AP美联社一分钟新闻 2009-08-08
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.Family members say Laura Ling and Euna Lee were kept apart and fed rice with rocks in it during their 5-month detention 1 in North Korea. Ling and Lee returned to the US Wednesday after being granted a pardon. The reporters have been sentenced to a dozen years' hard labor 2 for entering that country illegally.
2.Pennsylvania authorities say the gunman in a deadly health club shooting was frustrated 3 with women. George Sodini had written in his blog that he couldn't understand why women were not attracted to him. The 48-year-old man killed three women and injured nine others, taking an aerobics 4 class before turning the gun on himself.
3.The Senate vote expected by mid-afternoon Thursday, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is on track to be the nation's first Hispanic Supreme 5 Court justice. Most Republicans have said they'll vote against her but she still has more than enough support to be easily confirmed.
4.A 53-year-old Georgia man who claims he's secretly engaged to pop star Miley Cyrus is facing attempted stalking charges. Authorities say Mark McLeod came back to the beach where the 16-year-old is filming a movie. He had been warned in June to stay away.
- He was kept in detention by the police.他被警察扣留了。
- He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。
- We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
- He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。
- It's very easy to get frustrated in this job. 这个工作很容易令人懊恼。
- The bad weather frustrated all our hopes of going out. 恶劣的天气破坏了我们出行的愿望。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Doing aerobics is a good way to improve one's health.做有氧健身操是改善健康状况的一个好方法。
- Aren't you going to the aerobics class this morning?今天上午你不是去上有氧运动课吗？