AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-02-16
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 federal aviation official says the plane that crashed into a house near Buffalo 1, killing 2 50 people, was on autopilot when it went down. That's a possible violation 3 of airline policy. Colgan Air recommends pilots fly manually in icy conditions. Pilots are required to do so in severe ice.
2. Leading Republicans in the Illinois Legislature are expected to call for an outside investigation 4 of whether Senator Roland Burris testified truthfully at the impeachment 5 trial of the former governor. The Democratic senator released documents Saturday indicating Rod Blagojevich's brother asked Burris to host a fundraiser for the governor before Burris was appointed to the Senate.
3. Australian firefighters continue to battle a dozen blazes still burning in Victoria State. That's where wildfires took more than 180 people. Specialists flew in from the United States are helping 6 to try to contain the remaining fires.
4. And how about a little kiss? Forty thousand people puckered 8 up in Mexico City, as part of an effort to set a new world record for smooching.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1. pucker 7: v. also pucker up
if part of your face puckers 9, or if you pucker it, it becomes tight or stretched, for example because you are going to cry or kiss someone
2. smooch: v.
if two people smooch, they kiss and hold each other in a romantic way, especially while dancing
- 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。
- 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。
- He roared that was a violation of the rules.他大声说，那是违反规则的。
- He was fined 200 dollars for violation of traffic regulation.他因违反交通规则被罚款200美元。
- 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。
- Impeachment is considered a drastic measure in the United States.在美国，弹劾被视为一种非常激烈的措施。
- The verdict resulting from his impeachment destroyed his political career.他遭弹劾后得到的判决毁了他的政治生涯。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
- She puckered her lips into a rosebud and kissed him on the nose.她双唇努起犹如一朵玫瑰花蕾，在他的鼻子上吻了一下。
- Toby's face puckered.托比的脸皱了起来。
- His face puckered , and he was ready to cry. 他的脸一皱，像要哭了。
- His face puckered, the tears leapt from his eyes. 他皱着脸，眼泪夺眶而出。 来自《简明英汉词典》