AP美联社一分钟新闻 2008-11-03
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年(十一)月
1. It's down to the wire for the race for president. John McCain is in battleground state Pennsylvania today where he told supporters he can feel momentum 1 on his side. Polls show McCain behind in the state that has 21 electoral votes.
2. Democrat 2 Barack Obama is also focusing on the battleground state--Ohio. In Columbus, Obama encourages supporters to vote early. The most recent poll shows Obama opens six-point lead in the state.
3. Aid officials in the Congo were concerned about a lack of food and shelter. Rebels are forcing tens of thousands of refugees out of makeshift camps. The rebels appear to be still maintaining a ceasefire declared last week.
4. Alabama is now college football's number-one-ranked team. Texas fell at Texas Tech for Michael Crabtree caught a touchdown pass in the last second of the game, thinned the Longhorns 39-33.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. go/come/be down to the wire
informal especially AmE to be finished or achieved with very little time left.
2. makeshift: adj.
made to be used for a short time only when nothing better is available.
- We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
- The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。