AP 2010-03-20
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(三月)
1. The effort by House Democrats 1 to get enough votes to pass the health care overhaul 2 bill maybe gain some traction 3. Dennis Kucinich voted against it last time, but now says he will vote “yes.” His support is important as the vote will be close.
2. A pitcher 4 for a northern California high school has medically induced coma 5 after being hit in the head by a 130-mile-an-hour line-drive. The incident has reignited the push to ban metal bats that are still used in the high school and college level but banned in the majors.
3. Houston-Metro 6 has released surveillance video from inside a bus showing the moment it crashed to a light rail train Monday. Nineteen people were hurt. Metro says the bus driver ran a red light.
4. A documentary that’s being aired on a French TV channel is suggesting there might not be any limit to what people will watch. The focus is on a big game show, in which participants are told to deliver increasingly powerful electric shocks. Most do until the man, really an actor, appears to die.
- 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》
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知，铁路系统需要大检修。
- I'll show you how the traction is applied.我会让你看如何做这种牵引。
- She's injured her back and is in traction for a month.她背部受伤，正在作一个月的牵引治疗。
- He poured the milk out of the pitcher.他从大罐中倒出牛奶。
- Any pitcher is liable to crack during a tight game.任何投手在紧张的比赛中都可能会失常。
- The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
- She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。