AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-14
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(二)月
1.A fire official says a commuter 1 plane coming in for a landing at Buffalo 2 International Airport basically dove into the top of a house. All 48 people on board died, along with one person on the ground. The Continental 3 connection flight originated in Newark.
2.The National Transportation Safety Board is beginning its investigation 4 this morning. But investigators 5 say they have to wait until the fire scene cools down before they can look at the plane itself. The commuter plane was being operated for Continental by Colgan Air.
3.Authorities have now charged a man with lighting 6 one of the deadly wildfires that ravaged 7 southern Australia. The suspect faces two arson 8 counts plus possession of child pornography. But more than 400 fires killed at least 180 people.
4.The House is set to vote today on the 790-billion-dollar economic stimulus 9 package. Then it would be the Senate’s turn. It's expected to vote late today or tomorrow. Nearly all Republicans are still lined up against the bill which should have enough Democratic votes to pass.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.dive: vi. past tense dived also dove
to crash into something with high speed
- Police cordoned off the road and diverted commuter traffic. 警察封锁了道路并分流交通。
- She accidentally stepped on his foot on a crowded commuter train. 她在拥挤的通勤列车上不小心踩到了他的脚。
- Asian buffalo isn't as wild as that of America's. 亚洲水牛比美洲水牛温顺些。
- The boots are made of buffalo hide. 这双靴子是由水牛皮制成的。
- A continental climate is different from an insular one.大陆性气候不同于岛屿气候。
- The most ancient parts of the continental crust are 4000 million years old.大陆地壳最古老的部分有40亿年历史。
- 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。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The gas lamp gradually lost ground to electric lighting.煤气灯逐渐为电灯所代替。
- The lighting in that restaurant is soft and romantic.那个餐馆照明柔和而且浪漫。
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
- He was serving a ten spot for arson.他因纵火罪在服十年徒刑。
- He was arraigned on a charge of arson.他因被指控犯纵火罪而被传讯。