AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-17)
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)
1. President Barack Obama is promising 1 Gulf 2 Coast residents that the region will be left in better shape than it was before the massive BP oil spill. On a visit to the Alabama Coast, Obama said his administration will do everything it can to make sure the Coastal 3 communities get back on their feet.
2. Crews have rescued at least 50 motorists and residents after a flash flooding washed out roads and inundated 4 neighborhoods near Oklahoma City area. Portions of three interstates and numerous thoroughfares were closed.
3. American geologists 5 say Afghanistan may contain as much as a trillion dollars in untapped natural resources. The government is tapping into the stores of iron, copper 6, cobalt, gold and lithium to transform the underdeveloped nation.
4. A North Carolina Congressman 7 has apologized for grabbing a young man who approached him with a video camera. The video of Democratic representative Bob Etheridge also shows the Congressman swatting at the camera and asking to know who the two men are that approached him.
- The results of the experiments are very promising.实验的结果充满了希望。
- We're trying to bring along one or two promising young swimmers.我们正设法培养出一两名有前途的年轻游泳选手。
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。
- The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
- This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。
- We have been inundated with offers of help. 主动援助多得使我们应接不暇。
- We have been inundated with every bit of information imaginable. 凡是想得到的各种各样的信息潮水般地向我们涌来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Geologists uncovered the hidden riches. 地质学家发现了地下的宝藏。
- Geologists study the structure of the rocks. 地质学家研究岩石结构。
- The students are asked to prove the purity of copper.要求学生们检验铜的纯度。
- Copper is a good medium for the conduction of heat and electricity.铜是热和电的良导体。
- He related several anecdotes about his first years as a congressman.他讲述自己初任议员那几年的几则轶事。
- The congressman is meditating a reply to his critics.这位国会议员正在考虑给他的批评者一个答复。