk that I mistrust.我不相信的正是那种油腔滑调的推销宣传。
- The man adjusted very precisely.那个人调得很准。
- 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。
- He managed to avert suspicion.他设法避嫌。
- I would do what I could to avert it.我会尽力去避免发生这种情况。
- 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。
- He was severely criticized and removed from his post.他受到了严厉的批评并且被撤了职。
- He is severely put down for his careless work.他因工作上的粗心大意而受到了严厉的批评。
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。