AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-23)
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(十)月
1. Police have identified the child's body found in a Georgia landfill as a missing 7-year-old Florida girl. Authorities used a birthmark on Somer Thompson's leg to tentatively ID her. She went missing Monday on her way home from school.
2. Defense 1 Secretary Robert Gates says preparation for Afghanistan's upcoming presidential run-off will be closely watched to prevent any vote fraud. The redo takes place November 7th. Gates says the US has not yet decided 2 if it'll send more troops to Afghanistan.
3. The extortion case involving actor John Travolta has ended in mistrial in the Bahamas. Two people were accused of trying to extort 3 25 million dollars from Travolta following the death of his son, Jett. A new trial has been ordered.
4. The Phillies are back in the Fall Classic. The defending champs won the National League pennant 4 last night, defeating the Dodgers 5 in five games. The Yankees can take the American League with another win over the Angels tonight.
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
- There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
- The blackmailer tried to extort a large sum of money from him.勒索者企图向他勒索一大笔钱。
- They absolutely must not harm the people or extort money from them.严格禁止坑害勒索群众。
- The second car was flying the Ghanaian pennant.第二辆车插着加纳的三角旗。
- The revitalized team came from the cellar to win the pennant.该队重整旗鼓，从最后一名一跃而赢得冠军奖旗。