AP 2011-02-15
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(二月)
1. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has announced he is handing powers over to his vice 1 president. He's also ordering constitution amendments 2. But the long-time leader retains his title of president, ensuring that his regime will control the reform process.
2. A coroner says the death toll 3 from a natural gas explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has risen to five people, with all but one body recovered from the debris 4. Fire officials say the victims in the blast range in age from four months to 79 years old.
3. Arizona Senator Jon Kyl has decided 5 not to seek a fourth term next year. The Senate's No.2 Republican says it's time to give someone else a shot at the seat that he's held since 1994.
4. And Donald Trump 6 may want you to hire him. The billionaire real estate mogul says he'll decide by June whether to run for president. He says the US is becoming the laughingstock of the world, and he's worried about its future.
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
- The committee does not adequately consult others when drafting amendments. 委员会在起草修正案时没有充分征求他人的意见。
- Please propose amendments and addenda to the first draft of the document. 请对这个文件的初稿提出修改和补充意见。
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。