美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2011-01-022
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2011(一月)
1. President Barack Obama honored the legacy 1 of Martin Luther King Jr. by participating in a service project in Washington. Obama and his family painted pillars at a middle school to encourage healthy eating.
2. The husband of congressman 2 Gabrielle Giffords says she is doing so well after being shot that she insisted on giving him a neck massage 3 from her hospital bed. Doctors performed a surgery to relief pressure on her eye.
3. Apple founder 4 and CEO Steve Jobs is taking his second medical leave in two years. Jobs has been treated for a rare form of pancreatic cancer. The company says Jobs will still be involved in major decisions.
4. In Brazil, mudslides have left thousands of pets homeless. In one city, a giant warehouse 5 is home to animals where beds are treating wounds and feeding the frightened creatures.
- They are the most precious cultural legacy our forefathers left.它们是我们祖先留下来的最宝贵的文化遗产。
- He thinks the legacy is a gift from the Gods.他认为这笔遗产是天赐之物。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。
- He is really quite skilled in doing massage.他的按摩技术确实不错。
- Massage helps relieve the tension in one's muscles.按摩可使僵硬的肌肉松弛。
- He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
- According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说,罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。