AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-21
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. Officials in Madrid say 149 people were killed today when the airline they were on crashed during take-off. They say the plane sped off the end of the runway where it crashed, burned and broke into several pieces. Twenty-six people though did survive.
2. Democratic Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones remains 1 hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a brain hemorrhage. Doctors say the 58-year-old has limited brain function and friends are asking for people to pray for her.
3. Tropical Storm Fay continues to drench 2 Central Florida as it sits stalled on the state's east coast. Forecasters say Fay could dump 30 inches of rain in some areas and has already flooded hundreds of homes.
4. Lightning has struck again at the Olympics. Jamaican Usain Bolt sprinted 3 to a second gold at the Games, winning the 200-meter dash in a world record time of 19.30 seconds. He is the first person to set the world record in both the 100 and 200 at the same Games.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. hemorrhage: n.
a serious medical condition in which a person bleeds a lot, sometimes inside their body
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- He met a drench of rain.他遇上一场倾盆大雨。
- They turned fire hoses on the people and drenched them.他们将消防水管对着人们，把他们浇了个透。