AP 2011-11-16
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2011(十一月)
英语课
1. Authorities in Oregon have ordered anti-Wall Street protesters to clear a street and sidewalk they were blocking. The demonstrators are obeying. The protesters had ignored a midnight evacuation order and even set up makeshift barricades 1 on both ends of a Portland street.
2. The man designated to be Italy's next premier 2 says he will set to work quickly to try to form a new government. Mario Monti has assured the nation he can heal its disastrous 3 finances.
3. The National Transportation Safety Board has sent a team of investigators 4 to Mexico to probe a helicopter crash. The Friday crash killed the country's No.2 official.
4. Major League catcher Wilson Ramos says he didn't think he'd survive his kidnapping. The Washington Nationals player spoke 5 at his native Venezuela Saturday, the day after commandos rescued him.
路障，障碍物( barricade的名词复数 )
- The police stormed the barricades the demonstrators had put up. 警察冲破了示威者筑起的街垒。
- Others died young, in prison or on the barricades. 另一些人年轻时就死在监牢里或街垒旁。
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。
adj.灾难性的，造成灾害的；极坏的，很糟的
- The heavy rainstorm caused a disastrous flood.暴雨成灾。
- Her investment had disastrous consequences.She lost everything she owned.她的投资结果很惨，血本无归。
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》