英语新闻听力:AP美联社一分钟新闻(2009-10-06)
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. President Barack Obama is asking a group of doctors to help push his call for health care reform. Aides said the White House hopes for key action this week as the Senate Finance Committee refuses his health care overhaul 1 bill.
2. A suicide bombing in Pakistan has forced the UN to temporarily close its offices there. Five people were killed in an attack on a UN food agency office. The bombing comes a day after the new leader of Pakistan's Taliban vowed 2 to carry out new attacks.
3. The attorney for the man charged with trying to extort 3 $2 million from David Letterman is making a round of media interviews. He called the talk show host a master of manipulating audiences. He defended Robert Halderman and proclaimed his client's innocence 4.
4. Three Americans are sharing the 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine. The trio inspired new lines of cancer research. This year marks the first time two women are among the winners of the medicine prize. Experts say women are often underrepresented as Nobel laureates.
- Master Worker Wang is responsible for the overhaul of this grinder.王师傅主修这台磨床。
- It is generally appreciated that the rail network needs a complete overhaul.众所周知,铁路系统需要大检修。
- He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
- I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。
- 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。