美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2012-09-09
时间：2019-01-11 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2012(九月)
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1. President Barack Obama will be giving his acceptance speech before a much smaller audience than originally planned. Officials have scrapped 1 plans to hold Thursday night's speech in an outdoor football stadium because of the weather. Instead, Obama will be speaking at the Charlotte Arena 2.
2. More than 20,000 residents in Louisiana are still without power, another 700 in shelters. That's after Issac came ashore 3 last week. Tar 4 balls are being reported along several miles of beaches, and officials are investigating whether Isaac churned up oil from the 2010 BP spill or another source.
3. Police are interrogating 5 a man accused of opening fire at a midnight victory rally in Canada. They say a masked gunman wearing a bathrobe opened fire where Quebec's new separatist premier 6 was giving her victory speech.
4. A powerful earthquake has shaken Costa Rica and a wide portion of Central America. Officials say the 7.6-magnitude quake collapsed 7 some houses and blocked some highways.
废弃(scrap的过去式与过去分词)； 打架
- This machine is so old that it will soon have to be scrapped. 这架机器太旧，快报废了。
- It had been thought that passport controls would be scrapped. 人们曾认为会放开护照管制。
n.竞技场，运动场所；竞争场所，舞台
- She entered the political arena at the age of 25. 她25岁进入政界。
- He had not an adequate arena for the exercise of his talents.他没有充分发挥其才能的场所。
adv.在(向)岸上，上岸
- The children got ashore before the tide came in.涨潮前，孩子们就上岸了。
- He laid hold of the rope and pulled the boat ashore.他抓住绳子拉船靠岸。
n.柏油，焦油；vt.涂或浇柏油/焦油于
- The roof was covered with tar.屋顶涂抹了一层沥青。
- We use tar to make roads.我们用沥青铺路。
n.询问技术v.询问( interrogate的现在分词 )；审问；（在计算机或其他机器上）查询
- She was no longer interrogating but lecturing. 她已经不是在审问而是在教训人了。 来自辞典例句
- His face remained blank, interrogating, slightly helpless. 他的面部仍然没有表情，只带有询问的意思，还有点无可奈何。 来自辞典例句
adj.首要的；n.总理，首相
- The Irish Premier is paying an official visit to Britain.爱尔兰总理正在对英国进行正式访问。
- He requested that the premier grant him an internview.他要求那位总理接见他一次。