AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-06-21)
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(六月)
1. There has been more sound and fury than substance in today's congressional hearing into BP. The chairman of the oil giant apologized for the spill in the Gulf 1, but didn’t answer many questions. And instead, he didn’t have the answers with him.
2. Democrats 2 are steamed over words of Republican Joe Barton. The Texan is accusing the White House of shaking down BP to create a twenty-billion dollar slush fund. Democrats say the money BP is putting aside is hardly a slush fund and will all go to Gulf recovery.
3. The death toll 3 has risen to 25 in the French Riviera, following flash floods that hit earlier in the week. Cleanup is continuing now. But there’s more bad weather in the forecast.
4. And the Pac-10 is now up to 12 teams. The University of Utah is joining the College Football Conference. The Utah has been in Mountain West and was looking for better exposure.
- 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 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》