AP 2011-05-18
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(五月)
1. Officials in Louisiana are warning residents in low-lying areas to get out, as water gushing 1 from a floodgate creeps in. The Morganza spillway’s opening has diverted water from heavily populated New Orleans and Baton 2 Rouge 3.
2. The head of the International Monetary 4 Fund is denying allegations that he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in New York. Sixty-two-year-old Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been accused of attacking the woman in his suite 5 on Saturday afternoon. He was later removed from a flight to Paris just moments before it was to depart.
3. An imam in Florida, along with two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50000 to the Pakistani Taliban. According to the indictment 6, the funds were used to buy guns, support militants 7' families and promote the organization’s cause.
4. NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight is set to blast off Monday morning. Endeavour will fly under the command of astronaut Mark Kelly. His wife, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords will be at Cape 8 Canaveral for the launch.
- blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
- The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- With the baton the conductor was beating time.乐队指挥用指挥棒打拍子。
- The conductor waved his baton,and the band started up.指挥挥动指挥棒，乐队开始演奏起来。
- Women put rouge on their cheeks to make their faces pretty.女人往面颊上涂胭脂，使脸更漂亮。
- She didn't need any powder or lip rouge to make her pretty.她天生漂亮，不需要任何脂粉唇膏打扮自己。
- The monetary system of some countries used to be based on gold.过去有些国家的货币制度是金本位制的。
- Education in the wilderness is not a matter of monetary means.荒凉地区的教育不是钱财问题。
- She has a suite of rooms in the hotel.她在那家旅馆有一套房间。
- That is a nice suite of furniture.那套家具很不错。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- They issued an indictment against them.他们起诉了他们。
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。