AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-21)
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2010(四月)
- 1 AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-04-21)
1. Survivors 1 and family members of those who died in the Oklahoma City bombing will gather to commemorate 2 the 15th anniversary of that attack. The blast in 1995 killed 168 people, injuring 600 more. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will speak at today's ceremony.
2. Austrian authorities have reopened the country's airspace. But much of the airspace throughout Europe remains 3 closed because of the volcano eruption 4 in Iceland. The European Union is hoping weather conditions improve and that air traffic can return to about 50% of normal levels today.
3. A Transportation Department official says Toyota is expected to agree to a fine of more than 16 million dollars, because it failed to tell the government about defective 5 gas pedals. Toyota knew there was a problem back in September but did not issue a recall until January.
4. A new poll suggests trust in Washington is about as low as it's been in half a century. Twenty-two percent said they can't trust Washington almost always or most of the time. And nearly half say the government negatively affects their daily lives
- The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
- survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
- This building was built to commemorate the Fire of London.这栋大楼是为纪念“伦敦大火”而兴建的。
- We commemorate the founding of our nation with a public holiday.我们放假一日以庆祝国庆。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- The temple was destroyed in the violent eruption of 1470 BC.庙宇在公元前1470年猛烈的火山爆发中摧毁了。
- The eruption of a volcano is spontaneous.火山的爆发是自发的。