AP 2010-08-23
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(八月)
1. Goodbye Iraq. The final American combat brigade headed over the Kuwait border on the way to the US. President Obama pledged to end combat by August 31st. The departure beats its deadline by nearly two weeks. Fifty thousand troops will remain in non-combat roles until the end of 2011.
2. A national egg recall has grown to more than 380 million eggs. Salmonella outbreak sickened hundreds leading to the recall. It affects food distributors and wholesalers across 17 states. Health officials recommend throwing out eggs if you have any doubts.
3. President Obama says he doesn't regret weighing in on the controversy 1 over plans for a mosque 2 and community center near ground zero in New York. The president says he believes Muslims have a right to build the mosque. A recent poll shows 63% of New Yorkers oppose the project, only 27% support it.
4. And a new feature from Facebook that has privacy advocates bristling 3. The social networking site just unveiled Facebook Places, a service that lets users broadcast their location to friends. The service won't track you at a specific place unless you check in. Your location is disclosed to everyone who's checked in there unless you turn that setting off.
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- The mosque is a activity site and culture center of Muslim religion.清真寺为穆斯林宗教活动场所和文化中心。
- Some years ago the clock in the tower of the mosque got out of order.几年前，清真寺钟楼里的大钟失灵了。