AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-07-22
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(七)月
1. Friends and family of captured soldier Bowe Bergdahl are praying for his safe return. The Taliban captured the 23-year-old in Afghanistan and later posted a video online which the US military calls "propaganda". The militants 1 holding him have not set any conditions for his release.
2. Michael Vick's dogfighting sentence is over after more than 18 months in prison and two months under home confinement 2. Now the suspended NFL star may lobby for a return to the field. If he does, he won't be with the Atlanta Falcons 3. They released the former quarterback in June.
3. NASA is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. The famous astronauts who first step foot on the moon are now calling for another celestial 4 visit. They want President Barack Obama to send a mission to Mars.
4. Parisians are having some fun in the sun today with the opening of a urban beach in the landlocked city. Several tons of sand were shoveled 5 down to the banks of the River Seine. It comes completed with palm trees, lunch chairs and Wi-Fi.
- The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
- Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。
- He spent eleven years in solitary confinement.他度过了11年的单独监禁。
- The date for my wife's confinement was approaching closer and closer.妻子分娩的日子越来越近了。
- Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey. 游隼捕到鸟类猎物时，通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛，再把肉撕下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Though he doubted the wisdom of using falcons, Dr. de la Fuente undertook the project. 虽然德·拉·富恩特博士怀疑使用游隼是否明智，但他还是执行了这项计划。 来自辞典例句
- The rosy light yet beamed like a celestial dawn.玫瑰色的红光依然象天上的朝霞一样绚丽。
- Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.万有引力控制着天体的运动。