美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-11-19
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(十一月)
英语课
1. President Barack Obama had his first look at the devastation 1 that superstorm Sandy waged on New York City. He took a helicopter tour above sections of Queens and Staten Island that were ravaged 2 by flooding and fires.
2. Israel has begun moving troops toward the Gaza Strip. It also authorized 3 the call-up of reservists for a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory. That's after continued rocket fire out of Gaza.
3. A BP executive has been indicted 4 on charges that he lied to authorities about his work estimating the rate at which oil was flowing during the 2010 Gulf 5 oil spill disaster. BP also announced it had agreed to pay 4.5 billion dollars in a settlement with the US government.
4. And a Japanese sprinter 6 is officially the world's fastest man on four limbs. The Guinness World Records was on hand as he ran a 100-meter track in 17.47 seconds breaking his own record time from 2008.
n.毁坏；荒废；极度震惊或悲伤
- The bomb caused widespread devastation. 炸弹造成大面积破坏。
- There was devastation on every side. 到处都是破坏的创伤。 来自《简明英汉词典》
毁坏( ravage的过去式和过去分词 )； 蹂躏； 劫掠； 抢劫
- a country ravaged by civil war 遭受内战重创的国家
- The whole area was ravaged by forest fires. 森林火灾使整个地区荒废了。
a.委任的，许可的
- An administrative order is valid if authorized by a statute.如果一个行政命令得到一个法规的认可那么这个命令就是有效的。
控告，起诉( indict的过去式和过去分词 )
- The senator was indicted for murder. 那位参议员被控犯谋杀罪。
- He was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of murder. 他被大陪审团以两项谋杀罪名起诉。
n.海湾；深渊，鸿沟；分歧，隔阂
- The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
- There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。