AP 2009-09-17
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2009年(九)月
1.A health care reform bill put together by a bipartisan group of senators 1 will be unveiled tomorrow. Negotiators say they block the cost of the package down to 880 billion dollars over ten years, but say some key issues still need to be worked out.
2.The brother of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at former President George W. Bush says the journalist has now been released 2 from a Baghdad prison. The reporter’s spent nine months behind bars. He ought to have been released yesterday, but that was held up by paperwork delays.
3.Connecticut’s chief medical examiner says he expects to have more information today about the killing 3 of a Yale graduate student. Investigators 4 say they don’t believe Annie Le's murder was a random 5 act. But so far there's been no arrest.
4.Fans and friends are mourning the death of Patrick Swazye. The 57-year-old actor died Monday after a nearly two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Swazye is best known for his role in Dirty Dancing and Ghost.
- When the senators vote, the ayes will have it. 参议员投票时，投赞成票的人将占多数。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct. 委员会断定议员们从事了不正当活动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
- With hindsight it is easy to say they should not have released him. 事后才说他们本不应该释放他，这倒容易。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
- The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》