AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-08
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月
1. Major League Baseball has benched Manny Ramirez for 50 games for violating the league's drug policy. The Los Angeles Dodgers 1 star says he did not take steroids and was given medication by a doctor that contained a banned substance.
2. California's governor says dozens of homes have been destroyed by the wildfire raging in the hills above Santa Barbara. More than 13,000 people have evacuated 2. More fire crews have been called in from around the state to battle the blaze.
3. Thousands of Pakistani civilians 3 are fleeing a former tourist spot turned war zone in northwest Pakistan. Military troops are fighting it out with Taliban militants 4 that have settled in the region some 60 miles from the capital Islamabad.
4. Thousands of New Yorkers took part in the World's Biggest Bed Jump. Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson helped to lead the crowd. A team of 100 people worked for five weeks to build the 42 foot by 28 foot beds.
- a crackdown on fare dodgers on trains 对火车逃票者的严厉打击
- But Twain, Howells, and James were jeeringly described by Mencken as "draft-dodgers". 不过吐温、豪威尔斯和詹姆斯都是被门肯讥诮地叫做“逃避兵役的人。” 来自辞典例句
- Police evacuated nearby buildings. 警方已将附近大楼的居民疏散。
- The fireman evacuated the guests from the burning hotel. 消防队员把客人们从燃烧着的旅馆中撤出来。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。