AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-10-20
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. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, a Republican, is endorsing 1 Democrat 2 Barack Obama for president. Powell says both Barack Obama and John McCain are qualified 3, but thinks Obama can be a transformational figure. Powell also says he questions McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate and the direction the Republican Party is taking.
2. Both McCain and Obama campaigning Sunday in battleground states. McCain has several events in Ohio where several polls have the two nearly tied. Obama meanwhile in North Carolina, a state that has not voted a Democrat for president since 1976.
3. Police in Las Vegas are focusing on two persons of interest in the abduction of six-year-old Cole Puffinburger. The boy was found okay late Saturday wandering alone in Las Vegas. His grandfather has been arrested in the case.
4. And this is the mangled 4 aftermath of a massive accident in France. One person died, 39 other people were hurt in the multi-car chain-reaction pileup.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. aftermath: n.
The aftermath of an important event, especially a harmful one, is the situation that results from it.
2. person of interest:
a phrase used by law enforcement when announcing the name of someone involved in a criminal investigation 5 who has not yet been arrested or formally accused of a crime. It is often used as a euphemism 6 for suspect.
- Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
- Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网
- The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
- About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。
- He is qualified as a complete man of letters.他有资格当真正的文学家。
- We must note that we still lack qualified specialists.我们必须看到我们还缺乏有资质的专家。
- His hand was mangled in the machine. 他的手卷到机器里轧烂了。
- He was off work because he'd mangled his hand in a machine. 他没上班，因为他的手给机器严重压伤了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
- He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。