AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-12-05
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. The head of the United Auto 1 Workers Union says Congress needs to act now to help US automakers, or General Motors could fail by the end of the month. At a Senate hearing, GM's chief executive said the automakers have made mistakes, but are learning from them. The automakers say they need $34 billion in federal aid to survive.
2. Iraq's prime minister has heard from Barack Obama. The Iraqi government says the US president-elect placed a call yesterday to stress his commitment to a responsible pullout of US forces. He's also quoted as saying he's committed to respecting Iraq's sovereignty.
3. Two teenage girls who worked as part-time aides at a Minnesota nursing home are charged with abuse. According to the criminal complaint filed today, they are accused of taunting 3, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease.
4. The attorney for New York Giants football player Antonio Pierce says Pierce didn't know that teammate Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun last weekend when it went off, injuring Burress in the thigh 4. The attorney says Pierce will cooperate with authorities looking into the incident.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
to try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things to them
2. grope: v.
informal
to move your hands over someone's body to get sexual pleasure, especially when they do not want you to do this
3. Alzheimer’s disease: n. 【医】阿耳茨海默氏病,早老性痴呆病
a disease that affects the brain, especially of old people, and that gradually makes it difficult to move, talk, or remember things
4. thigh: n.
Your thighs 5 are the top parts of your legs, between your knees and your hips 6.
- Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
- The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
- He became a taunt to his neighbours.他成了邻居们嘲讽的对象。
- Why do the other children taunt him with having red hair?为什么别的小孩子讥笑他有红头发？
- She wagged a finger under his nose in a taunting gesture. 她当着他的面嘲弄地摇晃着手指。
- His taunting inclination subdued for a moment by the old man's grief and wildness. 老人的悲伤和狂乱使他那嘲弄的意图暂时收敛起来。
- He is suffering from a strained thigh muscle.他的大腿肌肉拉伤了，疼得很。
- The thigh bone is connected to the hip bone.股骨连着髋骨。
- He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》