AP 2010-08-22
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(八月)
1. President Barack Obama says he has no regrets over the comments he made about the right of Muslims to build an Islamic center, blocks away from where the World Trade Center once stood. He was asked about his position during a town hall meeting on the economy in Ohio.
2. The South Carolina mother accused of suffocating 1 her two young sons and trying to cover it up appeared briefly 2 before a judge Wednesday. Shaquan Duley did not enter a plea and no bail 3 was set. Her attorney says his client is remorseful 4 and has been speaking with the family minister.
3. Brett Favre is back for a second season with the Minnesota Vikings. After having surgery on his ankle, the 40-year-old Favre was contemplating 5 retirement 6 yet again this summer.
4. And in Australia, one woman's love for crocodiles is too intense, even for her own family to understand. Vicki Lowing is sharing her home with four crocodiles, including one that's taking over her bathroom and another that lives in her garage.
- After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.和父母呆了几个星期后,她感到自己毫无自由。
- That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.这样好些了,我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
- I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面。
- He was kidnapped and briefly detained by a terrorist group.他被一个恐怖组织绑架并短暂拘禁。
- One of the prisoner's friends offered to bail him out.犯人的一个朋友答应保释他出来。
- She has been granted conditional bail.她被准予有条件保释。
- He represented to the court that the accused was very remorseful.他代被告向法庭陈情说被告十分懊悔。
- The minister well knew--subtle,but remorseful hypocrite that he was!牧师深知这一切——他是一个多么难以捉摸又懊悔不迭的伪君子啊!
- You're too young to be contemplating retirement. 你考虑退休还太年轻。
- She stood contemplating the painting. 她站在那儿凝视那幅图画。
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
- I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。