AP 2010-03-23
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
1. Victory within reach. President Barack Obama set his sights on rallying House Democrats 1 Saturday for a final health care push for Sunday's vote. He called the bill "the single most important step US government has taken on health care since Medicare."
2. In an unprecedented 2 letter, Pope Benedict is condemning 3 Irish bishops 4 for “grave errors of judgment” in handling clerical sex abuse cases, dating from the 1930s to the 1990s. He's also ordered a Vatican investigation 5. But he laid no blame for the problem on the Vatican's policies of keeping such cases secret.
3. The National Weather Service has lowered the projected crest 6 of the Red River in Fargo, North Dakota, yet another half-foot. Officials in Fargo say they are in good shape for the crest.
4. Tenth-seeded Saint Mary's was considered a long shot to make the Sweet 16 in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It seems fitting that a long shot should help the Gaels reach that destination. Saint Mary's won 75 to 68 over second-seeded Villanova.
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The air crash caused an unprecedented number of deaths.这次空难的死亡人数是空前的。
- A flood of this sort is really unprecedented.这样大的洪水真是十年九不遇。
- The government issued a statement condemning the killings. 政府发表声明谴责这些凶杀事件。
- I concur with the speaker in condemning what has been done. 我同意发言者对所做的事加以谴责。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。
- "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。