AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-01-19
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(一)月
1. Thousands of people have gathered around Washington's Lincoln Memorial for a special pre-inauguration concert. President-elect Barack Obama and his family were in attendance. Performers including U2, Beyonce and James Taylor are on the bill.
2. Israeli tanks and personnel carriers have been rumbling 1 back into Israel as a ceasefire takes hold after three weeks of Israel's offensive in Gaza. Palestinians have been returning to the area and crews have been shoveling through debris 2. Authorities say they have recovered 100 bodies amid the ruins.
3. US Airways 3 jet that crash-landed in New York's Hudson River is on a barge 4 that is expected to head for New Jersey 5 sometime today. Officials aren't giving any more details, saying they want the investigation 6 to continue undisturbed.
4. The maker 7 of Little Debbies snacks is recalling its peanut butter crackers 8 because of a potential link to a deadly salmonella outbreak. Health officials are telling people not to eat peanut butter laced cookies, cakes, ice creams or similar foods while the outbreak is under investigation.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
If a vehicle rumbles 10 somewhere, it moves slowly forward while making a low continuous noise.
2. crash-land: v.
If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- After the bombing there was a lot of debris everywhere.轰炸之后到处瓦砾成堆。
- Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth,causing decay.细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
- The giant jets that increasingly dominate the world's airways. 越来越称雄于世界航线的巨型喷气机。
- At one point the company bought from Nippon Airways a 727 jet. 有一次公司从日本航空公司买了一架727型喷气机。
- The barge was loaded up with coal.那艘驳船装上了煤。
- Carrying goods by train costs nearly three times more than carrying them by barge.通过铁路运货的成本比驳船运货成本高出近3倍。
- He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
- They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。
- 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。
- He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
- A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。
- That noise is driving me crackers. 那噪声闹得我简直要疯了。
- We served some crackers and cheese as an appetiser. 我们上了些饼干和奶酪作为开胃品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
- We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。