AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-05-05
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(五)月
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1.Mexico is turning down the alarm on its swine flu outbreak. Officials say they will allow public places in Mexico City to reopen this week, but no decision has yet been made on when schools will reopen nationwide.
2.A medical student accused in Boston of killing 1 a masseuse he met on Craigslist has been charged in Rhode Island with assaulting a stripper in the hotel. Philip Markoff has pleaded not guilty in the slaying 2 of the masseuse.
3.President Barack Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes is already getting a tepid 3 reception on Capitol Hill. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus says "further study is needed to assess the impact of this plan on US businesses.”
4.Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal made it official. The couple who have a daughter together will marry Saturday. Gyllenhaal's film roles include "The Dark Knight 4" and "World Trade Center". Sarsgaard has appeared in the films "Jarhead”, "Boys Don't Cry" and "Kinsey".
2.A medical student accused in Boston of killing 1 a masseuse he met on Craigslist has been charged in Rhode Island with assaulting a stripper in the hotel. Philip Markoff has pleaded not guilty in the slaying 2 of the masseuse.
3.President Barack Obama's proposal to close tax loopholes is already getting a tepid 3 reception on Capitol Hill. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus says "further study is needed to assess the impact of this plan on US businesses.”
4.Peter Sarsgaard and Maggie Gyllenhaal made it official. The couple who have a daughter together will marry Saturday. Gyllenhaal's film roles include "The Dark Knight 4" and "World Trade Center". Sarsgaard has appeared in the films "Jarhead”, "Boys Don't Cry" and "Kinsey".
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
杀戮。
- The man mimed the slaying of an enemy. 此人比手划脚地表演砍死一个敌人的情况。
- He is suspected of having been an accomplice in the slaying,butthey can't pin it on him. 他有嫌疑曾参与该杀人案，但他们找不到证据来指控他。
adj.微温的，温热的，不太热心的
- She bent her mouth to the tap and drank the tepid water.她把嘴伸到水龙头底下去喝那微温的水。
- Her feet firmly planted on the tepid rough brick of the floor.她一双脚稳固地立在微温而粗糙的砖地上。