AP 2011-02-14
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(二月)
1. An upstate New York congressman 1 abruptly 2 leaves the House. Republican Christopher Lee resigned, after a racy photo of him popped up on the gossip website Gawker. Gawker reported Lee had sent a shirtless picture of himself to a woman he met on Craigslist.
2. A natural gas explosion in Allentown, Pennsylvania leveled two houses. The subsequent fire destroyed six other houses. At least 600 people had to be evacuated 3, several residents are still unaccounted for.
3. Anti-government protesters continued to gather in Cairo's Tahrir Square and outside the Egyptian parliament. Demonstrations 4 to demand the departure of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak showed no signs of abating 5, despite warnings from Vice 6 President Omar Suleiman that they wouldn't be tolerated much longer.
4. And now you can confess your sins on your iPhone. Two Indiana brothers developed a confession 7 app. The Vatican says an app is no substitute for a trip to church, but the brothers say they just want to teach people about confession.
- 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 gestured abruptly for Virginia to get in the car.他粗鲁地示意弗吉尼亚上车。
- I was abruptly notified that a half-hour speech was expected of me.我突然被通知要讲半个小时的话。
- 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。
- Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
- The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。
- The storm showed no signs of abating. 暴风雨没有减弱的迹象。
- The recent public anxiety about this issue may now be abating. 近来公众对这个问题的焦虑心情现在也许正在缓和下来。
- 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。
- Her confession was simply tantamount to a casual explanation.她的自白简直等于一篇即席说明。
- The police used torture to extort a confession from him.警察对他用刑逼供。