AP 2009-09-18
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. Senator Max Baucus has unveiled his much-awaited ten-year 856-billion-dollar health care bill. That's after months of bipartisan negotiations 1 that failed to win Republican support. White House is calling the plan “an important building block” and “getting closer to comprehensive health care reform”.
2. Authorities in Connecticut say Yale graduate student Annie Le died from traumatic asphyxiation 2. Police have taken DNA 3 samples from a lab technician who's been described as a person of interest in the case. They hope to figure out within days whether Raymond Clark can be ruled out as the killer 4.
3. There apparently 5 won't be a decision any time soon on whether to send more US troops to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama says the decision is going to take time. That's after his top military adviser 6 endorsed 7 an increase in US forces, saying it will probably be necessary.
4. And making its debut 8 at New York Fashion Week, the blanket with sleeves, better known as the snuggie. Models showed off new colors and styles, and yes, snuggies are available for dogs too.
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- Objective Inquiry into the heavy asphyxiation rescues measure of the new born. 摘要目的探讨新生儿重度窒息抢救的措施。
- Self-contained breathing apparatus(SCBA) may be required to prevent asphyxiation of rescue personnel. 可能要求有自给式呼吸器(SCBA),以防止救援人员窒息。
- DNA is stored in the nucleus of a cell.脱氧核糖核酸储存于细胞的细胞核里。
- Gene mutations are alterations in the DNA code.基因突变是指DNA密码的改变。
- Heart attacks have become Britain's No.1 killer disease.心脏病已成为英国的头号致命疾病。
- The bulk of the evidence points to him as her killer.大量证据证明是他杀死她的。
- An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽,豁然开朗。
- He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。
- They employed me as an adviser.他们聘请我当顾问。
- Our department has engaged a foreign teacher as phonetic adviser.我们系已经聘请了一位外籍老师作为语音顾问。
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案,开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》