AP 2011-05-03
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. President Barack Obama will travel to Alabama on Friday to meet with families devastated 1 by the deadliest tornadoes 2 in nearly four decades. Nearly 300 people are dead in the south after a storm that spawned 3 dozens of twisters wiped out towns across six states.
2. Officials in Morocco say they believe terrorists were behind a cafe bombing. They killed more than a dozen people and injured several others. The blast went off just before noon on Thursday in the tourist city of Marrakesh.
3. Under a surprise deal with prosecutors 4, a convicted sex offender 5 and his wife have pleaded guilty to charges of kidnapping and raping 6 Jaycee Dugard almost 20 years ago. Phillip Garrido’s plea calls for a sentence of 430 years to life.
4. Exxon is taking steps to deal with possible backlash over its first quarter earning of 11 billion dollars. The oil company wrote on its blog that less than three cents of every dollar it earns comes from the sale of gasoline and diesel 7 fuel. That comment comes as Americans are paying about four dollars a gallon for gas.
- The bomb devastated much of the old part of the city. 这颗炸弹炸毁了旧城的一大片地方。
- His family is absolutely devastated. 他的一家感到极为震惊。
- Tornadoes, severe earthquakes, and plagues create wide spread havoc. 龙卷风、大地震和瘟疫成普遍的毁坏。 来自互联网
- Meteorologists are at odds over the working of tornadoes. 气象学者对龙卷风的运动方式看法不一。 来自互联网
- The band's album spawned a string of hit singles. 这支乐队的专辑繁衍出一连串走红的单曲唱片。
- The computer industry has spawned a lot of new companies. 由于电脑工业的发展，许多新公司纷纷成立。
- In some places,public prosecutors are elected rather than appointed. 在有些地方，检察官是经选举而非任命产生的。 来自口语例句
- You've been summoned to the Prosecutors' Office, 2 days later. 你在两天以后被宣到了检察官的办公室。
- They all sued out a pardon for an offender.他们请求法院赦免一名罪犯。
- The authorities often know that sex offenders will attack again when they are released.当局一般都知道性犯罪者在获释后往往会再次犯案。
- In response, Charles VI sent a punitive expedition to Brittany, raping and killing the populace. 作为报复，查理六世派军讨伐布列塔尼，奸淫杀戮平民。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The conquerors marched on, burning, killing, raping and plundering as they went. 征服者所到之处烧杀奸掠，无所不做。 来自互联网