AP美联社一分钟新闻(2010-05-16)
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(五月)
1. President Barack Obama says the war in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better. But the US remains 1 on track to start withdrawing troops next year. Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the White House Wednesday.
2. Congressional investigators 2 are learning more about what may have led to the rig explosion that sent oil gushing 3 into the Gulf 4 of Mexico. They say a key safety device, called the blowup preventer, had a hydraulic 5 leak and other problems that probably kept it from working properly.
3. Dutch officials say this boy is the only known survivor 6 of a Libyan plane crash. A flight from South Africa crashed on approach to Tripoli's airport Wednesday morning, killing 7 103 people. The boy is undergoing surgery for injuries including broken bones.
4. A 22-year-old man may be facing jail time after pretending to be a high school basketball player. Officials say he led a Texas school to the state playoffs last season. Suspicions about his identity arose at an amateur tournament last month.
- 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。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
- The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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 boat has no fewer than five hydraulic pumps.这艘船配有不少于5个液压泵。
- A group of apprentics were operating the hydraulic press.一群学徒正在开动水压机。
- The sole survivor of the crash was an infant.这次撞车的惟一幸存者是一个婴儿。
- There was only one survivor of the plane crash.这次飞机失事中只有一名幸存者。