AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-01
时间:2019-01-11 作者:英语课 分类:美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十二)月
1. It appears at least one of the ten terrorists who attacked Mumbai, India, has ties to a Pakistani militant 1 group. A senior police officer in India says that's what the only surviving gunman is telling authorities. The group was banned in Pakistan in 2002.
2. A Democratic official says Bill Clinton has agreed to constraints 2 concerning his foundation, his speaking schedule and his income so his wife can become secretary of state. President-elect Barack Obama is expected to name her as his choice tomorrow.
3. Questions remain about how New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress shot himself in the leg early Saturday. New York investigators 3 say the Super Bowl hero could face felony gun charges. Burress was already sidelined from today's game against the Redskins for a hamstring injury.
4. First Lady Laura Bush has welcomed this year's White House Christmas tree. It arrived on a horse-drawn cart Sunday afternoon. The 20-foot Fraser fir from North Carolina will be set up in the Blue Room of the White House.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. sideline: v.
if you are sidelined, you are unable to play in a sports game because you are injured, or unable to take part in an activity because you are not as good as someone else
2. hamstring: n. 腿筋
a tendon behind your knee, which sometimes gets injured when you do sport
3. horse-drawn: adj.
[only before noun]
horse-drawn vehicles are pulled by a horse
4. cart: n.
A cart is an old-fashioned wooden vehicle that is used for transporting goods or people. Some carts are pulled by animals.
5. Fraser fir: n. 南方香脂冷杉
A North American tree (Abies fraseri) having a pyramidal shape, dark-green flattened 4 needles, and resin-filled blisters 5 on its trunk.
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- Data and constraints can easily be changed to test theories. 信息库中的数据和限制条件可以轻易地改变以检验假设。 来自英汉非文学 - 科学史
- What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design? 这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么? 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 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》
- She flattened her nose and lips against the window. 她把鼻子和嘴唇紧贴着窗户。
- I flattened myself against the wall to let them pass. 我身体紧靠着墙让他们通过。