AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-06
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. US health officials are no longer recommending that schools close because of swine flu. Hundreds of schools have shut around the country but now it appears the flu is not as bad as initially 1 feared. The government does say parents should still keep sick children at home.
2. The chairman of the Fed says the US economy should start growing again later this year. Ben Bernanke says businesses remain cautious about hiring so expect more job losses, but do not expect a boom. Economic activity is likely to remain sluggish 2.
3. A senior Obama administration envoy 3 says Pakistan is not a failed state, but its government is facing enormous challenges and needs the help of the US to fight the Taliban.
4. It took a motorcade to get there, but President Barack Obama and Vice 4 President Joe Biden got their fast food fix just across the river from Washington in Virginia, stopping in for burgers at a joint 5 called Ray's Hell Burger.
- The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
- Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。
- This humid heat makes you feel rather sluggish.这种湿热的天气使人感到懒洋洋的。
- Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
- Their envoy showed no sign of responding to our proposals.他们的代表对我方的提议毫无回应的迹象。
- The government has not yet appointed an envoy to the area.政府尚未向这一地区派过外交官。
- He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
- They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。