AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-17
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十)月
1. Another day of wild swings on Wall Street with stocks finishing the day on a solid gain, ending up about 400 points. But investors 1 are still sorting through mixed economic data for clues about the health of economy.
2. Republican John McCain declares a winner in last night's debate and he's Joe the Plumber 2. McCain clashed with rival Barack Obama on who has the best plan to help small businesses like the one this Ohio plumber hopes to buy.
3. A medical helicopter that crashed in Illinois apparently 3 clipped a radio tower. And investigators 4 are looking at whether the tower lights were on. The chopper was carrying a one-year-old patient and three other people, all died.
4. Britain salutes 5 its Olympic heroes, but there are questions about money for the Summer Games London will host in 2012. Some sponsors may give less than they pledged or stay away completely. The Games have a budget of about 17-billion dollars.
- a con man who bilked investors out of millions of dollars 诈取投资者几百万元的骗子
- a cash bonanza for investors 投资者的赚钱机会
- Have you asked the plumber to come and look at the leaking pipe?你叫管道工来检查漏水的管子了吗？
- The plumber screwed up the tap by means of a spanner.管子工用板手把龙头旋紧。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- 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》