AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-23
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(八)月
1. Barack Obama has chosen his running mate, but he's not telling anyone just yet. The announcement is expected via text message at any moment. Obama plans to have his new running mate start campaigning with him Saturday in Springfield, Illinois.
2. A McCain campaign office received a threatening letter containing an unidentified powder. Authorities say the substance wasn't dangerous, and they already have a suspect. The return address on the envelope listed a Colorado detention 1 center and the name of an inmate 2.
3. Russian military convoys 3 have rolled out of three key positions in Georgia, two weeks after roaring into the former Soviet 4 republic. Russia's military chief says a promised pullback has been completed. But US officials say Russia is violating its withdrawal 5 agreement by setting up checkpoints and buffer 6 zones around the separatist regions it supports.
4. Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter is back at home in England. Police and paparazzi mobbed the convicted child molester 7 on his arrival in London. Vietnamese authorities deported 8 him after his release from prison. Initially 9 Glitter fought his return to English soil, but his attorney announced the singer's intention to clear his name.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. roll out: phr v.
to leave a place, especially later than expected.
2. roar: v.
if a vehicle roars somewhere, it moves very quickly and noisily.
3. buffer zone: n.
A neutral area between hostile or belligerent 10 forces that serves to prevent conflict..
4. mob: v.
if people mob a famous person, they rush to get close to them and form a crowd around them.
5. child molester: n.
someone who harms children by touching 11 them in a sexual way, or trying to have sex with them.
6. deport: v.
If a government deports 12 someone, usually someone who is not a citizen of that country, it sends them out of the country because they have committed a crime or because it believes they do not have the right to be there.
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- I am an inmate of that hospital.我住在那家医院。
- The prisoner is his inmate.那个囚犯和他同住一起。
- Truck convoys often stop over for lunch here. 车队经常在这里停下来吃午饭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- A UN official said aid programs will be suspended until there's adequate protection for relief convoys. 一名联合国官员说将会暂停援助项目，直到援助车队能够得到充分的保护为止。 来自辞典例句
- Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
- Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- A little money can be a useful buffer in time of need.在急需时，很少一点钱就能解燃眉之急。
- Romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.浪漫的爱会减轻生活的艰辛。
- A nationwide manhunt for an alleged child molester is over. 一个全国搜捕骚扰儿童的行动告一段落。 来自互联网
- Did the molester penetrate the child? 这名性骚扰者插进小孩的身体了吗？ 来自互联网
- They stripped me of my citizenship and deported me. 他们剥夺我的公民资格，将我驱逐出境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The convicts were deported to a deserted island. 罪犯们被流放到一个荒岛。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- He had a belligerent aspect.他有种好斗的神色。
- Our government has forbidden exporting the petroleum to the belligerent countries.我们政府已经禁止向交战国输出石油。