AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-09-21
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. The Bush administration and Congress are working through the weekend to hammer out a Wall Street rescue plan. President Bush is asking lawmakers to let the government buy 700 billion dollars in bad mortgages from US financial institutions for the next two years.
2. Police in Pakistan say at least 40 people have died in a massive explosion that destroyed the luxury Marriott Hotel in Islamabad. Dozens more are feared dead inside. Witnesses describe a large truck driving toward the hotel's gate before exploding and engulfing 1 the building in flames.
3. Four passengers are dead after this Learjet crashed shortly after takeoff. Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and Adam Goldstein, also known as DJ AM are critically injured. An FAA spokesman says air traffic controllers reported seeing sparks right before the plane went off the runway.
4. And call it up penguin 2 "meet and greet". It's the start of mating season for Magellanic penguins 3 in southeastern Argentina. Thousands of the birds stride along the shorelines in what local media calls "The Penguin's Vigil".
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. hammer out: phr v.
If people hammer out an agreement or treaty, they succeed in producing it after a long or difficult discussion.
2. air traffic controller: n.
someone at an airport whose job is to give instructions to pilots by radio.
3. mating: n.
sex between animals.
4. vigil: n.
A vigil is a period of time when people remain quietly in a place, especially at night, for example because they are praying or are making a political protest.
5. Learjet: n.
里尔喷射机（Learjet） 为一在民用及军用广泛使用的商务喷射机系列。里尔喷射机在1950年代，由威廉‧鲍威尔‧里尔（又名比尔‧里尔）所设立的里尔喷射机公司（Learjet Inc）所设计及生产。1990年，破产的里尔喷射机公司被加拿大庞巴迪公司收购，成为庞巴迪宇航公司。目前里尔喷射机系列称为庞巴迪里尔式喷射机系列。
- A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness. 一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了，使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A professional photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house in darkness. 一位职业摄影师把保险丝烧断了使整所房子陷于黑暗当中。 来自辞典例句
- The penguin is a flightless bird.企鹅是一种不会飞的鸟。
- He walked with an awkward gait like a penguin.他走路的步子难看得就像企鹅。