AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-08-19
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. Residents in South Florida are getting a taste of what Tropical Storm Fay has in store. Officials say about 25,000 tourists have evacuated 1 the Keys. Fay is responsible for at least eight deaths in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
2. Russia says its military has begun to withdraw from the conflict zone in Georgia. But officials are keeping quiet about where troops and tanks will continue to operate. The recent peace plan calls for both sides to pull forces back to positions they held before fighting broke out on August 7th.
3. Police in the Bronx are looking for two men and two women in the killing 2 of an up-and-coming boxer 3. The entire incident was caught on surveillance tape. Twenty-year-old Ronney Vargas was shot dead while driving.
4. Authorities are evacuating 4 more tourists and residents from a remote offshoot of the Grand Canyon 5. The area has been hard hit by flooding from heavy weekend rains and a breached 6 earthen dam. Rescue crews plan to transport 120 tourists and residents out of Supai Canyon.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
Merriam-Webster Online
1. offshoot: n.
If one thing is an offshoot of another, it has developed from that other thing.
2. up-and-coming: adj. [only before noun]
likely to become successful or popular.
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- The boxer gave his opponent a punch on the nose.这个拳击手朝他对手的鼻子上猛击一拳。
- He moved lightly on his toes like a boxer.他像拳击手一样踮着脚轻盈移动。
- The solution is degassed by alternately freezing, evacuating and thawing. 通过交替的冻结、抽空和溶化来使溶液除气。
- Are we evacuating these potential targets? 能够在这些目标地域内进行疏散吗？
- The Grand Canyon in the USA is 1900 metres deep.美国的大峡谷1900米深。
- The canyon is famous for producing echoes.这个峡谷以回声而闻名。