AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-16
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(八)月
1. A wildfire continues to rage 1 in Northern California and so far firefighters have not been able to contain it. The fire on the Santa Cruz Mountains has forced more than 2,400 people from their homes. Officials say the fire has now grown to more than three square miles.
2. Taiwan's president says floods and mudslides from Typhoon Morakot have killed about 500 people. The president says last weekend's storm inflicted 2 the most severe damage on the island in 50 years. It dumped 3 more than 80 inches of rain.
3. Police in Baltimore say Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps was involved in a two-car crash last night, but was not injured. The driver of the other car was taken to the hospital just to be safe. Two passengers in Phelps' SUV also were not hurt. Police say alcohol 4 was not a factor in the accident.
4. Michael Vick has landed with the Philadelphia Eagles. The quarterback has not played in the NFL since 2007, spending most of the past two years in prison for running a dog fighting operation. The Eagles are expected to do introduce Vick at a news conference this morning.
- He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
- Haines got into a rage.海恩斯勃然大怒。
- They inflicted a humiliating defeat on the home team. 他们使主队吃了一场很没面子的败仗。
- Zoya heroically bore the torture that the Fascists inflicted upon her. 卓娅英勇地承受法西斯匪徒加在她身上的酷刑。
- Too much toxic waste is being dumped at sea. 太多的有毒废料在向大海里倾倒。
- They dumped his belongings unceremoniously on the floor. 他们粗暴地把他的物品摔到地板上。